Decided to take a road trip after leaving the farm. I can be in Memphis tonight. I would love to stop by the bar and put a face to the name and officially meet you.
I hit send and drop the phone in the cupholder, like putting some distance between us will settle my nerves and stop the instantaneous panic. What if this scares her? Will she think I’mstalking? I’m such an idiot. She’s a woman in a city far from home, and I’ve just thrown up a huge red flag.Fuck.
I pick up my phone again to apologize for overstepping, when a notification sounds.
Sophie
IS THIS A JOKE?
My heart sinks because that could mean so many different things.
But it’s followed by,
Sophie
You can’t tease me like this. Am I really going to see you TODAY?
Relief. So much relief.
If navigation isn’t lying, I should be in Memphis in a couple hours.
Sophie
You sure do know how to make a girl’s day.
Oh, Sophie, you have no idea. There are so many ways I’d love to make your day if you let me.
Sophie
Kinda wish I would’ve washed my hair this morning now. It’s not every day you meet your bestie in person for the first time, and it would’ve been nice to not look feral when it happens.
That makes me laugh, and the worry dissolves.
I’ve been on the road for a few days too. My feral won’t judge your feral. Deal?
Sophie
Deal. Do you need the bar’s address?
Nope. I looked it up. I’m all set. See you soon. x
Sophie
See you soon. x
I smile for the next two hundred miles.
nineteen
I can’t stop smiling,which I’m sure is weird for everyone because my resting face is famously the opposite of smiley.
All the gear and equipment are set up, so I take a minute to sit down at the bar and drink a bottle of water before the doors open in forty-five minutes. Slipping my phone from my back pocket, I check my DMs to make sure I didn’t miss Good Guy. Nothing yet.
To distract me, I open texts to update Lola on the new Good Guy development. It looks like I missed one she sent fifteen minutes ago.
Lola
Thicker Than Water’s Instagram is FIRE!
