sweet tooth - karl jacobs

chapter 41- amazing

friday– two days later

"i still can't believe that whole speech was about you," garrett says while on facetime as i dig through my closet. "he's so head over heels for you. you need to seal the deal, already."

"get off my back about it. i regret telling you," i reply as i pull out a red and white baseball shirt. "is this cute?"

"ooh, yes! and pair that with some blue shorts. very on theme for the red white and blue, ya know? and don't you have red converse?"

"yes yes yes." i pull out a pair of blue jean shorts and my red high tops. "should i put anything in my hair? or curl it? what about jewlery?"

"i think you're fine the way you are. maybe a gold ring or earrings would look nice, but they're not mandatory." garrett laughs. "you have never cared this much about your clothes. it's funny seeing how smitten this boy has you."

"he does NOT have me smitten."

"babe, when are you going to stop lying to yourself?"

i smile and shrug.

"i saw that shrug! so you admit it!"

"i guess i might like him a tiny bit. he's bearable."

"i know damn well you're not saying HE'S bearable after you broke down on the phone with him because he was flirting with corinna kopf."

"shut up right now. i don't claim the girl i was two days ago."

"alright, alright." he laughs. "i just want to see you happy, and i can tell karl makes you happy. but you better not be one of those girls that gets a boyfriend and then completely forgets about her best friend!"

"how could i ever forget about you when you're spamming my phone every day?" i groan with an eyeroll.

"you say that like it's a bad thing."

"it is..."

"whatever, lover girl. what time is lover boy supposed to get there?"

"seven. he said the place we're going is kinda far, and the fireworks are supposed to start at nine."

"that's so romantic!" garrett gushes, his hands over his heart. i scrunch my nose and turn my head away from the camera.

"if you say so," i reply, secretly smiling.

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at 7 pm, i hear a knock on my door.

"shit," i mutter as i brush my hair one last time and put on perfume. i speed walk to the door and open it, seeing karl sporting a red shirt and blue jeans. he looks at my outfit and releases a single snort, quickly covering his mouth after releasing it.

"what?" i ask.

"nothing. you look great. your outfit just... reminds me of a friend," he responds.

"i hope that's a compliment..." i trail off as i lean in for a hug, which karl seems to happily agree to.

"well anyway, hi, pretty girl."

"hi, pretty boy. where are we going?"

"just a fun little spot i used to go to as a kid," he says as we start walking to the elevator. "it's a grass park in the middle of a street. we just lay a blanket out and enjoy the fireworks. there's always barbecue, too."

"that sounds really nice. i'm looking forward to it. this date has a lot to live up to, you know. the first one was pretty great."

karl exhales as he shakes his arms nervously.