The Seventeenth Summer [023]

J: "Ok, straight talk now. Who is this other girl? Or guy, I guess?"

A: "Huh?"

J: "This person who you were 'almost pursuing'?"

A: "Oh... has that comment really stuck in your mind that long?"

J: "Yes."

A: "Why do you want to know?"

J: "For my decision."

A: "Why should the guy I'm crushing on affect your decision?"

J: "So it is a guy!"

A: "Joey!!"

J: "AJ! I wanna know if you'd be better off with him than with me."

A: "....You were supposed to be thinking only about yourself here!"

J: "Hey, just because you did, doesn't mean I have to."

A: "Now that's just cold."