Page 57 of Heartthrobs Don't Date Wallflowers
The one I still hadn’tgiven back to him.
And then, just for good measure, I went back to the notebook I’d been using earlier, ripped out the final page I’d written on, and stuck it in my pocket.
I scrambled into the Uber with a bouncing Poppy and this time, it was my turn to roll my eyes when she practically squealed with glee.
Poppy couldn’t sit still for the whole ride to the concert, meanwhile I was trying not to hyperventilate. I kept opening my messages, wanting to say something to Not Zesty, but then not knowing what I could possibly say.
In the end, I opened the group chat instead, wishing I could just ask them who they were—and if I was right about whohewas.
Group name: I promise this isn’t a group chat, Dad
Members: Ni-Ni, Bay, Sharky, Tis Moi Luca, Eggo, Not Zesty, I cheer you cheer, the fangirl, Ivy
Ni-Ni
Is now a bad time to say that my stomach hurts?
Bay
That’s what you get for binging on chocolate an hour before the show
Sharky
Dude. We have a rule.
Ni-Ni
No
YOU have a rule
That rule doesn’t apply to me
Eggo
I guess now would be the wrong time to say good luck tonight huh?
Tis Moi Luca
PLEASE we don’t need luck
Not Zesty
Speak for yourself
I’m frEAKING OUT
Just seeing his name on the screen made me freeze. I wondered what he was talking about. Freaking out about the concert? That seemed strange given how often performed. Unless he was nervous about… My mind flashed to his last note to me before he left.
Hopefully I don’t disappoint.
Could he mean…
No. There was no way in the world that Zach Miles was nervous about me being in the audience. Listen to me, I sounded like a delusional fan who was convinced she’d marry a boyband member.
Then again, I spent over an hour to pick out an outfit that I thought would impress said boyband member, so maybe I was officially one of thosedelusional fans.
I hated that I couldn’t message in the chat. All I wanted to do was make him feel better. But I obviously couldn’t start messaging out of the blue now—I didn’t even if any of them had realized I was there yet. So I did the next best thing by pulling up my direct texts with him.
