“You’re not,” Judah said firmly. “And you’re not going to be without her just because you’re not roommates anymore. She’s always going to need her best friend.”
Ari snorted. “Nothing’s bonded us like the speed with which we drifted from our married friends. And nowshe’sgoing to be my married friend, and Bella’s already my married friend, and I’m just…”
“On a date?” He waggled his eyebrows, and his chest twinged when she laughed.
“On a date,” she confirmed with a soft smile and nod.
“See? You’re—oh, hell.”
“What? What is it?”
Judah exhaled sharply as he glanced away from the brunette who’d caught his eye at a nearby table. “Nothing. Just someone it might be a little awkward to bump into. Speaking of girls’ best friends…”
“Mira’s?”
Judah nodded. “I’m sure it’s fine. But she’s not someone I particularly wanted to bump into my first time out with you.”
Ari’s lips twisted into a smirk. “First time, huh? Implying a second?”
“I couldn’t possibly miss out on the pizza-on-the-couch experience.”
“Okay, seriously though, I—” The sound of a loud vibration cut her off, and they quickly realized his phone was buzzing. A lot.
“I’m just gonna ignore that,” Judah said, though a prickling sensation stole over his skin.
“I have a feeling you should look.”
Judah took a deep breath, pulled it out of his pocket, and placed it on the table.
His notifications were a mess. A moment later, her phone started buzzing too, and as she grabbed it from her purse, Judah looked back up at Mira’s friend, Naomi.
She glared daggers back, telling him everything he needed to know.
Sure enough, she’d taken a picture of them and tagged him on social media, a throwback to the same chaos that ensued when some creepers did this on Pesach with stalkerish video compilations of him and Mira. But those were exactly as innocent as anyone would expect videos of Judah Klein to be.
They didn’t have him holding a girl’s hand in public, making clear to one and all that he wasn’t shomer negiah.
Mira hadn’t been wearing a knockout dress with a neckline hegreatlyappreciated but that would definitely have plenty of tongues wagging.
And the comments, while still creepy on the pictures and videos of him and Mira, hadn’t been anything like what he was seeing now.
@dontwantcoffee:Daaaamn, Klein moves fast
@Hurricanegx:Looks like she does too lollllllll
@SecretSmile:Is he touching her?? Tell me he’s not touching her I will cry
@witk2001:Yo I know that girl! My cousin hooked up w/her!
@Adammaniac:Dude, that’s Bend Her Like Becker. *Everyone* hooked up w/her.
@OncewasTAG:She could hook up w me anyday
@itsmesarag:Lolol they both look so horny
@JustChani:Fr, I thought he was superfrum
@CurlyHairedSheDevil:Wow, what a downgrade
