Lucy pours another shot of whiskey.
On second thought, make it a double.
She has to fix this mix-up before she makes things completely awkward with her best friend…
AND loses out on a seriously hot date.
First she texts Raul on Tinder.
Lucy
I’m sooooo sorry. That was a joke meant for my BFF!
Raul
You’re trying to make your BFF jealous?
Raul
That’s not very nice!
Lucy
Now you know I’m bad at texting AND a terrible person 🙁
Raul
Good thing you have a great body to compensate.
Lucy
Does that mean I’m forgiven?
Raul
Depends on how many dates you have lined up this weekend.
Raul
Damn girl, I can already tell you’re going to be trouble 😉
Lucy
I swear, I really was just teasing him!
Raul
The other person you were texting was a him?
Lucy feels herself reddening.
Lucy
No, but we’re just friends.
Raul
Sounds kind of flirty to be making a guy jealous over all your dates…
Lucy
If you knew him — you’d know we joke about EVERYTHING.
Lucy
We’ve been friends since we were five, and it’s always been purely platonic.
Raul
Well, he must be a complete idiot, then.
Yeah, right. Raul is laying it on thick, but Lucy doesn’t mind.
She takes another sip of whiskey and opens up her messages.
Time to face her humiliation.
Adam
Um. You still there?
Lucy
I’ve officially died of embarrassment.
Lucy
You know that SO wasn’t meant for your eyeballs, right?
Adam
Yeeah, I think I figured that out.
Lucy
At least I’m wearing clothes?
Adam
I’m not sure that counts as “clothing.”
Lucy
Can you just delete it?
Lucy
Pretend it never happened?
Adam
Come on, Luce. It’s not that bad.
Lucy
Now I’m mortified AND a hag.
Adam
That’s definitely not what I meant.
Lucy
Uh, I don’t know what “…” means.
Adam
Then I’m not going to tell you.
Adam
Look, I’m pretty sure complimenting your lingerie is outside the BFF contract we signed.
Adam
So I’m keeping my mouth shut.
Lucy
“No accidental nudes” was part of that contract, too.
Adam
I assumed that was the case, anyway.
Lucy
But it looks like I fucked that one up. Big time.
Adam
I’d sue you for breach of contract.
Adam
Except it wasn’t a total nude — there was a little bit of lace in there.
Adam
I hope your Tinder date knows how lucky he is 😉
Lucy
Me too, since I’ll be hiding from you for the rest of my life.
Adam
I’ll even the score.
Adam
Then we can BOTH be mortified.
Lucy
As if you could come close to matching my level of mortification right now.
Adam
Good thing I love a challenge.
What’s taking him so long?
She’s sure Adam is going to send her a photo of something silly.
Like the time he wore a toga to what was NOT a costume party.
Lucy
I’m not sure that’s the right word for it.
Adam
Hang on, let me bust out my thesaurus.
Adam
Ooh, discomfiting! That’s a good one.
Nope, that isn’t the word she was thinking of.
But she can’t write “lickable” to her best friend.
Even if that’s exactly how his abs look.
And don’t get her started on the divot where his hip bones dip below the sheets.
Either he’s naked in bed, or he’s tugged down his boxers just enough.
Too bad she obviously can’t ask.
Adam
Oh no, you gouged out your eyeballs and now we’ll never chat again 🙁
Lucy
More like…stunned into silence.
Adam
You? I don’t believe it.
Lucy
Adam, real talk time.
Lucy
Remember when you came up in my Tinder radius and I saw your profile?
Lucy
How come you don’t have more pictures like THAT???
Adam
Because I want prospective dates to know I’m an award-winning dresser!
Lucy
First place in an ugly sweater contest doesn’t count, sweetie 😄
Adam
Very funny. Are you telling me I need to rethink my strategy?
Lucy
Maybe not with that picture exactly…
Lucy
But yeah, you could show that there’s another side to you 😉
Adam
Okay, what about this?
He sends her another selfie, shirtless and holding his rescue dog in bed.
Puppy, biceps, and smoldering eyes?
There isn’t enough whiskey in the world to quench her sudden thirst.
Lucy
You’re such an asshole.
Adam
What did I do this time??
Lucy
I can’t believe how not embarrassing your embarrassing photos are.
Adam
Sorry, I really was trying to make you feel better.
Adam
So…not the worst thing you’ve ever seen?
Lucy
If I didn’t know you, I’d totally swipe right.
Lucy
Too bad we’re already such good friends 🙂
Lucy suddenly remembers to check Tinder.
She didn’t mean to get so distracted and ignore Raul!
Lucy
Yeah. Just, you know, embarrassed.
Raul
I know a way to make it better.
Raul
There’s a great new place, Red Rocks, I’ve been wanting to check out.
Raul
Unless you already have another date planned…
Lucy
You have no idea how single I am 🙂
Raul
Great, let’s hope I can change that…
Lucy
Does 7 work for you? I can’t wait to meet those abs in person.
She just has one more message to send.
Lucy
Looks like that’s a NO for the Roadhouse tomorrow!
Lucy
Thank God I didn’t totally fuck it up.
Lucy
I’ll talk to you later?
Adam
You got it. I hope it goes well!
But if she’s so excited to meet Raul…
Then how come she can’t stop looking at the pictures Adam sent?
