Do-Overs by Jarmola Christine

Author:Jarmola, Christine [Jarmola, Christine]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Tubb's Press
Published: 2014-11-03T16:00:00+00:00

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A Watched Phone Never Rings

There was a lot of time to think the next week, as I sure wasn’t spending it on the phone. He didn’t call. Looking back, I started to realize how many chances I’d had to get to know Al Dansby, but for my fear of ever looking foolish I had changed time and missed opportunities. And I was still doing it. I saw him three more times on campus, but dodged him with my mini time machine. I just couldn’t face him knowing he knew that I had texted him and he hadn’t texted me back. I felt so sixth grade.

It had been a full two weeks since my enchanted evening when Olivia, Stina and Rachel came into my room all dressed in black like burglars.

“Hey, I know tuition is high, but I didn’t know that y’all had taken on an illegal profession to make ends meet,” I said looking at them bewildered.

“We’ve been on a reconnaissance mission. We’re ninja spies,” announced Stina, pulling some leaves from her hair and then striking her best ninja pose.

“What?”

Olivia pulled out her iPhone. “We’ve decided something had to be done about this Dansby business. You’re obviously not getting over him.”

“That’s for sure,” said Stina.

Rachel added her clinical diagnosis. “You have been extremely despondent lately.”

I didn’t think I had been that bad. In fact I had been making a special point of not sighing loudly and only sniffled in the shower.

Stina added, “We decided to do an intervention.”

“What?” That was all my poor befuddled brain could come up with.

“We have been monitoring Al Dansby’s movements for the past two days,” said Stina. I felt like I was watching a very low budget Mission Impossible.

“Point one—we found out,” said Olivia reading from her iPhone screen. “He does not live on campus. Thus, the reason for not seeing him in the cafeteria. We did observe that he eats there on Wednesdays, due to a schedule conflict that keeps him from being able to leave campus for lunch.”

“I found that out from La—ah. She works the lunch shift at the cafeteria this semester. I also found out he favors mystery meat over salads, but likes tacos best,” Stina said so proud of her super sleuth abilities.

“He owns a condo,” said Rachel not to be outdone. “Did you get that? Owns a condo four blocks away. I Googled to find that.”

“Ladies, this is almost scary. Doesn’t this count as stalking? Isn’t that illegal?” I asked trying my best to sound like I objected, but really hoped that they had found out why he hadn’t called.

“Not if he doesn’t notice,” said Olivia back in General mode. “Currently he is in the play that starts in four weeks, so every evening this week he has been at play practice.”

Stina held up her hand to speak. “He’s playing Lt. Cable. I snuck in to watch the practice. He sure can sing.”

Olivia consulted her IPhone again. “Here’s the most important info we’ve uncovered so far. He broke his cell phone.

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