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Chapter Five
Abby
Lexi called AJ before we were even finished at the salon and invited her to join us at my place. Apparently, if I was gonna give this whole Internet dating thing a try, I was gonna do it with the help from two of my sisters.
“First things first. We need to settle on which site. Here’s a list of some of the popular ones,” AJ says as she keys in sites into my Internet browser.
The first thing I notice is the sheer quantity of sites she’s pulling up. There’s general dating ones, ones particularly for the wealthy, even sites for finding country boys and cowboys. It’s almost overwhelming right off the bat, and I haven’t even started the process of setting up my profile.
“I’ve already told her we’d use PerfectDate.com,” Lexi tells our older sister.
“That’s a really good one, and from what I’ve found there’s quite a few singles on the site from our area. Not just Jupiter Bay but also Ridgewood and other towns that are within a short drive,” AJ says, inputting that site into the browser next.
“What about this one?” I ask, pointing to one with a catchy name.
“No, you don’t want that site, Abs. That one’s nothing but a bunch of people looking for hookups and sending dick pics,” she says, waving her hand.
“Maybe I want that,” I say shyly, unable to stop the blush.
“Not those kind. The men on there whipping out their dicks aren’t the good ones you actually want to see. Trust me,” she says.
“Why did you bring it up if you aren’t going to let her use it,” Lexi asks, chastising our sister.
“I had a profile on there once, but I was getting hookup requests from just as many women as I was men, so I deactivated my profile.”
“That’s what all of these are? These are ones you’ve tried?” I ask, shocked because, my goodness, there’s a lot of them.
“Not all of them, but some. I kept a list though and would try a new one if I wasn’t getting many results on one of the others.”
“Wow, there’s a lot to this, huh?” Worry suddenly creeps up my spine. Maybe Dad’s right and I shouldn’t do this. There are a lot of crazies out there.
“Don’t get all nervous now, Abs. I won’t let you get into trouble. Dating sites can be perfectly safe and effective at finding your true match,” she says with a smile.
“And how’d that work out for you?” Lexi asks, a mischievous gleam in her eyes.
“Still a work in progress,” AJ mumbles before bringing up the site we agreed to use.
She gets up from my office chair and points. “Sit. First thing we need to do is create your profile. Then, we’ll help you sort through the frogs until you find a prince.”
Turning to face the monitor, I move the cursor until it’s hovering over the words Sign Up. Do I really want to do this? Images of Crystal’s arms and legs wrapped around Levi last night flash through my mind, unwanted and unedited. I’ll never get the picture of the other woman exiting his apartment in the early morning out of my head either. They both keep repeating over and over again, reminding me that I’ll never be what he’s looking for.
I’ll never be who he wants.
So this is the best way for me to squash this little crush I’ve developed on my best friend once and for all. I’ll find someone who enjoys watching cheesy 80’s rom-com movies and eat caramel corn with me, and finally be able to spend time with Levi without the butterflies fluttering in my belly.
Except that Levi likes watching those cheesy movies and the popcorn is always his idea. So maybe I start watching something else. No biggy. I can do this. For my own sanity, I have to try.
I. Can. Do. This.
I create my profile with all of my personal information, as well as my credit card details. Now comes the fun part. Glancing at both of my sisters, they’re anxiously chomping at the bit to jump in and help me write the perfect profile that’ll attract men aged twenty-five to thirty-five in the Jupiter Bay area.
“Profile name,” I say aloud.
“Don’t use your name. Everyone uses nicknames or sexual innuendos like Super69 or BigDaddyDic,” AJ states.
“BigDaddyDic? Why would you want to date someone named that?” I ask.
“Why wouldn’t you?” Lexi retorts with a snort.
