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I kicked h it, and I spent a few seconds hopping in the hallway, trying to pull ered into the room, pulled off my Beverly Feldht get scratched, but I didn&039;t give a fuck

That&039;s right "I don&039;t give a fuck!" I screaht thing, I sent Nick away! I could totally have boned hih road and for what? To have that jerkclothes away like a enerally staggering around my room like a drunk

I scooped up the Feldmans from their separate corners and went to put the facedown onI clutched the shoes totears on nored it and cried harder I was in no e had crocheted a ladder and was on the lame the plants were as dead as I was?

"Sweetie, why are you naked and crying in your closet?"

I cracked open an eye Jessica was peering into the closet, a look of concern on her (bruised) face "Go away," I cried "Go away, you still hate me, I know it"

"Oh, shut up, I do not" She came into the closet, pushed suits aside, carefully ed beside ht, but be specific"

"Sinclair doesn&039;t loveany And he&039;s got the hots for hter of the devil, but that&039;s not even the worst part"

"What&039;s the worst part, honey?"

"Everybody likes Laura, that&039;s what"

"Everybody likes you, too Even before you died you had this kind of cool charis"

"Yeah, but Laura has it in spades She makes me look like Saddam Hussein I mean, nobody can resist her"

"I&039;m sure that&039;s not-"

"The Ant likes Laura!"

"Oh"

"And she and est baby shower ever And I&039;onna have to file Chapter Eleven on Scratch And she&039;s-Laura, I mean-she&039;s nice but she&039;s no you And then I could have had sex with Nick and he really likes me, but I love Sinclair so I sent him away, and Sinclair didn&039;t even care and-and-ohto puzzle out the babble

"Oh ant sneaky gorgeous cool sneaky-"

"Well, of course you do"

"See, this is the sort of information I could have used earlier," I said and cried harder

Jessica was patting my back "Come on, Bets, you knew deep down you loved him Like anyone could move into your house if you really didn&039;t want theuy Like you&039;d sleep with just any guy"

"But he&039;s such a jerk"

"Well, sweetie, you&039;re not the easiest person in the world to get along with, either, sorinned and touched her black eye "And this isn&039;t even for losing your Simpsons Season Four DVD"

"Jess-I&039;estured to my nudity, the closet, the cedar balls

"I know, Betsy" She bent down and kissed ht on the temple "I just had to sulk and, you know, heal up the last couple of days I know you were sorry right after"

"I was, I was! I felt like dead dog shit It&039;s been the absolute worst week"

"Frankly, the only reason I&039;ve decided to forgive you is because I&039;hter of the devil"

"Oh, God, she&039;s so boring" I sat up and wiped my dry (I didn&039;t cry like a noret , she&039;s a total sweetheart You&039;ll like her But-"

"But she&039;s no queen of the vampires"

"I haven&039;t been much of a queen these days"

"That&039;s not true You read the Book so you could find out more about yourself, about the threat to the world-your sister And you tracked her down and were ready to ru George"

"You have been listening to the baby ? That sucker&039;s been on twenty-four hours a day I was afraid to sleep; I didn&039;t want to &039;s such ato do?"

"Well, honey, sending Nick aas a good start It&039;s actually fundaht down to it"