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»Hey, uhm...« Joseph turns to look at me. He speaks rather quietly. »Do you know why everyone is talking about you in my Instagram comments?« He has a quite shy, yet cute smile on his face.

»Here are your drinks.« The waitress suddenly appears in front of our table.

I swallowed and smiled at her, trying to get out of this situation somehow. Joe looked away again and thanked the waitress as she handed him his drink. I looked at Sadie, who was still talking to Maya. When I looked back at Noah he was holding up his phone. I smiled as I realized that he was taking a picture before shaking my head.

»Hey!« Maya draws Noah's attention to her. »Take one of us.« She hugs Sadie and both of them smile into the camera.

I sipped on my drink and sighed quietly in relief since Joe apparently forgot about our conversation. Noah took more pics of everyone and I posted the one he took of me while waiting for my food.

alexisw lunch with some friends 🥰

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alexisw lunch with some friends 🥰

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user pretty as always ❤️❤️❤️
user who's that person next to you???
> user I hope it's Joe 😩🙏🏻
noahschnapp you don't even give me credit? 🙄
> alexisw 📸 by @ noahschnapp 😘
user does she respond?
> alexisw hi 👋🏻
> user OMG HI
user 🥵

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»Jesus, Lexi how do you always look good in every picture?« Maya looks at me.

»C'mon, you do too!« I tilt my head and smile at her.

»Yeah, yeah, we're all pretty.« Keery rolls his eyes.

»And you're the prettiest.« Jamie winks at Keery, making everyone laugh.

Once again Joe spread his legs slightly and his knee was touching mine. He didn't seem to care, so I didn't move my leg away either. When he put his arm on the back of my chair and his hand rested on the back of my shoulder I tensed a bit. I swallowed and looked at Sadie and Maya, who were smiling at me already.

»I'll be right back.« I tell the group and get up.

I took a deep breath and headed towards the restroom. After closing the door behind me and making sure I was alone in here I groaned desperately and buried my face in my hands. I stood in front of the sink and looked at myself in the mirror. My cheeks were redder than usual and I felt my hands being sweaty.

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