Take Flight

Stranger Calls

"Hey gorgeous."

The husky warm voice resonates in your ear, and your jaw slightly drops.

"Hello ?"

She's amused, you can hear it.

"Oh hi."

"It's Angelina."

"Yes I know."

"You do ?"

"Actually, yes I do. Your voice is quite recognizable."

You hear her laughing.

Your mouth is still open, but no words are coming out of it. You just don't find the right thing to say, if there's anything to say at all.

"So..."

"So what ?"you abruptly answer.

"Wait do you still see me as a... what did you call it ? Telephone canvasser or something ? Just saying, I'm not you can be nice to me."

Well, shit.

"Oh yeah, no I'm sorry, I sound rude when I feel awkward."

"And why'd you feel awkward ?"

"Because you're calling me ?"

She laughs again and you can hear it ring in your hear like crystal.

"Well I've meant to call you earlier but here we are on set in China, and I'm upside down all day, so I couldn't get anything in order until now."

"Upside... Alright I guess I'd rather not know."

You can almost feel her smile through the phone.

"Listen I really wanted to apologize for leaving like that the other day, truly I wish I could've stayed longer and not left the way I did."

"No it's fine, work call, I get that too."

"Yeah, but still. Let me apologize properly. I'm coming back there, I mean to LA, for a few days, I have a few meetings before going back to Hong Kong. Let me buy you another breakfast."

"Why'd you like breakfast so much ?"

"Don't you ?"

"I do."

"Is that a yes ?"

"I guess it is."

"You know what ? No, just drive to my place, you know where it is, next Friday ? 8 pm ?"

"Yup, perfect. Then we'll just have lunch left on the list."

You both laugh before shutting the fuck up and leaving nothing but silence between you two.

"Is this awkward to you ?"

"Do you mean the amount of silence there always is between us ?" she answers, chuckling.

"Yeah. I mean we're not able to keep a  conversation going and you're still asking me on a date for a second time."

Shit. Date. You dropped it. It probably wasn't it. Why did you say it. Shit. You hit your head on the head rest and pinch your wrist in anger. Shit.

"Well I go on dates with who I want and who wants to go on a date with me. If we're talking about a date."

Shit.

"Which I guess we are here."

Wait... how ?

"Are we ?"

Your mouth opens gradually and your shake your head, confused. You simply don't know what to answer.

"Hello ? Y/N here ?"