( she gives him the cigarette she's already lit, stained wine-red with her lipstick, and lights a second for herself, conscious of how bizarre it is that this is the most like herself she's felt in months. no endless cake samples or wedding registries or guest lists or caring about who is sitting where and with who (she does not care, everyone will get up and move around anyway, why does anyone care, can she have a placard on every table that says THE ONLY MESSAGE YOUR SEAT ARRANGEMENT IS SENDING IS THAT I THOUGHT YOU'D GIVE A FUCK I GOT MARRIED AND INVITED YOU AND IF YOU RUIN IT I WILL BILL YOU THE COST OF YOUR ATTENDANCE YOU INGRATE, no, why not--) and she is really looking forward to being married, she thinks, but if the wedding day is going to be the best day of her life her life is looking fucking dire.
here, where it's dark and quiet and teddy talks to her like she's no one in particular, one of a hundred thousand people he doesn't remember - this is good, this is okay. )
If there's one thing I'm very good at, ( dryly, ) it's getting my kit off, so we're all right, there. You can swim, can't you?
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( she gives him the cigarette she's already lit, stained wine-red with her lipstick, and lights a second for herself, conscious of how bizarre it is that this is the most like herself she's felt in months. no endless cake samples or wedding registries or guest lists or caring about who is sitting where and with who (she does not care, everyone will get up and move around anyway, why does anyone care, can she have a placard on every table that says THE ONLY MESSAGE YOUR SEAT ARRANGEMENT IS SENDING IS THAT I THOUGHT YOU'D GIVE A FUCK I GOT MARRIED AND INVITED YOU AND IF YOU RUIN IT I WILL BILL YOU THE COST OF YOUR ATTENDANCE YOU INGRATE, no, why not--) and she is really looking forward to being married, she thinks, but if the wedding day is going to be the best day of her life her life is looking fucking dire.
here, where it's dark and quiet and teddy talks to her like she's no one in particular, one of a hundred thousand people he doesn't remember - this is good, this is okay. )
If there's one thing I'm very good at, ( dryly, ) it's getting my kit off, so we're all right, there. You can swim, can't you?