Hunting and Gathering by Anna Gavalda

Author:Anna Gavalda
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2010-03-31T04:00:00+00:00

He’d been thrown for a loop and it took him a few seconds before he caught on.

“Hey, what are you talking about? I never said I wanted to sleep with you! And even if I did, there’s no way! You’re way too skinny! What makes you think a guy would even want to touch you! Go play with yourself, sister, while you’re at it! You’re out of your fucking mind!”

“You see I was right to warn you? You see how clearheaded I am? It could never work between us. I try to explain things to you as tactfully as possible and you have nothing to offer in exchange but your little shit-faced hostility, your stupidity, bad faith and meanness. Thank God you’ll never touch me! Thank God! As if I could ever want your disgusting meaty paws and your chewed-up nails on my skin! Keep them for your waitresses!”

She gripped the door handle: “Okay, I blew it. I should have kept my fucking mouth shut. I’m an idiot. And I’m not usually like this. Not at all. I’m usually the kind to hold my breath, and leave on tiptoe as soon as I can smell trouble.”

He was sitting on the edge of the bathtub.

“Yes, that’s what I would normally do . . . But just now, like an idiot, I forced myself to say something because—”

He raised his head.

“Because why?”

“Because . . . I told you, I think it’s important for this apartment to remain a nice, peaceful place. I’m going to be twenty-seven and for the first time in my life I’m living somewhere where I feel good, where I’m happy to come home in the evening, and even if I haven’t been here very long, okay, and even with all the mean things you’ve just thrown in my face, I’m still here, trampling on my pride so that I won’t risk losing it . . . Do you understand what I’m trying to say or is it just a load of bullshit as far as you’re concerned?”

Franck didn’t reply.

“Okay, then, I’m fucking off, I mean, I’m going to sleep.”

He couldn’t help smiling. “I’m sorry, Camille. I just seem to screw everything up when I’m around you.”

“Yes, you do.”

“Why is that?”

“Good question. Okay, then: bury the hatchet?”

“Go ahead. I’m already digging.”

“Great. So, what about that kiss, then?”

“No. Sleep with you, maybe, but kiss you on the cheek, no way. To start with, it would be much too hard.”

“You’re a fool.”

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