The Hipster Handbook: Ringing

by Nouvelle Bardot

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Nena sat in her large bathtub that was brimming with thick, creamy bubbles. The window was open, and it would blow stray suds over the edge, and they would become airborne. The air was full of a myriad sparkling army of spheres that danced and popped happily in the rays of sun peeking through the panes of dirty glass.

Nena made funny faces, sticking out her tongue, and manipulating her lips so she could laugh at her distorted reflections in the bubbles. She thought over her day, about its dullness, its routine and she wanted nothing more than to dissolve into her bubble bath. The phone rang, it was useless, she was not getting out of the tub…if the call was important…well…screw it.

She let the machine pick it up and relaxed once more into the hot water. She began to drift off into a light nap before the phone rang again…and again.

She swore she was going to keep the phone unplugged from now on.

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Average Reader Rating: 5.0 stars out of 5

  1. The Hipster Handbook: Ringing

    Ana Cristina's Buddy Icon Ana Cristina

    Posted 25 days ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Reading this reminds me of how much I love bubble baths, and of how long it’s been since I’ve taken one (I moved into this house a few years back, and regrettably, it is sans tub). So I completely get where Nena’s coming from.
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  2. The Hipster Handbook: Ringing

    KasumiRose's Buddy Icon KasumiRose

    Posted 25 days ago

    Yeah this series has me quite intrgued and I just love how real the chracters seem.

  3. The Hipster Handbook: Ringing

    THX 0477's Buddy Icon THX 0477

    Posted 25 days ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Nice, gentle pace to it all, very befitting a bubble bath and makes the reader almost as annoyed as the character that the phone is disturbing it all.
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