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╰ˋˏ★ 𝙼𝙰𝚂𝚃𝙴𝚁𝙼𝙸𝙽𝙳. ★ˊˎ╯ ▍ ⋆ 𖦹 ｡˚ chapter one. awkward conversations and second first dates .ᐟ
NOVEMBER 2005.
𝓣he hour goes by painfully slow and the diner is nowhere near full of people. matilda slams the coffee decanter on the counter of the diner, elbows resting atop as she sighs from pure boredom. for every minute she checks the clock planted on the wall, the time only goes by slower.
"kill me, please," matilda mopes, her chin resting on her palm.
"just quit," her best friend, dez, suggests, sipping on her coffee before grimacing at the taste. she opens another packet of sugar, pouring it into her bitter coffee. "you make enough from being a bartender, anyway."
matilda and dez met the same day they were moving into their shared dorm. from then on, they've been quite inseparable—dez is the friend that pushes matilda to be bold and find confidence in herself. while they differ in lifestyles, that doesn't conflict with their friendship at all.
the brunette snorts, "i serve drinks to college students who have no idea how to tip."
dez's eyes suddenly light up in excitement. "oh! speaking of..." anxiety runs through matilda's veins, her eyebrows raising in anticipation. "i got us both a date tonight and they're hot, duh."
"dez, c'mon, you know i don't do dating." matilda grabs the coffee decanter and a new mug from under the counter to serve a customer just two seats from dez. "it's no use trying to get me to date when i'm not even up for it."
"okay, but they're really hot," dez states. "please, tilly, i'll do whatever you want for a whole week."
as tempting as that sounds, matilda still has no desire to go—especially when she doesn't even know who the guy she'll be paired up with is. he could be some frat boy who has no interest in anything else but to flirt with her until she sleeps with him or some total loser who isn't her type at all. plus, it has been a while since she last dated someone and even that didn't go as well as she thought.
"who's this guy, anyway?" matilda wonders, returning to where she was standing earlier, across from dez.
"it's a surprise, tillybug," dez winks. "you can see for yourself later tonight if you come with me!"
"so, this is basically a blind date for me," matilda deadpans, filling up another cup of coffee. "gee, i'm so excited."
"he's totally for you," dez grins widely before standing up from her seat and grabbing her purse by its strap and placing it over her shoulder. "listen, i gotta go to my next class. i'll see you in our dorm at five and i'll have your outfit picked out! love you, tillybug!" the other brunette blows her friend a kiss goodbye before exiting the diner and hopping into her car.
