Carrie was always promising Cici and Carolyne that she'd have dinner with them, so one day, she finally did. On a Sunday night. Her only free night. Carolyne and Cici were sitting back on the banquette, their legs crossed, stirring their drinks, and looking very smart. Carolyne was talking on a cellular phone. "I have to go out every night for my job," Cici said, sounding bored. "I'm just so tired all the time."
Carolyne flipped her cellular phone closed and looked at Carrie. "We've got to go to this party tonight. Downtown. Lots of models. You should come," she said, in a tone that suggested she definitely should not.
"Well, how is eveiything?" Carrie said. "You know, like Sam and. .»
"Everything is fine," Carolyne said.
Cici lit a cigarette and looked offin another direction. "Sam went around telling everyone that he and Carolyne had never slept together, even though tons of people had seen them making out, so we mortified him."
"We found out he started seeing this girl who has diseases, so I called him up and I said, 'Sam, please, as a friend, promise me you won't sleep with her, " Carolyne said.
"Then we saw the two of them at this brunch place."
"We were dressed to the nines. They were wearing sweatpants. We went up to them and they asked us for a cigarette and we said, 'A cigarette? Oh please. Get one from the waiter. "
"We sat right next to them. Intentionally. They kept trying to talk to us, and Carolyne kept making calls on her cellular phone. Then I said, 'Sam, how's that girl I saw you with last week? "
"He was so mortified. We sent him notes saying, 'Herpes simplex 19."
"Is there a herpes simplex 19?" Carrie asked. "No,"
Cici said. "Don't you get it?"
"Right," Carrie said. She didn't say anything for a minute while she took a long time to light a cigarette, then she said, "What is wrong with you?"
"Nothing," Cici said. "The only thing I care about is my career. Like you. You're my idol."
Then the two girls looked at their watches and each other. "Do you mind," Cici said. "We have to go to this party."