“It was a moment. A cultural reset. It should’ve won an Oscar. A gay Oscar. When Missy Peregrym pulled herself out of that ice bath…” Dana stops and presses her hand to her chest. “My little lesbian heart could not take it.”
“Stick It was a very influential film for a lot of people,” Katie agrees.
“I’ve never seen it,” Oliver says and Katie snorts.
“That might be the least surprising thing ever.”
She reaches for her can of Diet Coke and accidentally bumps her fork off the edge of the picnic table. She leans down to pick it up, blows it off before she stabs it into her salad.
Josh makes a disgusted noise and she looks up.
“That was on the ground,” he says, “and you’re still going to use it?”
“Your boyfriend regularly swims in the Hudson,” she says, “you don’t see me judging you for what you put in your mouth.”
Dana barks a laugh while Josh flushes pink and Oliver knocks their shoulders together.
“Dr. Nichols,” Katie continues with an arched brow. “Pretty sure you just volunteered to go next. Sexual awakening. Go.”
“Uh,” Josh starts but he’s interrupted by his phone ringing on the table. Mom flashes across the screen. “I have to take this,” he says with a frown, “sorry.”
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