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“Okay,” Hallie said.She liked his enthusiasm, and it was flattering to feel sought after by such a good-looking guy.“Thanks.”
She suddenly flushed, wondering if she was moving too quickly.What if Jessica really liked him?
“So how come you’re doing a triathlon?”she asked, hoping to distract him from the fact that her face was probably starting to look red.
“Well, you know how it is, life is boring without a challenge.”
This sounded like echoes of Luke, and she didn’t know whether to let it be a warning signal or just let it slide.
Hallie couldn’t help liking him, however.
She went to the ladies’ room and sent a text to Jessica’s phone, hoping to ask her discreetly that the man she had chosen was okay with her friend:
*I like Finn!I hope you like Andy.*
She waited a few minutes, and a new message popped up on her screen.It was a picture of a teddy bear with a heart next to it.
Hallie let out a triumphant laugh, making the woman who was washing her hands nearby give her a funny look.
When they returned to the apartment, having said good night to the guys, both women were giddy with excitement.
“This worked out even better than I planned,” Jessica said.
“Are you sure?”Hallie asked, not wanting to steal a guy away from her friend.“You don’t really like Finn as much?”
“Of course I’m sure.And I’m really happy for you!Maybe you could finally stop thinking about that Luke and date a less complicated guy.”
“I knew it!”Hallie cried, “I knew that was your plan all along.”
“It’s for your own good,” Jessica said, smiling proudly, “Finn is a great guy.”
“Actually, he reminds me of Luke a little bit.”
“Yeah, it seems you like the bad boy type.But Finn seems like a ‘safe’ sort of bad boy.He’ll be good for you.”
Hallie thought that perhaps she was right.Jessica was such a straight-edge person, and Hallie loved those qualities of dependability and honesty in her girlfriend, but those same qualities didn’t exactly fire her up when it came to a love interest.Maybe a ‘safe’ bad boy was the way to go.
Luke was too unsafe.Although he claimed to have settled down a little since his riding accident, she still didn’t trust him not to pull some kind of stunt.
