Page 47 of Falling for my Best Friend

“I’m willing to try anything.”

I became aware of an odd pile of socks on the floor before turning back to the phone. “Alright, you have to choose a few pictures so girls can see what you look like. How about this one?” I held up the phone. “It shows your face nice and clearly so you’ll only get people who genuinely think you’re cute.”

“Thanks for the vote of confidence.”

“And this one of you snowboarding is good.”

“But my face is covered.”

“Yeah, but it shows that you’re athletic. That matters.”

“Girls are so picky.”

“Just wait until you start using this thing. You won’t believe how picky you are, too.” I entered a few more essential details. “Okay, you can go back and change your profile later. It’s fine like that for now. Most people will judge you by the outside anyway.”

“You’re freaking me out.”

“Don’t be freaked out. You’ll never even know if someone you liked doesn’t like you back.”

“But won’t it be obvious when we don’t get matched up?”

“You’ll have forgotten about them already. Trust me.” I scooted next to him and held the phone up so we could both see. “I’ll just show you how to use it really quick and then you can try.”

“Alright.”

“So here’s the first girl. Do you like her?”

“I don’t know.”

“So if you click this camera icon, you can check her out some more.” I switched between the pictures.

“Whoa- deal breaker,” he said when he saw a photo of the girl covered in kittens.

“They might not be hers.”

“Honestly, my allergies are so bad even photos of cats make my eyes itch.”

“Right, so we’ll swipe her away,” I said. The next girl popped up wearing a sexy nurse’s costume.

“I like her.”

I rolled my eyes and swiped right.

The next five girls were all no’s.

“This is kind of fun,” Alex said.

“I thought you might think so.”

I froze when I got to the next girl.

“She’s hot. I like her. A blond would be a nice change after Ceci.”

“She’s too old for you.”

“No she’s not. She’s only twenty three.”

“Oh my god you’re right.”

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