Jane came to the door. She was still a knock-out. "Holden!" she said, all surprised. It had been about two years since we'd last seen each other, so I guess I could see why she wasn't expecting me. "How are you... couldn't you have called?”. "Jane," I said. "Evie's kicked me outta the house." I stood there on the porch and she closed the door behind her, so she was on the porch too, like she didn't want her parents to know I was there. She flung her arms around me like they do in the movies when they're all reunited and everything's good again. Right when she was about to pull away, Jane held her hands on the back of my goddamn neck, like she used to when we were teenagers. It got me thinking about the summer we spent together as kids – our golfing, going to the movies, playing checkers. I started to wonder if she still kept all her Kings in the back. "Oh, Holden," she sighed. "I'm so sorry. What now?" The way …show more content…
I knew I shouldn't stay with Jane and I should stay with my parents. Ol' Evelyn would be sure to kill me if she found out I was staying over at another girl's when she threw me outta the house. "Sure," she said, straight away. "Anything you need." Right then she pulled her arms away so we were standing at a distance from each other, but she kept her hands on my neck, like we were a couple of goddamn love-struck teenagers. She was staring into my eyes and all, and then suddenly she leaned forward and kissed me – a proper movie kiss and all, on the porch in the dark summer night. Unfortunately, our little phony movie moment was ruined by my wife, who happened to be running – well, teetering, since she was wearing goddamn heels for some reason – to my parents' house, obviously after me. "HOLDEN MORRISEY CAULFIELD!" Evie screamed at me from the street. I pulled away from Jane and stared at Evie, my mouth open. Great, I thought to myself. ”Girls ignore me my whole life and now that I'm goddamn married they're falling over