Priorities

"How was your weekend, babe?" she said, as he called her from the car on the way home.

"It was great," he replied, and he continued to share several stories from the weekend. Places he ate, conversations with friends, tales from the casino. It was a good 20 minutes of catching up. She missed him and was glad to hear all about his trip.

She finally brought the conversation back to her.

"Ashton and Demi got married this weekend," escaped from her lips.

"Are you serious?" he asked. "I haven't seen you in several days and that's the first thing that you wanted to share with me." He says this endearingly.

"I thought you would want to know," she replied. "Oh, and my aunt and uncle are back in Houston. Their house was not damaged."