Thoughts constantly bombard my mind. They form distinct sounds like voices, and I never expected to hear a long lost childhood friend.
“Excuse me, I need to go to the restroom.” God, let there be enough water in the toilet bowl to drown in.
I almost broke my neck as I whirled to see Cody stand from a table and head towards the bathroom. I wasn’t even aware of the decision as I raced to catch up with a long lost friend. I stopped just short of the door as I realized I couldn’t charge into a bathroom. That might be weird.
Taking a deep breath, I casually stroll into the restroom and head towards a stall. Cody is standing in the room, frantically texting on the phone. She glances up as I enter and then back at her phone before looking up again.
"Holyshit, Lizzy?” Cody screamed.
I rushed forward and embraced her, ecstatic that she was excited to see me as I was to see her, “I can’t believe I ran into you here, it’s been forever.”
Her smile falters as she looks down at an incoming text. What good is a best friend if she can’t come rescue you from a creep.
“Is everything okay?”
“Yeah. Sorry, I’m glad to see you. It’s just I’m trapped in this awful date.” Chuck has somehow managed to bring up my breasts four times in the first five minutes.
“Well, I’m out with my mom, so I’ll happily swap you.”
That brought out a small smile and she said, “And you dared to go out dressed like that?”
I couldn’t help myself and started laughing as if no time had passed between since we last saw each other.
“You know, we could probably help each other out,” I said.
She tucked her phone away and said, “What do you mean?”
“Well, my mother was always nicer when you were around and we already have the perfect method to scare guys away.”
“Are you suggesting, Mirror Mirror?” “As long as you promise never to call it that again.”
Cody grins. “Deal”
“I do still need the activation phrase.”
“Oh. Right. Uhh, Mrs. Smithers smells like cabbage?.”
I repeated the words back to her and then we both finished in unison, “Ssupercalifragilisticexpialidocious!”
Arms linked, Wwe left the bathroom and headed back to the table, where Cody sat down and said, “You’ll never believe who I ran into! This is my sister, Elizabeth. I thought she drowned ten years ago.”
She catches my eye and then we both speak at the same time, “Oooh, is this your new boyfriend? He is so tasty. Yes, we will like him very much.”
We couldn’t suppress our giggles as he stood from the table and sprinted from the restaurant at full speed, knocking several people over.
Cody turned to look at me, “Are you sure you are not a guardian angel?”
“Just your spirit sister,” I respond with a grin.