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11:16 YAYA:Huh?
11:17 DARE:Would you like a lambo?
11:18 YAYA:That’s so random. And no I do not want a lambo.
11:19 DARE:I’ll have it delivered tomorrow.
11:18 YAYA:I DO NOT WANT A LAMBO. DON’T YOU DARE BRING A LAMBO TO MY HOUSE OR I SWEAR I WILL STRANGLE YOU.
I imagine her panicking as she types. I know her enough to predict how she’ll respond to things like this. Those light brown eyes that turn to liquid honey in the sunshine, would narrow in annoyance. Her plump mouth that tastes like paradise—would scrunch to the side. One faint line between her eyebrows if she’s more amused than irritated. Two deep lines if she’s more irritated than amused.
Just imagining her face has me grinning in the middle of the night.
My insides are melting.
Damn, she’s perfect.
Does she have any idea how much I want to spoil her? I don’t think she’s prepared for all the ways I’m going to sweep her off her feet.
11:20 DARE:I like when you threaten me. It’s sexy.
11:21 YAYA:Freak!Where did that lambo reference even come from?
11:23 DARE:You mentioned it.
11:23 YAYA: ???
11:24 DARE:lmbo
11:25 YAYA: *laughing emoji*
11:25 YAYA:that stands for Laughing My Butt Off
11:26 DARE:Does it?
Embarrassed, I type in the acronym and the search engine spits out a billion results.
Well, damn.
It does mean laugh my butt off.
Since Yaya doesn’t immediately respond to my message, I scroll through the urban dictionary to read up on a few more acronyms.
I’ve never been much of a text guy, preferring to call if I need to speak to someone, but this is a new day and Yaya is not only a text-er, but she also favors emojis—a mode of digital communication that I found utterly tacky before I met her.
Talk about a new world.
I want to understand every word she says, even if those words are from her generation’s atrociously confusing vernacular.
Five minutes pass.
I’m too restless to keep working and the faux pas I made with the lambo thing gnaws at my mind. There’s no way I can go to sleep tonight with that thought playing on repeat in my head.
I undo my button-down and change into an old college T-shirt and sweatpants. Settling into bed with my arm behind my head, I stare at the ceiling.
A smile climbs my face again and there’s no wiping it off.
It’s been a while since I’ve felt this excited.
