Email to Jamie Madrox

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To: [Lemur Man]
From: [Blushing Roomie in Hiding]
Subject: Angie

Jamie-

I...she...

She asked me on a date.

*hyperventilates*

What do I do now?

-Doug

Comments

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To: [Guy who has nothing to worry about as far as I can tell]
From: [Guy who has _plenty_ to worry about, thanks]
Subject: The date

Yeah, she probably did.

And I _am_ stressed about the whole dating thing. Scared I'll do something stupid and mess it all up. And _especially_ nervous about the possibility of kissing. Up until the potion thing, I never had. And I doubt the girls were in much position to critique my technique. What if I suck at it?

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To: {Guy who is going out on a date anyway}
From: {The worrying never really stops, y'know, just gets compensated for.}

Angie has already seen you be about as stupid as it is possible for you to be, I'd say, and she seems remarkably unrepulsed.

And let me let you in on a little secret: Everybody sucks at it at first. Or at least that's my working theory, because believe me when I tell you that Kitty and I are both lots better at it than we were the first time. I can't even remember the last time I had to think about what to do with my nose, for example.

It's a lot more about emotion than technique anyway Technique is just bonus, and improves with practice.