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Josie continued, "Do you even have any shoes that are going to ith any kind of an outfit for cli a mountain?"

Laura just stared at her as if she’d been reading her ure that out All I know is I’ot an unsolicited chat yesterday hter Went out with him to one of the trendiest restaurants in town and ended up in his bed When I woke up, I was surrounded with pictures of a women who looked like she was a combination of a beach volleyball player and a surfer Which I'm not Ever At all It will take me four lifetimes to ever be like that I slumped out of there and then – boouy I, I don't even have time to think I don't even knohat to I' yes to it all I'rabbing the brass ring and – "

Josie interrupted her "And you're throwing out the clichés, like you're talking a mile a minute, you won't throw out the baby with the bath water, you aren't going to count your chickens before they've hatched, like you're "

"Oh, shut up"

Josie stopped and put her hand on Laura's arot condo about YouI just don't want your heart broken again You deserve – you deserve everything that's going on right now You certainly deserve to be able to fuck two hot guys in twenty-four hours"

"I'led her eyebrows, "I would"

"Yeah, I know you would"

"But I', be careful with that heart of yours You – you knohat I hed "Yeah, I knohat you mean" She squared her shoulders, took in a deep breath, let it out A nice cleansing breath "I' yes"

"Great Will you buy coffee this time on our way to work? I really need a triple latte"

"What?" Laura shook her head as if clearing it What was Josie talking about?

"You said you're saying yes Say yes to buying me an overpriced coffee Say yessssssssss"

She waved Josie off and got out of the chatand did what every wo contacted by a guy froled hiled Dylan

"Wow What a strange set of results, Josie Check this out" Her friend craned over Laura's shoulder to see the screen Mike's name appeared over and over, followed by a bunch of numbers Some sort of times, like a race? Wait The Tri-state Marathon The Sunshine Regional Triathlon Oh,

He really was a triathlete More than that – he was a steady, longtiing rights

She knew that guys could shine her on, that people lied in online dating sites and they often talked about being athletic – which was code for I watch TV on Sundays when the football gauy was the real deal Page after page – she had to go twelve pages in before she found anything other than so this for at least the past ten years Then she found a ski resort page He worked at the ski resort That's what he told her, so he had been telling the truth He was a ski instructor and first aid person Interesting That was as different froet Sahts of Dylan Dylan was, as far as she was concerned, off her radar screen Heon her skin in that deep, sensitive part of her belly, and the scent of hiht still be on her sweater – and maybe in the crook of her elbow, and behind her earlobe and –

Oh stop it, Laura, just stop it The guy had a girlfriend He was trolling the online dating sites, probably just to find a one-night stand or because he was a sex addict or – who knew? No more Dylan In fact, she had blocked his number on her phone, re website, and she was 100 percent done Just wrote him off No more Dylan

Mike, on the other hand – Mike was new Fresh Untainted What could she learn from Mike? Some protective voice inside her said, Are you a co dusk, and walk a uy you’ve never met yet – are you crazy?

Josie knocked her out of her reverie "He see a – " Josie gasped, " – hter "UhI just can't"

"You just lost your free latte"

"You know me, I'enetic testing showed et me one! This – " she pointed to the cup of coffee Laura had justface

"Did your genetic testing show that you consuh caffeine to mimic a sun-addled mosquito on crack every day?"