Melissa’s Reviews > Seven Year Itch > Status Update

Dakota- You know . . . I used to think you were hot, before I hated you.
Calder- I still think you’re hot, even though I hate you.
D- You think I’m hot?
C- You know you’re hot.
D- I used to be hot.
C- Used to be?
D- Yeah . . . I’ve changed. I’m not the hot little thing I used to be. It’s fine. I know I’m not a dog. But I’m not what I once was.

Calder- Will you just take my arm before you break your ankle?
Dakota- Calder Fletcher being chivalrous. Hell hath frozen over.
Calder- You would know since you live there.

Banter

“She has black-cat energy,” Trista says and hiccups loudly.
“What is black-cat energy?” Cozy asks curiously.
Trista smiles as she replies, “Black cats don’t seek attention, but somehow, they still always get it. They’re really independent and know their worth.

Talking about Dakota

Calder- I shake my head. “You must be drunk if you’re offering to do something nice for me.”
Dakota- “I am a nice person, Calder,” she snaps defensively, her blue eyes stunning against her sun-kissed cheeks. “Outside of you . . . I am a nice person. Sometimes.”

Dakota offers to switch beds
Alternate nights on the sofa bed

Dakota- I looked bad. Randal looked bad. It was just altogether bad. To say that my wedding day wasn’t all that I hoped for would be a huge understatement.
“Maybe it was a sign,” Everly murmurs, and all eyes turn to the young girl who just said the quiet part out loud. “I only met Randal a few times because you never brought him around that much. Maybe the universe did that for a reason.”

Randal and I have been separated for over a year….He ruined a lot of things for me when it comes to my relationship with men. Things that I am desperately trying to unpack now so I can start living my life again.
Watching all these couples today makes me realize I’m ready to put myself out there again. I still believe in love and happily-ever-afters. I just made a huge mistake on my first shot at it.
Dakota

Dakota spikes the volleyball into Calder’s face

Am I a sadist? Is it sadism to be attracted to someone who makes you miserable? Either way, this is a family vacation, and that is not a family-appropriate bathing suit.

Calder about Dakota

As I watch the four ladies make their way into the water, I feel my body tense when Dakota struts across the pool deck in a black string bikini that she has no business looking that good in.

Calder about Dakota
Likes what he sees

I will not be this scorned woman who only talks about her divorce like my mother was most of my life. I will get back to my former happy-go-lucky, confident self. I’ll turn my lemons into margaritas, dammit!
I stare down at my breasts spilling out of my bikini. “But hey . . . a little divorcée weight gain gave me bigger tits, so at least I saved money on a boob job.”
Dakota