18 || The blind date

Ivy has been actively ignoring all of us, even Nikole and Ryan who hadn't done anything. She doesn't answer my calls and leaves me on read. Clearly, she's still pissed.

It's just been Nikole, Chanel, and I who eat lunch together. The boys always play basketball during lunch.

"She's still mad?" Nikole sets her bag down next to Chanel.

I rest my head on the table. "Yep."

"Maybe she just needs her own guy," Chanel suggests.

"Great idea," I reply sarcastically. "Know any hot available ones?"

Nikole looks thoughtful. "Someone from the basketball team?"

"Ugh, no more basketball team members, we already have three as it is."

"Got any ideas since you seem to be shooting down all ours?" Chanel crosses her arms.

"I've got a great one actually. We beg for her forgiveness."

"Why is she even mad at you?" Nikole questions.

"Apparently I'm not honest about my feelings toward Carter."

"Well do you-"

"Ask me that again and I'll punch you in the face."

"Let's just stick with my idea," Chanel interjects. "We'll set her up on a blind date."

I sit up. "Which leads me back to my problem. We don't know anyone available."

"Let's make her an account on of those dating apps. Like Tinder!"

"We're trying to set our friend up on a date, not get her murdered."

"Christian mingle?" Nikole looks at us for our opinion. "Lots of people find their husbands there."

"We're not looking for a husband we're looking for a date."

Nikole glares at me. "Tinder it is."

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We meet up at Chanel's house to find Ivy's date.

"No choose that photo. She looks smoking in that one."

"I like the other one better," Nikole argues.

"And I like this one," Chanel selects a photo for Ivy's profile picture. It's a selfie of Ivy with pouty lips and her hair is wavy. She's using the flower crown snapchat filter.

We narrow down our choices using our location and Ivy's age. The first picture pops up.

"Oh hell no," Chanel says. "He's fugly ."

"OMG does he have a bowl cut?"

"He looks like Ratatouille."

"Swipe left!"

The next person is no better.

"Edward Cullen much?" I laugh.

"Did he really put sparkles on his face?"

"He's probably Jason's cousin."

"Next!"

"Yikes a unibrow!" Nikole cringes when we see the next guy.

"That's disgusting. Swipe left."

We swipe and swipe and swipe. Is is that hard to find someone decent looking?

"I give up," Chanle sets her phone down. "My thumb hurts."

"Just one more," I plead.

She sighs and swipes left. We all gasp.

"Holy Cannoli," Nikole blurts.

He's handsome, with neatly styled brown hair and chocolate brown eyes. His face is sharp, all angles, and his eyebrows are perfectly groomed. He's wearing a dark blue Armani suit with what looks to be a Michael Kors watch. What really caught our attention however, is his self assured smirk and the fact that he's posing in front of a sleek black Lamborghini. 

"He's a troll," Chanel shakes her head doubtfully. "There's no way he's our age."

"Only one way to find out." I swipe right. We wait.

"He swiped right too!" Nikole squeals.

Hey, he messages us.

Hi.

You're beautiful.

Thank you.

So what's your name?

Ivy. What's yours?

Adrian

You don't look my age. How do I know that's you in your picture?

How about I pick you up for a date?

I don't feel comfortable giving you my address

I understand. I'll pick you up someplace public. Take you out for dinner

I don't know....

It would be a honor to take a beauty such as yourself on a proper date

Flatter much?

A goddess such as yourself deserves to be worshipped

We burst out laughing.

"Is this guy for real?" Nikole wheezes.

Alright you've convinced me. Meet me in front of Pinkberry on Saturday at exactly 7:00pm. Don't be late.

I'll be looking forward to it :)

"Success!" We high five.

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Since Ivy isn't mad at Nikole we put her in charge of getting Ivy all dolled up and at Pinkberry on time. Then we're going to spy on her while she's on her date. Good thing I still have those binoculars from the carnival.

Chanel is dressed in purple camo, Nikole has on blue camo, and obviously I have on pink camo. Just because we're cute as fudge we take a couple selfies.

"I can't believe he really has a Lamborghini!" Chanel drools at the sight of the expensive car.

Adrian opens the door for Ivy and she slips inside. Then he too enters and they drive off. We quickly grab our scooters and follow them.

He parks at a very fancy restaurant that if any one of us wanted to eat at we'd risk going broke. The three of us lock our scooters up nearby and trail them inside. That's when we run into our first problem.

This restaurant is reservation only. Meaning you can't enter without a reservation.

"Crap," I say. "What're we gonna do?"

"Let's sneak in through the back," Nikole whispers.

We tiptoe to the back of the building and sure enough there's a back door. Luck is on our side because it's open. We walk down the dimly lit hallway and end up in a room with lots of boxes, probably the storage room. There's another door that opens up into the kitchen.

"Woah!" Chanel is almost knocked over by a waiter.

"What are you three doing?" 

We jump at the sharp voice and spin around. A man around his mid forties is glaring at us sternly. He has on a crisp black suit and bow tie. I'm guessing he's the manager.

"Why aren't you in uniform?" He crosses his arms.

"Ummmmm..."

"Get in uniform now. And wash off that ridiculous paint from your faces. This isn't a football game."

He turns and goes to yell at another staff member.

We backtrack to the storage room and dig through the boxes, eventually finding three waitress uniforms.

"For Ivy," I say holding up the dreaded black and white outfit. Not a hint of pink on it at all. "I'm doing this for Ivy."

We hurry to the bathroom and change. "I feel like we're in a movie," Chanel says excitedly.

"Yeah a bad one," Nikole replies. "Let's just do this."

As it turns out Chanel is assigned to wait Ivy and Adrain's table. Nikole and I watch trying not to laugh as Chanel goes over to take their order. Ivy's eyes widen and she chokes on her water.

"You two!" The manager snaps from behind us. "Get to work!"

Balancing multiple trays loaded with food and expensive dishes and silverware is scary. Nikole is much more balanced than me. Maybe she should get a job as a waitress.

It doesn't take long for Ivy to spot us and to say she's surprised is an understatement. I wink at her as I'm serving a table and almost drop the tray in the process. I see her stifling a laugh.

"Order up!" A cook calls.

"My poor arms," I groan tiredly. "I need a break."

"No breaks!" The manager barks. Jesus, this man is everywhere.

Adrian and Ivy take their sweet time talking and laughing. Finally they receive the bill and Adrain pays without flinching.

"What are you three standing around for?" The manager scowls at us. We watch Ivy leave before turning back to him.

"We quit!" Chanel yells.

"Yeah and you might wanna invest in some Bosley, I see a bald spot," I point at his head. His face turns red.

"Tata," Nikole waves and then we get the heck out of there.

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We wait on Ivy's doorstep. She stops when she sees us sitting on her front porch.

"So are we forgiven?" Chanel asks hopefully.

"Forgiven?" Ivy says incredulously. "You make a tinder account and impersonate me, set me up on a date with a rich boy, and then get fake jobs as waitresses so a you can spy on me!"

A cricket chirps.

"Of course you're forgiven!" We jump up and run to her for a group hug.

"I'm so sorry for lying about Trevor," Chanel says.

"It's ok. But you owe us all details about what happened the night of the carnival."

"Deal."

Ivy turns to me. "I'm sorry for flipping out on you. I was just really upset and took it out on you."

"Eh," I shrug. "I understand."

"So how was your hot date?" Nikole wiggles her eyebrows.

"Apparently he's the son of some super rich CEO of some fancy company. I didn't really get all the details. He was pretty nice actually, a little cocky, but not so much that it was unattractive."

"Are you guys gonna go on another date?" I ask.

Ivy smiles. "Maybe. We'll see."

"Ooh Ivy's got a crush!" Chanel teases her.

"Shut up."

"Hey," I frown at her. "That's my line."

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