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“Yeah, it was fine.”

“Cool,” Viv said.

“I mainly just held on to her drink while she danced.”

“You didn’t dance?” Viv asked.

“No, I wasn’t in the mood. I didn’t really want to go out, but Jodie did, so I was more along for moral support.”

“She needed moral support?”

“She won’t admit it, but she’s still trying to get over her ex. I’m not sure the feelings are still there – I don’t think she still loves her or anything – but I guess she saw that her ex and her new girlfriend moved in together. That explains why she wanted to go out last night to maybe meet someone and then didn’t go home with the woman who offered.”

“Someone offered to take her home?” Viv asked.

“Someone she danced with wanted Jodie to go back to her hotel room. Jodie said no.”

“I didn’t know that kind of thing actually happened,” Viv said with a small laugh. “Women really just ask you to go home with them to have sex? I thought that only happened on TV and in movies. That’s definitely never happened tome.”

“You’d have to gooutfor it to be a possibility, Viv.”

“I go out.”

“To campus stuff,” Caroline said. “And not even that much.”

“I went to that frat party last month.”

“And you thought lesbians hang out at frat parties?”

Viv laughed and said, “No, but my cousin invited me.”

“He’sa frat guy, so that makes sense. The bars in certain parts of the Quarter would be your best bet to have a woman offer to take you back to her place. It’s more likely to happen there than at a local bar, which is why Jodie likes to go there sometimes.”

“Oh, no, I don’t want that,” Viv replied. “I just didn’t realize that it happened in real life. You see it in movies and stuff thatpeople just walk up to you and offer to buy you a drink, but I thought that was just fiction.”

“You don’t want that?” Caroline asked her.

“No, I don’t want to go home with someone. I want to date them and maybe have a relationship.”

Caroline turned to her and offered, “I can introduce you around, if you want. I know some eligible lesbians.”

“No, thanks,” Viv replied. “It might be awkward.”

“Why?”

“I askedyouout. You’ve turned me down twice.”

“I know. But we’re cool, right? We’re okay?”

“Hey, I was thinking about hitting up the career fair tomorrow. Are you two going to go?” Jodie asked them when she returned and sat down across from them.

“I kind of forgot about it,” Caroline admitted, turning back in her seat.

“I already know what I want to do,” Viv replied.

“Lucky,” Caroline said.

“Yeah, I guess. It means that I can skip all of the career fairs.”

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