"That's bad?"
“It means she's not thinking about you.”
Zhi straightened. That was bad.
"Don't worry, Romeo. I've got this."
Spin started typing again. He was gratified to see that it was more than a three letter word. And there was a capitalized letter. Though still no punctuation.
My head still ringing from all that base spin dropped
"Why are you making this about you?" Zhi asked.
"I'm your common link," Spin said. “We need to get her chatting.”
The bubble burst immediately this time with a message. That chick
s got wicked skillz.
Spin typed: True dat. That song by Gkat was boss. I had to nap after that.
Gkat is dope. U heard his new song?
Spin tapped out three fire emojis followed by: Yass, it gave me life.
"Wait?” said Zhi, trying to keep up with the foreign words and mostly failing. But he did recognize some. “I know that guy, Gkat. He’s playing at Omar’s club.”
Spin took that tidbit and typed; you rolling up on them at omers tmrw?
“His name is spelled with an A—”
“Shh!” Spin admonished him.
Parker typed; sure nuff.
Spin typed; c u there.
A peace sign emoji was Parker’s response. And then the bubble went silent.
Spin handed Zhi back his phone.
"Wait?” he said. “That's it?”
She nodded.
“So, we have a date?"
"Not a date," said Spin. “A hangout. People our age don't one-on-one date. We hang out in groups."
Zhi glared down at his phone. "I wanted to spend time alone with her, to get to know her."
“Well to do that you’ll have to entice her from the pack."
"How do I do that?"
"Charm her pants off."
"Be serious," Zhi huffed.