“Hey, guys!” She waves the girls over. “Do you wanna hear about the app?”

She reaches over and picks up my phone from the table.

Oh no. I reach forward, but she’s already holding it and turning back to them. I realize just a second too late what is about to happen.

“So it’s pretty easy to use, but I’ll show you,” she says. She is super bubbly and energetic, a great salesgirl. “Oh perfect, it’s even in the recently used.” She taps the phone. “So this version will look a bit different because...” She cringes and tilts her head away from the screen like she’s seen a ghost. She quickly recovers, flashing the girls a sweet smile, ever the professional.

“Actually it’s not in demo mode. How cool!” She smiles too big. “You guys will get to see the real thing.”

Fuuuuuuuuuck. This is not great. This is really, really not great.

She finishes the presentation and gets two of the three girls to download the app. “Make sure to grab a T-shirt, and tell your friends!” She waves after them.

When they’re just far enough away, she turns on her heels and stares me down. I’m surprised her glare doesn’t burn a hole in the ground below me. I’d fall straight through to the center of the earth.

“You have an account.”

“Yeah.” I lift my shoulder, attempting a natural shrug. “But like...from before we were a thing.” My voice is really high. Why is it so high?

“I can see your chats.” She holds up the phone. “You talked to someone two days ago.”

“About the business of the app. I was telling her about the event.”

She tilts her head, keeping her eyes on me. “Do you wanna read through the messages together and see if they’re professional?”

Beyond her, Robbie leans back as far in his chair as humanly possible, clearly not wanting to be around for this conversation. It reminds me of my reaction around my parents.

I sigh. “Okay, fine. Maybe I shouldn’t have still been flirting, but we never actually said we were exclusive.” I grab the phone from her before she spikes it at the ground, or worse, reads more. “But here, I will delete it.”

I hold up the phone, and show her that I really am deleting the app. “There.”

“So, then, are we now?” She puts her hands on her hips. “Exclusive?”

“Yeah,” I say. “If you want. Do you wanna be?”

“I do.” Her tone does not soften.

“Well then cool, I guess you’re my girlfriend.”

“I guess so.” She narrows her eyes at me. “You really know how to ruin even the nice moments.”

“I’m rough around the edges,” I say. “But that’s why you like me, right? You’re the one who redeems the bad boy.”