Sheshould be the last to know, heh!" I can definitely agree with that!" I chuckle as I sip my sweet coffee."Think I've told you before about some of t...e fans who have 'shipped'us, right?" 'Shipped' like... Preferred you as a couple?" Zoe asks."Yep," Kayla sighs. "Some have even written fan fiction of us. That thelast time I ever Google myself, heh!" I shall not ask about the 'accuracy' of the fan fiction," Zoe says witha wink, though even this gesture isn't enough to ease our tension. "Is-have. I can’t undo any of it. Look, I accept you reaming me for the way I treated you and other girls. But I can’t wave a magic wand and make the past disappear. If I could, that’s not even the first thing I’d fix. You know damned well what THAT is.”She nodded, “I know.”“So, let me work with Doctor Mercer and start getting my shit together, and you help me get Anthony and Connie off my back once and for all.”“I’m sorry I slapped you.”“Don’t be. I deserved it as much from you as I did from Stephanie. " as we continued the small talk, i found that she only lived a mile away from this bar, worked at the d**gstore down the street, and she went out of her way to tell me that she didn't have a serious boyfriend. "pam is lucky to have a good looking man like you!" pam came back to the table, looking pretty jealous that i was talking to dee. she sat down and said, "my brother's car just broke down. i have to go give him a ride." i think she was a little pissed off that i didn't express any. She certainly didn’t want her hair to be a mess before the first dance! The telephone rang, which was unusual that early in the day, and Mamie, the cook, announced that it was a Horace Walton from Fort Wayne asking for Mister Thornton. ‘We haven’t heard from Horace and Grace in months, I hope nothing’s wrong,’ Evelyn said in reference to her husband’s college friend. ‘Does he still insist on wearing those awful leg-o-mutton sideburns that no one has worn in twenty years?’ Rose giggled. ‘No,.