After the peanut butter and chocolate and a potty break, Ellie settled back in her seat and took out the mp3 player and plugged it in her ears. She clicked it to some PlayradioPlay! and nodded off to sleep.
The old lady, Selma told her she was going to her grand-daughter's baby shower. Ellie just winced, remembering her period just started, and she had only one tampon in her purse. She thought of the compact of the pills. She counted in her head, the days she'd have to wait before she started the pack.
Ellie wished she could be happy about babies but she couldn't. She thought of her sister's babies. Ellie assumed she'd be the built in babysitter. She thought how miserable it would be then. She was miserable now too.
She clicked on her phone again. At least no messages from Rex. She then looked at her contacts. It was still to soon to call Eric. They hadn't even made it across Kansas yet. She saw Kyle's number. She called his number. Naturally, no answer. "Just leave a message" was his little ditty.
"Hey, I don't know if you know or not, but I had to leave town. Kind of an emergency." But she was doubting that now. "I just wanted you to know." Only she didn't know what she wanted him to know from her, anymore. "I'll miss you, you miserable brat. I hate you very much. I hope you know that. So now you can be happy. Just thought you ought to know. Bye." She hung up then and went back to her music.
She closed her eyes then wondering if she'd ever get there, but she wondered more if she'd ever get back home. Then her cell sang a tune.
"Hullo." She thought it might be Kyle but it wasn't.
"Sorry, I know I said I wouldn't, but I had to. I just couldn't help myself." It was Eric.
"That's OK, I wanted to call you too."
"Are you there yet?"
"I wish." There was still a lot of sun left in the clouds. "I'm somewhere in Kansas."
"Kansas!" That woke her up. "God, how long will it take?"
"A long time. I'm on a bus, you know."
"I know. I'm sorry. I just want you to get there. Already."
"Thanks, you know, for everything." She told him.
"I just wish you were here. I miss you. I can hardly stand it. You know, I'm on pins and needles. I can't keep anything down. Sorry, didn't mean to gross you out. But I'm totally miserable without you." He told her.
She felt like throwing up too. There was a slight ache between her eyes. She thought she might be sick.
oh, i had to catch up again... i loved the part of your last post with the old woman ^^ i don't know why she left a message for kyle... maybe she was just bored (you do all kinds of things when you're bored, as you surely know)... i do hope he replies. something. even a rude reply is better than no reply. and i'm really curious about what further steps rex will take. i heard a saying that if you had one admirer, thousands of others will show up too, and that seems to really fit ellie.
ReplyDeleteOh dear.. poor ellie, hope she can keep it together.
ReplyDeletelong distance relationships..now that'll take work.
ReplyDeletei understand ellie for leaving that kind of message to kyle. i would tell it, too, if i was her. coz he really oughta know.
ReplyDeletewonder how long ellie and eric could keep up with that.
and i noticed cate's comment about admirers, and i wanted to believe it. lol.
you've got a good idea but some of my friends don't speak english and some speak spanish !!!!
ReplyDeletei should find a solution : maybe write every articles three times (one in french, one in english and one in spanish !! =P
what a trip.
ReplyDeleteWow. Not exactly the most pleasant situation to be in.
ReplyDeletecool poor ellie
ReplyDeletethank U
ReplyDeletebut im not so talented with languages. i speak spanish just a little, i learn it since 1 year and this year we had a very bad teacher so ... i learn english since seven years (in a european section), that's why it's easy for me to speak english
you don't speak french a lot , do you ??
happy to know U
bye
valentine
I can imagine how bored Ellie must be... Hope she hangs in there. keep it up!
ReplyDeleteXOXO Buh-Laire :)
poor ellie
ReplyDeleteI agree! That would be awesome... And never-gonna-happen. But, youll just have to make a harry potter RE-MIXED with cool songs and stuff. :)
ReplyDeleteTTFN!
~Aurley
Poor Ellie. :(
ReplyDeleteI wish you'd just...fast forward to the end of this miserable trip to when she and eric reunite!
Of course, last time I told you to write it the way I wanted I grew to like Eric and not Kyle...
This is what your writing does to me. :P