Filters...

"Why would you say that?"

Well there were a few answers she could give. But the first one was that sometimes her brain tongue connection was just a lot faster than her brain filter one. Not always, like right now she was carefully thinking of the answer to that question, but sometimes; sometimes it was so fast she was even surprised by what came out of her mouth. 

There was the time her boyfriend of 6 months looked her deep in the eyes and said, "I love you" and her response was, "Oh you do not." 

There was the time the doctor came into the room with the results from her mother's scan and before he could open his mouth she said, "It's back and it's bad."

There was the time her daughter came to her and stumbled for a few minutes before she let her off the hook, "You want to talk about getting on birth control."

When her boss of 15 years called everyone in for a mandatory meeting and she told her desk mate, "Well I guess the company is closing."

When the officer who pulled her over asked, "Do you know why I've pulled you over?" and she responded, "To make your quota?"

When her boyfriend, a different one than the one who proclaimed his love at six months, looked her in the eyes and swallowed hard and she already was shouting yes before he could say a word. He never did ask her, and at times joked that he wasn't going to ask her to marry him that day, but once she said yes he was fine with the idea. 

But he had been going to ask. Because that was the case when her brain tongue connection worked faster than her brain filter connection. It was times she was right. Solidly, completely, right. 

So when her friend asked, "Why would you say that?" it wasn't a simple answer. 

"Have you heard the news?"

"No. Do I want to?"

"No, no, you don't. Gretchen is dead."

"Oh my god, Gary killed her."

"Why would you say that?"