Eleven

I was inhaling the best pain au chocolat that had ever been baked while Blag hoovered up an eggy train- wreck-on-a-plate when my phone buzzed. Okay, you know it’s the brand new ultra-cool one, etc.

Hey Mac, it’s Rudee I’m on sail on the chip.

I assumed that meant “ship” and texted him back.

Hi Rudee how r u & Sashay?

We are waving.

This could mean many things. Was it auto correct or a Rudee-ism?

At CAFTA with Blag, he says hi.

Lying seemed so much more harmless in a text.

Are you a navy gator?

I thought about this for a minute. Navigator, it had to be.

Yes!!! Blag is a gr8 trainer!

Blag looked up from his breakfast.

“It’s Rudee. He’s on the cruise ship.”

“Did he bring his own beets?”

“As a matter of fact …”

The food is for birds so I give it to them. I brought my own.

R u having fun?

We went to Pompous yesterday. Big fire place!

Pompeii. Cool!

Yes. And bowling and playing with the cruise control band while Sashay reads for tunes.

Fortunes, I figured. K Rudee <3 to Sashay

Be cart full at the rally Mac!

Yes, I’ll be very cart full, I thought.