Trey’s phone number was still current in the video store’s database, so she called him.“Hey, Trey,” she said. “It’s Lara.”“Lara, heeeeeeyyyy,” he said, in a tone that left no doubt that he was picturing her panties. “Sorry, your bro ain’t here.”“Want to take me out to dinner tonight?”The silence on the other end of the line made her want to laugh, but she bit her lip and rolled her eyes and amused the girl browsing the chop-socky epics and visibly eavesdropping.“Trey?”“Lara, uh, yes, I’d love to, sure. Is this like a group thing or… ”“No, Trey, I thought I’d keep this between the two of us. I’ll be at the store until six—meet me here?”“Yeah, okay. Okay! Sure. I’ll see you tonight.”
Trey’s phone number was still current in the video store’s database, so she called him.
“Hey, Trey,” she said. “It’s Lara.”
“Lara, heeeeeeyyyy,” he said, in a tone that left no doubt that he was picturing her panties. “Sorry, your bro ain’t here.”
“Want to take me out to dinner tonight?”
The silence on the other end of the line made her want to laugh, but she bit her lip and rolled her eyes and amused the girl browsing the chop-socky epics and visibly eavesdropping.
“Trey?”
“Lara, uh, yes, I’d love to, sure. Is this like a group thing or… ”
“No, Trey, I thought I’d keep this between the two of us. I’ll be at the store until six—meet me here?”
“Yeah, okay. Okay! Sure. I’ll see you tonight.”