Humphrey looked at Chyna dispiritedly. They had so little in common, sitting here in the diner. Humphrey was an intellectual who took joy in doing the "Times" Sunday Crossword in pen, and in being president of the Buttermilk Falls Chess Club.
Chyna reveled in having her hair done, and popping gum in the left side of her adorable cheek.
Sexy, yes, but also cheap looking, and not a terribly good conversationalist.
Now, sitting across from him in the booth, Chyna's full breasts moved slightly in the tight pink mohair as she dragged a comb across her teased hair. Abstractedly, she blew a bubble, which was kind of hot; she looked so bored as she did it.
But Humphrey had discussed this with his friends. Marielle had squeezed Humphrey's shoulder. "You just need to tell her that it's over, Humphrey. Do the 'It's not you, it's me' argument that you used when you dumped me. We're still friends, right?"
"But I don't know if I really want to be friends with Chyna, she's not the brightest bulb on the Christmas tree." Humphrey had winced, thinking of how cruel he'd been to Marielle.
And he'd actually been worried about losing Mari's friendship, Mari was funny and bright-but she didn't turn him on. Chyna turned Humphrey on, and that was about it.
T.D. and Piggy, Humphrey's male friends, had advised pulling the Band-Aid off quickly and harshly-a fast dump. But of course T.D. had the hots for Chyna, as many guys did...the way Chyna's butt twitched in her plaid miniskirt, and her erotically foul mouth. God.
Now, Humphrey said it. "Chyna, I think we need to talk."
Chyna put down her compact. "Yeah?" Her adorable pink tongue peeked from her recently gloss coated lips.
"Chyna, this isn't about the money your brother owes me-he can keep it-"
"Goody! Romulus'll be glad to hear that." Chyna noisily and vulgarly slurped from her milkshake.
"But-but we don't have a lot in common, and I think we should stop seeing each other. Not that-"
Humphrey's heart was pounding. Chyna could get pissed off when she wanted to, and her long violet talons had clawed him more than once when she was annoyed by a perceived slight, or if she thought he smiled at another girl.
"This again." Chyna said, nodding. Chyna lit a Virginia Slim. The diner was recently non-smoking, but the manager wouldn't say anything "'cause my mom has a lot she could tell his wife, that guy."
"A-again?"
"Yeah. You tried to break up with me last week, after I embarrassed you at the creepy geek party."
"Oh, the Science Fiction convention?"
"That time, too, but I mean the Ren faire, when I made fun of the cow with the Viking horn hat, she had like, fake fluff sewed into the bust of her gown?" Chyna snorted.