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THREE CASHMERE SWEATERS

It's a fall weekend and it's raining. Carrie and Mr. Big are at the restaurant they go to in Bridgehampton. It's crowded, which is annoying, and the maitre d' who always gives them a table isn't there. So she and Mr. Big are eating at the bar with their heads together. First, they were going to try this new thing that they'd tried on Mr. Big's birthday—ordering four entrees, like having Chinese food.

But Mr. Big wants to eat exactly the same thing Carrie is eating

so they just end up having twin dinners. "Do you mind?" Mr. Big says.

"No, I don't mind," Carrie says in the ridiculous baby voice they seem to use with each other practically all the time now. "Me too tired to care."

"Me too tired too," Mr. Big says, in the baby voice. His elbow brushes against her. Then he jabs her with it. "Beep beep," he says.

"Hey," she says. "Here's the line. Don't cross it."

"Sudden death," Mr. Big growls, leaning over and spearing her pasta with his fork.

"I'll give you sudden death," Carrie says.

"C'mon, hit me," he says, and she punches him in the arm and he laughs.

"Here you two are." They turn around and Samantha Jones is standing there with hke three cashmere sweaters wrapped around her neck. "I thought you guys might be here," she says. Mr. Big says, "Uh huh." Sam and Mr. Big don't really get along. Once, when Sam asked why, Carrie explained it was because Sam always said mean things to her and Big didn't hke it. Sam snorted and said, "I think you can take care of yourself."

Sam starts talking about movies, and Carrie has no choice— she has to start talking about movies, too. Mr. Big doesn't hke to talk about movies. Carrie starts wishing Sam would go away so she could just talk to Mr. Big about their favorite new subject—moving to Colorado someday. She doesn't hke herself for wishing Sam would leave, but sometimes when you're with a man that's the way it is, you can't help it.


Date: 2014-12-29; view: 1031


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