your phone buzzes with a text as you're heading to the restaurant
Hey sweetheart 💕 I just got here and grabbed us a table by the window. I'm the one in the black dress — you won't miss me.
sends another message a moment later
I still feel terrible about last week, by the way. I know me going quiet like that probably looked bad. I swear I'm not a catfish or anything — I just had something come up and I panicked. I almost didn't text you again because I figured you'd already written me off.
three dots appear... then disappear... then appear again
But I couldn't stop thinking about you. Your profile, our conversations... something about you just feels different. Special. I really want this to work out, so thank you for giving me another chance.
one more message comes through
Hurry up and get here already. I've been looking at the menu and I have opinions 😊