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She laughs and pulls back "Guess what?"

"What?"

"I’ve got a date"

She does a little wiggle, and I roll et soreeance "Yes, yes, I do"

We walk down to a café nearby and find a table outside, sitting down A waitress coht over with a pen and paper in her hands "Hi there! My name is Sally, and I’ll be your waitress today Have you eaten here before?"

Matilda and I both nod We coers and hs "Okay then You et you or would you like time to think about it?"

"Nope," Matilda says "We know We’re easy Two cheeseburgers and two chocolate milkshakes, please"

Sally nods "Perfect!"

She writes it down, takes our one, I turn to Matilda "So! Tell uy? Where, hohat, when "

"Okay," she says, clapping her hands together "So Icasually, but today he asked n hurt, pressing a hand over my heart

She rolls her eyes "I didn’t want to jinx it by telling anyone So, anyway, he is gorgeous I’ He looks like a model"

I raiseout her phone and showing uy He also looks high irly I prefer my men to be, well, men, but Matilda has always preferred the pretty boys This one fits her perfectly

"He’s cute," I say "What’s his name?"

"TJ Gosh He’s so perfect It’s honestly ridiculous I don’t knohy he’d pick orgeous"

"I know," she says, flicking her hair playfully "But he’s likebeyond gorgeous"

"Well, I say he got lucky getting you"

She smiles and her eyes twinkle "So, what about you? How have things been? Still talking to your new friend?"

"Yeah, I a out a few tiuy"

"Still got a crazy ex bothering hishe called hi to tell me about it later Honestly, the stories he tells in with"

Matilda raises a hand to her ear and esture "Crazy?" she murmurs

"Total crazy She’s justHow should I put it? A bitch A total cow The things he’s told me, I honestly just can’t understand how anyone can behave like that I mean, I’m sure he’s not perfect, either, but what she did to hi"

"What’s she doing?" Matilda asks, leaning forward and dropping her chin into her hands "Spill"

"Well, she broke up with hi another dude Yet when he asks her to stop contacting hio, she tells him she can’t What the fuck is that?"