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时尚女魔头 穿普拉达的恶魔 英文原版-第15部分

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  it was a ten…point scale; with face always being the first numerical 
  ranking; body the second; and personality ing in last with a 
  slightly more generalized letter grade。 Since there were clearly 
  more factors at work in judging guys; Lily devised the Fractional 
  Scale; which had a total of ten pieces that each earned a point。 The 
  Perfect Guy would obviously have all five of the primary pieces: 
  intelligence; sense of humor; decent body; cute face; and any sort 
  of job that fell under the generous umbrella of “normal。” Since it 
  was next to impossible to find The Perfect Guy; someone could up 
  their fraction by earning points on the secondary five; which 
  included a definitive lack of psycho ex…girlfriends; psycho parents; 
  or date…rapist roommates; and any sort of extracurricular interests 
  or hobbies that weren’t sports… or porn…related。 So far; the highest 
  anyone had received was a nine…tenths; but he had broken up with 
  her。

  “Well; at first he was going strong at seven…tenths。 He was a 
  theater major at Yaleand he’s straight; and he could discuss Israeli 
  politics so intelligently that he never once suggested that we ‘just 
  nuke ’em;’ so that was good。”

  “Sure sounds good。 I can’t wait for the clincher。 What was it? Did 
  he talk about his favorite Nintendo game?”

  “Worse。” She sighed。

  “Is he thinner than you?”

  “Worse。” She sounded defeated。

  “What on earth could be worse than that?”

  “He lives on Long Island—”

  “Lily! So he’s geographically undesirable。 That doesn’t make him 
  undateable! You know better than to—”

  “With his parents;” she interrupted。

  Oh。

  “For the past four years。”

  Oh; my。

  “And he absolutely loves it。 Says he can’t imagine wanting to live 
  alone in such a big city when his mom and dad are such great 
  pany。”

  “Whoa! Say no more。 I don’t think we’ve ever had a seven…tenths fall 
  all the way to a zero after the first date。 Your guy set a new 
  record。 Congratulations。 Your day was officially worse than mine。” I 
  leaned over to kick my bedroom door closed when I heard Shanti and 
  Kendra e Home from work。 I heard a guy’s voice with them and 
  wondered if either of my roommates had boyfriends。 I’d seen them a 
  bined total of only ten minutes in the last week and a half; 
  because they seemed to work longer hours than I did。

  “That bad? How could your day be bad? You work infashion; ” she 
  said。

  There was a quiet knocking on the door。

  “Hold on a sec; someone’s here。 e in!” I called to the door; much 
  too loud for the tiny space。 I waited for one of my quiet roommates 
  to timidly ask if I’d remembered to call the landlord to put my name 
  on the lease (no) or bought more paper plates (no) or had taken down 
  any phone messages (no); but Alex appeared。

  “Hey; can I call you back? Alex just showed up。” I was thrilled to 
  see him; so excited that he’d surprised me; but a small part of me 
  had been looking forward to just taking a shower and crawling into 
  bed。

  “Sure。 Tell him I say hi。 And remember what a lucky girl you are for 
  having pleted the fraction with him; Andy。 He’s great。 Hold on to 
  that one。”

  “Don’t I know it。 The kid’s a goddamn saint。” I smiled in his 
  direction。

  “’Bye。”

  “Hi!” I willed myself to first sit up; then stand up and walk over 
  to him。 “What a great surprise!” I went to hug him but he backed 
  away; keeping his arms behind his back。 “What’s wrong?”

  “Nothing at all。 I know you’ve had such a long week; and; knowing 
  you; I figured you hadn’t bothered to eat yet; so I brought the food 
  to you。” He pulled a huge brown paper bag from behind his back; one 
  of the old…school grocery style ones; and it already had some 
  delicious…smelling grease stains on it。 All of a sudden; I was 
  starving。

  “You did not! How’d you know that I was sitting here this very 
  second; wondering how I was going to motivate to find food? I was 
  just about to give up。”

  “So e here and eat!” He looked pleased and pulled open the bag; 
  but we both couldn’t fit on the floor of my bedroom together。 I 
  thought about eating in the living room since there was no kitchen; 
  but Kendra and Shanti had both collapsed in front of the TV 
  together; their untouched takeout salads open in front of them。 I 
  thought they were waiting until theReal World episode they were 
  watching was over; but then I noticed that they’d both already 
  fallen asleep。 Sweet lives we all had。

  “Hold on; I have an idea;” he said and tiptoed to the kitchen。 He 
  came back with two oversize garbage bags and spread them out over my 
  blue forter。 He dug into the greasy bag and brought out two giant 
  burgers with everything and one extra…large order of fries。 He’d 
  remembered ketchup packets and tons of salt for me; and even the 
  napkins。 I clapped I was so excited; although a quick visual of the 
  imagined disappointment on Miranda’s face appeared; one that 
  said;You? You’re eating a burger?

  “I’m not done yet。 Here; check it out。” And out of his backpack came 
  a fistful of tiny vanilla tea lights; a bottle of screw…top red 
  wine; and two waxy paper cups。

  “You’re kidding;” I said softly; still not believing that he’d put 
  all this together after I’d canceled our date。

  He handed me a cup of wine and tapped it with his。 “No; I’m not。 You 
  think I was going to miss hearing about the first week of the rest 
  of your life? To my best girl。”

  “Thank you。” I said; slowly taking a sip。 “Thank you; thank you; 
  thank you。”


  6

  “Ohmigod; is it the fashion editor herself?” Jill mock…shrieked when 
  she opened the front door。 “e on over here and let your big 
  sister genuflect a li’l。”

  “Fashion editor?” I snorted。 “Hardly。 Try fashion mishap。 Wele 
  back to civilization。” I hugged her for what felt like ten minutes 
  and didn’t want to let go。 It was hard when she’d started at 
  Stanford and left me all alone with our parents when I was a mere 
  nine years old; but it was even harder when she’d followed her 
  boyfriend—now husband—to Houston。 Houston! The whole placed seemed 
  drenched in humidity and infested with mosquitoes to the point of 
  unbearability; and if that wasn’t bad enough; my sister—my 
  sophisticated; beautiful big sister who loved neoclassical art and 
  made your heart melt when she recited poetry—had developed a 
  southern accent。 And not just a slight accent with a subtle; 
  charming southern lilt; but an all…out; unmistakable; 
  like…a…drill…through…the…eardrum redneck drawl。 I’d yet to forgive 
  Kyle for dragging her to that wretched place; even if he was a 
  pretty decent brother…in…law; and it didn’t help when he opened his 
  mouth。

  “Hey there; Andy darlin’; you’re looking more beautiful every time I 
  see you。”Yer lookin’ more beeyootiful avery time I see ya 。 “What 
  are they feeding y’all atRunway; huh?”

  I wanted to stick a tennis ball in his mouth to keep him from 
  talking anymore; but he smiled at me and I walked over and hugged 
  him。 He might sound like a hick and grin a little too openly and 
  often; but he tried really hard and he clearly adored my sister。 I 
  vowed to make a sincere effort not to visibly cringe when he spoke。 
  “It’s not really what I’d call a feeding…friendly kind of place; if 
  you know what I mean。 Whatever it is; it’s definitely in the water 
  and not the food。 But never mind。 Kyle; you look great yourself。 
  Keeping my sister busy in the city of misery; I hope?”

  “Andy; just e and visit; sweetie。 Bring Alex along and y’all can 
  make it a li’l vacation。 It’s not that bad; you’ll see。” He smiled 
  first at me and then at Jill; who smiled back and brushed the back 
  of her hand across his cheek。 They were disgustingly in love。

  “Really; Andy; it’s a culture…rich place with a whole lot to do。 We 
  both wish you’d e visit us more often。 It’s just not right that 
  the only time we see each other is in this house;” she said; waving 
  expansively around our parents’ living room。 “I mean; if you can 
  stand Avon; you can certainly stand Houston。”

  “Andy; you’re here! Jay; the big New York City career girl is here; 
  e say hi;” my mom called as she rounded the corner ing from 
  the kitchen。 “I thought you were going to call when you got to the 
  train station。”

  “Mrs。 Myers was picking Erika up from the same train; so she just 
  dropped me off。 When are we eating? I’m starving。”

  “Now。 Do you want to clean up? We can wait。 You look a little ragged 
  from the train。 You know; it’s fine if—”

  “Mother!” I shot her a warning look。

  “Andy! You look dynamite。 e here and give your old man a hug。” My 
  dad; tall and still very handsome in his midfifties; smiled from the 
  hallway。 He was holding a Scrabble box behind his back that he only 
  let me see by flashing it quickly by the side of his leg。 He waited 
  until everyone looked away from him and pointed to the box and 
  mouthed; “I’ll kick your ass。 Consider yourself warned。”

  I smiled and nodded my head。 Contrary to all mon sense; I found 
  myself looking forward to the next forty…eight hours with my family 
  more than I had in the four years since I’d left Home。 Thanksgiving 
  was my favorite holiday; and this year I was set to enjoy it more 
  than ever。

  We gathered in the dining room and dug into the massive meal that my 
  mother had expertly ordered; her traditional Jewish version of a 
  night…before…Thanksgiving feast。 Bagels and lox and cream cheese and 
  whitefish and latkes all professionally arranged on rigid disposable 
  serving platters; waiting to be transferred to paper plates and 
  consumed with plastic forks and knives。 My mother smiled lovingly as 
  her brood dug in; with a look of pride on her face as if she’d been 
  cooking for a week to sustain and nurture her babies。

  I told them all about the new job; tried as best as I could to 
  describe a job that I didn’t yet fully understand myself。 Briefly I 
  wondered if it sounded ridiculous to tell them how the skirts were 
  called in and all the hours I’d logged wrapping and sending 
  presents; and how there was a little electronic ID card that tracked 
  everything you did。 It was hard to fit into words the sense of 
  urgency each of these had taken on at the time; how when I was at 
  work it seemed that my job was supremely relevant; even important。 I 
  talked and talked; but I didn’t know how to explain this world that 
  may have been only two hours away geographically but was really in a 
  different sol
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