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No. I’m sure it’s you.
VO, CONT’D
Things are finally going right for Charlie … until she meets Mr. Wrong.
CUT TO: Charlie entering her boss’s office. An attractive but boorish man sits sprawled on the sofa, his shirt untucked, a beer in his hand.
CHARLIE’S BOSS
Charlie, meet your new client, Dick Connor, author of He’s Never Going to Call You Unless You Follow These Rules.
DICK CONNOR
You know, if you want to have sex with me, you’re going to have to step it up, sweetheart. (He swats her butt.) Where’s my beer?
CUT TO: Charlie hanging out in a park with her best g*y friend. They are having a picnic.
CHARLIE
He’s crude. He’s sexist. He thinks Hooters is fine dining and women are only good for sex and getting his breakfast.
OBLIGATORY GAY FRIEND
Oh my God. He sounds so hot.
CHARLIE
I hate everything about Dick Connor. He makes me feel awful and inadequate.
OGF
That is actually a sign of true love.
tensed and turned her head.
“What’s wrong?”
“Nothing. I just don’t want this to stick.”
“Okay,” Jennifer said, trying to ignore the tiny warning alarms going off inside her. They washed in silence until Jennifer could no longer take it. “Are you sure everything’s okay?” she pressed. Her heart beat quickly.
Sosie glanced at Jennifer, and for a moment, she thought about saying all was well. But it wasn’t. The uncertainty she’d felt last night had blossomed into a sure distance she couldn’t ignore. Jennifer was great — loyal, kind, good, nicer than Sosie by far. The truth was that she liked Jennifer … but not as much as Jennifer liked her. Sosie was no Duff, but she knew she’d end up breaking Jen’s heart all the same. It was better to end it now before things got too ugly.
“I’m just not sure I want a girlfriend right now,” Sosie said at last, feeling lame.
Jennifer went cold inside. “Are you breaking up with me?”
Sosie nodded slowly.
“But … why? What did I do?”
“Nothing,” Sosie said.
“What can I do?”
Sosie hesitated. “Nothing,” she signed.
The waves licked at Jennifer’s tanned knees. The sand tugged at her toes, making her sink in. She tried very hard not to cry, but two tears trickled down her cheeks anyway.
