T 3865

By Arjun Basu | Published: May 14, 2011

And then she turned to him and said, That’s a nice vest. It is a nice vest, he thought. But she wasn’t pretty enough to admit that out loud.

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T 3864

By Arjun Basu | Published: May 14, 2011

In the distance he can see the mountain on fire, the smoke creeping toward the town. We’re kinda screwed, he says. But not yet, she replies.

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T 3863

By Arjun Basu | Published: May 14, 2011

Her kid was sent home from school; he wouldn’t stop saying “the big burrito” over and over. That’s when she knew: He’d been in her computer.

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T 3862

By Arjun Basu | Published: May 14, 2011

They wore matching sweaters. She had initiated this as a test of his resolve. And when she said, Hold my hand, his humiliation was complete.

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T 3861

By Arjun Basu | Published: May 14, 2011

He is comforted by the familiarity of his hatreds, the warm blanket of malice. The loving embrace of confrontation. Eat your meat, dad says.

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T 3860

By Arjun Basu | Published: May 14, 2011

Beer flowed. Jones made his signature cocktail. Lynn flirted with Sam, upsetting Lou. Vik made Maddie blush. Elle started crying. Al farted.

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T 3859

By Arjun Basu | Published: May 14, 2011

After their first date she said, I never want to be seen eating with you again. On their next date she gets hungry. And he gets them a room.

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T 3858

By Arjun Basu | Published: May 14, 2011

The cave was impenetrable and dark. She held his hand tight. Now what? she asked. He put a finger to her lips. Don’t ruin the joke, he said.

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T 3857

By Arjun Basu | Published: May 14, 2011

The food court Chinese lies limp on his plate. He watches her cut into her kung pao. The knife on styrofoam. I don’t get love, he tells her.

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T 3856

By Arjun Basu | Published: May 14, 2011

She dreamt she was in a land of naked giants who popped laxatives shamelessly and then she woke and called her boyfriend and said, You’ll do.

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