Anatomy of a Single Girl by Snadowsky Daria

Author:Snadowsky, Daria [Snadowsky, Daria]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9780375897375
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2013-01-08T07:00:00+00:00

16

“You sure are smiley, Dom,” Dad observes over lunch the next day on our boat. “So you and that neutron-isolating lab rat had fun?”

“Oh. Yeah. We ordered up pizza and streamed Saturday Night Live on his computer,” I answer truthfully. Of course I’m omitting everything that happened beforehand, and during the commercials, and afterward until I had to bike home. Mom and Dad aren’t stupid, so I’m sure they suspect there’s more. But although I’m open with them about how I feel about boys, how far I go is my concern, and I’m sure they’re happier not knowing.

“So things are all right?” he presses. “Before that concert Friday, you hadn’t mentioned him or cracked a smile all week, so I figured he was out of the picture.”

“That doesn’t matter now. We’re cool.”

“And you’re sure where he lives is safe? I don’t want to think about all the riffraff in those crack shack frat houses.”

“Don’t spaz, Dad. There’s hardly anyone there this summer, anyway.”

“So, I suppose you two are an item now.” Mom sighs in resignation.

“For your information”—I look pointedly at her—“it’s just until I go back to school.”

“Oh … I didn’t realize.” She sneaks a glance at Dad. “So you won’t be seeing any other boys until then?”

“What ‘other boys’? Everyone I meet at the hospital is way too old for me. So as long as I have nothing else going on, it’s either Guy or no one.”

“Hmm,” Dad directs toward Mom. “That sounds a heck of a lot like the path of least resistance, which has to do with physics, if memory serves.”

“To me, it’s simple math,” Mom says back at him. “The time you put toward someone who won’t be in your future is the same time lost doing more worthwhile things.”

“Like meeting other people?” he asks.

“Yes, or simply pursuing your own interests,” she responds.

“Good point.” Dad nods pensively while taking a second chicken sandwich. “What do you think, Dom?”

You have to hand it to my parents for disguising their sermonizing as innocent conversing, but I’m dumbfounded they’re not more relieved that Guy and I aren’t getting serious. Now us not getting serious is a liability, too? Is there any way to keep a boy in my life without it being an issue?

When I don’t respond, Dad asks, “Why don’t you ask this Guy guy over to dinner sometime? If you’re going to keep running off to see him, we’d be interested in getting a read on him.”

“Thanks. I don’t know how soon that could happen, though. He works real late.” That’s also not the whole story, but it sounds nicer than explaining that I’d rather be alone with Guy than share our little free time with anyone else. “I’m not even seeing him again until the weekend.”

“If that’s so,” Mom says, “maybe you’ll finally have an opportunity to start boxing up your room.”

Both my parents have been bugging me nonstop about this since they broke the Gainesville news last week. I’m still getting used to the idea that we’re leaving here for good and that I need to pack up my whole life.

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