Changeling
Yesterday afternoon, Michelle called me a couple of times about going to the movies. She said Bob wasn't going to go if Linda was there, and that Bob wouldn't let her go if he didn't go. Admittedly, I made it seem more likely than it did that Linda would go, but to be honest I wasn't sure if she'd be there or not, since Ele last time said Linda wanted to go.
Just like last time, I seemed to have some spare time to kill beforehand, and so I felt some nervousness as the clock quietly ticked towards 8:30. I decided to go humble and just wear jeans and my big loose purple hoodie. I'm tired of Bob's dress sense of wearing tight shirts and trying to show off your chest, arms and whatever the fuck else. Sometimes it's good just to be humble.
I went to the ATM to get some cash out and then went to get my car. I drove to her place, where I honked the horn, hoping she could hear it.
Ugh, why can't she wait outside at the designated time?
I rang her and said "your driver is here". She said "ok, we're coming downstairs now".
I sat in the car for a few more moments before I saw a female figure wearing what appeared to be a very short black skirt with stockings come out. It was Tracy. Why the hell did she dress like that??
Ele was wearing a sports jacket with the sleeves rolled up and wearing her white framed glasses. She walked across the front of my car, which made me wonder for a sec whether she recognised my car or not. She came to my window and handed me two green grapes, lol.
She walked back around the front and entered the front passenger door as I quickly ate the grapes. I wouldn't say I was surprised, but it's noteworthy to see that she entered the front passenger seat, instead of Tracy. When Tracy got into the car I said "you're back [from China], and you're back in my car". She noted how I got a new car and Ele said she didn't even realise because she forgot what my other car looked like.
She said she was bad with recognising cars, and that she only knew Bobby had a chunky car. Tracy was a little bit better, being able to recognise my car and Bob's car. There was some talk about G's car which Ele had never seen, and then we somehow got talk about shares and investing in companies. I said it was a form of gambling although Ele thought otherwise.
I asked Tracy how China was, and she said it was cold and how she didn't get to do much. Ele then said "he asked you about China, not you". I find that she teases Tracy a bit, kinda like how I do to the other guys.
I asked if Linda was coming, and Ele said Linda wanted to come last Tuesday. Didn't really matter to me.
I parked on the top level this time, close to the entrance to the cinemas. We walked in and didn't see Michael L, so I called him and he said he and Eva were just leaving home. Ele and Tracy bought their tickets, and I bought mine. The girl asked me if I wanted any popcorn or drinks, and I checked with Ele and she said she was getting a small popcorn, so I just got a medium coke.
After getting our tickets we hung around for a while. I asked her if that skills tester machine was a form of gambling and she said no. There was a bit more talk about that before changing topics. I noted how small Ele's bottle of drink was, and they said people were giving it out for free at their uni, and I said I thought they had finished their courses, but they said they went back to get the invitation for their graduations and that their parents were coming.
Ele was eating a lot of popcorn and then she got me to hold it, saying something like "you can be the holder". She plopped it in my arms, and then started grabbing some out. In the process she dropped a few on my arms, and I said "yeah, I'm also your rubbish bin". Ah you are a funny one.
She seemed pretty energetic for some reason, at one stage almost dancing/jumping around. I noted how she seemed happy and that she was wearing a shirt with a rainbow on it, and she asked what it meant, and I said "mardi gras".
Tracy asked me to open her Lipton ice tea drink. I opened it and then she said to Ele "he's got muscles". Fark that was embarassing.
Michael L and Eva arrived. Eva looked a bit down, she said she was sick. I joked with Michael L that he was late and all tickets had been sold out, which Tracy somehow believed and thought so I had bought the tickets for them.
After getting the tickets we all walked past the ticket check point, and Ele and Tracy had some trouble because Ele forgot where she had put her ticket, and it turned out to be in her back pocket. And then they were about to walk into the wrong cinema because they thought that both doors lead into the same room.
When the staff finished cleaning the one we were supposed to go in, we went in. Ele said "I want to sit next to my popcorn". I was holding the popcorn and didn't know what to say so I just said "I want to sit next to the popcorn". Michael L and Eva headed upstairs. Halfway up the stairs, Ele stopped and said she wanted to sit in the lower section because the seats upstairs were too far away. I personally wanted to sit in the upper section, sitting in the lower section is very foreign to me.
I reached out and started to guide her elbow upstairs to persuade her before Michael L and Eva agreed to go downstairs. We sat at the backrow of the lower section, and from right to left it was Michael L, Eva, Ele, me and Tracy. I felt a bit awkward when I sat down because I wanted to sit next to Ele, yet I didn't want to separate Tracy and Ele. Oh well.
Ele ate a lot of popcorn in the beginning, but kinda stopped when the movie started. At one stage I looked at her and laughed a bit, and she looked back and smiled politely. At another stage, she reached over for popcorn and I playfully put it out of her reach.
Throughout the movie, I noticed Tracy kept checking her phone and doing stuff on it. Ele and I talked a bit during the movie. I don't usually initiate during a movie, but when that Clark boy showed up I had forgotten what Jolie's son looked like and asked Ele if that was him, and she nodded yes. Towards the end, when Jolie was being represented by the big named lawyer, Ele asked me if I would do something like that, and I said "yeah, I act for a [insert my client genre here] don't I?" and she smiled. And then when the lawyer was ferociously questioning in court, she asked if I did that and I laughed and said no.
At the end of the movie, we all sat there for a bit until the lights came on. Eva said the movie made her cry, lol. I must admit, it was a LOT better than I thought it'd be. It was so powerfully emotional. Putting Ele's quiet whimpers aside, even the lady in front of us groaned and protested when the gruesome scenes were played. I like how Angelina was able to put aside her beauty and hotness to make a movie like this. It totally isolates and emphasises her acting abilities, brilliant.
We walked out to the car park with Michael L and Eva where we split. We talked about the movie as we walked back to my car and got in. I asked if Tracy was going home or if she was returning to Ele's, and Tracy said she was going home. Maybe it was calculating of me, but I chose to drop Tracy off first, hehe.
After I dropped Tracy off, I was joked that I had an axe in the car and asked her if she was scared. She said she trusted me. I said that the reason I went to jail on Sunday was because I was serving a sentence. She asked what I had done, and I said that about five years ago, I picked up a girl who looked a lot like her, and she was never seen again.
Ele said Tracy would call her in ten minutes, and I said that she'd just get a "the phone number you have dialled is disconnected, please try again later" message, and then Ele joked that Tracy would just go back to sleep, lol.
We think we saw Malay walking home on the way, not sure. She told me that she had lunch with two of her friends and that they had both been fired. I told her I knew two people who had also lost their jobs - someone in IT and someone in law. She started laughing, and I asked her why it was so funny that people lost their jobs, and she said that she pictured it as Michael L and myself.
When I stopped in front of her place, she started to get out and said "I'll see you tomorrow, oh I mean, on the weekend, Friday". I picked up on her mistake and said "no no, I'll see you tomorrow".
But why the hell would I see her on Friday or the weekend?
Just like last time, I seemed to have some spare time to kill beforehand, and so I felt some nervousness as the clock quietly ticked towards 8:30. I decided to go humble and just wear jeans and my big loose purple hoodie. I'm tired of Bob's dress sense of wearing tight shirts and trying to show off your chest, arms and whatever the fuck else. Sometimes it's good just to be humble.
I went to the ATM to get some cash out and then went to get my car. I drove to her place, where I honked the horn, hoping she could hear it.
Ugh, why can't she wait outside at the designated time?
I rang her and said "your driver is here". She said "ok, we're coming downstairs now".
I sat in the car for a few more moments before I saw a female figure wearing what appeared to be a very short black skirt with stockings come out. It was Tracy. Why the hell did she dress like that??
Ele was wearing a sports jacket with the sleeves rolled up and wearing her white framed glasses. She walked across the front of my car, which made me wonder for a sec whether she recognised my car or not. She came to my window and handed me two green grapes, lol.
She walked back around the front and entered the front passenger door as I quickly ate the grapes. I wouldn't say I was surprised, but it's noteworthy to see that she entered the front passenger seat, instead of Tracy. When Tracy got into the car I said "you're back [from China], and you're back in my car". She noted how I got a new car and Ele said she didn't even realise because she forgot what my other car looked like.
She said she was bad with recognising cars, and that she only knew Bobby had a chunky car. Tracy was a little bit better, being able to recognise my car and Bob's car. There was some talk about G's car which Ele had never seen, and then we somehow got talk about shares and investing in companies. I said it was a form of gambling although Ele thought otherwise.
I asked Tracy how China was, and she said it was cold and how she didn't get to do much. Ele then said "he asked you about China, not you". I find that she teases Tracy a bit, kinda like how I do to the other guys.
I asked if Linda was coming, and Ele said Linda wanted to come last Tuesday. Didn't really matter to me.
I parked on the top level this time, close to the entrance to the cinemas. We walked in and didn't see Michael L, so I called him and he said he and Eva were just leaving home. Ele and Tracy bought their tickets, and I bought mine. The girl asked me if I wanted any popcorn or drinks, and I checked with Ele and she said she was getting a small popcorn, so I just got a medium coke.
After getting our tickets we hung around for a while. I asked her if that skills tester machine was a form of gambling and she said no. There was a bit more talk about that before changing topics. I noted how small Ele's bottle of drink was, and they said people were giving it out for free at their uni, and I said I thought they had finished their courses, but they said they went back to get the invitation for their graduations and that their parents were coming.
Ele was eating a lot of popcorn and then she got me to hold it, saying something like "you can be the holder". She plopped it in my arms, and then started grabbing some out. In the process she dropped a few on my arms, and I said "yeah, I'm also your rubbish bin". Ah you are a funny one.
She seemed pretty energetic for some reason, at one stage almost dancing/jumping around. I noted how she seemed happy and that she was wearing a shirt with a rainbow on it, and she asked what it meant, and I said "mardi gras".
Tracy asked me to open her Lipton ice tea drink. I opened it and then she said to Ele "he's got muscles". Fark that was embarassing.
Michael L and Eva arrived. Eva looked a bit down, she said she was sick. I joked with Michael L that he was late and all tickets had been sold out, which Tracy somehow believed and thought so I had bought the tickets for them.
After getting the tickets we all walked past the ticket check point, and Ele and Tracy had some trouble because Ele forgot where she had put her ticket, and it turned out to be in her back pocket. And then they were about to walk into the wrong cinema because they thought that both doors lead into the same room.
When the staff finished cleaning the one we were supposed to go in, we went in. Ele said "I want to sit next to my popcorn". I was holding the popcorn and didn't know what to say so I just said "I want to sit next to the popcorn". Michael L and Eva headed upstairs. Halfway up the stairs, Ele stopped and said she wanted to sit in the lower section because the seats upstairs were too far away. I personally wanted to sit in the upper section, sitting in the lower section is very foreign to me.
I reached out and started to guide her elbow upstairs to persuade her before Michael L and Eva agreed to go downstairs. We sat at the backrow of the lower section, and from right to left it was Michael L, Eva, Ele, me and Tracy. I felt a bit awkward when I sat down because I wanted to sit next to Ele, yet I didn't want to separate Tracy and Ele. Oh well.
Ele ate a lot of popcorn in the beginning, but kinda stopped when the movie started. At one stage I looked at her and laughed a bit, and she looked back and smiled politely. At another stage, she reached over for popcorn and I playfully put it out of her reach.
Throughout the movie, I noticed Tracy kept checking her phone and doing stuff on it. Ele and I talked a bit during the movie. I don't usually initiate during a movie, but when that Clark boy showed up I had forgotten what Jolie's son looked like and asked Ele if that was him, and she nodded yes. Towards the end, when Jolie was being represented by the big named lawyer, Ele asked me if I would do something like that, and I said "yeah, I act for a [insert my client genre here] don't I?" and she smiled. And then when the lawyer was ferociously questioning in court, she asked if I did that and I laughed and said no.
At the end of the movie, we all sat there for a bit until the lights came on. Eva said the movie made her cry, lol. I must admit, it was a LOT better than I thought it'd be. It was so powerfully emotional. Putting Ele's quiet whimpers aside, even the lady in front of us groaned and protested when the gruesome scenes were played. I like how Angelina was able to put aside her beauty and hotness to make a movie like this. It totally isolates and emphasises her acting abilities, brilliant.
We walked out to the car park with Michael L and Eva where we split. We talked about the movie as we walked back to my car and got in. I asked if Tracy was going home or if she was returning to Ele's, and Tracy said she was going home. Maybe it was calculating of me, but I chose to drop Tracy off first, hehe.
After I dropped Tracy off, I was joked that I had an axe in the car and asked her if she was scared. She said she trusted me. I said that the reason I went to jail on Sunday was because I was serving a sentence. She asked what I had done, and I said that about five years ago, I picked up a girl who looked a lot like her, and she was never seen again.
Ele said Tracy would call her in ten minutes, and I said that she'd just get a "the phone number you have dialled is disconnected, please try again later" message, and then Ele joked that Tracy would just go back to sleep, lol.
We think we saw Malay walking home on the way, not sure. She told me that she had lunch with two of her friends and that they had both been fired. I told her I knew two people who had also lost their jobs - someone in IT and someone in law. She started laughing, and I asked her why it was so funny that people lost their jobs, and she said that she pictured it as Michael L and myself.
When I stopped in front of her place, she started to get out and said "I'll see you tomorrow, oh I mean, on the weekend, Friday". I picked up on her mistake and said "no no, I'll see you tomorrow".
But why the hell would I see her on Friday or the weekend?
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