Cally hates it when Lance pretends to forget her dates' names and says "Emmett" instead: How's, um, Emmett? and Emmett visiting again? and Emmett — I mean Allan — left another message; give him your cell number already!
"Stop calling Allan Emmett!" she finally demands. "He's nothing like Emmett."
Lance rolls his eyes. "Cally, all your boyfriends are Emmett: smart, athletic ... and way more into you than you are into them."
"That's — that's not true," she replies weakly. "Don wasn't athletic."
"So that'swhy he only lasted three months. Ow! Don't hit!"
But she always does: it's safer than pursuing the truth.