DON'T GO THERE

Carrie and Mr. Big went to the Hamptons for a weekend. It wasn't quite spring yet, and it was depressing. They ht a fire. They read their books. They rented movies. Mr. Big would watch only action movies. Carrie used to watch them with him, but now she didn't want to watch them anymore. "It's a waste of time for me," she said. "So read," Mr. Big said.

"I'm bored with reading. I'm going to take a walk."

"I'll take a walk with you," Mr. Big said. "As soon as this movie is over."

So she sat next to him and watched the movie and sulked.

They went to the Palm for dinner. She said something, and he said, "Oh, that's stupid."

"Really? How interesting. That you should call me stupid. Especially since I'm smarter than you," Carrie said.

Mr. Big laughed. "If you think that, you're really stupid."

"Don't fuck with me," Carrie said. She leaned across the table, suddenly so angry she didn't even know who she was anymore. "If you fuck with me, I will make it my personal business to destroy you. And don't think for a second that I won't take a great deal of pleasure in doing it."

"You don't get up early enough to fuck with me," Mr. Big said.

"I don't need to. Haven't you figured that out yet?" She wiped the corner of her mouth with her napkin. Don't go there, she thought. Just don't go there. Aloud she said, "I'm sorry. I'm just a little tense."

The next morning, when they were back in the city, Mr. Big said, "Well, I'll talk to you later."

"Talk?" Carrie said. "You mean we're not going to see each other this evening?"

"I don't know," Mr. Big said. "I think maybe we should take a little break, spend a couple of days apart until you get over this mood."

"But I'm over it," Carrie said.

She called him at work. He said, "I don't know about things," and she laughed and said, "Oh, come on, silly. Isn't a person allowed to be in a bad mood? It's not the end of the world. Relationships are like that sometimes. I said I was sorry."

"I don't want any hassles."

"I promise I'll be sweet. Aren't I being sweet now? See? No more bad mood." "I guess so," he said.

Date: 2014-12-29; view: 1000