Page 63 of Butterfly Effect

No can do

Me

It’s your birthday! We HAVE to celebrate!!

Freckles

We absolutely do not.

Me

Mostly because we already told everyone weeks ago that I planned to

Freckles

How is that my fault? You didn’t even ask me if I had plans.

Me

Do you have plans??

Freckles

No.

Freckles

But I could have!

Me

Now you do

Freckles

…

Freckles

Fine. Whatever.

Me

I like it when you’re nice

Freckles

Guess I’m gonna have to be meaner.

Me

I’ve told you this before but

I snicker to myself while searching for and selecting the meme GIF of Skeletor pointing and moving his jaw captioned with, “joke’s on you I’m into that shit.”

Just when I think I’ve rendered her speechless, she returns a GIF of an Elmo muppet with his arms raised, flames flickering in the background. The text reads, “I’M IN HELL.” I choke on my spit and hack out a horrendous, cartoonish laugh akin to Goofy.

Thank God no one was around to witness that.

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