"Ok, on 3, ready?" Ilana sat on her floor between her couch and table, watching Abbi on her laptop trying to figure out how to hold a fidget spinner.
"Wait, how… how are you supposed to hold it?" Abbi, on her bed with an Ellen picture behind her, tries balancing the hot pink toy on each of her fingers.
"Like a joint-"
Abbi holds the toy to her mouth, then laughs.
"Now flip it over, with your palm up." Ilana demonstrates with her own blue one.
"Whoa wait where'd you get a blue one?"
"I bought it from this kid in an elevator. Look, hold it like this."
"How do you know this if you've never used one before?"
"I saw someone do it once. Just hold it. Ready?"
"Yes."
"Ok… spin!"
They both spun their toys at the same time.
Abbi reacts first with a giddy kind of laugh.
"I don't get the hype."
"It's… it's kinda fun." Abbi watches it spin.
Ilana holds it on one finger while spinning.
"How do you…" Abbi tries to copy her, but drops it.
Seeing Abbi watching her, Ilana can't help but show off. She transfers it from finger to finger, still spinning.
"What! You've used it before, haven't you!?"
"No" Ilana says, distracted by balancing it on her nose with her head tipped back.
"You liar! You've totally done this before! I've been waiting so we could try it at the same time!"
Ilana drops it to her lap. "Sorry."
"You said you don't even like it."
"Can you imagine? Last year, the most popular toy was like, hoverboards. And adults were like, "hoverboards, can you imagine what it'll be in 2017?" And they like, got this?"
"Ilana, we're adults."
"I mean like, Adults, with a capital A. We're like, lowercase adults. Like, we're still totally responsible and stuff, but- Abbi?"
"Haha look! I think I got it!" Abbi now has the fidget spinner balanced on her nose and spinning fast. "WhOAA!"
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