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telling
me
how I’m supposed to feel now?” I demanded.
    â€œWell, I can’t tell Oswald anymore.”
    The two of them had formally broken up the week before. It was like a mercy killing.
    â€œYou want to go to a movie tonight?” Julia asked.
    â€œYeah, sure. What do you want to see?” I asked.
    â€œYou decide.”
    â€œMe? Maybe the three of us should talk it over. Want me to call Oswald?”
    There was silence. “Not really. It’s still pretty uncomfortable for me and him. I was thinking it could just be the two of us.”
    â€œYou asking me out on a date?”
    â€œDon’t flatter yourself!” she snapped. “So you want to go or not?”
    â€œI guess.” I paused. “Just out of curiosity, if
I
did, you know, ask you out, what would you say?”
    â€œDepends,” she said.
    â€œDepends on what?”
    â€œOn what you were asking me to do. For example, if you were inviting me out to go to a movie, I might just say yes.”
    I took a deep breath and felt my heart pounding. I could do this. “Julia, do you think that tonight, me and you, do you think we could maybe go out together to see a movie?”
    The phone was silent. “A movie…that would be nice.”