Calling a friend

You pick up the phone to call a friend, you hold the phone, staring deep into its hypothetical eyes. You run your thumb across the green 'send' button... thinking. It looks back at you- the phone- asking a question: "What are you gonna say anyway?". And you start thinking.

You want to talk and you would've called and just done so, if the damn little piece of complicated machinery in your hand hadn't just asked you such an unnerving question right at the last moment. You think (when I say you, i really mean me, but bear with me) hard about what to say, should you just stick to the hi, hellos? Or start off with something dramatic? Maybe burst out into song... Does the other person even want to hear you sing? I'd think not. But you've got stuff on your mind haven't you? Something you want to say so bad, even though its probably not that important. You wonder if you'll get the right response even when you're sure you will. You don't want to sound too gloomy, in case you bring your friends mood down as well. But you don't wanna sound immensely jolly either, your friend might not be in the mood for that.

'buzz!'; new text message, it happens every time you're in deep thought, and you check your message hoping its something awesome. Its a stupid forward message like always. You forgot what you were thinking. You pick up your phone out of habit, the contact book is still open and look at who's names highlighted; exactly the person you wanted to talk to. You remember what you spent the last half hour doing. You clear your mind and just press the green button...

If only calling a friend were as easy as this.