Joseph's family lives the town over from campus, so Sophie decided we'd go to the outlet mall to search for a dress.
Turns out, Aiden needs a date for his formal on Saturday, which is why he messaged me on Tinder in the first place. I thought it was a little bit suspicious that a boy that attractive needed to use Tinder to find a formal date. Maybe he already pissed off all the other girls he knows on campus. There's no way a face like that hasn't broken hearts.
Anyway, it's Friday and I need a dress for tomorrow. The only dresses I have with me are my interview dresses, and Sophie told me that she wouldn't let me leave the apartment wearing that to an STD formal. She's right, of course, because I would probably get mocked and laughed at if I showed up wearing that for a formal.
"That's too safe," Sophie says about the tenth dress I've tried on, in this store.
"Yeah, I'm thinking something a little more boobier."
"Joseph!" I widen my eyes.
"What? It's not like you have much boob to begin with."
"Joseph, shut up," Sophie says. She turns to me and places a hand on my shoulder. "But he's not entirely wrong, sweetie."
I crack a smile. "Gee, thanks, Soph."
"Oooo," she grabs a dress off the rack in the dressing room. "It's not your size, but look at how sexy it is! Joseph, honey, can you run and grab this from outside in her size?"
"This store is massive. It could be anywhere!"
Sophie waves her hand as a gesture for him to start hunting for it. Joseph rolls his eyes and leaves the dressing room, dropping his shoulders like a little boy.
She turns to me and hands me the black dress. "Do you like it?"
"There's barely any dress, Sophie," I say. "My body can't fill this dress." I sit down on the bench in the dressing room. "I'm just going to embarrass myself."
Sophie sits next to me and places a hand on my knee. "You're not going to embarrass yourself. You are a catch, Miss Brooklyn Chapman. Plus, you've got to remember, everyone is already going to be trashed by the time you get there. Who cares what drunk people think?"
I nod. "Yeah. I guess."
"Oh my gosh! Aiden just messaged you," Sophie hands me her phone and clicks on the Tinder App. "What does it say?" She asks while reading over my shoulder.
I read the three separate messages he sends in a row.
Looking forward to tomorrow. Thanks again for doing this on such short notice!
Just wanted to let you know it's formal attire, if that wasn't obvious. Most girls usually wear short dresses. As opposed to long. Not like super short, I'm not asking you to wear a super short dress. Just not like a Prom dress. But you can if you want.
I'm sure you'll look hot in anything.
"Aw, he seems so sweet!"
I glance at Sophie. "You're kidding, right? I'm sure you'll look hot in anything. Barf."
"Okay, but like that's so cute how he wanted you to know that it's short dresses and â"
"If this isn't your size," Joseph steps back into the dressing room, "I'm going to drive home right now and make you two walk back."
I smile and take the black dress from Joseph, pushing Sophie out of the room so I can change. The dress fits tight with a super deep v-neckline. I place a hand on my hip and try posing in it, but I just look like a little girl playing dress up.
"Let's see it!" Sophie says and knocks on the door.
I open the door and smile awkwardly.
Sophie covers Joseph's eyes jokingly. "Holy smoke show! You look so hot, Brook!"
"You look awesome," Joseph says, pulling Sophie's hand away from his eyes, then lacing his fingers with hers.
Sophie hugs his side and then runs over to me. She pulls my hair out from my low ponytail, messing it up. "Oh my gosh. Sigma Tau Delta's First Lady is so sexy! If Aiden had his dream, you might actually get an STD from STDs President."
I laugh and cover my face with my hands, letting out a muffled, "Sophie!"
"Oh, ew, Sophie," Joseph says and lets go of her hand. "Our Brooklyn is not sleeping with STDs president."
"Unless she wants to," Sophie says and winks.
I shake my head. "No way. Never in a million years." I hesitate after saying it, remembering Aiden's jawline and glistening eyes. Wouldn't be the worst sex I've ever had. "Well, maybe."
Sophie laughs and gives me a side hug. "I'll buy the dress, since this whole date-the-President-thing was my idea anyway."
I know there's no point in arguing with her. If there's anything I know after living with her for two and a half years, she is stubborn. That's why I didn't even fight with her about creating the Tinder in the first place.
Joseph drops us off after shopping.
"We forgot to respond!" Sophie says to me as I'm unlocking the door to our apartment. "We need to respond!"
"To Aiden? And say what?"
"You have to say you're looking forward to tomorrow!"
"Why?" I say. "Sophie, I think you're forgetting that I don't actually like this guy. I'm only going to write an article about it."
She frowns. I know she doesn't like the article idea. She already told me she thinks it's mean and that I don't actually know if he's a bad guy. She's right, but he's the president of the top frat of campus and I think that says enough. "You can still be nice to him."
"Fine, I'll tell him I'm excited for tomorrow. Should I also say that I think he'd look hot in anything?" I say it as a joke, but it wouldn't be a lie.
"Flirty, I like it!"
I smile and send Aiden the message that I'm also excited for tomorrow. I add a ':)' face to be flirty.
That's good flirting, right? It's been awhile since I've had a boyfriend. Well, since high school. And even then I didn't really flirt with my boyfriend. We were both on the paper and were already really good friends when we started dating. I broke up with him at the end of the summer before college, since I wasn't willing to do long distance.
I think he has a boyfriend now.
Aiden replies to my message with a ':)' face.
Surprised he didn't send a winky emoticon. You would think he'd be better at flirting than this, considering he's an A-List fuckboy and all.
Another message from Aiden.
*;)
Of fucking course.
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AN:
Do you guys have any funny date stories you want to share? The more awkward, embarrassing, or uncomfortable they are the better!
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