"No," she replied softly. "I'm completely serious. I just couldn't imagine dealing with it—seeing one of them with you—so I was really mean to you."
I nodded. When I thought about it, it felt like a missing piece had dropped into a puzzle in my mind, and I could finally figure out what the picture was.
"Oh," I said. "That makes sense now."
"That makes sense?" she asked incredulously. "I was a total b***h to you so you'd stay away from my friends, and you think it makes sense?"
"Well, yeah," I said. Once again I shrugged and had to laugh at myself inside. "They were your friends, Jeannie. You guys had been friends for years. I understand how weird it would be if I was dating one of them. Craig always had the hots for you, you know. I can't imagine how it would have been if you two actua
