Double the Heat by Anthology

Author:Anthology [Anthology]
Language: fra
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary
Publisher: PENGUIN group
Published: 2009-11-30T23:00:00+00:00

Eleven

After storming out of Sebastian’s apartment, Lennie rode the subway home, trying to sort out her feelings. She couldn’t believe he hadn’t let her know right from the beginning that his being in New York might be temporary. But the more she thought about it, the more she started to second-guess herself. Would she really have resisted her attraction to him if he’d told her the deal straight off the bat? She’d always considered herself a risk taker. Maybe he would have told her and she would have been okay with it, taking it day by day. Maybe.

The next morning, she decided to go down to the Wild Hart and run her conversation with Seb by Christie. Hitting the pub would kill two birds with one stone: she could spill to her friend, and she could stick around to meet with Sinead, who was stopping by to pick up the clothing Lennie had designed. “So, what do you think?” she asked Christie, who was alone behind the bar before the lunchtime mob arrived. Jimmy O’Brien’s back was causing him a “world of trouble” again. Christie was pissed, but at least Mr. O’Brien was available to help out if she needed it.

“About what? Sebastian not telling you he might be gone, or your reaction to it?”

“Both.”

Christie crinkled her nose, thinking hard. “I kinda think he should have told you. And I kinda think you overreacted.”

“Could you be a little more definitive than ‘kinda’?” Lennie pushed.

“I think you have a right to be annoyed,” Christie replied carefully. “But rather than storming out, you should have stayed and talked things through with him. Breaking up with him—is that really what you want?”

“Yes. No. I don’t know,” Lennie whined. She wiggled around on her barstool in frustration, trying to put her thoughts into some kind of coherent order. “On the one hand, it might be good we—I—ended things. I mean, I did come to New York to study, and trying to juggle school, a relationship, and doing my own designs has been kind of crazy.”

“I hear a ‘but’ coming.”

“But what if I made a mistake?”

“Well, there’s only one way you’re gonna find out: go and talk to him. See if he wants to give things another try. I bet he does.”

“But I told him I hoped he wound up back in Siberia,” she said with a cringe.

Christie laughed. “Good one.”

“Well, what if he does?”

“Lennie, which is it?” Christie huffed in exasperation. “Either you want to be with this guy or you don’t. End of story.”

“I need more time to think about it,” Lennie muttered miserably.

“Then take time to think about it, and talk to him.”

“But if I go back to him and tell him I want to get back together, he might think I’m pathetic or something. Unstable.”

Christie threw down the bar towel in her hand. “Earth to Lennie, you are pathetic! At least right now!”

“Ouch.”

“You also look dead on your feet.”

“So you think I shouldn’t get back with him. It’ll be too much on my plate.

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