she sees us, she gushes, “I’m glad you guys came, I was afraid I’d be stood up.”
“Did you order a pizza?”
“I wasn’t going to order a pizza that no one wanted, and then have to eat the whole thing myself.”
“Where’s Hita?” Meredith asks.
“Hey, I just work with her. At lunch, she said she was coming.”
Jennifer joins us and says, “I saw you idiots last week. What’s the big deal about meeting again?”
“Kelly’s off to Brazil next week. If we don’t meet again soon, we won’t be together for ages.” Isabelle says.
“Olivia said she can’t make it, she has something due tomorrow.” Jennifer tells us.
“Did you hear Hita got herself a guy?” I say.
“You know there will be a good story soon.” Meredith laughs.
“Let’s just hope she doesn’t cook for him.” Jennifer jokes back.
“What about you. Have you made a decision on the two guys you’ve been dating?” Jennifer asks.
Isabelle and I both exchange looks. I shake my head, “One of the guys is now in Europe and the other one is blowing up my phone.”
“Hey, Nate was two thousand miles away last month. Zach didn’t make a move when he had home field advantage. Now it’s Nate’s turn. Let’s see if he can do a better job.” Isabelle says with conviction.
I nod, and am saved from ruminating about this weekend by a loud, rambunctious “I’m here so the party can start.” as Kelly pulls up a chair.
“Kelly, when do you leave for Brazil? We didn’t want you slipping out before we get together again.” Meredith says.
“I was just up in San Francisco getting my visa. My flight’s on Tuesday. E eu estou fora de ar quente, água quente, e homens quentes.”
“What?”
“And I'm off to warm air, warm water, and hot men.” I translate.
“Snow, you know Portuguese?”
“What, you said, it’s almost the same as Spanish, and considering you said it with a Boston accent, it was easy to figure out.”
“I should take you with me so you can translate.”
“Then you’ll also need a Spanish to Portuguese translator.”
“Kelly, when did you learn Portuguese?”
“I’m fluent in French. Portuguese isn’t too much harder, since it’s just another romance language.”
I butt in. “Kelly, I’m fluent in Spanish, I have no idea what the French or Italians are saying.”
“But a lot of the root words are similar. I’ve been studying Portuguese, now I can kind of read it. It’s just when they start speaking, I have no idea what they’re saying.”
“Kelly, do you think that might be a problem?”
“Hey, I have a hot guy down there who speaks English and he’s looking forward to me joining him.”
“What about Sean?”
“What about Sean?” Kelly says, then flashes us her eyebrows and shakes her shoulders, “He’s my hot guy here. I’ll tell you my hoo-hah has gotten quite the workout these last few weeks. He’s got me walking like a cowboy. That boy has stamina, but I’ve taught him a number of new tricks. The girls after me are going to be real lucky.”
“Ugh, Kelly, no one needed to know any of that. You could have just said you’ve spent time with him.” Jennifer says.
“I have spent time with him. Lots of naked hot sex time with him.” Kelly says with a big smile.
Looking at Jennifer, Meredith says, “Jennifer how are things going with your new man?”
Jennifer just smiles, “Rocket’s sweet.”
Kelly gives Jennifer a big smile, then raises her eyebrows. “Is that what he tastes like, or is there something else sweet we should know about him?”
Jennifer gives Kelly an appalled look. “Rocket’s and my private parts are our business, not your business. No one really wants to know that much information.”
Kelly just can’t let it drop as she says, “I take it you’ve seen his private parts.” Leaning over, “Did it kind of freak you out the first time?”
Jennifer’s jaw drops, “Kelly!”
Kelly responds with, “Jennifer, we all know about your