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"Oh, it’s so to tell me about it later I’ll be back with your drinks" He squeezeslares fro for seats to free up Or aze from across the table "So this is why you showed up at my work today" Ivy’s hard to read, with her dry tone, but I’m pretty sure she’s upset She hasn’t even sat down yet "You don’t really want to get to know ain’ " She air-quotes that word "You were afraid to sit alone in a place like this"

I openher head "Save it I should have known"

I sigh, suddenly feeling like a jerk "You’re right, okay? You’re the only person I know in Dublin and I didn’t want to coain Butso what? We’ll have a few drinks, get to know each other, I get to see hi used" She tightens her jaw "Alex emailed ht be lonely She asked ive you a chance, if you came by I didn’t think you actually would"

"I’et homesick, but lonely?

"Well, I wouldn’t be surprised if you were You could never survive soall over you"

"My hare all over me? Okay, first of all, I’m not a lesbian"

Ivy’s eyes narrow "Funny you should irl ever hold a grudge or what? "So thenwe’re even You didn’t coet to know ht because Alex asked you to"

"Exactly Because she’s uess I should have expected all of this to come up Just because Ivy obviously didn’t tell Alex about what happened in high school doesn’t o Let it go!

Two glasses land on our table, delivered by a waitress instead of River A glance at the bar finds hiuess I shouldn’t have expected hi us, especially aitresses to do that Plus, he did go above and beyond already, getting us a table Still, disappointh "Listen Can we please start over?"

"Until the second that bartender says he’s done his shift and you ditch ht?"

I roll my eyes "I don’t do that to my friends"

Her jaw clenches "We were never friends"

"That’s because we didn’t really have much in co, she doesn’t let on "But we could be friends, now"