Bouncer

Waiting
We were in the waiting room of the Natural Health Clinic. We'd had a difficult conversation in the car on the way there and things were a bit intense. The homeopath (Ellen) was 15 minutes late. I was pacing the room and he sat in a chair. There was no one else in the large room and my mind was full of concerned thoughts about what he had told me about school difficulties. I was worried that he would get too gloomy so I changed the subject.
"I wish she'd hurry up," I said. "I'm really hungry."
He looked confused.
"But Ellen won't have any food. " He said.
I smiled and asked him what he thought I might have meant.
His face broke into a massive grin.
"You mean so you can get home quicker don't you. I sometimes say stupid things. " he said as we both broke into a laugh.
We laughed for ages.