Surprise

SOL #24

March 25, 2009

Surprise

“Hello?” Mathieu’s polished voice answered,

“Hi Mathieu!” My broken violin voice yelled,

“Oh, hi Ines.” He replied.

“How are you?” I asked,

“Bob.” He said. He cracked up.

“Emily.” I responded in a bored tone.

“Ha ha ha ha ha…*gasp*…Ok…what is it?” he replied.

“Tomorrow you’re in for a big surprise!” I yelled excitedly.

“You let your hair grow long!” He asked,

“How the heck am I supposed to do that?” I said in a ‘Duh!’ tone.

“You got a new book!”

“No.”

“You got a new series!”

“No.”

“Oh, come on! Just tell me!” Boy, he doesn’t get what a surprise means.

“I can’t tell you, it’s a surprise!” I pointed out

“But if you tell me it will be cool, and when you show me it will be cooler!” He pressed,

“Nope, sorry Mathieu. Tomorrow you’ll see.” I said,

“But…but…” He blabbered on,

“Shhhh! No. I’ll give you a clue; it starts with a ‘B’. Good-bye Mathieu.”

“But Ines–” I hung up. I flashed a smile at the car mirror…he’d be surprised.