Authors: Lauren Myracle
L8r, G8r (8 page)
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SnowAngel: | ok, little miss nosy pants. i have a list for you of all the reasons logan is so wonderful. |
mad maddie: | hey, i never said logan wasn't wonderful. i'm just not convinced he's wonderful for YOU. |
SnowAngel: | *clears throat and shakes out piece of paper* |
SnowAngel: | Number 1. he loves me and always wants to be with me, even more than with his friends. |
mad maddie: | can u say “smother”? |
SnowAngel: | Number 2. he downloads songs onto my iPod and makes romantic playlists. |
mad maddie: | very sweet, i admit. have you ever made HIM romantic playlists? |
SnowAngel: | Number 3. he's extremely cute. even you can't deny that! |
mad maddie: | i never have! altho no more Hard Rock Cafe shirts. cld u tell him that, plz? no more Hard Rock? |
SnowAngel: | and Number 4. he doesn't look at internet porn! |
mad maddie: | hardy har har |
mad maddie: | is that all you've got? |
SnowAngel: | noooo, that's not all. that's just all i came up with this very second, off the top of my head. |
mad maddie: | dude, i love loganâas a PAL. and i know you do too. i'm just not convinced he gets you hot and bothered. |
SnowAngel: | we have fun together. he gives great foot rubs, and he loves “mad men.” he'll watch episodes back to back with me for as long as i want. |
SnowAngel: | he's a catchâeven aunt sadie says so. we have a *great* relationship! |
mad maddie: | then why are you working so hard to defend it? |
SnowAngel: | and i would like to point out that having a boyfriend who's also a “pal” is a good thing. in the long run that's much more important than getting hot and bothered. |
mad maddie: | is it? i personally think you should go for both. |
SnowAngel: | he's gonna inherit his dad's business one day, did you know that? |
mad maddie: | u did NOT just say that |
SnowAngel: | and tonite we're doubling with zoe and doug, so there. it's a pre-valentine's day thing. |
mad maddie: | ooo-wee, that's sure to be fun. |
SnowAngel: | well ⦠to tell the truth, i'd back out if i could. i don't want to be around doug and have zoe accuse me of throwing myself at him again. |
mad maddie: | angela, zoe DIDN'T accuse you of throwing yourself at him. |
SnowAngel: | or of trying to lure him away or having pent-up feelings for him or whatever. but if she's gonna pretend there isn't all this tension floating around, then so am i. |
SnowAngel: | HOWEVER, it's gonna be hard when it's just me and logan and zoe and doug. won't you come with us? please please pleasy please? |
mad maddie: | can't. i'm going over to mark and pelt-woman's new pad for dinner. pelt-woman is making vegetarian lasagna in a desperate attempt to cover up the smell of kimchee. |
SnowAngel: | huh? |
mad maddie: | their new place smells like korean food from the ppl who lived there before them. |
SnowAngel: |
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mad maddie: | you know what's weird? i can't get used to the fact that mark moved out. you'd think i'd be, “wh-hoo, |
SnowAngel: | u miss him. that's normal. |
mad maddie: | i didn't say i missed him. who said anything about missing him? |
SnowAngel: | *deadpans* oh, right, cuz yr tough, strong maddie who takes it all in stride. you luuuuuuuuuuv change. you luuuuuuv change so much you can't wait to dump this town and move to california! |
mad maddie: | have you been talking to zoe? r you making fun of me? |
SnowAngel: | awww, mads, wld i do that? |
mad maddie: | oh, nvm |
mad maddie: | have fun on your date! |
Sun, Feb 12,
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zoegirl: | morning, angela. that was so fun last night, wasn't it? |
SnowAngel: | uh, sure, we should do it more often |
zoegirl: | was it weird that during the movie we were all ⦠you know? i felt kind of strange about it afterward. |
SnowAngel: | don't worry, it was fine |
zoegirl: | “fine”? just “fine”??? i doubt logan would like hearing you call it that! |
zoegirl: | jk |
zoegirl: | anyway, we're all consenting adults. |
SnowAngel: | exactly. of course. no need to talk about it again. |
zoegirl: | i'm just so glad the four of us were able to spend time together without there being any ridiculous undercurrents. if anybody ever *did* think you were secretly lusting after doug, they sure wouldn't after last night! |
SnowAngel: | cuz i'm NOT lusting after doug. god! |
zoegirl: | i know! i know, angela. |
zoegirl: | but i am |
zoegirl: | *swoons* |
zoegirl: | although it's not lust; it's love. sometimes i think, what would i do without him? and then i feel so ⦠i don't know, so un-me for feeling that way. although that's silly, because it *is* me feeling this way ⦠|
SnowAngel: |
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zoegirl: | didn't you think it was funny when doug did his walking-on-hot-coals impression? can you believe he actually DID walk on hot coals? |
SnowAngel: | frankly, no |
zoegirl: | but he did, in indonesia |
zoegirl: | getting to see so many places *did* change him, but all in good ways. |
SnowAngel: | he does seem more confident now. the way he holds himself, even. |
zoegirl: | sometimes, even though i know i'm being silly, i get this tiny feeling of wondering whether i'm good enough for him. isn't that ridiculous? it's just that i know he's going to do important things in the world. i just *know* it. |
SnowAngel: | so r U, zoe |
zoegirl: | well, yeah. who said i wasn't? |
zoegirl: | okay, i'm outta here. i'm meeting doug to study. |
SnowAngel: | at 10 o'clock on sunday morning?! |
zoegirl: | just because it's spring semester of our senior year doesn't mean we can slack off! |
