Re: [above the ice cream shoppe: steph & cat]
[She laughed more easily than she did before, and she looked extremely proud to have been told to shut up. Boy or girl, she felt comfortable on that couch, she felt like she was safe and belonged, and there were only a few places where Cat felt that. Bent over at the waist and with Steph mussing dark curls, she felt the same way, and she sniffled and sat back after.] Destiny. She used to room with him. And we're not beating her up, God, he'd be so pissed, and she would pull the victim card for eternity and it would give her an advantage. [She let her glass be refilled, and who cared if she left here wasted? And it wasn't like Steph wouldn't let her crash on the couch. She knew that too.] Anyway, he signed up for a girl, not for- [She motioned to herself, and she definitely was not a girl. In fact, she was currently sprawled out, all entitled boy as she sipped the wine.] I kind of like it. This. Weird, huh?
[She rolled her eyes.] Drop the rock, girl. Tell me about Tim? Are you into him? Are we still pining for Eddie? [She was more direct like this, and blame the testosterone or God knows what else, but she leaned her elbow on the back of the couch and waited. She would not be put off. This was real-talk time.]