TTYL (28 page)

zoegirl:

any word from maddie?

SnowAngel:

and… the answer is still no. no word from maddie. nada, zilch, zero words from maddie.

zoegirl:

i thought maybe she'd call, since she worked with ian last night. as far as i know that's the first time she's seen him since halloween.

SnowAngel:

yeah, i wonder how that went. i wonder if she was as weird with him as she is with us.

zoegirl:

who knows

SnowAngel:

how was it, going to church with mr. h this morning???

zoegirl:

it was good

SnowAngel:

good? that's all ur gonna say?

zoegirl:

hmm. i guess i feel strange talking about other stuff with this whole maddie mess going on.

SnowAngel:

why? we DO have lives apart from her, u know.

zoegirl:

true

SnowAngel:

so tell me! did mr. h finally kiss u? *smooch, smooch*

zoegirl:

yeah, right there at the altar, in front of God and everybody.

SnowAngel:

REALLY?

zoegirl:

angela!

SnowAngel:

well, did u have any romantic moments? meaningful glances, knee-touches, that sort of thing?

zoegirl:

the car ride was nice, even though we just talked about school. it's so bizarre. it's like there we are, alone in his car with all of this… energy… bouncing around between us, and what do we do? we talk about english and the shakespeare festival and who our favorite authors are.

SnowAngel:

*winks lasciviously* verbal foreplay

zoegirl:

i don't think so

zoegirl:

only…

SnowAngel:

what?

zoegirl:

he did mention that he's house-sitting for greg kravitz's parents beginning on the 17th. and he also mentioned that the house has an outdoor hot tub.

SnowAngel:

omg. AND?

zoegirl:

and he kind of hinted around that maybe i could come over one night. that we could, um, gaze at the stars.

SnowAngel:

IN the hot tub?! IN your bathing suits?! OR—*gasp!*—MAYBE IN YOUR NUDIE PANTS!!!!

zoegirl:

angela, stop!

zoegirl:

we will not be in our “nudie pants.” omigosh. he hasn't even technically invited me!

SnowAngel:

when he does, will u say yes?

zoegirl:

i don't know. it makes me nervous just thinking about it.

SnowAngel:

good nervous or bad nervous?

zoegirl:

i don't know!

zoegirl:

ack. can we talk about something else, please?

SnowAngel:

sure. have u picked which swimsuit ur gonna wear?

zoegirl:

!!!!

SnowAngel:

not yr blue one-piece. it comes up to, like, your collarbone. and not that nasty red one with the worn spots in the butt… altho i suppose that *cld* work to your advantage.

zoegirl:

enough

SnowAngel:

you'll have to borrow my bikini with the orange flowery bits on it, that's all there is to it. and u should probably go to a tanning salon. otherwise u'll look like a dead codfish, no offense.

zoegirl:

if i wore your bikini, it would fall right off me. (and stop right there with what you're thinking!) and i'm not going to a tanning salon. i am morally opposed to tanning salons.

SnowAngel:

hey, u asked for my advice

zoegirl:

no, i didn't

SnowAngel:

well u shld have

zoegirl:

am i really too pale to wear a bathing suit?

SnowAngel:

it's november—of course ur pale. i am too, altho it hardly matters since i'm not going hot-tubbing with my lusty young buck of an english teacher.

zoegirl:

zoegirl:

i think i'm gonna faint.

SnowAngel:

u can always use tanning creme if u don't wanna go to a tanning booth. or tanning foam. they even make tanning wipes now, like baby wipes, only not just for yr lady parts.

SnowAngel:

(in fact, not really for yr lady parts at all…)

SnowAngel:

(unless u want a tan va-jay-jay???)

zoegirl:

and now i'm going to go.

SnowAngel:

but we haven't discussed yr thong possibilities! yikes, u better start doing your butt exercises. *and squeeze and lift and squeeze and lift and pump and pump and pump!*

SnowAngel:

this is getting to be a very sad pattern, but: any luck with maddie today?

zoegirl:

no, you?

SnowAngel:

she shot me a death look when i tried to talk to her in geometry. does that count?

zoegirl:

maddie shoots a good death look, i'll give her that.

SnowAngel:

so, not to be self-absorbed or anything, but does this mean our cumberland island trip is off? thanksgiving's only 2 and a half weeks away.

zoegirl:

i've been wondering about that too. maddie was so psyched about it.

SnowAngel:

then she shld get off her high horse and stop being sullen!

SnowAngel:

u know what? i'm gonna text her and ask. even if she doesn't reply, i can at least make her feel guilty about it. it's not fair for her to back out now.