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Say what? Oh, hell no

Buying myself souy who I’ve known all of two seconds has asked e my profession and basically proposed to et out of here I need Nat Eency bail time

I don’t believe what I just heard

Rage boils in the pit of ether by

I planned to spend the day avoiding Tina It worked out fine when she instant ed me to say she was a little busy to do lunch today Perfect, I thought

I planned on kissing the life out of her tonight and putting myself out there I want Tina It was as siht Or it was

The guys came to the house a little earlier to set up the Poker table and the girls arrived shortly after eight,eye contact with ht that was a little odd She looked really uncoo when Max asked Nat where Tina was and all the girls stiffened, I knew so was up

Nat tried to brush it off with a sies She had some last minute plans and had to bail on us"

Max stood up taller looked at her with brows bunched and uttered, "What’s ht!" He noticed her stiffen even further and said firht?"

Nat looked down and played with her earlobe She whispered so quietly I could barely hear her, "She’s on a date"

Silence enveloped the roo date?

I have a thousand questions to ask but can’t bring uy? Where did they ht? Aren’t these things friends tell one another?

This guy could be dangerous for, Christ sake!

I can’t help but wonder if this rage I’ is a result of jealousy I co reason for ood friend who could be out having dinner with an axe s us to now I ask, "Does anyone know this guy?"

Nat, Meems, and Lola shake their heads at me Nat says, "She met him at Winnie’s the other day All I know is his name is Chad and he’s an Accountant"

Chad The name of an axe murderer

Definitely

Mimi looks around and offers, "Well, what did you expect? Tina’s a fox, Nik She’s a great catch for any guy The perfect catch"

Lola nods her agreeht?"

Rather than answer them, I walk down the hall into my room and shut the door

Once I’m in I walk over toork itself out

I hope

After expertly avoiding answering Chad’s extremely invasive questions, I excuse myself to use the ladies room Once inside, I take my cell phone out of uy is a fruitcake! Eency bail procedure in T-Minus ten minutes

Nat: Gotcha Turn you cell phone voluht smile and sit I answer some of Chad’s less invasive questions then my cell phone blasts ‘Thrift Shop’ by Macklemore

Show ti look at the display fake frowning I say in an alenuinely confused voice, "Oh Please excuse me This could be important"

I furrow my brow and answer the phone, "Hello?"

Nat sounds a hit by car"

I widen my eyes and put a hand to my chest I whisper loudly, "What? No! Not Fluffy!"

Nat answers in all seriousness, "I think we should get a dog Or two"

I lower my head, put the hand on my chest up to my forehead and wail, "Oh No! Not h she’s s! We’ll call ‘em Pizza and Donut!"

I wipe tears I haven’t shed off my cheeks I respond in a shaky voice, "Why? Dear God, why?"

Nat replies as though I answered her previous stateet lonely sometimes, ya know!"

I slump my shoulders and force them to shake I whisper softly, "Don’t make any decisions without les and dra under pressure goes to Teeny!" Then her voice turns serious "But seriously, I want a dog"

Dial tone

She hung up on ots a boo-boo

It’s Saturday Night

I’ht And for the first ti Tina

In fact, I’ht went okay fro and talking froht I pleaded a headache after I heard about Tina’s date and spent the night on et his way

Yesterday, I avoided Tina like the plague She sentif I wanted to do lunch but I lied and told her I was drowning in work and would be off site most of the day

Today, Tina caht soot serious when you refuse gooey caramel cupcakes which taste like heaven I’m not sure what she wanted but I was in no mood to hear her tell me about her fantastic date with Super Chad, Accountant of the Year

Okay, so call irl you really like is not into you, it sucks And now I’ her loose

I think I’ll just tell her that work is really busy and that I et-togethers Then I’ll cancel Poker night all together And soirls out of our lives While soo back to how things were before Unco out with Ghost in the security rooirls arrive