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Jackson: I did it. I crashed her date with Jeff.
Noah: I heard. I texted him last night saying you wanted to crash a date soon, and he told me you had. A little heads up would have been nice. You’re welcome, by the way.
Jackson: For?
Noah: Giving Jeff a fake reason to leave so Mia had to ride with you.
Ethan: Wait. What happened?
Jackson: I showed up at Antonio’s with a date and crashed it. We ended up doing a double date.
Miles: Let me get this straight. You crashed her date with a date?
Jackson: Yeah. It would be kind of weird to crash it solo.
Ethan: *face palm*
Noah: Oh boy.
Miles: Why would you think that was a good idea?
Jackson: You guys told me I needed a grand gesture and to crash the date.
Ethan: To tell her how you feel. Not to bring another date with you and flaunt that you’re dating.
Noah: Dude, you fucked up.
Miles: I don’t understand why bringing another woman with you would ever be a good idea.
Jackson: You are not helpful. I do what you say, and now you’re telling me I did it wrong.
Noah: Did you even tell her how you feel?
Jackson: Shut up.
Ethan: Why do you suck at this?
Jackson: Me? I did what you said to do.
Miles: Not what we said to do.
Noah: Not at all.
Ethan: Nope.
Jackson: I’m getting her a cat.
Jackson was at the humane society, a town over, staring at the small kittens. There were four sharing the cage, all from the same litter, and were a range of colors from white to orange to black.
“Goddamn it. They’re so cute,” he murmured, with his arms crossed and his thumb and forefinger resting on his chin.
“Can I help you with something?” a lady asked. She couldn’t have been more than nineteen years old and wore an apron with the humane society logo across the front.
Jackson smiled. “I’m thinking about getting a kitten for my girl…” he trailed off. “For my friend. But I don’t know how to choose.”
She reached forward and opened the cage, pulling a fluffy white cat out and handing it to him. “The best way to decide is to hold them and decide which kitten’s personality you like best. Do you have a preference on gender?”
