Page 24 of Your Play to Call

Tripp

There’s some unwritten ruleabout not texting or calling someone after a date. I don’t know who wrote it or decided it was the move, but I think they’re idiots. As soon as I get home, I’m texting Willow. I can’t help myself.

Me

would you judge me if I told you I’ve already started snacking on my leftovers

Willow

that little piece of tiramisu was gone ten minutes after you left lol

my kind of girl

Why do I say shit like this? I groan and fall back onto the couch. I shake my head, picturing Willow reading that and cringing. Rolling her eyes. My phone buzzes.

:) sorry about Seth

not ideal but he didn’t hurt me. I’ll take that as a win

hewould never

he’s not used to nights like tonight

what the hell did your other dates do?

schedule a car to pick me up, plan with my driver, ask me to meet them somewhere

if my mom found out that I asked you to MEET me somewhere

I don’t even want to think about it

to be fair, I let it slip to my dad once, that dexter would ask me to meet him and I had to beg him to not call him.

I get it

and I think I’d like your mom

Everything I’ve read about Dexter seems douchey. Plus, anytime Willow brings him up it’s like the blueprint of whatnotto do. Guess I can thank him for setting the bar so low.

oh, she’s a fan

the morning after the after-party, she was the first person to call me

she was bummed I wasn’t secretly dating you

does she know we went out tonight?

She doesn’t know. No one knows. I don’t know how that will look to her. Fuck. Maybe she didn’t want this to be a secret?

no

I don’t know what the protocol is for this

and if it was a disaster I didn’t want to have to tell her

it’s okay

I like the idea of it being between us for now