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时尚女魔头 穿普拉达的恶魔 英文原版-第16部分
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guilty; because I’d already decided after the whole lunch debacle
that I’d rather reschedule。 My first week had been so crazy that
we’d barely seen each other; and we’d made a special plan to have
dinner that night; just the two of us。 But I knew I wouldn’t be any
fun if I fell asleep in my wine; and I kind of wanted a night to
unwind and be alone。 I’d have to remember to call and see if we
could do it the next night。
Emily was standing over me; having already checked her own voice
mail。 From her relatively calm face; I guessed that Miranda had not
left her any death threats。 I shook my head to indicate that I
hadn’t gotten one from her yet。
“Hi; Andrea; it’s Cara。” Miranda’s nanny。 “So; Miranda called here a
little while ago”—heart stoppage—“and said she’s tried the office
and no one was picking up。 I figured something was going on down
there; so I told her that I’d spoken to both you and Emily just a
minute before; but don’t worry about it。 She wanted aWomen’s Wear
Daily faxed to her; and I had a copy right here。 Already confirmed
that she got it; too; so don’t stress。 Just wanted to let you know。
Anyway; have a good weekend。 I’ll talk to you later。 ’Bye。”
lifesaver。 The girl was an absolute saint。 It was hard to believe
I’d only known her a week—and not even in person; only over the
phone—because I thought I was in love with her。 She was the opposite
of Emily in every regard: calm; grounded; and entirely
fashion…oblivious。 She recognized Miranda’s absurdity but didn’t
begrudge her it; she had that rare; charming quality of being able
to laugh at herself and everyone else。
“Nope; not her;” I told Emily; lying sort of but not really; smiling
triumphantly。 “We’re in the clear。”
“You’rein the clear; this time;” she said flatly。 “Just remember
that we’re in this together; but I am in charge。 You’ll cover for me
if I want to go out to lunch once in a while—I’m entitled。 This will
never happen again; right?”
I bit back the urge to say something nasty。 “Right;” I said。
“Right。”
We’d managed to finish wrapping the rest of the bottles and get them
all to the messengers by seven that night; and Emily didn’t mention
the office…abandonment issue again。 I finally fell into a taxi (just
this one time) at eight; and was spread…eagle; still fully dressed;
on top of my covers at ten。 And I still hadn’t eaten because I
couldn’t bear the thought of going out in search of food and getting
lost again; as I had the past four nights; in my own neighborhood。 I
called Lily to plain on my brand…new Bang and Olufsen phone。
“Hi! I thought you and Alex had a date tonight;” she said。
“Yeah; we did; but I’m dead。 He’s fine with doing it tomorrow night;
and I think I’ll just order。 Whatever。 How was your day?”
“I have one word: screwed up。 OK; so that was two。 You’ll never
imagine what happened。 Well; of course you will; it happens all
the—”
“Cut to it; Lil。 I’m going to pass out any minute。”
“OK。 Cutest guy ever came to my reading today。 Sat through the whole
thing looking absolutely fascinated; and waited for me afterward。
Asked if he could take me for a drink and hear all about the thesis
I had published at Brown; which he’d already read。”
“Sounds great。 What was he?” Lily went out with different guys
almost every night after getting off work; but had yet to plete
her fraction。 She had founded the Scale of Fractional Love one night
after listening to a few of our guy friends rate the girls they were
dating on their own invention; the Ten…Ten Scale。 “She’s a six;
eight; B…plus;” Jake would declare of the advertising assistant he’d
been set up with the night before。 It was assumed everyone knew that
it was a ten…point scale; with face always being the first numerical
ranking; body the second; and personality ing in last with a
slightly more generalized letter grade。 Since there were clearly
more factors at work in judging guys; Lily devised the Fractional
Scale; which had a total of ten pieces that each earned a point。 The
Perfect Guy would obviously have all five of the primary pieces:
intelligence; sense of humor; decent body; cute face; and any sort
of job that fell under the generous umbrella of “normal。” Since it
was next to impossible to find The Perfect Guy; someone could up
their fraction by earning points on the secondary five; which
included a definitive lack of psycho ex…girlfriends; psycho parents;
or date…rapist roommates; and any sort of extracurricular interests
or hobbies that weren’t sports… or porn…related。 So far; the highest
anyone had received was a nine…tenths; but he had broken up with
her。
“Well; at first he was going strong at seven…tenths。 He was a
theater major at Yaleand he’s straight; and he could discuss Israeli
politics so intelligently that he never once suggested that we ‘just
nuke ’em;’ so that was good。”
“Sure sounds good。 I can’t wait for the clincher。 What was it? Did
he talk about his favorite Nintendo game?”
“Worse。” She sighed。
“Is he thinner than you?”
“Worse。” She sounded defeated。
“What on earth could be worse than that?”
“He lives on Long Island—”
“Lily! So he’s geographically undesirable。 That doesn’t make him
undateable! You know better than to—”
“With his parents;” she interrupted。
Oh。
“For the past four years。”
Oh; my。
“And he absolutely loves it。 Says he can’t imagine wanting to live
alone in such a big city when his mom and dad are such great
pany。”
“Whoa! Say no more。 I don’t think we’ve ever had a seven…tenths fall
all the way to a zero after the first date。 Your guy set a new
record。 Congratulations。 Your day was officially worse than mine。” I
leaned over to kick my bedroom door closed when I heard Shanti and
Kendra e Home from work。 I heard a guy’s voice with them and
wondered if either of my roommates had boyfriends。 I’d seen them a
bined total of only ten minutes in the last week and a half;
because they seemed to work longer hours than I did。
“That bad? How could your day be bad? You work infashion; ” she
said。
There was a quiet knocking on the door。
“Hold on a sec; someone’s here。 e in!” I called to the door; much
too loud for the tiny space。 I waited for one of my quiet roommates
to timidly ask if I’d remembered to call the landlord to put my name
on the lease (no) or bought more paper plates (no) or had taken down
any phone messages (no); but Alex appeared。
“Hey; can I call you back? Alex just showed up。” I was thrilled to
see him; so excited that he’d surprised me; but a small part of me
had been looking forward to just taking a shower and crawling into
bed。
“Sure。 Tell him I say hi。 And remember what a lucky girl you are for
having pleted the fraction with him; Andy。 He’s great。 Hold on to
that one。”
“Don’t I know it。 The kid’s a goddamn saint。” I smiled in his
direction。
“’Bye。”
“Hi!” I willed myself to first sit up; then stand up and walk over
to him。 “What a great surprise!” I went to hug him but he backed
away; keeping his arms behind his back。 “What’s wrong?”
“Nothing at all。 I know you’ve had such a long week; and; knowing
you; I figured you hadn’t bothered to eat yet; so I brought the food
to you。” He pulled a huge brown paper bag from behind his back; one
of the old…school grocery style ones; and it already had some
delicious…smelling grease stains on it。 All of a sudden; I was
starving。
“You did not! How’d you know that I was sitting here this very
second; wondering how I was going to motivate to find food? I was
just about to give up。”
“So e here and eat!” He looked pleased and pulled open the bag;
but we both couldn’t fit on the floor of my bedroom together。 I
thought about eating in the living room since there was no kitchen;
but Kendra and Shanti had both collapsed in front of the TV
together; their untouched takeout salads open in front of them。 I
thought they were waiting until theReal World episode they were
watching was over; but then I noticed that they’d both already
fallen asleep。 Sweet lives we all had。
“Hold on; I have an idea;” he said and tiptoed to the kitchen。 He
came back with two oversize garbage bags and spread them out over my
blue forter。 He dug into the greasy bag and brought out two giant
burgers with everything and one extra…large order of fries。 He’d
remembered ketchup packets and tons of salt for me; and even the
napkins。 I clapped I was so excited; although a quick visual of the
imagined disappointment on Miranda’s face appeared; one that
said;You? You’re eating a burger?
“I’m not done yet。 Here; check it out。” And out of his backpack came
a fistful of tiny vanilla tea lights; a bottle of screw…top red
wine; and two waxy paper cups。
“You’re kidding;” I said softly; still not believing that he’d put
all this together after I’d canceled our date。
He handed me a cup of wine and tapped it with his。 “No; I’m not。 You
think I was going to miss hearing about the first week of the rest
of your life? To my best girl。”
“Thank you。” I said; slowly taking a sip。 “Thank you; thank you;
thank you。”
6
“Ohmigod; is it the fashion editor herself?” Jill mock…shrieked when
she opened the front door。 “e on over here and let your big
sister genuflect a li’l。”
“Fashion editor?” I snorted。 “Hardly。 Try fashion
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