Mel's Writing Boot Camp

Exercise 1a: Dialogue

A/N: There is some coarse language, just thought I should warn you. 😉

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"Where the hell are you?"

"Lu?"

"Well, who the fuck else did you think was calling?"

"Whatever. What do you want?"

"You're kidding right?"

"What do you mean?"

"Don't play coy with me."

"I'm not. Stop being an asshole and assuming I can read your mind!"

"You really don't know, do you?"

"I swear to God, Ludo, if you don't stop beating around the damn bush, I'm hanging up."

"I've been standing outside your house for twenty minutes freezing off my ass."

"Why are you at my house?"

"It's fucking Valentine's Day, Mel."

"Shit... Ludo, I'm so sorry I forgot!"

"Whatever."

"Wait, please don't hang up! You have every right to be upset and angry at me, but please just hear me out."

"Go on?"

"I'm really sorry I forgot about our date, Lu. Things have been hell with my mom, and—"

"What'd she do this time?"

"She's been all up my ass about this girl at work who tried to have me fired."

"What do you mean someone tried to get you fired? When was that!"

"You know my dog, right?"

"Yeah, of course! Sometimes I wonder if you love him more than me."

"Well..."

"Dammit, I knew it!"

"Anyway, I had to leave work an hour earlier, but the manager snitched on me even though I literally told her about Sirius being sick and all!"

"Wait, I don't get it, why'd she snitch?"

"Beats me! It's not even like I gave her a reason to hate me."

"So, what did you do about work then?"

"My boss sent me an email and whatever a couple of days ago, and I had to do a ton of damage control. But, I've been going in and he hasn't been there, so I dunno what's happening."

"Where does your mom fit into all of this?"

"I made the mistake of telling her about the whole situation and...you how she's like."

"What happened?"

"I dunno, I just thought that getting it off my chest was gonna be cathartic and that'd be that, but she kept interrogating me and giving me stories about what she'd done and what I should do. For God's sake, I just wanted her to listen to me. For once, ya know?"

"Yeah, I get it... I wish you'd told me."

"I'm sorry I didn't. But by the time I finally got away from her, I was too exhausted to repeat it and with Snuffles having to go the vet and all. It was too much."

"Fuck. That was a real shitty thing of your manager to do, and on top of that Sirius and your mom, I'm sorry I was in such a pissy mood."

"Well, I wasn't all rainbows and sunshine either."

"Truce?"

"Sure. Look, I just got out of Bed Bath and Beyond––"

"Retail therapy?"