Check-Mate On The Living Arrangements

(This takes place when I am 16. A friend and I are downtown for the Christmas Light-Up to take advantage of the sales. At the toy store, she ends up teaching me how to play chess on a display set, so we decide to go halfers on one. This conversation takes place as we are standing in line. Note: I live quite close to school, but she lives a ways out of town, so we often spend time at my place but very rarely go to hers. I am also a bit of a slob.)

Friend: “We’re going to have to keep this in my room, you know.”

Me: “No way!”

Friend: “But if you keep it in your room, we’ll never be able to find it!”

Me: “I can find stuff in there! If we keep it in your room, we’ll never be able to play it!”

Cashier: “Why don’t you just keep it in the living room?”

Me: *laughing* “Because we don’t live together!”

Cashier: “Oh!” *also laughing* “That’s a good reason!”