Jennifer Crusie Quote

He leaned on the bar. I'm Tony. And you owe me. Okay, here we go, Liza thought, and leaned on the bar, too, mirroring him. I owe you? Yes. He grinned at her. Because of chaos theory. Liza shook her head. Chaos theory. He moved closer to her. Chaos theory says that complex dynamical systems become unstable because of disturbances in their environments after which a strange attractor draws the trajectory of the stress.Liza looked at him, incredulous. This is your line? I am a complex dynamical system, Tony said. Not that complex, Liza said. And I was stable until you caused a disturbance in my environment. Not that stable, Liza said. Tony grinned. And since you're the strangest attractor in the room, I followed the trajectory of my stress right to you. That's not what you followed to me. Liza turned so that her back was against the bar, her shoulder blocking him. Give me something better than that, or I'll find somebody else to amuse myself with. From the corner of her eye, she saw the other guy, the vacant-looking blond, lean down to Bonnie. Is she always like this? he said to Bonnie, and Liza turned to size him up. Big. Husky. Boring. Well, your friend isn't exactly Prince Charming, Bonnie said, giving him her best fluttery smile. He beamed back down at her. Neither am I. Is that okay? Oh, come on, Liza thought, and caught Tony-the-bullethead's eye. He means it, Tony said. Roger has no line. After the chaos theory debacle, that's a plus, Liza said. Poor baby, Bonnie was saying as she put her hand on Roger's sleeve. Of course, that's okay. I'm Bonnie. Roger looked down at her with naked adoration. I'm Roger, and you are the most beautiful woman I've ever seen in my life. Bonnie's smile widened, and she moved closer to him. Which doesn't mean he's bad with women, Tony said, sounding bemused.