Phone Away From Home

Ring Ring - 3:46pm

Ellen: Can someone get the phone?

Ring Ring

Ellen: Can someone please answer the phone!?

Ring Ring

Ellen: Can someone answer the stupid phone!? Oh god, never mind. Hello, who is this?

Bradley: Hello, Mrs. Bates. I am trying to get a hold of…

Karen: Mom, is that Bradley?

Ellen: Yes, hold on Bradley.

Bradley: Thank you.

Ellen: Karen, it’s for you.

Karen: If that's Bradley, tell him I never want to speak to him again.

Ellen: Bradley, it looks like Karen doesn’t ever want to speak to you again.

Bradley: Mrs. Bates, can you try again?

Ellen: Okay. Karen, it’s for you.

Karen: Hello? Mom, is that you? Please get off the line already.

Click

Karen: Hello, Mom, are you still there?

Silence

Karen: Bradley, is this you?

Bradley: Yes, look, before you hang up, I have to tell you that I’m really sorry about what happened today.

Karen: And . . .

Bradley: and you’re the only one for me.

Karen: And . . .

Bradley: and I love you?

Karen: That's better. So, what did you think about Casandra today?

Bradley: Well, she certainly has a prob . . . 

Karen: I know, right!? Right in the middle of class.

Bradley: Well, she's always had problems communicating. . .

Karen: It's like she doesn't have any self-control?

Bradley: To her credit, she has Tourette syndrome.

Karen: I can’t, I just can’t

Click

Ellen: Karen, are you still on the phone? 

Karen: Yes, Mother.

Ellen: I thought you said you were over Bradley?

Bradley: I guess I should go.

Karen: I’ll talk to you later, Bye Bradley.

Dialing 4:13pm

Click

Roger: Hello, this is Roger.

Ellen: Hey there, cutie.

Roger: Hey, so what’s for dinner?

Ellen: I love it when you talk dirty like that.

Roger: How about I come home and shower you with a lovely Brie, some Gruyere, some of that prosciutto you've been eying up, and a nice Vouvray?

Ellen: I don’t know how much more I can take.

Operator: Hello, Barnes and Family Dentistry. Can I help you?

Roger: I already got it, Mary. Thanks.

Operator: Thanks.

Roger: I guess I should go. I should be home soon, and I can make all your culinary dreams come true.

Ellen: Ohh, I can’t wait until that happens.

Roger: I love you.

Ellen: I love you too.

Click

Ring - 5:00pm

Ellen: Hello?

Telemarketer: Hello. My name is Jake, and I am from MCI. I have a wonderful business opportunity for you. Let me ask you where you get your long distance from.

Ellen: I no speak angles chao.

Click 

***6:00pm Dinner TIme No Calls During Dinner Time*** 

Ring Ring - 7:25pm

Karen: Hello,

Janey: Is anyone around?

Karen: No, it's safe

Janey: Hey girlfriend, are you still on for Operation Chica Freedom?

Karen: So what time are we going to rock this house?

Janey: I'll pick you up at the end of your drive at 10:00pm. Sound Good?

Karen: Sounds excellent!

Ring Ring - 8:12pm

Ellen: Hello?

Brenda: Hi, dear.

Ellen: Hi Mama.

Brenda: So, how are you?

Ellen: Not much different from your call yesterday.

Brenda: Well, your brother is really having a problem at work. Do you know of anywhere he could work that would be a good fit for him? 

Ellen: I'm not sure. I thought he had a great job at that new startup, Apple. The only company I know of that would have a position for him would be Nokia. They are trying to do all these crazy things with phones, you wouldn't believe . . .

Brenda: Oh, that would definitely interest him. He's always been interested in that technology. One time, I caught him taking the toaster apart. He didn't get zapped too bad, just enough to teach him to unplug whatever he is working on before he starts working on it.

Ellen: Oh, Mom.

Brenda: It happened cross my heart.

Ellen: How did that new job go?

Brenda: I'm still there, but I'm not sure it's for me. I'm still in the training, and I can't understand the whole typing and using their computer system thing.

Ellen: Well, Mom, you are getting to be that age. Have you ever considered cutting your losses and just retiring? 

Brenda: I’m too young for that.

Ellen: Okay Mama, I should be going, bedtime and all.

Brenda: Okay, send my love to Karen and Roger. Love you all.

Ellen: I love you too, Mama. Love you bye.

Brenda: Bye.

Ring - 12:46am

Ring

Ring 

Ellen: Hello?

Karen: Oh, Mom, thank you for answering. Oh God. I never thought this would happen.

Ellen: Slow down, honey. Are you safe right this very second?

Karen: Janey was with me, but she left with another guy.

Ellen: Where are you?

Karen: I’m at the new club downtown called Dos Lobos.

Ellen: Where specifically are you?

Karen: I'm at the pay phone at Conway and Pratt Street

Ellen: Read me the number.

Karen: 123-432-5131 

Ellen: I will have a police officer come and get you. Don't go anywhere, stay on the line, and don't hang up.

Karen: Okay Mom. <beat, beat, dialtone>

Emergency: Hello, what is the nature of your emergency.

Ellen: Yes, hello; my daughter is alone in the city and needs help.

Emergency: Okay, do you know her last known location. 

Ellen: She's on the pay phone on Pratt and Conway. The number there is 123-432-5131.

Emergency: Okay, I am going to patch into her line. Please hold.

Karen: Hello Mom? She said she was going to patch me through.

Ellen: Hi baby, it's your Mama. Everything is going to be okay.

Emergency: I have sent out a patrol car. You should be picked up in just a moment.

Ellen: Thank you very much.

Karen: Yes. Thank you. Oh, I think he’s here. Yes officer. He says his name is Officer Johnson. Is that right?

Emergency: That is the officer that I have assigned to your call.

Ellen: Now that you're safe, you will be in a world of trouble when you get home.

Emergency: Have we sufficiently resolved your emergency?

Ellen: Yes.

Karen: Yes.