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“We could have one person decide she’s found her soul mate and she won’t let go. Jason could be the object of affection and . . . Ana could stalk him.” Here everyone tittered. Ana’s long-standing crush on Jason was hardly top secret. The rest of them loved to razz her about it. “She could grab on to his legs like little kids do. We could do a bunch of sight gags with her popping up at different tables when he’s got his three minutes with a different lady. She could dress up as a waiter and try to sabotage things. Meanwhile, Scott, you’re going through all those horrible dates like you said. In the end, Scott, you and Ana end up together somehow.”
    â€œI like it!” Ana said. It was disgusting how Ramiro could take a beginning to a sketch and give it a rough middle and an end in eleven seconds flat.
    â€œSo what are we going to call our show?” Marin asked.
    â€œI know,” Chelsey said. “I had this dream the other night, involving Britney Spears, Scooby Doo—not the cartoon one, the movie digitally created one—and Satan. Satan traveled in Scooby Doo’s body, but we knew he was there, and it was our job to protect Britney. I think I was like one of her bodyguards or something, I can’t remember. But don’t you think that would make a good name for a show, ‘Britney Spears, Scooby Doo, and Satan’?”
    Her friends just looked at her like she was a strange foreign creature they’d never encountered before. “I’m pretty sure we’d get our asses royally sued off,” Marin said. “I think we’d be breaking a jillion libel laws.”
    â€œHow about ‘The Comedy Hootenanny’?” Ana offered.
    â€œYou can’t use something that uses words like ‘comedy,’ ‘wit,’ or ‘humor,’ ” Ramiro said, rolling in his eyes at the obviousness of his point, like he was trying to educate a country bumpkin on basic concepts such as not wearing white pants before Easter. “Look at the shows Second City puts on or the stuff the Upright Citizen’s Brigade does. They do shows with names like, ‘Curious George Goes to War’ or ‘The Ice Cream Man Cometh.’ ”
    â€œHow about ‘Shangri-Ha,’ ” Scott said.
    â€œYou know what I think a step above that, Scott, would be ‘Don’t Come See This Show,’ ” Ramiro said.
    â€œWhat are you saying, that you don’t like my title?”
    â€œIn summary: yes, that’s what I’m saying.”
    â€œHow about, ‘The Pirates of Pete’s Pants,’ ” Chelsey offered.
    â€œBut there is nobody named Pete in this group,” Ana said.
    â€œIt’s a play on ‘The Pirates of Penzance.’ Ana, for someone so smart, sometimes you’re a little loopy in the head. I think it’s best you hear it from a friend.”
    â€œYeah, I get that part, but I don’t see what it has to our show or us.”
    â€œHow about ‘Fried Peanut Butter Sandwiches.’ You know going for an abstract—” Scott began.
    â€œThat. Is. The. Stupidest name I’ve ever heard,” Ramiro said.
    Ana started laughing. “It is pretty bad.”
    The others joined in, and when Chelsey snorted, Ana fell right off her chair, collapsing with laughter. Scott pretended to be hurt, but soon he was laughing, too. Teasing and tormenting one another was their primary form of communication.
    When they finally recovered, Chelsey wiped the tears from her eyes and said, “I’m going to get a Stallion. Anybody want anything?”
    â€œBullsy, just say no,” Ramiro said.
    â€œAdmitting you have a problem is the first step,” Marin said.
    â€œActually Bullsy, the reason we’ve called you here tonight is: You have a problem. We’ve come together to perform an intervention,” Scott said.
    â€œI don’t have a problem! I don’t!