Random Dialogue

By: Cindy Moon

A/n: As always, this was only inspired by real events, not based on.

“Hey.”

“Heyo,” I said returning the salutation to my friend Shawn, “So how’s life?”

“Pretty good,” he told me with smiles and laughs, “you?”

“In pain, but peachy.”

He raised his eyebrows and gave me one of those looks. “How so in pain?”

“Met with my therapist again.”

“Ah, I see,” this time his tone more cynical.

“Does this hurt?” I asked imitating my therapist.

“Hrm… I think not.”

“How about this?” I asked while twisting his arm.

“Yes! Dammit, yes it hurts!”

 “Haha,” I mocked.

Shawn recovered quicker than I had expected and asked me,” So how much more of it do you have?”

“Two more weeks.”

“Ah, that’s good.”

“Well yeah, if I’m okay, then I’m okay. Well at least I hope so.”

“Do you think you’ll be coming back to track?”

“You’re just going to have to keep nagging me Shawn. I’m going to get lazy and forget.”

“I will,” he assured, “I’ll even bribe your boyfriend to help out. A cookie a day can go a long way.”

I couldn’t help but smile because I knew that he was absolutely right.

“Aren’t I a good friend?” he asked me with puppy dog eyes.

“Decide for yourself. A good friend is someone to catch you when you fall off the stairs because that damn cheerleading chick didn’t tie her laces. A good friend would listen to your plans of dominating the world. A good friend will feed you even if you have lunch. A good friend will let you borrow money knowing you’ll never pay it back. A good friend will be there even when you’re bitching the rest of the high school population. So what do you think Shawn? Still my good friend?”

“I’m getting you back to track aren’t I?”

I glared at him, and he flinched.

“Yeah, I think I’m your good friend well other than the cash part. I’m more of a loan shark.”

“Wow, now I’m really impressed, you part of the mafia too?”

“Going back to my great uncle… on my mother’s side.”

“Oh, I see,” I said with my own tone of sarcasm, “Well I’ve got my black market!”

“Well I’m a nice guy!” he countered.

“Nice guy huh?” I said hinting with a cough he wasn’t.

“I thought you thought I was evil.”

“Oh…” I said caught off guard, “I don’t think you’re evil. You’re a good person deep down.”

“Aww I feel all tingly inside now. Thank you.”
“Fine, well you’re a good person DEEP down.”

“Fine…”

“The fact is, some people are just more good, and they show it more on the surface.”

“And what am I then, bad on the surface?”

“I wouldn’t say that. You’re bad on the surface but when the time comes you’re good at heart.”

After that we didn’t have much to say. It was the type of awkward silence where you could hear pins drop. Finally someone said something.

“Well back to our relentless days.”

I smiled, “Yes back to our senseless lives that have sense but we can’t see it.”

“Don’t you mean ‘meaning of life’?”

“Shut up Shawn. I have a small vocabulary.”

“You know what your meaning of life is Sunnie?”

“What?”

“To exist to annoy the rest of the world.”

“You know what else?”

“What?” I asked a slight irritated.

“Vocabulary is a bigger word than meaning.”

“Good job! I’m so happy you figured that out.”

“Hey, that was offensive.”

“I have a shovel, a shotgun, and 5 acres of land behind my house. Do not TRIFLE with me!”

“Too bad, I’m going to trifle with you!”

“Then I’ll set my boyfriend on you!”

All at once Shawn’s eyes softened and his expression grew dismal.

“So have you and Andrew been having any arguments lately?”

“From the 11 months we’ve been together, no” I said proudly.

“Oh…”

 “And in that 11 months not one date either.”

“What’s that going to accomplish?” he yelled in disbelief.

“We’re just going slow. I like it that way anyways.”

“Yeah, it seems to be working. You two are really close.”

“Next month we would be a year.”

“I know. We should set up reservations at some snooty fancy restaurant with French waiters and force you two to go.”

“Would you do that really?”

“What are good friends for?”

“Sounds too formal for me. I say we celebrate at Mickey D’s.”

“Hey, do you think if you met me first. You know? Would things be different?”

“Life would be too cheery. And Andrew… well he’d still be Andrew,” I stopped realizing what I didn’t mean to say, “Well never mind that. It didn’t come out correctly you know?”

“Yeah, that’s what I like about you, your dark gloomy death-like attitude.”

“Thanks, I like the half empty excuse me, all empty approach. DEEP down though, I’m sure I’m a happy person.”

“Yes, dark and gloomy Sunnie is actually a happy person.”

“You’ve got a problem with that Shawn?” I said just half joking, “You’d better say it to my face.”

“Yeah…”

“What is it?”
“Life’s unfair.”

“How so Shawn?”

“There’s a girl I deserve more than anyone else.”