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a
triangle with two equal sides. I suppose that’s not really an
angle, and I would’ve said something like acute or obtuse, but I
thought that would either sound like I was hitting on you or
calling you stupid. I should’ve said oblique. That would’ve been
good. Damn! I’m gonna remember that for next time.”
    “ You’re the most cryptic
person I’ve ever met,” I sighed.
    We stepped outside into the night air, and I
pulled my sweatshirt tighter to me, flipping the hood up over my
head. Normally, the night air felt refreshing after being all
sweaty and crammed with other people on the floor, but since I’d
been on Jack’s shoulders, I hadn’t gotten hot at all.
    He didn’t look sweaty from fighting off the
mosh pit, and the cold didn’t seem to affect him either. I was
tempted to reach out and take his hand to see what the temperature
felt like, but it felt too awkward.
    “ So, did you have fun?”
Jack asked me as we strolled to his car.
    “ I did,” I smiled at him.
“Did you?”
    “ Of course.”
    There was always this wonderful rush after a
good concert, like adrenaline but less panicky. So when they let
out, I usually talked a mile a minute about the show, the people,
just anything, and everything.
    Tonight, though, I fell silent. There were
millions of things running through my mind that I wanted to talk
about, but very little had to do with the performance I had seen,
so I kept my mouth shut.
    “ I don’t mean to be
cryptic,” Jack said at length.
    We were almost to his car, but he stopped
walking and kept his gaze focused on some point straight ahead. His
hands were shoved deep in the pocket of his Dickies shorts, and he
sighed.
    “ I don’t have an angle.
Just…” He looked over at me, as if to make sure that I was still
listening. I peered up at him from underneath my hood, and he
smirked a little. “You’re cold. We should get in the
car.”
    “ No! Tell me what you were
going to say first!” I demanded, sounding more forceful than I
meant to, but Jack only laughed. Then he went back to staring
straight ahead, and his expression went somber.
    “ I don’t want you to think
that I’m completely egotistical, cause I’m not. I’m just
realistic.”
    “ You’re talking about the
way all the girls look at you?”
    “ Yeah,”
Jack said sheepishly. “Everyone kind of… reacts to me a certain way. And you
don’t. It’s refreshing. So that’s what I’m doing here. With
you.”
    “ Wait, wait, wait.” I waved
my hands at him, feeling a wave of disappointment. “What about the
way other people react to you? Why do they do that?”
    “ I don’t know.” Jack
shifted slightly, and I knew he was lying. He knew exactly what was
going on, but he wasn’t going to tell me.
    “ That’s not
fair!”
    “ See?” Jack smiled. “This
is refreshing. Do you know how many other people argue with me,
about anything?”
    “ If you think this is
refreshing, just wait.” I tried to glower at him, but his smile was
just too damn infectious.
    “ Come on,” Jack started
walking towards the car again. “You’re gonna freeze to
death.”
    “ Jack!” I protested but
hurried after him. “What is it? Is it something in the way you
smell that I’m just not getting?” He got a look of total surprise
and made a clicking sound with his tongue. “What?”
    “ Well, yeah, that’s
actually pretty much it,” Jack admitted. He unlocked his car and
then walked around to the other side, still looking a little
stunned. I hopped into the car and he continued, “It’s a pheromone
or something like that.”
    “ So, wait. Is that a
medical condition or something?”
    “ Yeah, I guess.” Jack
nodded, as if that answer was sufficient.
    “ What kind of medical
condition?” I pressed, oblivious to the fact that that kind of
information was really personal. Something about Jack made me lose
any sense of formality.
    “ A rare one,” Jack replied
flippantly and started the car.
    “ Well, why