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"Lacey, you’re gross"

"No, I’hed "I bet he wants you to suck on--"

"Lacey," I groaned "Please do not continue hat you were going to say"

"Why not?" She giggled "It’s good for me to talk out my ideas for when I writeabout that"

"I was, at first," she said "But no I’ht you riting a literary o on to win a Pulitzer and a Nobel Peace Prize?"

"Yeah, but ood-old sexy book" She giggled "And make some money and move out of my parents’ house and move and live with you"

"I’rinned "And that is a book I would want to read It would be great"

"Hmm," she said "Do you really think so?" Her voice was soft and I knew then that she wasn’t just joking around She was being 100 serious And I have to admit that a part of me was excited as hell

"I really think so" I nodded "You could even self-publish it You don’t have to get an agent or anything My friend Betsy-Sue--well, an online friend I met in a wanna-be actress forum--told me that her best friend is an author as well and that she self-publishes books and, girl, she made five thousand dollars last n num opus?"

"I can write it later You know I love ro up withdown some notes and stuff"

"Oh, really?" I smiled into the phone, suddenly happy and a bit curious as to when she’d made the notes She’d only just told me about the idea in the first place "Then yes, you can tellthe book, even those that include descriptions of sucking"

"And fucking?" She giggled

"Don’t use the ter It’s so unromantic" I frowned "I just said that to Scott as well"

"You talked to hi?" she said, her eyes wide and I wondered how she was going to write a filthy book if she was so shocked at everyday talk

"Yes, he talked tolove’ or ‘having sex’ Well, I kinda told him that"