The initial sentence immediately grabbed my attention, as I am not sure how some one with Herpes acts and honestly wanted to find out. The back story between the narrator and Chase is very amusing, and I think that may be the strongest part of the story. I was a little confused on how the flashbacks were not separated from the other text, but that can be easily changed or integrated in a way that is easier to understand. Although the narrator really doesn’t like Chase, in the dialogue about having a quickie in the jeep before getting a tattoo makes me realize that she is somewhat vulnerable to Chase, despite her evil personality of spreading the virus. The way that the narrator describes some of her situations, such as not being able to passionately make love because of the virus, also portrayed her awful sense of humor.
The tattoo parlor was described very well, with the comparison of the zombie figurines and the fake names for the two guys that were working there, it gave good contrast to the situation. The question sheet at the parlor was also a good indication of how she really felt about getting the tattoo, as she mentions there not being a questions of whether she was in love or not.
The ending really wrapped things up nicely, and the narrators true personality reigned victorious with her sick, deranged personality showing that she thought it didn’t really matter that she was spreading herpes to people. I got the sense that she gave it to Ryan in order to get back at chase, and that somewhere down in her dark heart that she thinks it is simply funny. When Chase sounds as if he really cares that something happened to his buddy Ryan, that’s when the narrator realize she was successful.
Overall, the story had a little bit of everything you need to have a complete story, and ending with how the narrator change was good. I do question however if the narrator really change or if she was like this from the beginning.
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