"Hello?" Pt. 2

August 19th 2016

"Where are you?"

"Home."

"What are you doing?"

"Talking to you on the phone."

"Mhm. What were you doing before I called?"

"I was reading a book."

"What book?" 

"Well, it's not really a book. It's Harry Potter and the Cursed Child."

"Is it any good?"

"I'm only on the third page, so it's too early to tell."

"Cool. What will you be doing after our phone call?"

"I'm not sure yet. Why do you ask?"

"No reason."

"Daniel, you're up to something."

"I'm not."

"You are."

"I'm not."

"Mhm. So the knocking at my front door isn't you, huh?"

"No, it isn't."

"Are you sure."

"Certain."

"Mhm. So, when I open this door in two seconds, I won't find you standing on the other side."

"No."

"Ok. -Oh, it's you. What are you doing here?-"

"Who is it? Who's there?"

"Jesus."

"What?"

"-Samuel, why are you on my doorstep?-"

<<Hi, Sophie. Is Jasmine here by any chance?>>

"My brother is in New York? What the hell is he doing there?"

"-Why are you here?-"

<<I'm here to see Jasmine. So, is she around?>>

"-Go up to the next floor and yell. She's in one of the bedrooms organising my clothes.- Daniel, did you know he was coming here?"

"No."

"Right, anyway back to your weirdness. Why are you being weird?"

"I'm not being weird."

"Daniel, I can see through you."

"You can't. First of all, you can't see through people, and secondly, if you could, you'd have to be stood in front of me to be able to see through me."

"I can hear the bullshit in your voice."

"..."

"What are you up to?"

"See, here's the thing-"

<<Just hurry up and ask her already.>>

"Ask me what?"

"-Thank you, Fletch, but I think I can do this by myself.- So, here's the thing. Where's Charlotte?"

"Charlotte?"

"Yeah, I'm outside her flat and I've been ringing the buzzer but she's not answering. So, where is she?"

"Why are you and Fletch looking for Charlotte?"

"No reasons."

"You're a terrible liar. I know what you're up to."

"I... we... you know..."

"No setting my sister up with your friends, Daniel!"

"But-"

"No means no, Daniel."

"Ok, ok. Where is she, though?"

"Ireland."

"So, she's in Dublin?"

"No, she's in Ireland."

"Which means Dublin."

"No, Ireland means Ireland."

"But your family is in Dublin, so Ireland technically means Dublin."

"My family has houses in other parts of Ireland as well as Dublin."

"..."

"Echo's cheering Charlotte up."

"Do we still call her that? I thought it was Kilo, now. Or did we decide that it was easier just to call her Keira, because that's her name?"

<<There's another sister called Keira? How many women are in this family?! More importantly, when do I get to meet them all? If they're half as fucking hot as your girlfriend, then sign me up to be each one's rebound.>>

"-Keira's a cousin, not a sister. Emma's a sister. There's also Noelle, who is another cousin. By the way, never call Sophie 'hot' again, and if you talk like that about any of the ladies, you won't be anyone's rebound.-"

<<Calm your tits, Dan. Gee, you're so proper.>>

"-Fuck off, Fletch.-"

"God, you two need to grow up."

"Hey, I am grown up. It's this prick you want to lecture."

"That may well be true and I shall do just that when I'm next back in London. I can see why you've kept me away from this bloke. He sounds like a handful."

"That's a nice way of putting it."

"I can put it in a more accurate way if you'd like."

"No, it's alright."

"You spoil my fun."

"Oh well. But just to clarify, Charlotte is not in London?"

"Goodbye, Daniel!"

"That wasn't an answer."

"Bye!"

"But-"

[Call ended.]