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Stephen (Ed) D’Onofrio

Savage

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Alex Ramirez

HIGH FIVE

Christopher Hill

HIGH FIVE

Millie Morris

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Reid shows up around six, Thai food under one arm, a laptop under the other The wine is noticeably absent Thank God

“Where is everyone else?” I take the bag from him and carry it into the kitchen

“Ed had soht be over later, but I’ll be honest, his interest in joining another dating site is flaccid at best”

“That’s because Tinder clearly already works for hiency, which is sort of great because it et that hot chicken he hates”

He followsout plates and silverhile I open up the containers He moves aroundlass just as I’ve raisedaround each other like we do it every day The silence is easy We fill our plates with drunken noodles, chicken, and curried vegetables I fill each of us a glass of water froe entirely—too soon—and we carry it all into the dining rooo, we both create new IRL accounts, and after we confirh questionnaire awaits Most of the questions are easy enough: Na, a brief rundown of my appearance, and whether I have or want to have kids

But the others are a little s, and the About Me and what I’ to zone out I’ve always been better at pulling details out of other people than I aany proble an audible click each ti off the last of his noodles, “that this is an excellent way to get to know each other”

I look at hilass “You’ve known me for over two years”

“Yes, but you kno you can talk to someone almost every day and still not know solances down at his screen “Like number four: your favorite place What is your favorite place? If I had to guess, I’d say Cajé, but only because you’re there for coffee at least twice a day”