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Show Woodworth/60 "That's ok," she interrupts him. "You don't have to tell me." "I know I don't. But some of it, I want to tell you. So you won't misunderstand. Ever, I mean, if there is an 'ever'. Karen and I are together. I mean, we aren't separated or anything. "I'm not interested." She smiles at him. "Really, I'm not. That's all your business." She watches him. Something important ics being established,-but-she-doesn' L know--what-it-;is^. "And I'm very understanding." His face breaks into a smile. "I could tell that just from looking at you," he says, and touches her face. The touch confuses her. What does he think? What does he expect? Is there something else to say, or to do? He walks to the door, and holds it open for her. Walks with her to her car and kisses her once, lightly, while she is holding on to the door handle. "I'll call you," he breathes into her hair. It rains for three days. At home and at work, Marty catches herself waiting for the phone to ring. . Rachael calls to say that > Dave turned out to be a jerk, but a good lover. She doesn't expect to see him again because, at a particularly crucial moment in their sex, she had let out a huge burp. She had thought it would just be a small one. But, with the beer and all, it had turned out to be a sound effect from the 1812 Overture- She asks what happened with Gary, and "'arty says, "What do you think happened? I'm stuck living with my parents." But then she tells her everything '\''.~:"~ •-•• > and that she hopes, really hopes, that he will call. Because she has decided she really likes him after all. 6^ afcmd tv; .par^rb. ^hc- p,~K\cU>.. |
