The Things That Make Me Give in (2009)
“She knows they do. She knows whether he’d pick green, or maybe blue. She knows how his day has been. What he’s about to eat for dinner and all the bits in between.
They are in each other’s life completely. There isn’t anything they can’t talk about – and maybe that’s because they’re the best of friends.
Or maybe it’s because most of this is done over the phone.
There are no rolled eyes over the phone. No awkward touches that shouldn’t have been, no need to hug or shake hands or any of that nons...ense. She likes the strange tunnel of mere noise, almost as though he’s pouring words into her, stripped of everything that could make them uncomfortable or painful.
She can make up her own version of him. If he doesn’t talk for a moment, he hasn’t lost interest. He’s just dropped the phone, or taken a sip of tea, or turned his bath on. There’s no glancing at some other person, bored. Everything is concentrated, tunnelled, focused on each other.
And then, of course, there is his voice.MoreLess
They are in each other’s life completely. There isn’t anything they can’t talk about – and maybe that’s because they’re the best of friends.
Or maybe it’s because most of this is done over the phone.
There are no rolled eyes over the phone. No awkward touches that shouldn’t have been, no need to hug or shake hands or any of that nons...ense. She likes the strange tunnel of mere noise, almost as though he’s pouring words into her, stripped of everything that could make them uncomfortable or painful.
She can make up her own version of him. If he doesn’t talk for a moment, he hasn’t lost interest. He’s just dropped the phone, or taken a sip of tea, or turned his bath on. There’s no glancing at some other person, bored. Everything is concentrated, tunnelled, focused on each other.
And then, of course, there is his voice.MoreLess
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