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<blockquote data-quote="Calinon" data-source="post: 1431385" data-attributes="member: 13737"><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong>"Mmrph mff!"</strong> comes the muffled cry from the pillows as an arm appears from the side of the bed, slapping at the alarm clock until it shuts off. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">The phone continues to ring. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong>"Mmrph mff!"</strong> comes the muffled cry again, as Sharon, head still buried in her pillow, slaps again at the alarm clock. The phone continues to ring. Up comes the head, hair everywhere, glowering at the clock. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong>"I said bugger offffphone... damnit."</strong> </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Squinting at the clock, she sees the time. <strong>"Oh yeah, three hours sleep. Absolutely that's enough,"</strong> she grumps, rolling to a sitting position, putting her feet on the floor, scratching her head and small of her back at once. Doing survailance on someone's spouse having an affair was boring and tedious and doing it until 4:30 in the morning was not fun; but it paid the bills.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Lurching to her feet, she thumps out of her bedroom towards the sound of the annoying phone. Passing the kitchen, she sees Norton at the window, face plastered against the pane, looking in. He lets out a <em><span style="color: deepskyblue">mrow</span></em> when he sees her, sitting up. <strong>"Good freakin' morning to you too, sweetie,"</strong> she returns, walking past the kitchen. <strong>"Let you in in a minute."</strong></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">She enters the living room, searching for her ringing phone. She finds it beneath the couch cushion and picks it up. She shakes her head as the neighbours downstairs enter their morning argument, screaming at each other. <strong>"I can hear you!"</strong> she shouts at the floor, stomping loudly on the floor. They don't pay attention.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong>"Of course you can hear them,"</strong> she mutters to herself. <strong>"And see them if you want, and smell them. And you smell disgusting you freakin' drunk!"</strong> she shouts, stomping on the floor again. <strong>"Fricken' morning ritual," </strong>she complains. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Another <em><span style="color: deepskyblue">mrow</span></em> and the banging of a cats head on a window pane. <strong>"Yeah, yeah, hold your horses Norton!"</strong> she shouts as she hits the button on the receiver turning it on. <strong>"I'll be right there already!"</strong> she shouts, heading into the kitchen and pulling the window up and open, nearly dropping the receiver. Norton walks in and presses up against her stomach purring. <strong>"Men are always me me me, aren't you? At least you're in a good mood this morning,"</strong> she says, scratching him behind his ears, remembering then she has the phone in hand still and it's on. <strong>"Hello?"</strong> she says grumpily and still tired into the receiver.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Calinon, post: 1431385, member: 13737"] [font=Times New Roman][b]"Mmrph mff!"[/b] comes the muffled cry from the pillows as an arm appears from the side of the bed, slapping at the alarm clock until it shuts off. [/font] [font=Times New Roman]The phone continues to ring. [/font] [font=Times New Roman][b]"Mmrph mff!"[/b] comes the muffled cry again, as Sharon, head still buried in her pillow, slaps again at the alarm clock. The phone continues to ring. Up comes the head, hair everywhere, glowering at the clock. [/font] [font=Times New Roman][b]"I said bugger offffphone... damnit."[/b] [/font] [font=Times New Roman]Squinting at the clock, she sees the time. [b]"Oh yeah, three hours sleep. Absolutely that's enough,"[/b] she grumps, rolling to a sitting position, putting her feet on the floor, scratching her head and small of her back at once. Doing survailance on someone's spouse having an affair was boring and tedious and doing it until 4:30 in the morning was not fun; but it paid the bills.[/font] [font=Times New Roman]Lurching to her feet, she thumps out of her bedroom towards the sound of the annoying phone. Passing the kitchen, she sees Norton at the window, face plastered against the pane, looking in. He lets out a [i][color=deepskyblue]mrow[/color][/i] when he sees her, sitting up. [b]"Good freakin' morning to you too, sweetie,"[/b] she returns, walking past the kitchen. [b]"Let you in in a minute."[/b][/font] [font=Times New Roman]She enters the living room, searching for her ringing phone. She finds it beneath the couch cushion and picks it up. She shakes her head as the neighbours downstairs enter their morning argument, screaming at each other. [b]"I can hear you!"[/b] she shouts at the floor, stomping loudly on the floor. They don't pay attention.[/font] [font=Times New Roman][b]"Of course you can hear them,"[/b] she mutters to herself. [b]"And see them if you want, and smell them. And you smell disgusting you freakin' drunk!"[/b] she shouts, stomping on the floor again. [b]"Fricken' morning ritual," [/b]she complains. [/font] [font=Times New Roman]Another [i][color=deepskyblue]mrow[/color][/i] and the banging of a cats head on a window pane. [b]"Yeah, yeah, hold your horses Norton!"[/b] she shouts as she hits the button on the receiver turning it on. [b]"I'll be right there already!"[/b] she shouts, heading into the kitchen and pulling the window up and open, nearly dropping the receiver. Norton walks in and presses up against her stomach purring. [b]"Men are always me me me, aren't you? At least you're in a good mood this morning,"[/b] she says, scratching him behind his ears, remembering then she has the phone in hand still and it's on. [b]"Hello?"[/b] she says grumpily and still tired into the receiver.[/font] [/QUOTE]
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