Page 95 of Not That Into You

I pick up my phone and open my messenger app.

Cameron: Monica

I wait a moment.

Cameron: Monica

I give her ten more seconds.

Cameron: Monica

I count to twenty in my head, but before I can type again, she responds.

Monica: WTF?

I smile. There’s my girl.

Cameron: Hi

I laugh as I imagine her irritated expression.

Monica: Why are you bothering me?

My smile drops.

Cameron: You said we’d talk.

Monica: Yeah, but not over text.

Perfect. My smile returns.

Cameron: I’ll come by later tonight. 7?

Ellipses appear, then disappear, then reappear.

Monica: Let’s meet at Java Joe’s.

I frown. I know what she’s doing, keeping things impersonal and away from Hayley. It shouldn’t hurt, but it does.

Cameron: Won’t it be closed by 7?

There’s a pause.

Monica: Oh, right

Before she can come up with an alternative, I write back.

Cameron: Let’s just meet at my place.

A risky suggestion. I doubt she’ll be comfortable meeting at my place, but I’m already tired of the where-should-we-meet game. I want to see her. We need to talk.

Monica: Fine. Send me your address.

Chapter 26

Monica

I can’t believe I agreed to come here.

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