teacher's pet

Conferences with students yesterday and all day today. I meet with them in their writing groups, 3 students at a time. Yesterday 2 of the three had shown up, and we were waiting on Chris. We chatted for a few minutes and I said to them, "I know Chris isn't lost because he's been here before."

My phone rang. "Maybe this is Chris now," I said.

It was S. "Hey," he said.

"Hi."

"I wasn't sure if you were still in your meetings."

"Yup, I'm in one now."

"Okay, well, I'll talk to you later."

"K."

"Love you."

"Love you, too."

I hang up the phone and say to the two students in my office, "That wasn't Chris."