Frenemy of the People by Nora Olsen

Author:Nora Olsen [Olsen, Nora]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781626391062
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books
Published: 2014-04-30T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

Lexie

At some point we took a break from kissing and just lay on the bed, staring at each other. Clarissa looked super cute with her hair all messy and falling out of her ponytail. There was something about Clarissa that made me feel protective and tender. When I was with Ramone, we had been like tigers, two feisty lady tigers. Nothing tender.

Clarissa was gazing at me with an intense expression, her hair framing her face. With my eyes, I traced each little tendril of hair. We held each other’s gaze, and it was almost like we were talking to each other without saying a word. I was communicating to her that she was the most beautiful girl I had ever seen, and weirdly she seemed to be beaming that right back at me.

I was super self-conscious of the fact that Clarissa had kissed Ramone, that Ramone was the only other girl either of us had ever kissed. Ramone was like some horrible vector. I touched Clarissa’s incredibly soft hair, trying to focus on the girl who was actually in front of me and not my ex. It was crazy to me that all of a sudden I could actually kiss Clarissa and stroke her hair.

“I really like you,” Clarissa said.

“I really like you too,” I said. We smiled at each other like we were saying brilliant things.

“Let’s go out on a date,” Clarissa said.

I laughed. “Now?”

“No, I’m asking you out on a future date.”

“Okay,” I said. Ramone had never taken me out on an official date. I told myself to stop thinking about Ramone. I supposed it was only natural, but it had to stop. I wondered if Clarissa was comparing me to Slobberin’ Robert.

“I can’t go out Friday night because I’m volunteering at this disco thing Desi goes to. You could come, but I don’t think that would be a great date. Let’s go to brunch on Saturday morning. You want to go to Cracker Barrel? The one in Fishkill? Their breakfast is amazing.”

“Cracker Barrel? Are you joking?” I asked.

“No. Why? What’s wrong with Cracker Barrel?”

“They’re totally famous for discriminating against gays and lesbians. They used to officially fire people for being gay. Like, it said on the pink slip, Reason fired: she is gay.”

“No way! I never heard that.”

“They don’t do it anymore, not in the last few years. But they’re still one of the worst places for gay people to work. There’s a group that rates all the big companies, and Cracker Barrel comes in almost dead last.”

“I had no idea.” She snuggled closer to me. “I feel bad. I have breakfast with my parents there all the time.”

I kissed her on her nose. “You weren’t to know.” Clarissa seemed like such an alien creature to me. Why would anyone want to have breakfast at some hokey franchise anyway?

“How about the Red Line Diner?” Clarissa suggested. “That’s right next to Cracker Barrel. We go there sometimes when Cracker Barrel is too crowded.”

“It’s called the Red Line Diner? What the hell?”

“And now what’s wrong with that?” Clarissa asked.

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