"So who are you meeting for dinner?" Abbi asked as they walked down I guess 42nd street I don't really know New York.
"Hey ladies, where'd you get that?" A short man with tattooed arms lowered his sunglasses at Ilana's ass.
"Your mom!" She shouted at the guy, picking up her pace. She turned to Abbi. "Not you. I love and respect your mother."
Abbi glanced behind them.
"Some guy. I don't know. An old friend set us up."
""An old friend"? Abbi said. "Do I know this friend?"
"Ehhh…"
"Who?"
"Greg Cavanaugh?"
"What! The blonde dude? Didn't he open his own ice cream shop?"
"Greg's Cones."
"When did you see him?"
"We have the same dealer."
"And he set you up on a blind date."
"Yep."
"And you just accepted?"
"I'm in a bit of a dry spell here, I'm willing to try."
"You want me to follow you, in case it goes bad? I can help out if he-"
"You wanna help with my dry spell?"
"..What?"
"What?" Ilana replied quickly. "Nothing. Unlessyouheardme and youwannatryit."
"I was gonna go shopping with my mom, but we can have dinner at the same place as your date."
"Thanks, but I don't need "Abbi and her mom" babysitting me on a date. I'm a grown-ass lowercase adult."
Suddenly, the man from before stuck his head between them and said, "Hey, I have plans tonight too but I'd ditch them to help you two out."
The girls spun around, Abbi swinging her handbag at him. It hit him in the nose.
"Aghh!" He pressed his palm to his nose.
"You've been FOLLOWING us!?" Ilana said.
"What the hell is in that handbag!? Jesus!"
"Weights." Abbi said. "For hitting people!" Abbi said, hitting him again in the leg.
He jumped back. "Okay! God!"
"What the hell are you doing!" Abbi held her bag up again, ready to swing it like a bat.
"Being scared of you, apparently!" He took a few more steps back, then turned and retreated.
"You should be!" Ilana shouted after him. "Hold me back, Abbi. HOLD ME BACK!" She pretended to try to run after the guy, but wasn't really going to.
Abbi just watched her friend wait to be restrained.
Ilana continued to lunge in the guy's direction for a few seconds before realizing people were looking at her. She cleared her throat and straightened her shirt, moving back to Abbi's side to continue walking.
"Men are disgusting." Ilana said, slightly distracted by a girl's ass as they walked by.
"Seconded." Abbi said, not noticing, but making a face.
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