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"No, ah" Waverly says, then realizes soreat"

"Uh-huh," I say, somewhat dubiously

"But I saw you at the Calvin Klein show, baby, and-"

"I wasn’t at the Calvin Klein show, baby, and have you noticed that whole wall is the color of pesto, which is, like, a no-no, baby?"

"De rigueur," says the i behind her

"Victor," Waverly says "This is Ruby She’s a bowl designer She ner? Wow"

"She ain, staring

"Bowls made from rice? Wow" I stare back "Did you hear me say,`’?"

Mope-rocker wanders over to the dance floor and looks up at the dozen or so disco balls, trancing out

"What’s the story with goblin boy?"

"Felix used to work at the Gap," Waverly says, inhaling, exhaling "Then he designed sets for `The Real World’ in Bali"

"Don’t, it’s so early But please be nice to Felix-he’s just out of rehab"

"What-he OD’d on stucco?"

"He’s friends with Blowpop and Pickle and he just designed Connie Chung’s, Jeff Zucker’s, Isabella Rossellini’s and Sarah Jessica Parker’s, er, closets"

"Cool, cool" I nod approvingly

"Last month he went and fked his ex-boyfriend-Jackson-in the Bonneville salt flats and just three days ago they found Jackson’s skull in a swaod it’s freezing in here"

"I see orange flowers, I see bamboo, I see Spanish doorasps, exhaling again, tapping her cigarette "I see the ’70s, baby, and I a on my club," I say, very upset

"Nohat about Felix’s idea for a juice bar?"

"Felix is thinking about where he’s going to score his next aniarette carefully into the half-eod, baby, I don’t want to have to fret over a juice bar that serves only-what-oh god-juice? Do you kno s I have to worry about? Sparenotes

"Oh please," I moan "Let’s sell submarine sandwiches, let’s sell pizza, let’s sell fking nachos," I sigh "You and Felix are being ht," Waverly says, et our shit together"