[ Kate wakes with a start when her phone buzzes soft against her stomach. She sits up, heart thudding a little too hard in her chest, while the rest of her body protests her aborted nap. For a moment she isn't sure why her phone is cradled in her palm. When she finally unlocks the screen, it takes her awhile (three tries, to be exact) to properly absorb the message scrawled there.
Right. Tommy.
Christ. She thought she'd dreamt it.
She sets her phone down, rubbing her hands over her features before she rises to pad towards the Intercom mounted on the wall. The motions are easy: Hi Cindy, I have a friend coming over and I think he's already downstairs. A pause. No, not from school. Ha ha, no, not a suitor, ew Cinds, really you need to stop investing in my nonexistent love life. Some chit-chat. Yeah, hair as white as snow, that's the one. 'kay, thanks sweetie.
She hangs up and sends a response Tommy's way. ]
tell maury you're here to see me and that i told reception to expect you. top floor.
[ She turns then and surveys her schoolwork: half on the coffee table and the rest on the floor and runs her hand, half-resigned through her hair. ]
no subject
Right. Tommy.
Christ. She thought she'd dreamt it.
She sets her phone down, rubbing her hands over her features before she rises to pad towards the Intercom mounted on the wall. The motions are easy: Hi Cindy, I have a friend coming over and I think he's already downstairs. A pause. No, not from school. Ha ha, no, not a suitor, ew Cinds, really you need to stop investing in my nonexistent love life. Some chit-chat. Yeah, hair as white as snow, that's the one. 'kay, thanks sweetie.
She hangs up and sends a response Tommy's way. ]
tell maury you're here to see me and that i told reception to expect you. top floor.
[ She turns then and surveys her schoolwork: half on the coffee table and the rest on the floor and runs her hand, half-resigned through her hair. ]