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I had athrough his recent posts, all froo he’d posted a pic of sone in her belly button, hashtag cheers I threw my phone back down and flipped channels for another twenty minutes Called Benta, who sent me to voicemail Called Cay, then scrolled through nuraduation

I stopped on Joey Plazen’s nah the alphabet and back Then, his sexual sacrifice still fresh on my mind, I texted him

hey

It took hi?

--bored?

YES

--I’m on a date Want to join us?

WHY did you respond if you’re on a date?! I inserted an angry face eht

OK

The polite thing to do would have been to leave Joey and his date alone My boredoh, trumped social etiquette Joey sent me the name of the pub and I threw a leather jacket on over rabbed my keys and headed out the door

My spirits had alht, my push on the elevator button cheerful The doors opened, and Carter stood there, our heads lifting and eyesin aard and perfect unison

Almost three weeks since we’d hooked up Teeks since I resolved to forget that mistake and return to the world of Successful Men That plan took a nosedive the eous inning to pant inside rin widened, and I laughed

"Yeah" I stepped on,over his dark jeans and worn black V-neck "Where are you heading?"

"Grabbing soainst the side of the elevator and crossed his ar up with some friends" I fiddled nervously with my phone "They’re at an oyster bar a few blocks over If you want, you can join us" I shrugged, like I didn’t care either way

He scratched the back of his head "I don’t want to interrupt a girls’ night or anything…"

I had to laugh at that, the elevator doors opening "No Please You’ll savean aard third wheel I was bored, my friend Joey is out on a date, and now I’m about to crash it" I stepped off the elevator "You’d be doing me a favor," I added

He opened the door for me "If you’re sure Is it Kumamoto?"

I nodded "Yeah, you know it?"

"Yep" He steered ht and pointed ahead "This way"

I followed his lead, stepping over the curb and crossing a side street While wesomeone Behave