“Bye– Wait.” "再见，等待" 。

My finger hangs above the END CALL button.我的手指挂在上述月底呼叫按钮 。

“Can you wear something kind of normal for the cocktail party?” asks The Boy. "你能不能穿的东西种正常的鸡尾酒党" ？要求男孩。

“You mean a Beyonce-grade, sequined flapper frock cut up to my crotch, with leopard platforms?” "你是指碧昂丝高档，亮片flapper工装削减了我的裆，豹平台" ？

“The guests will be 80 years old. "客人们将80岁了。 You’ll send them to their death if you come in your Betty Boop shit.”你把他们送到他们的死，如果你在你的贝蒂boop shit的" 。

“Have faith, friend. "有信仰，朋友。 I’ll look lovely.我会看看可爱的。 I have to go now and put on my face.”我现在就去把我的脸" 。

“All that eye shadow?” "所有的眼睛影子" ？

“Tah, tah.” I hang up on The Boy, and carefully create my face: I pat on porcelain powder, I super-size my eyes with charcoal shadow, I smudge beams of bright on the bone of my cheeks. "光大，光大， "我坑了该名男童，并精心塑造富有我的脸：我拍膊头瓷粉，我的超级尺寸我的眼睛与木炭影子，我黑灰束光亮对骨我的脸颊。 Then I blend all my makeup together so my paint-by-features face softens into play of light and shadow.那么，我共混我所有的化妆共同努力，使我国涂料按功能面软化，发挥光与阴影。 I smooth down my bobbed hair, I spritz on a shower of Juicy Couture perfume, I– i平稳下来，我bobbed头发，我spritz对淋浴的多汁时装香水，我-

Am amazed I can do this in less than an hour.很惊讶，我可以做到这一点，在不到一个小时。 Finally I step into wedding-white mary janes, I slip on a cotton and crinkled chiffon frock that’s a cloud of vanilla, the flavor of the lives of guests at the party The Boy invited me to.最后，我步入婚礼-白色玛丽詹氏，我滑就棉花和crinkled戚风工装that'sa云的香草，原味的生活客人在党的男孩邀请我。

It was his dressy-casual, SoCal social scene debut in expensive suburbia on the coast, a mini village of McMansions owned by the retired or near retired, and The Boy’s inviting me to his new neighborhood mixer came with his request I lighten my use of mascara and the word “fuck.” “Hmm.这是他在dressy临时工，社会socal现场亮相昂贵的郊区或在沿海，一个小村mcmansions所拥有的已退休或接近退休了，该男童的邀请我到他的新居委会搅拌机来到他的要求，我照亮我的使用媚妍睫毛液，并用"他妈的" ， " hmm的。 I can do social scripting,” I reassured The Boy.我所能做的社会脚本， "我保证，该名男童。 “I’m rusty on that ‘And how do you do’ bull shit, but I can handle it. "我已经生锈就'和你怎么做的'牛市shit的，但我可以处理它。 You mostly see my Hyde, but I can play Dr. Jekyll, too.你多半看到我的海德，但我可以发挥博士jekyll也是如此。 All Prozac pretty smiles and cliche conversation.”所有百忧解漂亮的笑容和俗套的交谈" 。

“Perfect,” he said. "完美， "他说。

I think of The Boy’s polite desire to please his neighbors as I park in front of his home of walk-in closets and bathrooms bigger than the shoe box I live in, his palace purchased with a career of “Fuck you”s and fearlessness in the financial world.我认为，该男童的礼貌渴望取悦于他的邻居，我在公园门前，他的家中走在壁橱和浴室大于鞋盒里，我住在他的宫殿购买与职业生涯的"他妈的你" s和无畏在金融世界。

“You look beautiful!” The Boy’s compliment floats on a sigh of relief, as he climbs the marble steps to his home’s entry gate. "你看看美丽的" ！男童的恭维花车就松了一口气，因为他爬升大理石步骤，以他家的门进入。 He purses his lips through the twisted iron bars.他的皮包，他的嘴唇通过扭曲铁棍。 “Kiss me, like we’re in prison.” "吻我，我们的心力在狱中" 。

“I told you I could look like a lady, motherfucker.” And then my lips go PG with a perky peck on his pout, and he swings through the gate and takes my hand as we walk to the party. "我告诉你，我可能看起来像夫人， motherfucker " ，然后我的嘴唇去指引与perky啄他的真空，他摇摆透过门，并考虑我的手，因为我们走向党负责。

Every introduction is an echo of itself: “This is my girlfriend, Kristopher.”每引进是一个回声自己说： "这是我的女朋友， kristopher " 。

“Oh, so nice to meet you,” gasps someone two, three times older than me. "哦，所以很高兴见到你" ， gasps有人两，三倍的年纪比我。 “I didn’t quite catch your name.” "我不太明白你的名字" 。

“Kristopher,” I repeat again, smiling. " kristopher ， "我要重申，面带微笑。 “Kristopher. " kristopher 。 No, not Christina.不是，不是克里斯蒂娜。 Kristopher.” Finally a dino dude demands explanation. kristopher "最后恐龙谷要求解释。 “My dad says he named me after an actress he saw in an art flick, and my older brother, four years old when my mom was pregnant, says he insisted I was named Christopher after his chubby BFF in preschool. "我爸爸说，他点名后，我是一个演员，他所看到的一种艺术，电影，而我的哥哥， 4岁时，我的妈妈怀孕了，说，他坚持我是克里斯托弗命名后，他的胖乎乎的bff在学龄前。 Who knows which story is true.”谁知道其中的故事，是真正的" 。

“Oh, yes, I see,” says the guest. "哦，是的，我看到的，说： "客人。

“My dad’s a musician.” I shrug. "我的dad'sa音乐家， "我耸耸肩。

“Ohhh.” " ohhh " 。

We move on to the meal, migrating from a patio open to a postcard view of the Pacific ocean to a circular table in which nice stories wind ’round.我们谨对给餐，迁徙，从天井开放，以明信片鉴于太平洋的通告表，其中尼斯故事风'轮。 “So I call the police when I realize my Porsche’s been stolen, and the woman says, ‘Let me tell you. "因此，我立即报警时，我意识到我的保时捷被盗窃，与该女子说， '让我告诉你。 There are three types of Porsches.’ So I’m thinking this woman is a real Porsche aficionado, she’s going to tell me the history of the 911, the 944…” The Boy smiles a pause.有三种类型的porsches ' ，使我所想的这名妇女是一个真正的保时捷迷，她会告诉我，历史上的911 ， 944 … … "男孩的笑容稍作停顿。 “And she says, ‘There’s a Porsche that’s been stolen, there’s a Porsche that’s gonna be stolen, and there’s a Porsche that’s getting stolen right now while we’re talking!’” "她说， '有一个保时捷说的被盗窃，还有保时捷说的好的被窃，并有一个保时捷说，越来越被盗的权利，而现在我们正在谈的！ ' "

The table laughs on cue, perfectly pitched at polite party level.桌上笑着对线索，完美地定在礼貌党的水平。 “You know, it is so true,” says a little 60-something-year-old girl. "你知道，它是如此的真实" ，一位小60岁左右岁的男女孩。 “My friend had a Porsche and every time he bought one it was stolen!” She says “Porsche” like the hundred-grand car was a 100 Grand candy bar. "我的朋友了，保时捷和他每次购买了其中的，它被人偷去了！ " ，她说： "保时捷"就像百年大赛车是一个100糖果酒吧。

Minutes melt into the creamy dessert that’s served, and as I barely taste my beige cake, in the reflection of the smooth English tea I’ve traded for my usual bitter espresso I see a lifetime half-lived, fueled by fear of offending people.纪要融入creamy甜品说的送达，而我几乎没有品味我的米色蛋糕，在反思的顺利英语茶叶我已经买卖，我照常苦浓缩咖啡我看到了一辈子半住，刺激了怕得罪人。 But I’m all gracious giggles and serious silence and–不过，我敢都大方giggles和严肃沉默-

Boredom, that’s apparently matched by The Boy’s.解闷，那显然比不上男孩的。 “I can’t take this any more,” he leans over and whispers, while our table’s distracted welcoming a late comer. "我可以不考虑这任何时间， "他倾斜，并细语，而我们的表的分心欢迎较晚的后起之秀。 He looks up.他期待了。 “That’s the dick that never returned my call.” The Boy becomes as loud as the new guest’s yellow and red sweater that clashes against his gray hair: “So good to see you, Trevor. "这是迪克说，从来没有回我的电话"的男孩变成为响亮作为新的住客的黄色和红色的毛衣冲突对他的灰色头发说： "那么好见到你， trevor 。 Thanks for not returning my call.感谢不回复我的电话。 Though apparently it made me miss out on a summer of thirteen-year-old boy fashion.虽然表面上它，使我错过了上一个夏天， 13岁的老男孩时装。 That shrunken sweater and long T-shirt combo–very hip.”这缩手毛衣和长上衣组合式-很嬉皮" 。

I laugh at Trevor’s blank face, his domestic deadpan, my first serious giggle of the the evening, and whisper to The Boy, “Your Hyde is coming out.” i笑trevor的空白面，他的国内deadpan ，我的第一个严重嘲笑的晚上，和交头接耳向男童， "你的海德是走出来" 。

He whispers back.他小声回。 “I can only do the polite thing for so long before I’m so bored I can’t give a fuck anymore.” "我只能这样做礼貌的事，这么久才我很无聊我不能提供一个他妈的了" 。

“Life is short,” I reply, and I tug down the waist of my dress, so the neckline is no longer a suffocating, Sunday’s best high. "人生是短暂的， "我的答复，而且我拖船下来腰我的工作服，所以领口不再是一个人透不过气来，周日的最佳高度。 “Ready to go?” "准备去" ？

The Boy gets up in answer, and we move around the room, shaking hands, exchanging “Nice to meet you”s, till we make it to the hosts, a matured, Middle Eastern couple.该男童得到了答案，我们走动的空间，握手，交流， "很高兴见到你的" s ，直到我们使之向主持人，一个成熟的，中东的夫妇。

“The party was wonderful,” says The Boy. "党十分精彩，说： "该名男童。 “Thanks for having us. "多亏了我们。 You’ll have to come over for dinner next week.”就得来吃饭，在下周" 。

“We’d love to, but we’re vacationing,” she says, her wrinkles a little darker with the thought. "我们喜欢，但我们正在度假的， "她说，她的皱纹有点阴暗与思考。 “After that?” "后" ？

“Sure, but while you’re gone I’m going to bulldoze your house so I’ll have a better view of the beach.” "的肯定，但是当你经历了，我会用推土机推倒你的房子，所以我将有一个更好的看法沙滩上" 。

They laugh, nervous.他们笑，紧张。 “Well, have a safe drive home,” says the hostess, dry hand brushing my shoulder. "好，过一个安全驾驶的家，说： "女主人，干手刷我的肩膀。

“You think I’m not having her spend the night?” The Boy looks at them like they’re crazy. "你认为我不会有她的花夜" ？男童看他们喜欢他们疯了。

“Did you think we were married or something?” I chime in, and my image as a darling doll is cracked. "你有没有觉得我们结婚或东西吗？ "我附和，而我的形象是一个宝贝玩偶是破获。 The Boy takes my hand and we exit.男童以我的手和我们退出。

“So did I behave too bad?” asks The Boy, as we walk back to his home. "所以我会表现得太差" ？问男孩，因为我们走回到他的家。

“I think you don’t give a fuck, Mr. Hyde.” "我想，你不给他妈的，海德先生" 。

As reply, he pulls me against him and tongues me deep as we stand in the middle of the street.作为答复，他掏出我对他的母语，我深为我们主张在中东的街道。

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