Twister 2325

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

They were young boys on the verge of manhood, huddled in the bushes. Watching her. She’s going to lick the ice cream, one of them whispered.

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Twister 2324

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He pours her a drink. If you loved me, you would apologize right now, she says. A lone tear streaks down her cheek. If I loved you, he says.

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Twister 2323

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He says, Let’s go for Korean and she says, I had a bad experience once, and they stay in and fall out of love and decide that destiny stinks

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Twister 2322

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

They cleaned up the post-picnic mess. A huge argument broke out over the classification of tomatoes. She wanted a new group of friends. Bad.

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Twister 2321

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

There was some drinking involved but it wasn’t an inexcusable amount of drinking. But they were all married so there would be excuses later.

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Twister 2320

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

They walked side by side in silence, ignoring each other. Finally she stopped and turned to him. You don’t even know what love is, she said.

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Twister 2319

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

When she saw what he had done, she wanted to comfort him, but couldn’t bring herself to do it. You ate too much of that chocolate, she said.

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Twister 2318

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The new guy brings booze to the meeting. So I’ll have someone to blame when I take my shirt off and get all Madonna on the conference table.

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Twister 2317

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He trudged home from work and opened a beer. His kids immediately besieged with news of their day. He looked at them and said, I don’t care.

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Twister 2316

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The music washes over her like a wave and as she dances he imagines her rolling around the surf in a wet t-shirt. I need a vacation, he says

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