(ring-ring)

- Hey you, wanted to check up on you!

- Check up on me?  Well thanks, Today.  You sound cheery.  You didn't go to class?

- No, I did.  Hamlet wasn't there.

- Oh, okay.

- Lala wasn't either.

- So how was it?  

- My friend said I should sue Hamlet. 

- I meant how was class?

- Oh, I'm behind on an essay.  I had to leave early to see a doctor because my mom doesn't want me to get sick before I go out with the others.

- Well, ribs are expensive.

- When I saw him, I said I don't want the shot—he said you're gonna take the shot.  But I feel better now.  It didn't hurt.

- Good.

- How are you?  Thanks for coming to see me.

- You know, it feels good not to be miserable.

- What do you mean?

- I dunno.  Actually, I could go tomorrow or I could go next week, and then my words won't mean shit again.

- I'm not sure what you mean.

- I just mean, it feels good not to be miserable, Today.

- Well, okay.

- Lest I forget.

- What?

- Nothing, go do your essay—you're gonna take the shot.

-Wha—

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