Alright, I muttered softly, I’ve got less than thirty minutes to get to the door and whip up a witty plan that won’t get me to the police station. I sighed, cursing at my stupidity. I tried to warn you, whispered the little voice. I pointedly ignored it and rubbed at my temples to try and get a good grip on the situation.
First things first, the guy would greet me and expect me to come out to see him, which I couldn’t, obviously. Then he’d want to get paid, that much was normal. Why couldn’t the pizza place find a way to pay by phone, I mentally whined, it would make things so much easier. I was thinking furiously but I couldn’t get a good solution for the first problem and ended up wallowing in self-pity and frustration as I sunk underneath the surface. What was I going to do? Those words echoed around in my skull again and again as I watched the light’s reflection flicker and move around on the water’s surface.
Time passed and I found myself caught in a strange kind of reverie, spacing out. It was something that happened to me fairly often when I had a problem I didn’t want to deal with or just a chore I wanted to forget about. After a while, though, the little voice spoke out. You know, it said, that delivery man is probably already on his way…
“Shit!” I cried out loud as I bolted upright, splashing water everywhere. I grabbed the phone and looked at the time. I had barely more than five minutes before the pizza would arrive. I moaned in mental agony, cursing my sloth and procrastination.
I clambered out of the bath, wincing as my hip hit the cold tiles hard. I didn’t have the time to care much, though, as I slithered my way to the bedroom wildly searching for some spare change. I dimly remembered the price as well as the fact that I probably had a few bills in my pant’s back pocket. Of course, I was a clean person and always put everything in its it proper place for me to easily find afterwards. You wish, muttered the little voice.
“Shut it” I growled, cursing at a voice in my head, for the second time in a single night. So much for being sane.