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Pete/Selena was actually [livejournal.com profile] schuyler's idea, but as often happens, especially when Pete is involved, I wrote something that I think is probably angstier than what she was thinking of.


Selena Gomez is the bitchiest diva Pete's ever met.

He meets her in a Hollywood Starbucks two and a half months after news of his divorce becomes public in a meet cute that's almost too good to be true, only better because no one gets coffee spilled on them when he bumps into her.

She looks at him, glances at the cameras outside that have become a sudden flurry of flashes, and announces, "I want a Venti nonfat soy latte."

Pete buys it for her and they sit next to the window. She talks about nothing but herself for twenty minutes and gives Pete her number without asking for his.

Pete knows, because she told him, that she's up for a role in something serious. "I don't want to be on the Disney Channel forever, you know?" Disney girls with an edge apparently have better chances in the real movie world. She also says she's not going to sleep with him. There are limits to her edge.

Pete becomes the subject of an intervention of sorts, although it's too diffuse to be exactly that. Mostly it's just his friends calling and asking what the hell he's doing dating Selena Gomez.

Pete doesn't say, "She has great breasts." He doesn't say, "She's not going to ask me how I feel." He doesn't say, "I don't love her so it won't hurt that much when it ends."

He tells them, "I'm rebounding," and doesn't introduce her to his son.

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Date: 2011-03-08 05:32 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] idahophoenix.livejournal.com
Ok-so I just posted my pick for best line (thus far) of the year on my lj--but I gotta say that final line of this snippet is definitely a contender bb!

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Date: 2011-03-08 07:20 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] isweedan
This is kind of amazing. I like it. *___*

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Date: 2011-03-26 08:59 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] westingturtle.livejournal.com
Oh wow. I have a bit of a thing for people using each other to get through life, and this was fantastic. That last line is just perfect.

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Date: 2011-04-09 06:48 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] verbyna.livejournal.com
The last line will follow me around, but really, everything about this is sorta perfect! (Thought re: your author's note: when Pete is involved, everything turns out either angstier or crazier than expected, or both. See: pop-punk, P. Stump's adolescence, the Simpsons' dinner conversations.)

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Date: 2011-05-04 12:47 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] totally-loca.livejournal.com
Oh, this is sweet in a weird way. shiny.:)

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