Page 22 of June

“Don’t judge me.”

Enid picked it up and began flipping the pages, which left Caroline to just sit there, carefully watching her face for any kind of expression. Then, Enid’s nose scrunched a bit… Was that a bad thing? Did she hate the stupid face Caroline had drawn on her mini fridge? Probably. It was really silly.

“This is cute.”

“Huh?” she asked.

“Your fridge face. It’s cute,” Enid replied, turning the sketchbook toward her in order to show her the drawing she had done, so she knew exactly what it looked like.

“It is?”

“Yeah. And you have this one of your microwave, too.”

“Yeah, that’s Miranda.”

“Sorry?”

“The microwave. I named her Miranda. She’s a bit of a diva at times, so I named her after the character fromThe Devil Wears Prada.”

“Your microwave has a name?” Enid laughed.

“Yeah. And the fridge is Frank. Frank the Fridge and Miranda the Microwave.”

“Do any of your other appliances have names?” Enid asked as she continued laughing.

“TV is Tim. And my laptop is called Larry.”

“So, Tim the TV. Larry the Laptop. What about your phone?”

“Oh, she doesn’t have a name.”

“But it’s ashe?”

“Yeah. And so is my car,” Caroline said. “Corrina the Corolla.”

Enid smiled and shook her head.

“You don’t name your stuff?”

“No. But maybe I should. I feel like I’m missing out.” Enid returned her attention to the sketchbook and told her, “These are good, Caroline.”

“They’re just sketches.”

“Some of them are sketches, but others are more like characters.”

“Characters?”

“Yeah. Like, you’ve got Frank and Miranda here. Maybe they’re an old married couple or something. Frank is mad because he works hard all day, freezing your food, and then Miranda cooks it for too long and ruins it or something.”

“Why can’t Miranda work really hard all day having to defrost and cook the food Frank overfreezes?”

Enid smiled and said, “I guess it could work like that.”

“What about Tim and Larry?” Caroline asked, leaning over the table, finding that this conversation had taken a turn but one that she really liked.

“Tim could be mad that you spend more time with Larry than him.”

“It’s true: I’m always on my laptop.” Caroline leaned in farther and whispered, “Don’t tell Tim, but I watch more TV and movies on Larry than on him.”

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