She felt like a teenager again when she typed the words:
Lexi
What are you guys wearing?
Jackie
Something new. Shopping trip?
Becca
I have a few dresses that were sent to me by local designers. You girls want to try one each?
Lexi’s heart rate sped up.It’s okay to say yes.Sure, Will said he’d talk to his sisters but guys forgot things and this way she didn’t have to get to know them by borrowing something. Plus, her friends wanted to do this with her. She’d forgotten what it felt like to have a circle of friends. Of support. She leaned so heavily on Maisie for all of her emotional, mental, and friendship needs she found herself wondering if her bestie needed a break.
A new text popped up as she urged herself to respond affirmatively to Becca’s kind offer.
Ethan
Wondering if I can set up a Zoom call with you and Brady and I to talk things through. Easier for him right now to do it from home.
And another.
Brett
Can you work today?
Lexi answered him first.
Lexi
I can be there in an hour?
Brett
That’ll work.
She switched over to Ethan’s messages.
Lexi
I’m not at the dress shop tomorrow.
Bitsy had also decided to hire a few part-timers instead of having someone there full-time. That way, she didn’t have to rely on one person so heavily. Lexi planned to work on her project, typing up herinterview and finishing off this week’s reading, but she could juggle it all. Better than having nothing to juggle.
Ethan
11:00 work?
Lexi
Of course.
Jackie
I say yes. Let’s each do one. I call anything red.
Becca
