tried not to get too excited。 The last time Rufus had gotten his hair
cut？sometime around her thirteenth birthday？he had gone to a Lower East Side salon popular with
drag queens and gotten bangs with purple streaks in them。 ？So； I？ll just go on my tour and meet
you at that place in town；？ she added； referring to the bookstore caf？ they？d passed on the way
through the town of Hanover。 The campus was a mile…and…a…half walk from town along a nice
tree…lined path。 It would be reassuring to have that distance between herself and Rufus； in case he
decided to start a political movement or something equally insane out of sheer anxiety at having to
leave the city。
？You got it！？ Rufus pecked her on the cheek with his grizzly mouth before striding down the path
with exaggerated jauntiness。 ？Don？t do anything I wouldn？t do！？ he called out behind him。
As if there were anything he wouldn？t do。
Jenny tugged on the pretty jade green cap…sleeved blouse she？d bought at Scoop in Soho on
Saturday。 It was Japanese and had little dragonflies stenciled all over it。 She？d buttoned it up all
the way to the collar； but now that her dad was on his way； she unbuttoned the top two buttons；
revealing her most surprising assets？her 34 double…Ds。
No reason the boys at Hanover shouldn？t know what they were in for。
She extracted her laminated campus map from her
bought…on…the…street…outside…of…Bloomingdales…but…looked…just…like…Serena？s imitation Louis
Vuitton Calla Lily bag。 The school？s ivy…covered old brick buildings were right out of an
Abercrombie & Fitch catalog； but Jenny was disappointed not to see any gorgeous； half…naked；
sun…dappled boys playing Frisbee