[ WP ] Write a story from the point of view of an inanimate object

*That wo n't help you*, I think as I'm thrust out of a pocket yet again. 
 
 *Yep. Unlock, enter pin, scroll left, scroll right, open messages, close messages, lock phone, press home once more just to make sure. * 
 
 It's the same every time. We're at the pub again, but I do n't know why we bother going. He spends most of his night sitting in silence and when he's finally left on his own he reaches for the lingering comfort of my glassy frontage. 
 
 Yet I have nothing to offer. Sorry, I just do n't. I'm constantly checking Facebook for you. I'm checking Twitter, Whatsapp, *even* Reddit. Yet I'll be lucky to push through a get-out-of-this-awkward-situation-with-this-welcome-notification once a week these days. 
 
 Ah, silence. Yes. We've given up and walking home. Alone, of course. I almost feel sorry for my owner now; the last text he got was from his mother, and even that was 5 days ago. 
 
 *I know*, I thought. I'll put a smile on his face. I know he's walking home alone again, I'll give him something to look at. 
 
 **Badabeep** I shout from his pocket. 
 
 I soon feel the inevitable hand grab my shiny facade. 
 
 This iPhone has not been backed up in 6 weeks. 
 Backups happen when iPhone is plugged in, locked and connected to WiFi. 
 
 *That'll give him something to read on the way back*, I thought smugly, pleased that I could be of some company tonight. Just for a change.
