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Courtney
and Lauren wait as the waitress
puts away her pen and pad and heads off.
"I'm so glad that's over," Lauren
says, sighing with exhaustion.
"Ordering?" Courtney asks with a
chuckle. "Is it that much of a strain?"
"Haven't you ever noticed how bad
at it I am? I can never make up my mind, and then when they come to take
the order I always have to read it off the menu. Otherwise I freeze." Lauren
obviously finds the admission funny and Courtney joins her with a grin.
"I don't know why I take you out
in public," Courtney says sarcastically, shaking her head.
"Because, my dear, it's better to
be out in public with an idiot and make yourself look better by comparison
than it is to be out alone, right?"
"Right." Courtney's lips wrap around
the tip of her straw as she takes a sip of strawberry lemonade.
"So?" Lauren urges, suddenly impatient.
"What?"
"Jason!
You said you were gonna tell
me about what happened with you guys. You know you can't leave me hanging
like this."
Amused, Courtney rolls her eyes.
"Come on!" Lauren pushes, looking
ready to burst.
"Jeez, simmer down," Courtney says.
She allows a second for the switch to a more serious demeanor. "I asked
him to meet me at the park the other night. I was just tired of not being
able to talk to him and having it be all awkward at skating, so ... I sucked
it up and told him I wanted to talk."
"So what'd you say?"
"I just apologized for being so difficult
with him and for expecting everything to be cool the second I wanted it
to be when I went over to see him that night."
"And that's it? Everything's fixed?"
Court cracks a smile at how simple
Lauren makes it sound. "Yes, everything's fixed."
Lauren's smile widens. "Good! I'm
so happy for you guys." And then just as quickly as it broke out, the smile
wanes.
Courtney knows what's coming.
"At least someone's making a relationship
work," Lauren almost mumbles. Courtney thinks she hears a touch of bitterness
tinging the statement.
"Lauren, don't do this to yourself."
"It's hard not to ... I mean, I'm
really happy things are going well with you and Jason, but it's just frustrating,
you know? That's how it should be with
Alex and me."
"But it's not," Courtney says with
a definite stamp of firmness. She softens as she adds, "I think it's time
to move past that. It wasn't a very serious relationship anyway."
Lauren sighs. "Yeah, I know. And
I doubt that I'm ever gonna have one, either."
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