Page 7 of Hot Four Teacher
“Yes. Michelle is in the middle of some kind of crisis.”
He looks into the camera, prompting me to give a monotone, “Hey, Jack.”
“Hi, Mich. I’ll leave you two alone.” With that, he picks up Beth and walks out of the room.
Liz speaks again. “Okay, what’s wrong?
“I think the universe is trying to tell me something.”
“What do you mean?” She asks.
“Let’s start with Eve who decided all of a sudden that I am nothing but a lonely spinster that needs to find a husband. She kept begging me to start dating. Then, I see that I’m getting ads for speedandonline dating. Oh, and also there was one trying to get me to adopt a pet because I’m solonely.”
Liz asks, “Do you think you’re lonely?”
“No!” I answer a little too quickly. “Do Isometimesget lonely? Sure. But I mean if I wanted to go out and get some, I could.”
Probably.
“Hell yeah, you could!” She exclaims.
“Normally, I don’t even think about me being single. I’m too busy…and too tired. But today, every reminder popped up all at once. Now, it’s flashing in front of me like a huge neon sign.”
“I’m sorry, Mich. Sometimes the universe can be a total dick.”
I run my hand through my hair. “No joke.” I sit for a moment pondering all of this. The more I think about it, the angrier I get. Why the hell is my love life anybody’s business? I’m still young (sort of) and virile (a little).
I cry, “I can go out and have fun. I bet I could get some interested looks!”
“I’m sure you could get more than that.” Liz has always been a wonderful hype woman.
“Let’s do it!” I practically scream.
“Let’s do what?”
“Go out! I want to have a girls’ night. I want to get all dolled up and get out of the house.”
Half an hour ago, I was looking forward to sitting on the couch and doing my finest impersonation of a potato. But now, I know doing that will just keep me trapped in my own thoughts. That sounds like the exact opposite of relaxing.
Liz says. “Alright. But I think we both know that if we are going out, we can’t do it very well without a certain someone.”
At the exact same time, we both say, “Ronnie.”
Out of the five Lawson siblings, Ronnie has the most experience with going out and partying. She may finally be in a committed relationship, but that doesn’t mean she has given up her love for having fun. I don’t know that she will ever give up that.
“Hold on,” Liz says again, adding Ronnie to our video chat.
Her face pops up on the screen as she answers. “What’s up, bitches?”
She shovels in a bite of what appears to be sweet and sour chicken.
Liz says, “Michelle has something she wants to ask you.”
“Oh, yeah? Well, lay it on me, sister Susan.”
I say, “Liz and I are going out on the town tonight.”
Ronnie rolls her eyes. “Yeah, yeah. Why don’t you tell me what’sreallygoing on?”
