Ari
I stare at the pink dress and wonder if it’s too revealing for a first date.
I put it on anyway, but use a safety pin on the inside to conceal most of my cleavage.
I feel weird about some other guy staring at my boobs.
I feel especially weird thinking about Foster being there, on a date with someone else. Won’t he think I’m throwing it in his face?
I text the group chat to see if there is any way out of this. I have to tell the truth.
I made out with Foster late Tuesday night.
Maddie
Wow!
Crazy, right?
I expected follow-up questions from my best friend, but Riley has enough for both of them.
Riley
How? Tell me everything!
He was helping me decorate for the dance, and he was being so sweet.
Riley
Foster? Foster Hale was being sweet?
Yes! We spent four hours making everything perfect. He did everything exactly as I asked him to. He didn’t question anything. He worked so hard and didn’t complain once.
Riley
Wow. And how did the kissing happen?
We were all sweaty and filthy and dusty, and then when it was all finished, I turned on the fairy lights, and he was so…I don’t know…impressed with how it all came together that he cried.
Riley
LOL IM SORRY HE CRIED?? LIKE WHAT??
TEARS. THERE WERE ACTUAL TEARS.
Riley
So you kissed him.
It was mutual. And it was good. Like, really good. So now I have to cancel the blind date because it’s not fair.
Riley
Why do you have to cancel the date?
Because this isn’t me? I don’t spontaneously make out with one guy on a Tuesday and then go on a date with a different person on Friday.
Riley
