Then Michael introduced her to somebody named Elizabeth and I turned around in time to see him put his arm around this pale dark-haired girl sitting next to him. Erica told him that we’re from Westfield, that we’re seniors, and that we’re spending the night at Sybil’s. I wondered where he went to school and hoped it was some place close, like Rutgers. I was more interested in what Michael was saying to Erica. I’m a freshman at Dartmouth.” Unfortunately he was also a creep.Īfter a while I tuned him out but he didn’t know and kept blabbing away. The guy on my other side said, “My name’s Fred. I looked away and went back to spearing chunks of bread. For some crazy reason I thought about touching it. He wore glasses, had a lot of reddish-blond hair and a small mole on his left cheek. She introduced herself to Michael, then tapped me on the head and said, “This idiot is my friend, Katherine. “So?” I answered, as Erica shot me a look. So I told him, “I can wipe my own chin,” and I tried to swallow the bread that was still in my mouth. I couldn’t tell if he was putting me on or what. “You want me to wipe it off?” He held out his napkin. He was on Erica’s other side, sort of leaning across her. I had gotten about two bites when this guy said, “You’ve got some on your chin.” Each of us had a long two-pronged fork, to spear the bread, then dip it into the cheese. On the table were a couple of big pots of steaming liquid Swiss cheese and baskets of bread chunks. There were maybe twenty of us sitting on the floor around a low table in Sybil’s family room.

Erica and I decided to go to her New Year’s party at the last minute for two reasons-one, because that’s when she invited us, and, two, we had nothing better to do. I don’t know Sybil that well since she lives in Summit and we live in Westfield. I’m not sure that either explanation is 100 percent right but generally Erica is very good at analyzing people. Erica says this is because of Sybil’s fat problem and her need to feel loved-the getting laid part, that is. She told me herself, the last time she was visiting her cousin, Erica, who is my good friend. and has been laid by at least six different guys.

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