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"Of course he was fine. Why wouldn't he be?"
"What happened besides y'all jumping into the pool? Did you hold hands? Did you kiss?"
"Stacy, you are shameless."
"Because I get no action over here. I'm stuck in this restaurant, and all the hot guys want to hook up with you or Tabitha." (Tabitha was a woman who worked at the restaurant.)
"Neither happened," I said. "We didn't hold hands or kiss. He reached out for my hand a couple of times but it was just to get me to go somewhere."
"Did he try to kiss you? At the end of the night."
"Kind of. I think he would've. He walked me to my car."
"But you didn't do it?"
"No. Why?"
"That's whatyoushould be answering. Why didn't you kiss him?"
"Why do you care? I just didn't feel like doing it. I don't know why."
"I will never know what in the world came over you in this moment, Hope Jones. I will never understand you. AJ Cameron? You dissed him? He'll probably never wanna hang out with you again."
"He does. He said he did. I'm supposed to maybe go over there tomorrow."
"When? After work?"
"Yes, tomorrow afternoon."
"Goodness gracious, Hope. Do better tomorrow than you did tonight. Please don't screw it up."
"Okay fine," I said, even though I planned on making my own decisions.
"Let me know how it goes, please. And if you ever want me to go over there with you I would love to."
But as she spoke, my phone began ringing on the other line. I could hear the tone cutting in over what she was saying.
"Hey, my phone's ringing. It's probably my mom," I said.
"Okay, I'll talk to you later."
I was driving and I tried to hang up and pick up the other line without taking my eyes off of the road.
"Hello?" I said, hoping I had pushed the button. I was on a backroad and I looked away for a second, just long enough to glance at the screen.
Charlie.
It wasn't my mom at all.
I pressed the green button. "Hello?"
