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CHAPTER 13

“Why are you here?” Rory asked.

“Am I not allowed to be here?” Enid asked back.

“You had a date tonightandlast night, if I remember correctly. Oh, and the night before, too.”

Enid had just sat down across from Rory in the booth. After dropping Caroline off at her room and not getting the goodnight kiss she’d really wanted, she had decided to go to the bar because she’d known Rory would be there. The date had been perfect. Sure, they hadn’t finished the movie neither of them had been paying attention to, nor had they had their first kiss that would’ve undoubtedly been one of those amazing, intense kisses in the semidark, where both of them had stared at one another, wondering who was going to make the first move because it had been guaranteed that one of them would. Enid had nearly turned back around in that dorm hallway and kissed her right there, but something in Caroline’s expression had told her that she shouldn’t.

“I’ve never had so many dates in one week in my life,” Enid said.

“Is that a bad thing?”

“I don’t know. Maybe.”

“Hey, Enid. What can I get you?” Candace asked as she approached them.

“Oh. Just a beer. Anything is fine. I’m not picky.”

“Um… Okay. Is everything all right?” Candace asked. “You sound… I don’t know. Sad, maybe?”

“Yeah, everything’s fine.”

“Okay…” Candace replied, not sounding like she believed her, and then she gave Rory an obvious look before walking away to get Enid’s drink.

“So, spill,” Rory said.

“I’m confused.”

“What about?”

“I’ve never dated two women at once.”

“Me neither,” Rory replied. “How does thatevenwork? When I met Logan, it was just, like,donefor me.”

“That was a month ago,” Enid noted.

“I know. It happened quickly. But once I let her in, I didn’t want anyone else.”

“Again, that was, like, a month ago,” Enid pointed out. “Technically, maybe even a week ago or something because you kept saying that you only wanted to be friends.”

“Well, it’s still true: I don’t want to date anyone else,” Rory replied. “I never did. I’ve always wanted one person.”

“Me too. And I wasn’t even looking. I don’t know what came over me when I asked Jill out.”

“You like her,” Rory said with a smile.

“Yeah, I do. She’s great,” Enid said unenthusiastically.

“Oh, I know that tone…” Rory remarked and crossed her arms over her chest.

“What tone?”

“You told meIwas great, too.”

“Youaregreat.”

“No, I meant when I kissed you,” Rory noted. “You told me I was great but that you thought we should just be friends in that same tone you just said that Jill was great.”

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