Phone call

His hands were sweating profusely. He couldn't believe he was  actually going to do this. Alex cleared his throat nervously, unsure what was to come.
He picked up the phone, haltingly dialing the numbers. It seemed an eternity passed before the phone rang. Every second made his heart pound that much faster.
The phone rang three times, he was suddenly fearful that he would get her voicemail. On the fourth ring, a slightly older male voice answered. "Hello?"
It was her brother. Alex opened his mouth to speak, but no words came out.
"Hello?!" The word came gruffer and slightly annoyed.
Managing to force the words out, Alex replied breathlessly, "Hello, is Margaret there?"
His heart pounded in his chest like a stallion running free. "Yeah, hang on. (muffled yelling "margaret phone, some weirdo for you)"
The seconds passed like years, each one echoing in his head.
Finally, a voice came on the other line "hello?"
It was her, Alex's voice caught as he tried to answer. "he-hey, margaret, ho-how are you?"
"Who is this?"came her tart reply. Margaret was busy and not happy to be disturbed.
"it's Alex, from school." "Who?" "Alex, you know, the guy you cheat off of in math?"
"Oh, hey. So what do you want?" Margaret was not happy, he wasn't part of her circle and therefore shouldn't be bothering her like this.
"Well, I called to ask you to the dance," Alex said in a breathy rush.
"ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha"