Antique Phone

"Deary me!" Derek said with delight. "That sounds exquisite. I'll come pick you both up in a jiffy for some well needed guy time. Ta-ta!" She said elegantly as she hung up the phone. My heart pounding with excitement as I reach into my purse to get my make-up mirror for a quick touch up. Only to come face to face with a woman in my reflection bearing a look of shock as I realize I'm not who I was 5 minutes ago.

It was an average day in my small town, like it always was. Bored out of my mind I decided to go for a walk and see if I could make some fun but walking the same streets as always left me feeling hollow. There was nothing for a young man to do here as all the shops were all 'cutesy' cafes, woman's clothing or hair salons. I did however manage to find something new on my travels...

It was an antique shop. I never knew we had one here but it could've been new. I don't pay too much attention to this town for obvious reasons and I didn't give it too much thought as I walked in.

Seemed like your average, run of the mill antique shop but something seemed off. I didn't see anyone manning the cash register and the store was void of life as there weren't even any customers. Strange, but not uncommon for a small town business. I couldn't help but look around still, as the urge to entertain myself was peaking and this place seemed like it had some interesting things.

Nothing really popped out as I looked about, up until I found a vintage telephone. What really caught my attention was the fact that it was plugged in. Wondering if it worked, I picked up the phone and placed it on my ear as I used the dial to type in my friends phone number.

It started ringing to my surprise and after a few moments of dial tone I hear his voice.

"Hello?" He says with a monotone.

"I'm watching you, Derek." I whisper with a gargle, masking my voice.

"Who is this?" he says, sounding a bit more concerned.

"It's me man." I laugh, reverting back to my normal tone.

"Oh bro! You got me dude. Your number didn't show up on my phone?" He asks, confused.

"Yeah dude, I found this vintage telephone plugged in so I had to try it. Did ya know we had an antique shop in town?" I said.

"That's new." He states, "anything interesting?"

"Eh not really." I reply, "but add Mark to the call so we can sort out something to do this arvo. I'm bored as heck!"

I shiver a bit, I was meant to say "hell." Never said heck in my life. Seems Derek hardly noticed though as he replies with a "Sure" and I hear the beeps of his phone as he type's Mark's number. We wait in silence to the dial tone but it quickly cuts.

"Ay Derek, what's happening?" Mark says, recognizing Derek's number instantly.

"Hey bro, I'm in a call with Luke and he's wondering if we'd be interested in doing anything tonight." Derek says.

"Sup Luke? You have anything in mind?" Mark asks.

"Well there's a bunch of cute places around town." I recoil after I catch my self speaking a little more softer then usual. And did I just say 'cute'?!

"Uhh I mean..." I stutter as I try think of what came over me.

"You feeling okay, honey?" Derek says, also speaking softer then usual only to fall silent.

"What ever has come over you two?" Mark says with a noticeable gasp as he seems to be speaking with a sudden 'girlish' tone aswell. We spend a few moments in silence, thinking to ourselves while still on the phone. After a few awkward moments, Derek cuts the silence.

"Darlings? You still there?" He says in an elegant manner.

"Oh yes dear! Sorry I haven't the faintest clue what came over me." I say, immediately forgetting why we fell silent. "What ever were we talking about?"

"Oh you silly ditz!" Mark chimes in, "we were discussing plans for today of course. Are you feeling tip-top honey?" He giggles in a womanly voice.

"Oh my, yes of course!" I clumsily reply, "Well as I was saying, there's this adorable cafe near me with these most delicate cakes I'm absolutely dying to show you both. Then I was thinking we go get our hair done while we gossip and maybe go shopping for something cute after." I proclaimed, having the weirdest feeling that something was a miss but all worries were cast aside as I hear Derek's voice.

"Deary me!" Derek says with delight. "That sounds exquisite. I'll come pick you both up in a jiffy for some well needed guy time. Ta-ta!" He said, hanging up.

"We will see you soon sugar." Mark says, "I'll be sure to remind Derek to pick you up from the Antique store." He reassures as he hangs up.

I put the phone back in place. My heart skipping a beat as I reach into my purse and pull out my make-up mirror for a touch up only to notice a woman staring back at me through the reflection. Shock quakes my body as I immediately close the mirror and turn to an antique 'full body mirror' to inspect myself.

Something wasn't quite right as the person staring back was an elegant lady wearing a yellow, vintage dress with heels to match. She had the girliest demeanor as she couldn't stop smiling at how beautiful she looked in that outfit. Was that really me?

I turn to the side while I continue to look at myself. "Goodness my butts getting big, maybe I'll have only one slice of cake with the girl's." I think to myself as I follow with a twirl. Smiling wider as I can't help but fawn over how gorgeous this dress was as it swayed.

Beep beep

A sudden noise breaks my attention as I realize it was coming from outside.

"Goly that must be the girls!" I said with gleeful excitement as I put my mirror back into my purse and rush out with my heels clicking and clacking. I get to the door and peak out as I see Mary and Delilah parked out front in a Chevy Impala. They turn to me as I step outside and their faces light up.

"Oh my! Lucy you look absolutely gorgeous!" Delilah sparks, leaning back in the driver's seat to check me out.

I give off a little blush as I put my hands behind my back and delicately sway my dress side to side. I look at her with a smile as I notice she's clad in a similar style to me, only with blue overtones which contrasts perfectly with my yellow.

"Thanks sweetie, you're looking beautiful as always." I say with a slight wink, making her cheeks turn a little red as she smiles back at me.

"Come on ladies! We don't want to be late now." Mary says, sitting in the back seat dressed head to toe in pink, "I want to go see if there's any cute guys downtown we can flirt with."

"I doubt it." Delilah remarks, "There seems to be a shortage of guys around here for some reason..."