Messages From the Future

I woke up Saturday morning and saw I had a missed call and voicemail from my bestest best friend, Jessica, who lives in Chicago. I knew that she and her boyfriend, Jesse, were going to Ikea, so when I began the vm and heard them talking about furniture it didn't strike me as strange. By the way, it was one of those accidental calls like she hit a button and i heard everything from her purse. But then, THEN, I heard Dylan! Dylan is Jessica's nephew and he's adorable and he's my favorite.

I was so jealous that Jessica didn't call and tell me she was with Dylan. Then I heard her mom and dad and I was like, EVERYONE'S visiting and she didn't tell me??

So I called her back and said, "I know you're with Dylan..." 

"What? No I'm not."

"Yes, I know you're with him and your mom and dad at Ikea and you didn't even tell me they were coming to visit."

"What? No one is here. Jesse and I are on our way to Ikea right now."

"NO. They're with you. I heard you laugh about Zoe(her cat) and Dylan said he wanted a stool and that he needed coffee(he's only 4) and your mom told him to go find 'Pa-pa."

"Ashley, I have no idea what you're talking about....this really happened?"

"Yes! It was a message left on my phone."

"No, seriously, I have no idea what you're talking about..."

This goes on for a while longer before Jessica asks, "Which of my phone numbers called you?" I go and check, "Ummm, your old home phone number...." 

"Yeah, that's my mom's new cell number"

And then, the world made sense. Dylan was with Jess' mom in Southern Illinois, SHE had accidentally called me.  I wasn't psychic. I did not receive a message from the future. And I was horribly horribly disappointed.