When Friends Converse

I was sitting with a friend of mine when his cell phone rang. “Yes, hello? Oh, hi.” To me, he says “It’s Darla.” (a mutual friend, whom I had seen while working in the house next to hers earlier in the day.)

To her: "Yes, the party is starting, come on over. What? Ok.” To me: “She says to tell you she’s impressed; that she saw you working like a Trojan today.” Pause. To her, while looking at me: “You mean like the condoms? But they don’t always work….”