Her mother was in the kitchen, and her dad was working late that night. She guessed that Roy was either watching TV in the living room or playing on his computer upstairs. Since she was, for the most part, alone; she planned to hit the speaker-phone button once someone picked up. She wanted to make sure he could hear her this time.
She scrolled through a few numbers and found the one that had been timestamped that morning. She wrote it down, then dialed. The phone rang. Jen pressed the speaker button and set down the receiver.
“Hello?” A woman’s voice answered.
“Um... Hi... Is Kyle there?” Jen asked.
“Oh, yes, let me get him...” She replied.
Jen guessed that it was his mom.
After a few minutes Jen heard the phone being lifted then the same woman said, “I’m sorry, who did you say you were looking for?”
“I asked for Kyle!” Jen said, annoyed that she had waited so long for nothing. Was this woman retarded?
“Oh, right... I’ll get him for you...” She said.
The line went quiet again and after a moment the same woman picked up and said, “Who did you want to speak with?”
Now Jen was pissed. She didn’t deal with this curse all day at school to have to put up with this crap now.
She yelled, “Are you retarded? How many times do I need to ask you... I need Kyle!”
“Hey, I don’t even know you. Don’t talk to me that way!” The woman shot back.
Jen let out a heavy sigh and said, “Sorry... I’m Jennifer Smith, will you please tell Kyle to call me?”
Before the woman could reply, Jen hung up. She had a feeling the message would never make it.
“What the fuck did that little prick do!” She yelled.
It was almost like everyone had forgotten about him except for her.
Still angry, she left for the living room...