Free Hung Up by Kristen Tracy

a light snow. But apparently snow doesn’t stop you. Now I don’t have anything to worry about.
    James: So enough time has gone by since your last psychology class that you don’t think we’re still afraid to meet each other?
    Lucy: Yes. Time passed and I got over feeling that way.
    James: Good.
    Lucy: I think we’ll have a great time.
    James: So you’re not worried that things might feel awkward?
    Lucy: No.
    James: You sound so sure.
    Lucy: James Rusher, I think we have a genuine connection.
    James: You do?
    Lucy: I really do.
    James: That can only be jeopardized by road conditions?
    Lucy: Let’s drop that. I was just curious if a snowstorm could ruin things. But it doesn’t sound like that’s the case. I think this all goes back to our genuine connection.
    James: It’s good to know you feel that way. Because I might need to lean on that while being forced to confront the Nan/Jairo connection.
    Lucy: I try not to think about those two being at the same dance.
    James: Oh, they’ll be there.
    Lucy: Let’s just ignore them.
    James: I don’t know. I sort of think I should talk to them. I haven’t talked to them since Jairo and I had our fight.
    Lucy: They both sound like selfish pigs.
    James: So I should never talk to either one of them ever again?
    Lucy: Pretty much.
    James: I think I might be more forgiving than you, Lucy.
    Lucy: I don’t want to meet them.
    James: Couldn’t you at least say hi?
    Lucy: I don’t want to.
    James: But what if I want you to?
    Lucy: They seem like really crappy people. Especially Nan.
    James: You don’t even know them.
    Lucy: Well, I know what you’ve told me about them.
    James: They have their good points.
    Lucy: James, you’ve spent weeks telling me how awful they are and I believe you. Can’t you talk to them when I go to the bathroom or something?
    James: It’s weird to me that you might hate them more than I hate them.
    Lucy: Well, I guess I’m weird. I’m just saying that I’ve developed strong negative feelings for them, and if you want to be safe, you better keep us apart. Or I might say something or do something crazy.
    James: Crazy?
    Lucy: Sometimes I yell at people.
    James: You cannot yell at my dance.
    Lucy: If I see her and she says something shitty, I can’t make any promises.
    James: Oh, you’re going to make me that promise right now.
    Lucy: No.
    James: Lucy, I can’t take you to the dance if you’re going to go off on my ex-girlfriend.
    Lucy: Keep us apart.
    James: You don’t even know who she is or what she looks like and I can’t really keep her from approaching me.
    Lucy: I just want to have fun with you, James. And interacting with toxic people will kill that.
    James: Did I call them toxic?
    Lucy: No, but you used a bunch of other negative language.
    James: Okay. I’m not saying that I know for surewhether I’ll talk to either one of them. But if I do, if that’s what I decide to do, I want to make sure that you’re not going to act psycho.
    Lucy: I have never acted “psycho” before in my whole life. I’m a civilized person. I’m not going to punch anybody in the face.
    James: I know that. I just think maybe we could smile and stuff.
    Lucy: I like the idea of staying separated.
    James: Yeah, but what if I want to ask Nan for one dance? Maybe you could dance with Jairo for one dance.
    Lucy: What planet do you live on? Your ex-girlfriend is going to the prom with your best friend. And you’ve asked me to be your date. You’ve told me that you like me. You can’t go off dancing with your ex-girlfriend in front of me. In this situation, it just isn’t done.
    James: You make my life and my judgment sound so awful when you talk about it like this.
    Lucy: It’s not awful. But you’ve got to follow some obvious rules of etiquette.
    James: Yeah. You’re right. I’m just trying to figure out how to handle the dance.
    Lucy: Separation. Avoidance. You’ve got plenty of options. Also, I’m not jealous of Nan.
    James: I never said that you