“I turned my attention back to Kaitlin, who now appeared to be very conscientiously stalking my shoelace.”
“I can tie a cherry stem into a knot with my tongue. Now, if only I could do the same with my shoelaces, I wouldn’t have to banana pudding my way to success.”
“I tie my smile like a shoelace.”
“I was just going to call and say hi.""Give me the phone." I hand it over. Jess, despite her scrawniness, is stronger than I am and could beat me up. She turns my cell off and hands it back. Clearly, I'm very drunk, because it appears to me that the matter is now closed.”
“So who's lucky number three?No answer.I turn around to look at him again.No.He grins. Now I get it, I tell him. You're stalking me.”
“Who I am is unimportant. But who I am is very important. I’ll suppress my ego now, every occurring now, so I can achieve my maximum later.”