or something.”
“Veronica, you didn’t have to go to all that trouble, really.”
Hilton almost felt guilty. She did feel a little more confident, a little more in control. Attitude was everything and good clothes seem to help even if her hair was fucked up.
“You’ve got to keep your energy up.”
“Thank you,” Hilton said, taking a sip. Shannon woke up from her mid-morning nap and came sauntering over to check it out.
Hilton gave her a taste.
Dave was busy making it look like he was fainting from famine but Veronica pointedly ignored him. He must have been somewhat convincing because Shannon came over and licked his face.
Dave giggled and screamed.
Anne clicked on her mike from the radio booth as station identification played. “We need to get him a man or a testosterone shot. He’s acting like a girl again.”
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Dave managed to extricate himself from Shannon and stood up.
He grabbed his balls and said, “No way. I’m man, all man.”
“Whatever,” Anne said, rolling her eyes. She was back on the air.
Hilton was enjoying the show when Natalie arrived. Anne was having an animated conversation with a fervent atheist. Somehow Nat had wheedled her way past Veronica, which for Nat wouldn’t have been that difficult, Hilton thought. Nat could charm the smock off a nun if it was to her advantage. In fact, she probably had.
Hilton opened the door to the control room. “What are you doing here?” she asked. She stood in the doorway to block Nat’s entrance. Suddenly, she was concerned because Nat didn’t do things like show up at work. Half the time Nat had no idea where she was. They just sort of ran into each other whenever. They were actually more like sisters than lovers. Still, what love and sex and lust was between them hadn’t found a place to go or a way to end.
“I came to talk to you. I’m moving to Sherry’s for a little while.”
Nat pulled her knapsack up on her shoulder. It looked heavy and Hilton figured it was full of clothes. Not a lot, but enough to indicate this wasn’t an overnighter.
“What! You’re moving out?” Hilton could feel her heart pounding in her ears like the way waves make that thudding sound when they hit the beach.
“I just think it’ll be better if I wasn’t around while you’re having this thing with that pink-haired freak, Emily.” Nat peered into the booth at Anne who was twirling a pencil between her fingers like a baton.
“Nat, I’m not doing anything with Emily. I haven’t seen her since that night. You’ve seen more of her than I have. Really, I’m not that interested. You know, it was kind of a one-time thing.”
Hilton realized she was pleading. Part of her was totally disgusted.
After all, it was Nat who did most of the messing around. The other part of her was cringing in the corner with terror that the 78
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one person in her life masquerading as a constant was about to make a run for it.
“I always wondered what she looked like,” Nat said, apparently more interested in Anne than in the fact she was tearing Hilton’s world apart. She was like a child who’d spent all afternoon metic-ulously building a house with wooden blocks only to kick them all over in a gleeful act of total destruction.
“Nat, could we talk about us for a minute? You can’t just move out like this. What about us?” Hilton whispered. Dave was doing his best to pretend he wasn’t in the room.
“Oh, it’ll be fine. I’m sure I’ll be back before you know it. You know how I am.” Nat touched her cheek. “I love you.”
Shannon came up behind her and peed on Nat’s pant leg.
Nat swung around. “Damn it! Why does she do that to me?”
“Because she can tell you’re upsetting me.” Hilton went and sat down in her chair. She could tell there was no reasoning with Nat.
She had made her decision and now it was time for action. That was one of the things
“Veronica, you didn’t have to go to all that trouble, really.”
Hilton almost felt guilty. She did feel a little more confident, a little more in control. Attitude was everything and good clothes seem to help even if her hair was fucked up.
“You’ve got to keep your energy up.”
“Thank you,” Hilton said, taking a sip. Shannon woke up from her mid-morning nap and came sauntering over to check it out.
Hilton gave her a taste.
Dave was busy making it look like he was fainting from famine but Veronica pointedly ignored him. He must have been somewhat convincing because Shannon came over and licked his face.
Dave giggled and screamed.
Anne clicked on her mike from the radio booth as station identification played. “We need to get him a man or a testosterone shot. He’s acting like a girl again.”
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Dave managed to extricate himself from Shannon and stood up.
He grabbed his balls and said, “No way. I’m man, all man.”
“Whatever,” Anne said, rolling her eyes. She was back on the air.
Hilton was enjoying the show when Natalie arrived. Anne was having an animated conversation with a fervent atheist. Somehow Nat had wheedled her way past Veronica, which for Nat wouldn’t have been that difficult, Hilton thought. Nat could charm the smock off a nun if it was to her advantage. In fact, she probably had.
Hilton opened the door to the control room. “What are you doing here?” she asked. She stood in the doorway to block Nat’s entrance. Suddenly, she was concerned because Nat didn’t do things like show up at work. Half the time Nat had no idea where she was. They just sort of ran into each other whenever. They were actually more like sisters than lovers. Still, what love and sex and lust was between them hadn’t found a place to go or a way to end.
“I came to talk to you. I’m moving to Sherry’s for a little while.”
Nat pulled her knapsack up on her shoulder. It looked heavy and Hilton figured it was full of clothes. Not a lot, but enough to indicate this wasn’t an overnighter.
“What! You’re moving out?” Hilton could feel her heart pounding in her ears like the way waves make that thudding sound when they hit the beach.
“I just think it’ll be better if I wasn’t around while you’re having this thing with that pink-haired freak, Emily.” Nat peered into the booth at Anne who was twirling a pencil between her fingers like a baton.
“Nat, I’m not doing anything with Emily. I haven’t seen her since that night. You’ve seen more of her than I have. Really, I’m not that interested. You know, it was kind of a one-time thing.”
Hilton realized she was pleading. Part of her was totally disgusted.
After all, it was Nat who did most of the messing around. The other part of her was cringing in the corner with terror that the 78
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one person in her life masquerading as a constant was about to make a run for it.
“I always wondered what she looked like,” Nat said, apparently more interested in Anne than in the fact she was tearing Hilton’s world apart. She was like a child who’d spent all afternoon metic-ulously building a house with wooden blocks only to kick them all over in a gleeful act of total destruction.
“Nat, could we talk about us for a minute? You can’t just move out like this. What about us?” Hilton whispered. Dave was doing his best to pretend he wasn’t in the room.
“Oh, it’ll be fine. I’m sure I’ll be back before you know it. You know how I am.” Nat touched her cheek. “I love you.”
Shannon came up behind her and peed on Nat’s pant leg.
Nat swung around. “Damn it! Why does she do that to me?”
“Because she can tell you’re upsetting me.” Hilton went and sat down in her chair. She could tell there was no reasoning with Nat.
She had made her decision and now it was time for action. That was one of the things
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