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时尚女魔头 穿普拉达的恶魔 英文原版-第41部分

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  and a small; dirty window that looked directly into an apartment in 
  the building next door。 Lily had wanted this one and I’d happily 
  agreed。 She preferred having the extra space since she spent so much 
  time in her bedroom studying; but I’d rather have the light and the 
  balcony entrance。

  “Thanks; Lil;” I whispered to myself; knowing that Lily couldn’t 
  possibly hear me。

  “What’d you say; honey?” my mom asked; ing up behind me。

  “Oh; nothing。 Just that Lily did really; really well。 I had no idea 
  what to expect; but this is great; don’t you think?”

  She looked like she was trying to find the most tactful way of 
  saying something。 “Yes; for New York; it’s a great apartment。 It’s 
  just hard to imagine paying so much and getting so little。 You know 
  your sister and Kyle only pay fourteen hundred a month total for 
  their condo; and they have central air; marble bathrooms; brand…new 
  dishwasher and washer…dryer; and three bedrooms and two bathrooms?” 
  she pointed out; as if she were the first to make this realization。 
  For 2;280 you could get a beachfront townhouse in LA; a three…story 
  condo on a tree…lined street in Chicago; a four…bedroom split…level 
  in Miami; or a goddamn castle with a moat in Cleveland。 Yes; we knew 
  this。

  “And two parking spots; access to the golf course; gym; and pool;” I 
  added helpfully。 “Yeah; I know。 But believe it or not; this is a 
  great deal。 I think we’ll be very happy here。”

  She hugged me。 “I think you will be; too。 As long as you don’t work 
  too hard to enjoy it;” she said lightly。

  My dad walked in and opened the duffel bag that he’d been dragging 
  around all day; one I’d assumed held racquetball clothes for his 
  game later。 But he pulled out a maroon box emblazoned with “Limited 
  Edition!” across the front。 Scrabble。 The collector’s edition; where 
  the board came mounted on its own lazy Susan and the squares had 
  little raised borders so the letters didn’t slide around。 We’d been 
  admiring them together in specialty game stores for the past ten 
  years; but no occasion had ever warranted purchasing one。

  “Oh; Dad。 You shouldn’t have!” I knew the board cost well over two 
  hundred dollars。 “Oh! I just love it!”

  “Use it in good health;” he said; hugging me back。 “Or better yet; 
  to kick your old man’s ass; as I know you will。 I remember when I 
  used to let you win。 I had to; or you’d stomp around the house; 
  sulking all night。 And now! Well; now my old brain cells are fried 
  and I couldn’t beat you if I tried。 Not that I won’t;” he added。

  I was about to tell him that I’d learned from the best; but Alex had 
  walked in。 And he didn’t look happy。

  “What’s wrong?” I immediately asked as he fidgeted with his 
  sneakers。

  “Oh; nothing at all;” he lied while glancing in the direction of my 
  parents。 He shot me a “just hold on a sec” look and said; “Here; I 
  brought a box。”

  “Let’s go get a few more;” my dad said to my mom; moving toward the 
  door。 “Maybe Mr。 Fisher has some sort of cart。 We could bring a 
  bunch up at once。 Be right back。”

  I looked at Alex; and we both waited until we’d heard the elevator 
  open and close。

  “So; I just talked to Lily;” he said slowly。

  “She’s not still mad at me; is she? She’s been so weird all week。”

  “No; I don’t think it’s that。”

  “So what is it?”

  “Well; she wasn’t at Home 。 。 。”

  “So where is she? Some guy’s apartment? I can’t believe she’s late 
  for her own moving day。” I yanked open one of the windows in the 
  converted bedroom to let some of the cold air dissipate the smell of 
  new paint。

  “No; she was actually at a police precinct in midtown。” He looked at 
  his shoes。

  “She was where? Is she OK? Ohmigod! Was she mugged or raped? I have 
  to go to her right away。”

  “Andy; she’s fine。 She was arrested。” He said it quietly; as if he 
  were breaking the news to a parent that their child wasn’t going to 
  pass fourth grade。

  “Arrested? She was arrested?” I tried to stay calm; but I realized 
  too late that I was screaming。 My dad walked in; pulling a giant 
  cart that looked ready to topple under the weight of unevenly 
  stacked boxes。

  “Who was arrested?” he asked off…handedly。 “Mr。 Fisher brought all 
  this stuff up for us。”

  I was racking my brain for a lie; but Alex stepped in before I could 
  think of anything remotely plausible。 “Oh; I was just telling Andy 
  that I saw on VH…1 last night that one of the girls from TLC was 
  arrested on drug charges。 And she always seemed like one of the 
  straighter ones 。 。 。”

  My dad shook his head and surveyed the room; only half listening and 
  probably wondering when exactly Alex or myself had bee so 
  interested in female pop stars that we actually discussed it。 “I’m 
  thinking that the only real place your bed can go is with the head 
  against the far wall;” he said。 “Speaking of which; I better go see 
  how they’re doing。”

  I literally flung my body in front of Alex the minute the apartment 
  door closed。

  “Quickly! Tell me what happened。 What happened?”

  “Andy; you’re shrieking。 It’s not so bad。 Actually; it’s kind of 
  funny。” His eyes crinkled as he laughed; and for a brief second he 
  looked just like Eduardo。 Ew。

  “Alex Fineman; you better fucking tell me right now what happened 
  with my best friend—”

  “OK; OK; relax。” He was clearly enjoying this。 “She was out with 
  some guy last night that she referred to as Tongue Ring Boy—do we 
  know who that is?”

  I stared at him。

  “Anyway; they went out for dinner and Tongue Ring Boy was walking 
  her Home; and she thought it’d be fun to flash him; right there on 
  the street outside the restaurant。 ‘Sexy;’ she said。 To get him 
  interested。”

  I envisioned Lily unwrapping a dinner mint and strolling outside 
  after a romantic meal; only to pull away and yank up her shirt for a 
  guy who’d paid to have someone ram a post through his tongue。 Jesus。

  “Oh no。 She didn’t 。 。 。”

  Alex nodded somberly; trying not to laugh。

  “You’re telling me my friend got arrested for showing her breasts? 
  That’s ridiculous。 This is New York。 I see women every day who are 
  practically topless—and that’s in the workplace!” I was shrieking 
  again; but I couldn’t help it。

  “Her bottom。” He was looking at his shoes again; and his face was so 
  red; I couldn’t tell if he was embarrassed or hysterical。

  “Her what?”

  “Not her breasts。 Her bottom。 Her lower half。 Like; all of it。 Front 
  and back。” An ear…to…ear grin had finally broken out; and he looked 
  so delighted that I thought he might wet himself。

  “Oh; say it isn’t true;” I moaned; wondering what my friend had 
  gotten herself into now。 “And a cop saw her and arrested her?”

  “No; evidently two little kids saw her do it and pointed it out to 
  their mother 。 。 。”

  “Oh; god。”

  “So; the mother asked her to pull her pants back up; and Lily loudly 
  told her what she could do with her opinions; and the woman went and 
  found a cop standing on the next street over。”

  “Oh; stop。 Oh; please; just stop。”

  “It gets better。 By the time the woman and the cop came back; Lily 
  and Tongue Ring Boy were going at it on the street; pretty hot and 
  heavy from what she said。”

  “Who is this? This is my friend Lily Goodwin? My sweet; adorable 
  best friend from eighth grade now gets naked and hooks up on street 
  corners? With guys who have tongue rings?”

  “Andy; calm down。 Really; she’s fine。 The only reason the cop 
  actually arrested her was because she gave him the finger when he 
  asked if she had; in fact; pulled her pants down 。 。 。”

  “Oh; my god。 I can’t take it anymore。 This is what it must feel like 
  to be a mother。”

  “。 。 。 but they let her go with just a warning; and she’s going back 
  to her apartment to recover—sounds like she was pretty drunk。 I 
  mean; why else would someone flip off a police officer? So don’t 
  worry。 Let’s get you moved in and then we can go see her if you 
  want。” He headed toward the cart my dad had left in the middle of 
  the living room and started unloading boxes。

  I couldn’t wait until later; I had to see what had happened。 She 
  picked up on the fourth ring; right before it clicked into voice 
  mail; as if she’d been debating whether or not to answer it。

  “Are you OK?” I asked her the second I heard her voice。

  “Hey; Andy。 Hope I’m not screwing up the move at all。 You don’t need 
  me; right? Sorry about all this。”

  “No; I don’t care about that; I care about you。 Are you OK?” It had 
  just occurred to me that Lily may have spent the night at the police 
  station; considering that it was early Saturday morning and she was 
  just leaving。 “Did you stay overnight? Injail? ”

  “Well; yeah; I guess you could say that。 It wasn’t so bad; nothing 
  like TV or anything。 I just slept in this room with one other 
  totally harmless girl who was in for something just as stupid。 The 
  guards were totally cool—it really wasn’t a big deal。 No bars or 
  anything。” She laughed; but it sounded hollow。

  I digested this for a moment; tried to reconcile the image of sweet 
  little hippie Lily getting cornered in a urine…flooded cell by an 
  extremely angry and possessive lesbian。 “Where the hell was Tongue 
  Ring Boy through all of this? Did he just leave you to rot in jail?” 
  But before she could answer; it occurred to me: Where the hell was I 
  through all of this? Why hadn’t Lily called me?

  “He was actually really great; he—”

  “Lily; why—”

  “。 。 。 offered to stay with me and even called his parents’ lawyer—”

  “Lily。 Lily! Stop for a second。 Why didn’t you call me? You know I 
  would’ve been there in a second and not left until they’d let you 
  go。 So why? Why didn’t you call me?”

  “Oh; Andy; it doesn’t matter anymore。 It really wasn’t that bad; I 
  swear。 I can’t believe how stupid I was; and trust me; I’m over 
  getting that drunk。 It’s just not worth it。”

  “Why? Why didn’t you call? I was Home all night。”

  “It’s not important; really。 I didn’t call because I figured you 
  were either working or really; really tired; and I didn’t want to 
  bother you。 Especially on a Friday night。”

  I thought back to what I’d been doing the night before and the only 
  thing that stuck clearly in my mind was watchingDirty Dancing on TNT 
  for exactly the sixty…eighth time in my life。 And out of all those 
  times; that had been the first that I’d fallen asleep before Johnny
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