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Chapter 5
"Orbetter,"Icontinued,thepent-upannoyanceflowingfreelynow,"saythatpersonalsodidawiderangeofbizarrethings-fromsavingyourlifeunderimpossiblecircumstancesonedaytotreatingyoulikeapariahthenext,andheneverexplainedanyofthat,either,evenafterhepromised.That,also,wouldbeverynon-frustrating."
"You’vegotabitofatemper,don’tyou?"
"Idon’tlikedoublestandards."
Westaredateachother,unsmiling.
Heglancedovermyshoulder,andthen,unexpectedly,hesnickered.
"What?"
"YourboyfriendseemstothinkI’mbeingunpleasanttoyou-he’sdebatingwhetherornottocomebreakupourfight."Hesnickeredagain.
"Idon’tknowwhoyou’retalkingabout,"Isaidfrostily."ButI’msureyou’rewrong,anyway."
"I’mnot.Itoldyou,mostpeopleareeasytoread."
"Exceptme,ofcourse."
"Yes.Exceptforyou."Hismoodshiftedsuddenly;hiseyesturnedbrooding."Iwonderwhythatis."
Ihadtolookawayfromtheintensityofhisstare.Iconcentratedonunscrewingthelidofmylemonade.Itookaswig,staringatthetable
withoutseeingit.
"Aren’tyouhungry?"heasked,distracted.
"No."Ididn’tfeellikementioningthatmystomachwasalreadyfull-ofbutterflies."You?"Ilookedattheemptytableinfrontofhim.
"No,I’mnothungry."Ididn’tunderstandhisexpression-itlookedlikehewasenjoyingsomeprivatejoke.
"Canyoudomeafavor?"Iaskedafterasecondofhesitation.
Hewassuddenlywary."Thatdependsonwhatyouwant."
"It’snotmuch,"Iassuredhim.
