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Chapter Fifteen
Abby
Me: Code Blue!
Lexi: WTH does that mean? Are you dead?
Me: No, but I need you.
Lexi: On my way.
That message was sent not quite ten minutes ago, and she’s here. My twin doesn’t waste time knocking, but I never expected her to. Instead, she barges through my front door and races towards where I’m standing in the bathroom, wearing only the new bra and panty set that I purchased last Friday with AJ.
“Are you oh-” she stops dead in her tracks in my doorway. “Wow, look at you. What’s going on?”
“I have a date,” I whisper, saying the words aloud for the first time since Levi asked me just over a week ago. Well, it may be the first time I said them out loud, but it’s not the first time I told someone.
“A date? I thought you were bleeding to death or had fallen and couldn’t get up!” she exclaims.
I knew I should have told her that it wasn’t a life or death emergency, but as I stood in front of my mirror, wearing sexy lingerie for a date that I’m having with my best friend, well, I just kinda panicked.
“I’m sorry, but I just freaked out a little.” My eyes cast downward, sheepishly, and I’m not sure if it’s embarrassment from getting her all worked up or from the fact that I’m still standing in my undergarments, preparing for my first date in a really long time.
“Okay, so a date. Is it one of the Internet guys? You said last week there was one you were talking to and really hitting it off with.” God, I’m so confused. I really like SimpleMan, and the thought of going on a date tonight makes me feel like some sort of cheating floozy.
“God, this is such a mess,” I tell my twin, dropping down on my bed and covering my face.
“Start at the beginning. Don’t leave anything out,” she directs, coming over to sit beside me.
Exhaling, I begin. “Okay, so this may not come as much of a shock to you, but I kinda sorta have a teeny, tiny crush on Levi.”
“No shit,” she huffs with a laugh.
“Anyway,” I say, drawing out the word. “Well, the whole reason I decided to do the online dating thing was because I saw another woman leaving his place the morning after our Frisbee golf night. I guess you could say it made me sad, so I decided to try to date a bit more.”
“More? As if you were doing that before?”
“Do you want to hear this or not?” I quip, giving her a stern look. She gestures with her hand for me to proceed.
“I’ve spoken with a couple of guys there, but nowhere near the dozens you told Levi that day at Jaime’s. Really, it boils down to one particular guy that I’ve been communicating with a lot. Almost daily.”
“Okay,” she hedges, looking confused.
“Well, lately, things have gotten a little…intense with Levi. He’s been touching me a lot more, in a total non-creepy way, mind you, but I don’t know, his fingers would linger on my arm or he’d touch my hair more. And there was this look in his eyes that made me think that maybe the crush wasn’t so one-sided.”
“Duh.”
Giving her a look, I continue. “So, last Friday night, he, well, he asked me out. On a date. Like as more than friends.”
“Yay!”
“But what if we’re only hurting our friendship? What about SimpleMan? I’ve been talking to him a lot and then Levi asks me out and I say yes. What does that make me?”
“A desirable woman, Abs. You’re not committed to either one, right?” Shaking my head, she goes on. “Then until that happens, there’s nothing for you to worry about. You can talk to them both and maybe casually date them. Just be upfront about it. Let them both know what your ultimate goal is, which is to find the person you’re supposed to spend forever with, right? Well, just mention that as long as it’s casual, you’ll be seeing other people. It’s not hard.”
“It’s not?”
“Of course not, silly. And this SimpleMan met you through a dating site. He’s probably doing the same thing.”
