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“Oh,” Enid said, and she sounded like she was smiling now. “Wait. Areyoualone?”

“I’m in Jodie’s room.”

“So, she can hear us?”

“No, Jodie is in my room with Viv. Her roommate is gone, so it’s just me in here right now.”

“You kicked her out of her room just to talk to me?”

“She offered,” Caroline said.

“That’s nice of her. I guess I’ll work on forgetting the fact that she’s, apparently, gotten you off before.”

Caroline laughed and replied, “Why do we always talk about the womenI’vehad sex with and not the onesyou’ve been with?”

“What do you want to know?” Enid asked.

Caroline thought about asking about Jill, but she had already told Enid that she wanted to know if and when they did that, and she trusted Enid to be honest with her.

“Nothing, really,” she replied. “I kind of don’t want to think about it.”

“No?”

“Doyoulike thinking about me with other women?”

“What? No,” Enid told her. “I’m glad you’re a talented artist, but I kind of wish I never would’ve seen Brooke, whatever her last name is, naked in your sketchbook.”

“I forgot it was there. Sorry,” she said and sat on the bottom bunk.

“Caroline?”

“Yeah?”

“I wanted to kiss you tonight.”

“I know. I wanted to kiss you, too,” she replied.

“Why didn’t we?”

“We got interrupted at the movie.”

“I wanted to kiss you then, too, yes, but that’s not what I meant. I meant at your door.”

“I know,” Caroline said.

“I got a cheek kiss instead,” Enid replied.

“I know.”

“Did I do something wrong?”

“No,” Caroline replied. “I didn’t want our first kiss to be at the door to my dorm room. Viv was in there, and she could’ve come out at any minute or heard us or something,” she lied.

“And she has a thing for you. Got it,” Enid said. “Sorry, I should’ve thought about that.”

“No, it’s okay. She just told me a few minutes ago that she’s over me, so that’s good.”

“She’s over you?”

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