Page 4 of Laying Low

Sal: I… I got nothing.Somebody come talk sense into this child.

Dean: No, no—I’ve seen the way he looks at Anthony.It’s really disgusting.Must be love.

Val: And you’re an expert now that you’re finally moved in with the doctor of your dreams?

Dean: AHERM….

Prock: You’re both disgusting.But as a fellow sufferer, I’m pleased to tell you there is no cure.Why are we dragging Reg into our misery again?

Chance: Because he’s lonely.And Anthony is a good guy.

Laure: Which brings us back to SO?????

Chance: I can’t explain it, but Anthony thinks it’s a good thing.You explain it, Anthony.

#####: He asked me if I was coming over this weekend instead of the other way around.

Sal: Wait a minute, Chancellor—YOU PUT HIM IN OUR THREAD?

Laure: Hold on a sec….Okay, Anthony, your name will come up now.

Chance: Yes, I put him in our thread.He’s Val’s stepson—he’s practically family.

Val:OMFG YOU DID NOT JUST!!!!!!

Anthony: Wow, kid, you just made it weird.

Dean: And I too am uncomfortable.

Chance: I hear it now—can we just say he’s in the loop?

Laure: Quite literally, yes.Anthony, you are now in the loop of Royal siblings who are NOT Reg.If you like, we can add you into Royal siblings who are not Val—trust me, that too is a fun-filled extravaganza.

Sal: But not nearly as much fun as Royal siblings who are not Laure—we can talk about penises in that one.

Anthony: And apparently in this one, only the assholes can talk.

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Laure: AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Anthony, you’re totally welcome in all the loops.Now tell us about this “He asked me,” thing, because knowing Reg, that’s a bigger deal than it sounds.

Anthony: It is!But it’s… well, not a secret, and not a big thing, but it’s something you all don’t know about, and I’m not sure I want to give that away—

Val: Okay, for starters, there is NO THING we don’t know about.

Laure: You don’t understand—especially about Reg—the last time he kept secrets he ALMOST DIED because his secret was a double ear infection and pneumonia.

Sal: Yeah, I’m on the grown-up side here—what’s the secret?