Describe Jill explaining the events of the day to her sister on the phone.
Jill: (sighing loudly into the phone) “You are
not going to believe the day I’ve had.”
Her sister: (laughing on the other end) “This already sounds good. What happened this time?”
Jill: (exasperated) “Do you remember those new white Nikes I was going on and on about yesterday? The ones I had been looking forward to for, like,
weeks? I literally spent thirty minutes this morning just admiring them. I think even Carson noticed I was showing them a little too much love.”
Her sister: “Oh no. This sounds ominous. What happened?”
Jill: “Well, everything was fine, at first. I met Martha over by the soccer field, feeling
great, you know? Sun was shining, I looked all put together, and my shoes—oh my god—they were so white, I probably could’ve blinded someone if the light hit them just right.” (she laughs dryly)
“And Martha, of course, said
something about them. I don’t even remember what, but it was a compliment, and I—naturally—just had to wiggle my toes all proud, like yeah, I
did spend a small fortune, and yeah, I’m that kind of person who still
somehow looks pristine on a muddy day.”
Her sister: “...And then?”
Jill: (groaning) “I jinxed myself, obviously.”
Her sister: (laughing) “Oh, Jill…”
Jill: “I turned, all confident, ready to go grab something from the car, and before I knew it—before I even had time to LOOK where I was stepping… BAM! Full-on, ankle-deep, disgusting, cold
mud.”
Her sister: “No, no, nooo. You’re kidding. Mud? On the new shoes?!”
Jill: “Both of them! GONE. Like, swallowed whole. I was standing there in disbelief, freaking
soaked.” (mocking herself slightly) “You should’ve seen my face. I was like a deer in headlights. My gorgeous white shoes—these poor, little innocent Nikes—were now dripping WET, just
oozing brown mud. All that time I spent deciding between the two pairs at the store, useless.”
Her sister: (laughing hysterically now) “Oh my god! What did Martha do?”
Jill: “Oh, she was having the time of her life. The moment she stopped looking shocked, she was shaking, trying not to laugh—and she wasn’t very good at it either!” (pauses, rolling her eyes) “Of course, she offered me a hand like a good friend, but not before throwing in some joke about how my shoes were ‘broken in now.’ Like, with a
smile on her face. I wanted to slap it right off.”
Her sister: (still laughing) “I can just
see it! You must’ve been livid.”
Jill: “Oh, I was
furious. But you know what? I wasn’t going to go down alone.”
Her sister: “Wait, what? What do you mean?”
Jill: (snickering) “She reached out to help me, and for a brief second, I was
almost grateful. But then I thought… no. No, she’s not getting away clean after that little comment. Soooo… I grabbed her hand and pulled with everything I had.”
Her sister: (shocked) “NO, you didn’t! Jill!”
Jill: “Oh, I
did. You should have seen it, sis. Martha went
flying forward—oh my gosh, it was beautiful. Her precious powder-blue Hokas, the ones she’d been boasting about, went straight into the mud. I swear, it was like poetic justice. The look on her face? Priceless. Just total betrayal.”
Her sister: “I... I can’t even… Jill! You pulled her in the mud
on purpose?”
Jill: “Absolutely! If I was going down, she was coming with me. And then get this—when she finally stood there, ankle-deep in the same mud puddle, shoes ruined, legs all splattered—I just turned to her and said, ‘Well, now we can
both say our new shoes are loved.’” (laughs mischievously)
Her sister: “You’re. Evil.”
Jill: “I know, aren’t I? But you should’ve seen her! She looked so
offended. Like her shoes were the real tragedy here! Meanwhile, I’m standing there, my once-bright white sneakers looking like something you’d wear to wade through a swamp.”
Her sister: (sighing, still laughing) “I can’t believe you two... Martha must’ve been pissed.”
Jill: “Oh, she was
so frustrated! But, in the end, she knew she kind of deserved it after laughing at me. We both just had a moment, standing there, mud-soaked. Like, two women who completely lost control of
any semblance of having their lives together.”
Her sister: “What a disaster.”
Jill: “Yup. There goes my weekend, cleaning shoes. But hey, at least it’ll be a good story for next week’s coffee meet-up, right?”
Her sister: “Yeah, it’ll be even better when Martha tries to plot her revenge.”
Jill: (laughs) “Her? Revenge? Oh... I’m sure I’ll be watching my back for a
while.” (pauses, smiling to herself) “Totally worth it, though.”