I'm Okay!

Choose your words wisely when texting a friend 

My dear friend, Eva, sent me an urgent text just as I drifted into sleep. My heart jolted in my chest as I picked up my phone and read her message: I’m in the ER. Call me.

She's alive. She must be hurt badly. Thoughts ran through my mind as I jumped out of bed and rushed to the door. With trembling fingers and a racing mind, I fumbled with my phone to find her number. But in my haste, it slipped from my grasp and bounced down the stairs with a clatter.

“Darn it!” I cursed, watching the phone tumble and slide across the steps before landing with a loud crash on the hardwood floor of the living room.

Frustrated and slightly panicked, I hurried down the stairs to retrieve my device. “Of all times for this to happen,” I grumbled under my breath. “Now I have to waste even more time by using the landline to call her.”

As I reached the bottom step and picked up my phone. "Are you okay, buddy?" I mumbled when the ping sound signaled a new text message: I’m okay!

A thought raced through my mind like a bolt of lightning. My phone just texted me!

I stood frozen in utter confusion staring at my phone when a long text arrived: Don't you break your neck rushing to the ER! I tripped over Sparky in the kitchen and broke my arm. I don’t have a ride home. Steve is in LA. Can you pick me up in about an hour?

“It was Eva!” I mumbled. “Both times! I’m not losing my mind.” I couldn’t help but burst out laughing at the absurdity of the situation.

Erika M Szabo

https://authorerikamszabo.com

Erika loves to dance to her own tunes and follow her dreams, introducing her story-writing skills and her books that are based on creative imagination with themes such as magical realism, alternate history, urban fantasy, cozy mystery, sweet romance, and supernatural stories. Her children’s stories are informative and educational and deliver moral values in a non-preachy way.