What time?
BigCityConvert
Five?
ThisIsAwkward
I’ll be there.
BigCityConvert
I’m looking forward to it.
ThisIsAwkward
I’ll try. By then I might panic and not come.
BigCityConvert
Should we meet tonight?
ThisIsAwkward
Oh, I’m not sure I can do that.
BigCityConvert
When would be best for you?
ThisIsAwkward
Is this because you really want to meet me or because you’re trying to end things?
BigCityConvert
I really want to meet you.
ThisIsAwkward
Okay. Tomorrow at five.
BigCityConvert
See you then.
She signed off the app, and I smiled. I was meeting ThisIsAwkward in less than twenty-four hours.
And putting Natalie Edwards out of my mind.
I changed my clothes three times before I walked out the door for my date. I debated what car to drive, but decided to take my Camaro, knowing if things didn’t go well I’d want to take a drive.
O’Kelley’s was busy but not crowded, which was good. It would get busier later, but for dinner it wasn’t too bad. Even better, I didn’t recognize anyone there except Hudson behind the bar.
“Omar,” Hudson said as I approached him. “Nice to see you twice in less than a week.”
“You, too.”
“What can I get you?”