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my pad,
and waited for her to continue.
    “Are
you falling for this guy?”
    “No!
Are you crazy? Of course not. Why would you think such
a thing?”
    “I
don't know, Natalie, but for someone who doesn't want anything to do with the
guy, you are really immersed in his life.”
    “No,
I'm not.”
    “Oh really? He
is your subject for a very important art project, he teaches you self defense
and now he's the subject of yet another important writing project. Do you see a
theme here?”
    I
stared at her, not saying a word. I really didn't have a response, though I had
to take note of the fact that she was incredibly perceptive.
    “It's
just convenient, Julie. That's all. He makes my art projects easy because of
who he is, and he makes it easy for me to exploit his womanizing ways. Now, the self-defense ? You were
right there; I don't want to experience anything like that again. Had someone
else offered to teach me, then I would be doing it with them. But it was Jet
who offered, so that's all it is, convenience.”
    Julie
didn't appear to be buying anything I was selling to her at the moment.
    “I
don't think this story that you are writing is going to have a happy ending. I
wish it would, I really do. But based on things that I have seen already, I
don't see it happening.”
    “What
do you mean?”
    “Well,
you guys have officially slept together now; it's not just a rumor anymore. Now
usually that's the crowning moment, when you finally get to see whether sex
turns into something else. Either you move on together, or he never talks to
you again. Oddly enough, neither has happened, and you two are stagnant
together, just waiting for something to happen. It's very unusual. I just don't
see it going happily ever after for you guys, and this weird dance that you are
doing with each other.”
    I was
shocked by everything that she had said. I hadn't realized that Julie had put
that much thought into what was going on between Jet and me. I didn't want to
go into great detail with her at the moment; in fact, I didn't want to talk
about Jet at all. I just wanted to get my story down as a rough draft, so I
could peel away the layers of it another time.
    I
smiled at her. “Well it's a good thing that I don't care about a future with
Jet, then.”
    “Really,
you don't?”
    “No,
it is what it is.”
    “You
don't think it might be wise to write about something else? You have a great
family life, write about that. Or if you need some drama in your life, write
about our experience with the mugging; just make Jet's character look like Ryan
Gosling.” She had a sparkle in her eye when she said Ryan's name. “I'm just
saying I think it's a mistake to devote so much emotional and mental energy on
Jet. He's not worth it. You have lots of good stories to tell, Jet's not the
biggest thing that has happened in your life so far.”
    “You're
the one who tried to get me to talk to him that first time at the bar.”
    “Yeah,
I know. He's hot, and I thought he would be a good way for you to get over that
asshole, but I made a mistake. I think he's just going to hurt you, and I don't
want you to get hurt by another guy. It's obvious it's not going anywhere, so
just distance yourself from him.”
    “No,
I like this story, and this project has been driving me nuts all day. Now that
I have a good idea, I don't want to go back to stressing about finding a new
one. It will be fine.”
    “I
think you're making a mistake.”
    “Julie,
it's not like we are dating. I'm not going to write actual events. It will be
more of a based-on-a-true-story sort of thing. I can change whatever I want. I
can have whatever ending I want. It doesn't have to end badly. I could have the
happiest ending I want, if I choose. If I don't feel like being happy, I can
kill off Jet in the end,” I started laughing, and Julie just shook her head and
rolled her eyes.
    “Well
good luck with that,” she got up off the bed, and wiped at the water drips that
had found their