“You don’t know it’s a girlfriend, though. For all we know, it’s his drug dealer.”

Elle snorts. “Yeah, that makes me feel better, thanks.”

I shrug. “Gotta think of all options here.”

The waitress comes over and takes our order. Surprisingly, I’m not super hungry, so I order a salad and a sweet tea.

“Maybe you should join a dating app,” I suggest. “Then let it slip into your convo and watch his reaction.”

“After your disasters, you want me to suffer through that?”

“Well, you don’t really have to participate to see what he thinks about it. Maybe he’ll try to find you and swipe right.” I waggle my brows.

Elle rolls her eyes. “Very doubtful. Good looks aside, his personality is dull, humor is dry, and don’t get me started on our one-sentence conversations.”

“You need some kind of drastic change and see if he notices. Wear something different and tight, cut or dye your hair, put on a padded bra. If he looks even a tiny bit fazed, then that means he’s looking.”

“Okay, I can do the first two, but I’m not wearing a padded bra. Aside from being uncomfortable, I wear scrubs, and they’re tight enough as it is.”

“I would love to see you with bleach blond hair!” I exclaim. “It’d look hot with your tan, too. Get some layers or side bangs.” I move my head from side to side as I imagine it in my mind. “Yep, it’d look sexy as hell.”

“You know how long it’d take to get my dark hair to blond?”

“Well, good thing Zoey has all the mad skills!” I smirk. “I’m sure she’ll help you out.”

Elle groans but nods. “Alright, but I’m not doing this for him. I could use a change.”

Smiling, I grab my phone to set a reminder to call Zoey after lunch. “Maybe I’ll get some highlights myself. See Gavin resist my charm then.”

She snorts as she takes a sip of her water. “Trust me, he’s probably just as anxious to get you back in his bed. He just wants to play hard to get first.”

“If Gavin grew up here, I could do recon and ask his best friend questions and get intimate details about him. Grayson would be my best bet, but I don’t want to get him involved. Maybe Cooper would know? I don’t have his number, though, and he might be traveling right now.” The thought of Gavin leaving nearly suffocates me, but I push it away. I realize he never told me what decision he made. Regardless, I think I’d try long distance for him.