Background Challenge: IDKMYBFF Who: Gray and Olivia What: Friendly phone call. When: A few months ago, when he first decided to join the Cirque. Warnings: None.
Liv picks up on the third ring. She is groggy, and her tone is less than enthused when she finally sighs his name in greeting. "Grayson."
He pauses. "Uh oh. I did it again, didn't I? What time is it there?"
"It's..." she rolls over to check, "...3 in the morning."
"Ah. That explains your grumpy voice."
"We've been over this. There are time differences, Gray. Time differences."
"Well it's just really hard for me to remember."
"You're on the other side of the planet, babe. It shouldn't be that hard to forget."
"But it is."
She sighs. Loudly. "You're exasperating."
"I believe the word you meant to say... is adorable."
"You're an unbelievably frustrating combination of both."
"Adorabating. Or... Exasperdorable."
She grunts and mumbles something into her pillow.
"Didn't catch that, Liv."
"I said why are you calling me, Grayson?"
"So glad you asked!" His tone perseveres in its cheerfulness, despite her obvious displeasure with him. "Guess what I'm doing right now."
She laughs in no small amount of incredulity. "I'm going to kill you."
"Ok, ok, fine. Be completely unfun and don't guess. Because I'm gonna tell you. Ready?"
With all the joy of a tax audit. "...on the edge of my seat."
"I'm joining a Circus!"
"...And I am hanging up now..."
"No wait! I'm being totally serious! I'm joining it. Walking through the gates right now to sign myself up. Liv, this place is incredible. It's a monster circus."
"Is it a monster circus in the same way that the Grand Canyon was a rainbow smile in the earth's surface?"
"Ok, that was one peyote trip, and we both know you secretly loved that you were the first person I called to tell about the rainbow smile. It was beautiful imagery."
"Right."
"You're being mean."
Whining now. "I'm tired, Gray!"
"I am literally looking at a unicorn right now! You don't want to hear about this?"
"Not at three in the morning."
"Well fine. I'll let you get back to sleep while I continue having the best day ever and you won't get to hear any more about it."