Damn Phones
#1 of It's Chance
The 'RRRRRRIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNGGGGG' from the phone, scared Nakai awake. Growling, she rolls over and paws her nightstand to answer the damned phone that had been ringing off the hook since dark-thirty that morning.
"'Ello?", says Nakai in an Irish growl that is unrecognizable.
"Top of the mornin' to ya, Nakai!!!!", says her best friend, Kilik, an 18 year old fox, in a cheerful voice.
Nakai looks at her clock and reads ten oh five, grunts as she sits up in bed and climbs out, and walks toward the kitchen. "'Ello, Kilik. Why are you calling me at this hour? You know I like me sleep."
"I'm sorry Nakai, but you've gotta hear this."
As she answers with an "ok", she scrounges around in the cabinets for a Pepsi.
Kilik is soo excited, he can hardly conceal it, "I asked Dautri to marry me."
Nakai's mood quickly changes from pissy to excited, "I'm real happy for you Kilik, when's the wedding???"
"Thanks, Nakai. Haven't made a date yet. Hey, while I've got you on the phone, would you like to go to the mall with the gang and I? We're all planning on going to the Fun Factory to take turns playing DDR."
"Well, I've gotta clean up some, but yeah, I'd like to. About what time?", says Nakai as she starts cleaning the kitchen.
"Hmm.. We were thinking around two o'clock. How does that sound?"
"Perfect. See you there. Bye." 'Click'
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'BEEP, BEEP' sounded Rennek's alarm at seven o'clock. He rolled over and slapped the small box of stupidness that took it upon itself to wake him... Even though he set it to the night before. He sits up, put his feet on the floor, and stretches a long slinky stretch, the kind only a panther can do. He stands up, and gets dressed in sweats and running shoes. Rennek loves the morning, so he gets up uber early to jog eight miles, to keep in shape. He wants to impress girls, but especially that one special girl, who he has yet to meet.
As Rennek starts to walk out the door, he happens to remember that tomorrow is his mom's birthday. So, as he starts his jog, he starts thinking on what to get his mom "Well, I know she likes jewelry" thinks Rennek. "But, she has a ton of that. I want this to be an extremely special present. One she doesn't already have." As Rennek jogged, he kept thinking up stuff to get his mom, when he came across the perfect thing, concert tickets/back stage passes to her favorite band. That's the perfect gift! As Rennek thought this, a big feline grin crossed his face.
Rennek gets done, eats a big hearty breakfast. He looks at the clock and thinks "Oh shit, if I want to get to the mall before the big noon rush, I need to hurry"
As he starts to go to his room to strip, the phone rings. It's his buddy Grizlik.
"Hello?"
"Hello Rennek! How was your jog?"
"It was good Griz, what're you up to?", says Rennek as he's standing buck naked infront of a mirror checking out his body, flexing all muscles. Rennek is a buff Panther, aside from already having the built body because of his species, he works out and maintanes a good shape.
"Ahh, nothin' just wantin' to hang this afternoon, you up to it? Maybe hit the mall and cruise for chicks?", says Grizlik in a monotone voice which Rennek finds extremely annoying.
"Yeah, sure, whatever. Let me go get a shower and get freshened up and I'll meet you around two o'clock. I've got some stuff to do and some errands to run." says Rennek as he turns the faucet in the tub on.
"Alright, I'll see you then." 'click'
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Rennek hangs the phone back up, switches the water from tub to shower, climbs in then proceeds to take a shower, hopefully without interruptions.
Rennek starts washing hair, and right when he gets done rinsing his hair out, the phone rings again. Growling, Rennek turns the water off, takes a towel, wraps it around himself, looks at the clock, which reads eleven fifteen, and walks to the kitchen where the closest phone is. "Grand Central Station."
"Hello, Rennek.", answers a sweet, soft voice.
"Oh, hello Ma.", replies Rennek in a slightly irritated voice.
"What's wrong honey?"
"Nothing, just that the phone keeps ringing while I'm trying to take a shower." Rennek sighs.
"Oh, I'm sorry dear. I just thought I'd check up on you. How are you doing?", says his mom in a concerned voice.
"I'm good, Ma. How are you? How's Pop? How's Toneh?"
"I'm good. Recently got over a cold I had. Your pop's good. He misses you. Toneh's doing real well. He's coming home with Sylviya and the kids this weekend. Are you coming home?"
"I wasn't planning on it. But I can if you want" say Rennek as he sits down in a chair in just his towel and loses himself in the conversation with his mother. After an hour of just chatting with his mother, he looks at the clock again and thinks "Awwe damnit. It's already twelve fifteen. I've gotta get ready to leave." "Hey, Ma? I gotta go. I've got some stuff to do before I head out with Gizlik."
"What're ya'll going to be doing?"
"Going to the mall." replies Rennek with a grin on his panther face. "Alright, Ma. I gotta go."
"Ok, Rennek. I'll talk to you later. Have a good day. I love you!"
"I love you too, Ma. Bye." 'Click'
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After the kitchen is cleaned, counters wiped down, floor swept and mopped, Nakai decides to take a shower. "Dum dee dum dum dum", hums Nakai as she strips to nothing, grabs her bathrobe and wraps it around her. She walks to the bathroom, turns the faucet on. She lets the steam rise, then she turns water from tub to shower, takes her robe off and steps in. The sudden intake of breath tells her that the water is a tad bit too hot. So, she turns the hot down just enough to be comfortable.
After Nakai gets done, she climbs out, combs her fur, then walks to her room and starts to get dressed.
'RRRRRIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGG' sounded as the irritated Nakai is getting dressed. "I wish that damned phone would burst into flames and I'd never have to hear it again", fumed Nakai.
"'Ello?", growled Nakai.
"Nikikai!!!!!!" sounded the canine voice of Salem, Nakai's 19 year old cousin.
Growling, Nakai says, "'Ello, Salem"
"What's wrong with you?"
"I'm pissed off at the damned phone. It has rung off the hook all frickin' morning"
"Oh, I'm sorry to bother you then" Salem reponds, sounding irritated as well.
"Don't worry about it, don't let my problems be the cause of you not being in a bad mood either."
"It won't. What's wrong?"
There was a pause on the other end of the phone, making Nakai think she'd been hung up on, until she hears a deep sigh and "Josh and I got into a fight over something stupid."
"What did ya'll fight over?"
"He wanted to go out on a date, while I wanted to stay home, curl up and watch a movie. So, he got pissed off and just left." says Salem, with a sigh on the end.
Growling, Nakai says through clenched teeth, "That son-of-a-bitch. No one messes with me family."
"Calm down, Nikikai. No one is going to hurt anyone. Hey are you meeting us at the mall?"
"Aye, I am."
"Okay, good. Josh and I will be there. See you soon. Bye."
"Bye." 'Click'
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As Nakai finishes getting ready, she looks at the clock, which reads 1:30, and thinks to herself "if I want to get there in time, I need to hurry up and leave." She brushes her head fur, and her teeth, and because she's the precise husky, she leves with enough time to get there at two o'clock.
At the same time Nakai is leaving, Rennek is leaving to go to Grizlik's house to pick him up so they can head to the mall. As he gets into his sapphire blue Porsche, he thinks "Shit, I forgot to comb my head fur. Oh well." He buckles up and drives off.