I’ve never had a friend, I never made any effort to keep any. So this new bond with this new girl was both exciting and terrifying.After work yesterday, we went shopping. You know what they say about shoppers therapy? After yesterday, I think it’s true.Back at home, Emily was a little too excited as she kept jumping around, touching everything, staring at everything even though it was nothing extraordinary. “Never been to a friend’s place after I turned 16,” she said.“Why’s that?”“Always been the bad friend, the one parents warn kids against.”That kind of took me off guard, “you mean that?”“Yeah.”“Is there a reason?”“Maybe not.”“So?” “Advised a kid back in high school to sleep at her boyfriend’s place after her mom yelled at her.”“What?”“Slept with my best friend’s boyfriend once, had an affair with my friend’s father too…”“I beg your finest pardon?”“Fingered another friend.”At that point, I was this close to throwing her out of my house.“Are you gay?”“No, I like boy
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