Mack Daddy

I grabbed my purse. “What the hell. Let’s go.”

Lorelai teased, “Don’t say hell. It’s a Catholic school.”

“We all have that one person. It’s not necessarily someone we end up with. But it’s that person who, for whatever reason, gets under your skin and stays there. You can move on, but parts of them are always with you. Sometimes, if things never had a chance to develop, if feelings are still unresolved, that person becomes an even more powerful force in your life, even in absentia.”

“But you know what they say about opposites?” She flashed her teeth.

“That they attract?”

“That they have amazing sex. And with him…I bet it would’ve been more than amazing.”

“But you know what they say about opposites?” She flashed her teeth.

“That they attract?”

“That they have amazing sex. And with him…I bet it would’ve been more than amazing.”

Don’t worry. Karma is a bigger bitch than that cunt ever could be.”

a rerun of Friends, the one where Phoebe found a human thumb floating around in her can of soda.

You’re telling me. I don’t like it very much, but being alone is better than living with someone who makes you unhappy.

Don’t be. No regrets. That’s what it’s all about, living with no regrets.

The blue is my own personal badge of honor that I’ve basically stamped on you, Frankie.”

“What?”

“I’ve done everything I thought I was supposed to be doing when it comes to you. I’ve been fighting everything that feels natural for a very long time. So, there really is something to that mind over matter mantra. But what they don’t factor in is what happens when you lose your mind. I’m pretty sure I’ve just about lost mine. I’ve been trying to do the right thing, but it’s fucking hard. And I realized last night that I don’t want to go against what feels natural anymore.” He placed both of his hands around my cheeks. “What would you think about my coming back sooner than the end of the summer, but staying for good?”

How so?”

“The book said that the blue one also represents mind over matter, in particular, the spirit’s control over one’s physical senses or compulsions—which heightens one’s spirituality by overcoming bodily temptations.”