“Alex?”
“Jordan is that you?”
“Hi – yeah – it’s me. Sorry I’m calling so late.” Jordan said.
“Oh it’s ok, I was beginning to think you weren’t gonna call…”
“Yeah…we had some…um…complications here and so it took a little longer than expected to get me ready for the test.”
“Oh – like what?” Alex asked with genuine curiosity.
Crap – that was a bad thing to say… she thought. “Um – well they put me in this brand new room; they’re kind of like hotel rooms and so it took a little bit longer…”
“What? It’s like a hotel? I thought you were in the hospital? And why would a new room make it take longer?” Alex wasn’t trying to dig Jordan into a hole – she was simply trying to talk to her friend about the experience.
Oh no…crap…! What should I say now???…. A long silence ensued…. What should I do? What should I say?…think think think…