# 41-33 American Girls - The Two-Month Itch # Collection contains the short story "The Two Month Itch" (2004) by Sarah Mlynowski, # which is written to be read in a linear style, but with an alternating-timelines # conceit and a punchline (you would have dumped him whether you cheated or not). # The final section is titled "How it Ends Either Way" and the ends with the line # "Some things are inevitable." 211 Intro 218 Option A: You Cheat 220 Bath to Option A, Not Long After You Cheated and Were Bitterly Disappointed 222 Back to Option B, Not Long After You Didn't Cheat, and Now You Are Feeling Martyrish 223 Back to Option A, The One Where You Cheated, but Now It's the Next Day and the Seed of Guilt is Beginning to Blossom Deep in Your Abdomen 225 Back to Option B, The One Where You Didn't Cheat, You Virgin Mary You, but Now It's the Next Day and You're Kicking Yourself for Letting the Probably Love of Your Life Slip Through Your French-Manicured Fingernails 226 Back to Option A, The One Where You Cheated, You Whorebag 226.2 Back to Option B, The One Where You Didn't Kiss Him, You Pathetic Coward 229 Back to Option A, The One Where You Cheated, and Now You (Sigh) Must Come Clean 230 Back to Option B, The One Where You Didn't Cheat, but Now You Hate Your Boyfriend 231 Back to Option A, The One Where You Cheated, and Now You REALLY Must Come Clean 232 How It Ends Either Way # Cheat 211 218 cheat 218 220 cheated 220 223 cheated 223 226 cheated 226 229 cheated 229 231 cheated 231 232 cheated # Don't Cheat 211 222 don't 222 225 didn't 225 226.2 didn't 226.2 230 didn't 230 232 didn't