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A Short Story OfCanna, Where Are You?

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“Lena, where are you?” “L’aéroport, Impacient.” Mutters the voice from the phone. “Who is this on the phone anyway?” Questioned Nadia, leaning over the counter towards me “Come on Maddie, bitte.” “C’est my friend Lena she is staying with me for a couple of days so please be nice but I need to tell you something. “Au revoir Maddie!” Called the phone “à bientôt Nadia et Maddeline.” then the dial tone. “So who’s this chick having heard a little bit of this conversation you sound like you’re together.” muttered Nadia, grabbing her wine and her hat before moving around the kitchen counter and sitting on my couch with her legs tucked underneath. “We’re not, we tried but with just the two of us we didn’t quite work. We are close, incredibly …show more content…

“Really.” Another kiss. “Really. So tell me about this Lena.” “Lena is, lena is … incredible. So clever and funny and talented.” I mutter against her lips, Nadia dragging me onto the couch with her my knees across her lap and a glass of wine in both our hands as I begin to tell her about Lena “Do you know who the Grande-Duchesse of Senegal is?” “Oui, she’s what two years older than you, she used to act didn’t she? Why is she related?” Another sip her lips now stained plum from too many sips, her face now flushed red. “She’s my friend Lena” “Was zum Teufel scherzen Sie?” She shouts, “I don’t understand german honey.” “Are you joking?” “Non, we met years ago her adoptive mother is mines best friend - partner now.” “So just to clarify, you want a relationship with me and the adoptive daughter of your adoptive mother’s partner who is a literal queen.” “Well when you put it like that.” I mutter leaning on her shoulder. “When will she get here?” “Emm, she phoned 20 minutes ago so ten minutes or so.” “Cool, so what else do i need to do.” “She will always be smarter than you and it's easier to just accept it,” Nadia raised her eyebrows unsure of my claims. “She has four doctorates in Mathematics, Physics, Chemisty and Computer science and several other degrees in engineering, biology, medicine, languages so yeah.” “Okay, okay,” Nadia relents, sipping her wine. Ding, dong. “She’s here.” “Well go get her so I can meet her go, go, go.”

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