小说园

第14部分（第1页）

fingers。　？Or　the　Chelsea　dudes　with　too　many　hair　products　who　always　wear　those　fantastic　Marc

Jacobs　shirts？　Or　the　nerdy　intellectual…but…still…hot…hipster　Brooklyn　guys　girls　always　wish　were

straight？　That？s　probably　more　your　scene。？　She　smiled　knowingly　and　stretched　her　arms　over

her　head。

Dan　shook　his　head　in　disbelief。　He　felt　like　he？d　just　landed　on　Planet　Strange。　Who　was　this

person　pretending　to　be　his　baby　sister？　？Since　when　do　you　hang　out　onChristopher　Street　？？　he

muttered；　pletely　astonished。　Even　his　little　sister　knew　more　about　being　gay　than　he　did。　It

was　totally　depressing。

？Never　mind　about　that。？　Jenny　giggled；　reaching　down　and　unzipping　her　bursting…at…the…seams

L。L。　Bean　duffel　bag。　？Is　Mom　in　your　room？？　She　whispered；　gesturing　toward　the　closed

bedroom　doors　on　the　other　end　of　the　apartment。

？Yeah；？　Dan　replied；　sitting　up　and　scratching　his　arms　sleepily。　Jenny　had　apparently　cured　his

insomnia。　？Vanessa　and　I　are　sharing　your　old　room。？　？Then　I　guess　it？s　sofa　city　for　me。？　His

sister　sighed；　pulling　out　a　bulging　floral　toiletry　case　from　her　bag。　Dan　stood　up；　raising　his　arms

over　his　head　and　yawning　loudly。　As　weird　and　unexpected　as　it　was　to　have　both　his　mother　and

Jenny　home；　it　felt　kind　of　nice　to　have　everybody　under　one　roof。

Well；almost　everybody　。　。　。　there？s　one　roommate　still　missing。

Just　then；　the　door　to　his　room　creaked　open；　and　their　mom　shuffled　out；　picking　sleep　from　the

corners　of　her　eyes。　Her　voluminous　pink　robe　billowed　out　behind　her　as　she　moved；　her　fuzzy

slippers　scraping　the　floor。　Dan　watched　as　her　eyes　focused　on　her　youngest　child；　and　her　face　lit

up　with　surprise。

？Jenny！？　she　exclaimed　rushing　over　and　folding　her　daughter　into　her　tentlike　arms；　？You？re

here！　You　didn？t　burn　my　apartment　down；　did　you？？　？Nope。　I　just　wanted　to　be　with　you　guys。？

She　squeezed　her　mother　back。　Dan　watched　as　his　mom　smoothed　back　Jenny？s　unruly　nest　of

hair　and　kissed　her　on　the　forehead。　He　couldn？t　help　but　be　touched　at　Jenny？s　optimistic；　girlish

enthusiasm。　If　his　being　gay　had　brought　his　family　together；　maybe　it　wasn？t　such　a　bad　thing

after　all。

？Such　a　sweetheart。？　Jeanette　touched　Jenny？s　face　with　her　palm。　？I？ll　make　some　oolong。？　She

breezed　past　Dan；　stopping　to　smooth　his　hair　like　a　mother　who？d　been　smoothing　hair　all　her

life。

Tea？　That　probably　meant　girl　talk。　And　Dan　wasn？t　sure　he　was　ready　to　be　one　of　the

girls。　？I？m　going　to　bed；？　he　announced；　shuffling　toward　his　room。

？See　you　in　a　few　hours；？　Jenny　replied　with　a　yawn；　stretching　as　she　followed　their　mom　into

the　kitchen。

？？Night；　baby！？　Jeanette　called　out　from　the　kitchen　sink；　where　she　was　busily　filling　the　kettle

with　water。

Dan　walked　into　his　room　and　shut　the　door；　then　climbed　into　the　empty　bed。　He　could　hear　his