“I'm right here, out.”            
     “Oh, he's crazy all right,” Beth  
finally answered.                      
     “Hello, I'm right here, out.”     
     “And, he also listens in on all my
conversations with other people.”      
     Everyone laughed, and I had to    
admit, it was funny, so I laughed too. 
     Besides everyone ignoring me and  
only talking to Beth, it was a good    
night, because like the last five      
nights, we got a lot of false alarms,  
but nothing serious. All I had to do   
was confirm it.                        
     Even with all that going on, I    
still got at least two hours sleep,    
before getting up early to go to work. 
I think it was two hours. It might've  
been a lot less. I'm not sure.         
      As soon as the alarm went off, I 
* was up, and once again, Beth was         
already cooking breakfast, even though 
it was still my week to cook.          
     I brought it up, after eating half
of it first, just in case she got mad. 
     “You do remember that this is my  
week to cook, right?”                  
     “I know, and don't talk with your 
mouth full. It's disgusting,” she said,
while shoveling food into her own mouth
and also talking.                      
     “I'm just so excited about that   
class today,” she told me, bits of food
going everywhere, and then yawned, “but
as soon as you leave, I'm gonna take a 
little nap. The class isn't until ten  
anyway, and I don't want to nod off. I 
don't think I’ll have to worry about   
that, but just in case, you know?”     



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