“ Marine biologist,” said Sam.
“ Lately, they were always reassuring each other that nothing was wrong; and probably it was true—life wasn’t supposed to be incredible, after all. Life wasn’t some incredible movie. Life was all the movies, ever, happening at once. There were good ones, bad ones, some went straight to video.
“ Oh,” Chelsea said, and almost said, “Cool,” as she had a thing — back in college, mostly — where she’d say, “Oh,” wait a moment, say, “Cool,” and then grin self-consciously. It was her way of saying “I have no idea how to respond to what you just said. I have no idea, but other people, I’m sure, do. It’s my fault, not yours. I know I seem disinterested, or something. You shouldn’t trust that. I just didn’t know how to react. The grin means I’m amiable.
