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“Do tell.”
“You're going to have to do better than melon liquor if you want me to get into that.”
“Tease,” Laurie says. “Come on, I don't date. I don't sleep with anyone. I barely see my friends. I need to hear someone's drama.”
She's tipsy already. Completely silly. Completely unable to handle her liquor or stop at her limits. But, still, I get a good feeling about Laurie. She seems honest. She seems bullshit free. She seems like someone who would understand why I'm cheating on my fiancé. She seems like someone who would understand why I'm staying with a man I don't love instead of leaving him for the guy I do care about.
“It's complicated,” I say.
“Okay, let's trade. You tell me one little thing about, what was it, Ryan, and I'll tell you five more embarrassing things.”
“I'm pretty sure you'll tell me anyway.”
“Perhaps,” she smiles and tops off our glasses. “But you could still tell me, because we're friends and all.”
“You first,” I say.
“Please, please, please,” Laurie says. “How about some dirt on the rich boyfriend?”
“Ryan is…”
“Yeah?”
“Pretty mediocre in bed.”
She squeals. “Now, we're talking.”
“I shouldn't go into details.”
“Come on, I thrive on details.”
“Okay, one detail. He uses way too much tongue when he kisses me.”
“No, no, no, I mean a sex detail. Not a kissing detail.”
“And he's a little…selfish,” I say.
“Do you ever fight about it?”
“No. If we fought, it would be over someone else.” Shit. I said someone, not something. Did Laurie catch it or has she slipped from tipsy to drunk?
“Freudian slip, huh?”
“What are you talking about?” I try to play it cool. Laurie is the closest thing I've had to a friend in a long time, and I'm not about to ruin her impression of me with the truth.
“Okay, okay, don't tell me. But if you do, I've got your back.”
“Thanks.”
“I won't sell you out, but you might want to stay tight lipped. Everyone here is a horrible gossip.”
“Including you?”
“Yeah, but not about my friends,” she says. “So, who is the other guy?”
“What other guy?”
“No self-respecting woman would put up with her boyfriend screwing around on her.”
