I smiled at him and nodded, “Of course.”
Thinking it was in regard to the services I had just offered.
But it wasn’t. No, it definitely wasn’t.
“Would you like to have dinner with me on Friday?” he asked as he paid for his massage.
Everly shot big eyes at me.
Today was Monday.
Then it hit me, on a Friday. The start of the weekend. Two days that I didn’t work here.
Not saying that was his innuendo or anything, but I had a type.
And it wasn’t the pretty boy next door.
My type consisted of.... Carter Alexander Griggs.
Therefore, I said, “Thank you for the offer, but I already have plans.”
And then he said something that crossed so many lines, I couldn’t even begin to think about.
I gave a firm, resounding no.
Then I looked at Everly and said, “Definitely make him sign the document.”
And with that, I walked back to the rooms to clean them up, Justin had been my last client of the day.
I pulled my phone out and texted my bestie.
Me – Cancel any plans you have for Friday. We’re going to the movies.
She answered back almost instantly.
Talia – Done. Explain to me later.
It was finally Friday; Talia and I had just paid for our tickets as we walked into the movie theater.
With popcorn, M&M’s we were dumping in it, and two cokes, we found our seats, she said, “Okay, so spill.”
I groaned, “Justin Winston asked me out for dinner on Friday, today.”
Talia’s eyes widened at that, “And I’m guessing, you said no, texted me about plans, and look, we have plans.”
“Well, he asked me out to dinner. Told him I already had plans.” I said.
“That isn’t too bad.” She said.
And it wasn’t until I said the next thing that she truly got it.
“He tried to invite himself along. Said a two-for-one special sounded alright to him.” I said as I popped some of our mixture into my mouth.
Then, I waited.
I didn’t have to wait long; her mouth dropped open, her brows raised, and I nodded.
“Gross. Love you. More power to people who like that, but that ain’t us.” She said.
