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"I was just coming around
to talking to him about the whole Ivy thing."
"You mean the fact you hate his step-sister?"
"And she hates me," I point out. "But no. The problem is that he knows how I feel about her, but he didn't tell me that they were related that way."
"Do you go around showing guys your family tree when you start dating?" She strokes along Ginger's back like a villain plotting her evil deed. The pink hair detracts from the image a little bit.
"Well, no..."
"Then why are you expecting them to disclose that information about themselves? It's a little bit of a double standard, don't you think?"
"Hmm. I suppose." I hate that she's right. "He kind of implied the same thing. Though he was a bit weird about the idea of Ryan."
"Weird weird, or just guy weird?" she asks. She searches for my bin and throws the apple core. It lands right in it, and I have to admit I'm impressed. I can never do that myself.
"Weird weird. He said something about it not mattering if he didn't have all my attention, just that he had to know how I felt. I'm not sure, it doesn't make any sense to me." I throw my hands up, startling Seth, who then darts from my lap and makes himself comfortable on one of the many blankets piled at the end of my bed.
I guess I've lost that one to a kitten, then.
"Hmm."
"Yes?" I prompt her, hoping she'll have more of an answer than she's given so far.
"Just thinking."
"Surprisingly, I got that," I deadpan. "But what about?"
"Whether there's something in that."
"Like..."
"Polyamory," she says lightly.
"Oh." I blink a couple of times, trying to work out if that was something I might want. I can't say I've considered it before, but then, I've not dated much. I never found guys that interested me. Now though...
"You know you don't have to decide if that's you now, right?" she prompts.
"Sorry, it's just not been something I've thought about."
"Maybe you should."
"Are you so desperate to get me in a relationship with your brother that you're happy with him only being one of my lovers?" I can't stop the giggle that comes with saying that.
"Ew, Mona!" A look of horror crosses her face. "Never use the words brother and lover in the same sentence ever again."
"You started it," I tease. I'm having fun now. It's nice to see this side of Daphne, especially as she's been so down about her vampire ex-boyfriend being seen around with another girl.
"And I'm ending it. If you ever do get together with Ryan, then I don't want to hear anything about it. Ever."
"Alright, I promise. On the lives of my kittens, I'll never talk about my sex life with your brother ever again." Non-existent though it is.
She cringes and sticks her tongue out at me. "That was just mean, and you know it."
"Yep."
"Do your kittens even have lives? Or are they immortal?"
