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Chapter 2
BRIDGET
Past
The door swings open, slamming against the wall, leaving a dent where the doorknob hit it.
“Amy!” Simone admonishes my roommate from where she and I sit at the table having leftover pizza for breakfast.
“You won’t believe this!” Amy squeals.
“I’ll put door stop on our shopping list,” I tell Simone.
“You guys! You will not believe where I just got invited to next weekend!”
I have a feeling her invitation resembles the one I received from Darren last night. Part of me doesn’t believe Darren was serious.
“The John Legend concert?” Simone guesses.
“He plays the following weekend,” I tell her.
Amy hops up and down. “No, it’s not John Legend. It’s Thailand!”
“Like the country Thailand?” Simone asks.
“Yesssss!” Amy hops in circles now.
“Cool. When would you be going?”
“Next weekend. Luckily, my passport’s in order since I went to France with my family last summer. But can you believe it? Thailand!”
“Is this with the JD Lee you’ve been talking about?”
“Of course!!” Amy’s eyes widen with a realization. “I’ve got to go shopping!”
She grabs a slice from the open box of pizza between me and Simone before rushing off to our room.
Simone looks at me in some disbelief. “Thailand? Next weekend? That’s short notice, but this guy must be serious about Amy. By the way, how did it go with your guy?”
My cheeks become warm. After Darren left, unable to focus on my paper, I went to see if Simone was up for watching The Wire and found she had fallen asleep. I channel flipped for a while, eventually dozing off on the sofa with CNN playing in the background.
“Good, I think,” I respond. “I got invited to Thailand, too.”
Simone’s bottom lip dropped. “I am so missing out! Are you guys for real?”
“I don’t know how serious Darren’s invitation was.”
“Darren is the cousin of Amy’s guy?”
I nod and take a sip of my morning orange juice. Not the best beverage pairing with pizza.
“Damn,” Simone sighs. “These guys must be loaded if their idea of a next date is Thailand! Is there another cousin I can date?”
“Julie okay with that?” I tease, referring to a woman whom Simone, who’s bi, has been seeing.
“I think she’d understand if I get to jet off to Thailand at a moment’s notice,” Simone joked. “These guys must be serious about you and Amy.”
I shake my head. “Just because they can afford to take someone to Thailand doesn’t mean a thing.”
