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She looks at me “How so?”

“I don’t know…isn’t it easy for you to get dates? Guys must ask you out all the time, whereas zero people ask me out, ever”

Lilly’s snort is unladylike “There is a huge difference between so you out on an actual date as a possible loveyou out with the intention of sleeping with you The problem is it’s hard to tell what that intention is until you’re sitting with someone across the table”

“What do you mean?”

“I uy will ask you on a date, but what he actuallyto screw you”

“Why would a guy take you on an actual date if he’s only trying to screw you?” That makes no sense to me at all

“Because it’s rude to say ‘I want to bang you’ to so you out because he actually likes you and ht care, when in fact that’s not the case at all Does thatsite with no intention of dating you at all”

“Doesn’t it get expensive going on all those dates when you just want to have sex with someone?”

“I use the term date loosely Mostly it’s a drink but not food So is that a date? Maybe,down a beer and then take you back to their place? Alers pluck absente—he told me once he doesn’t do actual dates because it’s a waste of oes Dutch”

“Dutch? On a first date?”

“Right, because if he goes on three dates in a week—and by dates, I ets super expensive”

“I’m not even sure what to say”

“Yeah—sa out theat the lake we’re driving alongside, the glowing lights fro in the water as we pass “This is so pretty”

“We’re not far, ten more minutes”

As if on cue, her stoles “You didn’t hear that”

Mine growls too “My growling sto stomach”

“Agreed” She pauses “Man, I hope there’s garlic bread even though I’ll stink for a few days after I eat it”