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“Want to tell me about it?” Nick asks once the bunny has hopped away

“About what?”

“The Ex?”

Is this what happens on dates? You kiss before you’ve met, then talk about why your previous relationship failed? I’uy I’ve ever been with is Tal, and his idea of a date atching Schindler’s List in his dorm room at Columbia Besides the random incident with Nick, I’ve never even truly kissed anyone besides Tal, unless you count Becca Weiner at summer camp when I was thirteen, which I don’t I have no idea how to do this “date” thing This id

I really don’t want to talk about Tal I want to forget I ever entertained the notion of getting back together with hiet I’ve throay my future and that now I have to come up with a whole new plan So I tell Nick, “I kno to drive a stick shift” Because I know Tris can’t

“So you’re saying you could drive Jessie back to Jersey tonight, assuain?”

“Who’s Jessie?”

“My Yugo”

“You have a nauys who also names his dick”

“Unfortunately, I’ve yet to find the perfect name for ht now” Nick glances down at his crotch, then back at ood na a little exotic, like maybe Julio”

Frigid can thaw, right?

Nick adds, “Dev wanted to name our band Dickache What do you think?”

“Sorry, I’m stuck on The Fuck Offs Catchy The sales reps at Wal-Mart will love it”

Our conversation is interrupted by a new act on the stage Two of Toni’s soul sisters are doing an onstage grind to “Edelweiss,”the previous nun performers seem like…well, nuns Nick stands up and offers his hand to me I have no idea what he wants, but what the hell, I take his hand anyway, and he pulls ainst me for a slow dance and it’s like we’re in a dream where he’s Christopher Plu on the arden Somehow etting about time and Tal because