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ALWAYS TRUE TO
THEE, IN MY FASHION
Nancy Kress
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Relationships for the autumn season were casual and
unconstructed, following a summer where fashion had been
unusually colorful and intense. Suzanne liked wearing the new
feelings. They were light and cool, allowing her a lot of freedom of
movement. The off-hand affection made her feel unencumbered,
graceful.
Cade wasnтАЩt so sure.
тАЬIt sounds bloody boring,тАЭ he said to Suzanne, holding the pills in
his hand. тАЬLove isnтАЩt supposed to be so boring. At least the summer
fashions offered a few surprises.тАЭ
Boxes from the couture houses spilled around their bed-room.
Suzanne, of course, had done the ordering. Karl Lagerfeld,
Galliano, Enkia for Christian LaCroix, and of course SuzanneтАЩs own
special designer and friend, Sendil. Cade stood in the middle of an
explosion of slouchy tweeds and off-white linen, wearing his
underwear and his stubborn look.
тАЬBut the summer feelings were so heavy,тАЭ Suzanne said. She
dropped a casual kiss on the top of CadeтАЩs head. тАЬCome on, Cadie, at
least give it a try. You have the body for casual emotions, you
know. They look so good on you.тАЭ
This was true. Cade was lean and loose-jointed, with a small head
on a long neck: a body made for easy carelessness. Backlit by their
wide bedroom windows, he already looked coolly nonchalant: an
Edwardian aristocrat, perhaps, or one of those marvelously blase
American riverboat gamblers who couldnтАЩt be bothered to sweat.
The environment helped, of course. Suzanne always did their V-R,
and for autumn sheтАЩd programmed unlined curtains, cool terra cotta
tiles, oyster-white walls. All very informal and composed, nothing
trying very hard. But sheтАЩd left the windows natural. That, too, was
perfect: too nonchalant about the view of London to bother
reprogramming its ugliness. Only Suzanne would have thought of
this touch. Their friends would be so jealous.
тАЬCome on, Cade, try the feelings on.тАЭ But he only went on looking
troubled, holding the pills in his long-fingered hand.
Suzanne began to feel impatient. Cade was wonderful, of course,
but he could be so conservative. He really hadnтАЩt liked the summer
fashionsтАФand they had been so much fun! Suzanne knew she
looked good in those kinds of dramatic, highly colored feelings. They
went well with her voluptuous body and small, sharp teeth. People
had noticed. SheтАЩd had two passionate adulteries, one knife-fight
with Kittery, one duel fought over her, two midnight
reconciliations, and one weepy parting from Cade at sunset on the
edge of a sea, which had been V-RтАЩd into wine-dark roils for the
occasion. Very satisfying.
But the summer was over. Really, Cade should be more willing to