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and　wearing　their　own

clothes　anyway。？　Vanessa　could　hear　the　click　of　her　sister？s　lighter　and　then　the　sound　of　her

exhaling　as　she　blew　out　the　first　drag。　Ruby　never　smoked　before　she　met　Piotr。Was　？Eurotrash？

a　contagious　disease？

And　is　there　a　vaccine？

？Thank　God。？　Vanessa　held　the　coffee　up　to　her　lips；　letting　the　steam　float　over　her　skin。　？You

really　had　me　worried　there　for　a　second。？　？Listen；　the　bachelorette　party　is　on　Thursday。　You？re

kind　of　supposed　to　plan　it。　I？ve　got　some　ideas　though；　so　don？t　worry　too　much。？　Bachelorette

party？Plan　it？　？Yeah；？　Vanessa　managed　to　mumble　while　taking　another　sip　of　her　coffee；　which

tasted　like　ass。　？I　guess。？　Was　there　some　unwritten　rule　that　all　coffee　in　the　Humphreys？

apartment　had　to　be　terrible？

？Of　course　you？re　going　to　film　the　whole　wedding；　too。　And　before　I　forget；　listen？can　you　ask

Dan　if　he？ll　write　a　poem　to　read　at　the　reception？　You　know；　something　about　love；　that　kind　of

thing。　Piotr？s　friends　are　planning　some　performance　art；　but　we？d　like　someone　to　read

something　and　don？t　know　any　other　poets。　It　would　mean　a　lot　to　us。？　Vanessa　snorted　into　the

phone。　Straight　love　poems　weren？t　exactly　Dan？s　thing。

？Anyway；　listen；　I　have　to　run？I　have　a　dress　fitting　at　Kleinfeld　first　thing　in　the　morning　and　I

gotta　get　some　sleep。　Oh；　and　my　last　gig　as　a　single　woman　is　on　Monday　at　the　Galapagos　Art

Space？if　you？re　free；　e　check　it　out！？　There　was　a　click；　and　then　the　dial　tone　began　buzzing

rudely　in　Vanessa？s　ear。　Waking　up　early　for　adress　fitting？　Ruby　reallyhad　been　abducted　by

aliens。

？My　sister？s　getting　married；？　Vanessa　intoned　flatly；　staring