Inexperienced | JENLISA

10

"Do you know where you're going yet?" Lisa asked into the phone.

"No, Lisa, I don't, and I'm busy right now. If I have any chance of making this date tonight, I have to finish this article."

"What's it about?" she asked casually, as if I didn't just tell her I was on a deadline.

Blowing out a frustrated breath, I answered her, "It's about secrets your cats want you to know."

A short snort came out of Lisa. I couldn't blame her, reading into a cat's psyche and trying to write a well-respected article about it was next to impossible.

"Tell me one secret."

"Well, cats don't see us as a different species, they see us as larger, useless cats."

"Like cats aren't useless themselves," Lisa chuckled.

"They, of course, think they are superior and consider us humans to be inadequate when it comes to our cat abilities. That's why they lick us with their sandpaper tongues."

"God, I love your job," Lisa said with amusement.

Someone spoke to her in the background, something unintelligible, but I knew what was coming next.

"I've got to go, love. Promise me you will tell me where you're going."

"Yes, now go do your professional work. I have some cat hair to gather and braid into a rug over here."

We said our goodbyes and hung up. Talking to Lisa on the phone during the workday always helped reenergize me, especially when I felt a writer's block coming along.

For the article I was writing, I had to note fifteen secrets, and at the moment, I only had ten. I had two hours to write five more before I had to leave for my date. I would be working late, but as long as I got everything done before my date, then it didn't matter.

I was curious as to why I hadn't heard from Alejandro yet, made me wonder if he had another date. I still hadn't heard from Taecyeon, which terrified me, because he said he would call me, but Lisa told me he was doing the typical guy thing and waiting a couple of days to contact me. According to Lisa, he was playing it cool. I would prefer for Taecyeon not to play it cool since I split my pants right in front of him.

Because I was so nervous about the date being canceled, I decided to check my dating profile to see if he left me a message. Last night, I spent a good portion of my time weeding out all the creepers who messaged me, Lisa looking over my shoulder every step of the way, naturally.

Her reasoning was she was the one who got me involved in the website, so she wanted to make sure I was picking respectable men to take me out on dates. There was one guy on there that caught my eye, his name was Greg, and was very sweet when he messaged me. He talked about his dog and how he loved to take him on walks in the park across the street. Lisa thought the guy was a "cheesedick" as she called him, but I thought he was sweet, so secretly, I messaged him back last night.

Did I feel like a bit of a floozy messaging multiple men? Just a little, but I told myself I was keeping my options open. It was better to have options and to be honest, I didn't have a commitment to any of them, and it wasn't like I was sleeping with all of them. I'd only kissed one and kicked one in the crotch; I would hardly call that getting around. More like taking out the male population, one kick to the crotch at a time.

I opened up my dating profile and saw four messages in my inbox. Like a giddy schoolgirl, I opened up the message portion of the website and saw messages from Alejandro, Greg, and two new guys. One was in a completely different language, so I deleted that one, and the other message was from a guy named Kyle. The subject was titled, "Hey, Baby Boo."