Chapter 33 "...so then it turned out it belonged to the robot bunny! Never saw that coming, did'ja?"
"No, not really."
"Hmph. My art is lost on the likes of you."
"Art. Right. Esther, the last time you tried painting, more than half of the paint ended up pretty much everywhere that
wasn't the canvas. Besides, since when was telling lame stories an art?"
"Since shut up. How long have your parents been at the hospital?"
"About five hours. Do you have any idea how distressing it is to get home and find a note saying that your mother went into labor while you were at school? Couldn't they have told me this might be happening this morning of something, instead of leaving a note saying '
Sorry Olive, your mom just went into labor and had to be rushed to the hospital where she might might die during childbirth or the baby might come out with birth defects or even be born dead.' Is that too much to ask?"
"...You're overthinking this too much."
"Yeah right! How would you feel if your biological parents, the two people who brought you into the world, the two people whose blood flows through your veins
died?! I bet it'd make you like total-"
"Olive, my birth parents
are dead! Geez, why are you so worried about this, anyway?"
"Spend three hours reading about how many people die from that and see how
you take the news!"
"Are you referring to 'All You Ever Wanted Know About Childbirth Complications But Were Afraid to Ask'? There's a
reason your mom hid that book, you know."
"But I wanted to know why she hid it!"
"Well, you know what people say, Ol. Curiosity killed the cat. Or drove it insane, depending on what it found out."
"Real funny. Why do use that saying, anyway? Were you raised by an old lady?"
"...You really need to think about what you say before you say it."
"What?"
Time skip... "Okay, I'm back. Dad just hung up."
"Thank Sims. If I'd had to listen to one more minute of hold music, I'd have thrown my phone at the wall."
"I'm so sorry you had to spend five minutes listening to some civilized music instead of all the hard rock you're usually blasting through your ears."
"Can it, Olive. What'd your dad say?"
"The baby was born, it's a girl, she's healthy, and mom isn't dead."
"I'm glad you've been put at ease. Did'ja maybe get a name?"
"Robin, or something like that. I dunno."
"Well, now you can finally stop worrying about death by childbirth and birth issues and the like. I'm very relieved."
"What if-"
"No."
"But wha-"
"No! Seriosuly, I'm
this close to hanging up on you! Your mom and sister are
fine. Quit being so paranoid."
"Mnh."
"So... wanna hear a joke?"
"Do you
want me to hang up on you?"
"Hey, don't silence my art!"
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Chapter Notes:
* Guess who's back~?
* I wasn't really planning to update anytime soon, but I was looking through a bunch of my old screenshots and trying to find something to use in the
A Picture Says 1000 Words thread, and I found a bunch of pictures of Robin I took a while ago. I wanted to be able to write about her, so I decide to update. (Even though she wasn't really in this chapter at all... ^^'')
* Sorry this chapter is pretty much just dialogue, but since it's just Olive and Esther talking on the phone, there wouldn't be much to put in the way of actions.
* Olive isn't really neurotic, she just... panics easily, I guess.
* It was kind weird to have Esther being the "Straight Man" (Or girl, whatever) to Olive in this chapter, but since she's probably a year or two older that her, it makes sense.
* Do you guys think I should start putting two line breaks inbetween the dialogue? I thought it might make in a bit easier to read...
* My typing skills have gotten even worse since I got a new computer with a smaller keyboard, so this is probably ridden with mistakes. I'm getting this chapter proofread, though, so I should be able to get a better one up sometime tomorrow.
* I wrote this chapter while listening to rap music.
...
I think this is a sign of the apocalypse.
*This chapter was probable pointless, but at least it was easy to write.
* Sorry about all the random chapter notes.
*Tell me what you think of this chapter! Pwease~? :3
