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SADIE gasped, holding her phone closer to her face to get a good look at the instagram photo. "This is the guy you were talking about?" Juliette rolled her eyes playfully and sipped her margarita. "Mm. Lemme see." Noah reached a hand across the table, taking Sadie's phone from her outstretched hand. "Jesus, Juliette! Why the hell are you sitting here with us and not out with him right now?" Noah chuckled, looking up from the phone to glare at his friend.

Juliette groaned and snatched the phone from his hand, "Guys, seriously-" She cut herself off when she looked down at the picture, eyes trailing over his handsome, giddy smile, large hands holding a beer in a hammock. Blue was definitely his color.

She felt her cheeks begin to warm, pink pushing through the thin layer of blush she had on. "She's blushing. Juliette, you've got it bad, dude."

Juliette chuckled nervously, turning the device off and passing it back to Sadie, "I do not have it bad. I barely know the guy, and I'm not interested in a relationship."

Noah and Sadie shot each other a knowing look, Sadie quirking her eyebrows as she sipped her wine.

Juliette looked between her two friends, before scoffing, "Seriously, guys. After Griffin I'm just–it wouldn't work out. It never does."

Sadie frowned, leaning onto the table to reach out and cup Juliette's hand, "Jules, Griffin is an asshole, and he's an awful person. But not every guy is Griffin. You have to open yourself up eventually. It's been a year, baby. You deserve an extravagant love, and you're not gonna find that by hiding in your comfort bubble."

Juliette stared down at their conjoined hands, "I like my comfort bubble."

"Well, it's pissing me off, Jules." Juliette looked over at Noah in surprise. "I love you so much, and it genuinely pains me that Griffin fucked you up this bad. But you need to jump out of your bubble and jump on that guy." Noah pointed towards Sadie's phone on the table, making Juliette giggle.

"You're probably right, but I already rejected Drew and he hasn't even DM'd me! Maybe he was just being nice and he's not interested! I'll open myself up from now on, I promise. I just gotta wait for the right guy." Juliette patted Sadie's hand with her right hand, pulling away to take a bite of her pasta.

Noah and Sadie glanced at each other, the two of them seemingly knowing exactly what they needed to do.

"Dude, you gotta stop sulking. It's seriously bringing the mood down." Rudy slapped Drew's shoulder, the taller man rolling his eyes, "I am not sulking. I am drinking my beer and enjoying the view." Rudy raised an eyebrow, looking out at JD's backyard, the supposed view.

"Just DM her, Drew. It wouldn't hurt."

"I'm not DMing Juliette Carter, what do I look like? She's an international pop star. I doubt she'd even see my DM." Drew took a swig of his beer, leaning back in the pool chair. Madelyn and Chase entered the backyard in a fit of laughter, followed by Austin, JD and Madison.

"Why are we sitting outside when I have a birthday cake to cut?" Chase announced, raising an eyebrow at Rudy staring down at Drew like an upset parent. "I'm trying to talk Drewski here into DMing that singer from the other night."

Madelyn gasped excitedly, staring down at Drew, "The singer? Do it. She was totally into you, I could tell. I saw those premiere photos, she was giving you hella heart eyes." Rudy and Austin laughed, "He was giving her hella heart eyes!" Austin exclaimed, making Drew scoff.

"Was not."

"Totally were."

Drew laughed, brushing his friends off and chugging the last few sips of his beer. "I'm not DMing her, guys. She's not interested. Plus, if she was interested, wouldn't she have DMed me by now?"

"Crazy philosophy, dude. You're supposed to reach out!" Rudy joked, sipping his beer as Elaine walked out of the house, "Dreeew, your girlfriend just posted."

"What?" He mumbled, looking back at Rudy's girlfriend as the girl smirked and wiggled her phone. Drew pulled his phone from his pocket, opening Instagram and going to Juliette's account, clicking on the recent post. She looked absolutely beautiful, and Drew had to hide the smile that threatened to break out on his lips.

"Ooo! Comment on her post, coward. Follow her, do anything."

He eyes a comment from a girl, the one tagged in of the photos, raising a curious eyebrow before shaking his head, putting his phone into his pocket to avoid the embarrassment.

"Fine." Rudy raised his hands in surrender, turning to JD and nodding his head, finally agreeing to what him and JD were talking about just the night before.

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Noah and Sadie sat huddled in the corner of his apartment sofa, Sadie holding her phone out so the two of them could collectively see the screen.

"Who should you message? There's that blonde guy he's in a lot of photos with." Noah mumbled, fumbling with his own phone in his lap. Sadie shook her head, "I feel like that one guy from the premiere might be better, that Jonathan guy? They have a lot of photos together on his account."

Sadie opened Drew's instagram account, scrolling down once to find a picture of him and his friend, Jonathan. She clicked the tag on the photo, raising an eyebrow at Jonathan's account, "He's kinda hot."

"Down girl," Noah laughed, "We're working on Juliette's love life right now, not yours." Sadie rolled her eyes with a chuckle, "Yeah, yeah. I know. Okay, message." She mumbled, clicking on the message button and releasing a breath.

"What do I say? Hey my friend thinks your friend  is hot but is too coward to message him. Wanna hook them up?  Thats not the most welcoming message."

Noah laughed and reached out, grabbing the phone from her, "I'll do it. Let's see."

hi, we definitely don't know
each other, and this might be
random, but my friend juliette
and your friend drew met last
week at the premiere of your
movie, and apparently hit it off
pretty well. but juliette doesn't
want to message him in fear of
being rejected and embarrassing
herself. so my friend noah and i
have decided to take it into our
own hands and meddle a little.

so first off, im messaging you
because you and drew are
obviously friends, and i want to
know if drew was also interested
in juliette.

god it feels like we're back in
middle school sending notes
for our friends

"Jesus, Noah. Why would you triple text him? We look crazy."

Sadie snatched her phone back with wide eyes, staring down at the screen. "Well, it's done. Now we just wait."

An hour later, halfway through an episode of Jersey Shore, Sadie's phone beeped.

The two friends looked over at each other with wide eyes before Sadie scrambled to grab her phone off his coffee table, opening the chat with Jonathan.

no fucking way

this is crazy

my buddy rudy and i were
planning to reach out to
one of you guys to do the
exact same thing 💀

drew is totally interested,
it's almost depressing how
much he liked her.

he thought she wasn't
interested and that's why
he didn't message her!

i knew she was interested
in him. you guys saw how
she looked at him in the
pictures? total heart eyes

that's exactly what we said!

yes, shes totally interested.
its borderline aggravating
because she wouldn't even
admit it to herself.

juliette can't know that
we've reached out 2 you,
she'd kill us.

drew would kill me too if
he knew. this stays a secret.

we gotta get them in
the same room together

my buddy austin is having
a party this saturday for
our friend chase's birthday.
drew will be there

would you guys be able to
get her to come to that?

maybe. she's pretty hesitant
when it comes 2 going to
parties held by people she doesn't
know. but i can tell her that we got
an invite from a friend of mine or
something.

don't worry i'll get her to come
send me the details

this is crazy. i love this

😂

not the craziest thing
i've done for a friend.
but this man is too into
her to let this slide by

its been a pleasure doing
business with you

i will see you in 3 days time
and i'll let you know if shit changes

Sadie and Noah high fived, the two of them breaking into a fit of laughter at how well that worked out. "Holy shit. Noah if she ever finds out we did this she'll kill us.

Noah nodded, standing to his feet excitedly, "That's why we'll never speak another word about this. After he sends you the address, delete your conversation." He pointed to her, Sadie nodding and screenshotting the address and time before deleting the entire conversation.

"Okay. Now we just gotta convince her to go." She mumbled, running a hand through her hair. "We could trick her, tell her we're doing something else." Noah shrugged, but Sadie shook her head with a laugh, "Nice try. She'll clock us real quick. She knows this city like the back of her hand."

Noah groaned, "Well just tell her the truth." Sadie raised an eyebrow and crossed her arms, which Noah clicked his teeth to, "Not the whole truth. Just that a friend is throwing a party and we got an invite."

"Should we do it day of so she doesn't have time to dwell on it?" Noah nodded at that, "Yeah that's probably best.

"Do I know this person?" Juliette tossed a grape tomato in her mouth, raising an eyebrow at Noah and Sadie as she chewed. Her friends nodded, "Well, I do. Kinda. But we'll know a few people there! And we haven't been to an event outside of premieres since your drop party! I wanna go out!" Sadie grumbled, leaning against Juliette's kitchen island.

Juliette looked down Sadie's mini skirt, cropped tank and sneakers trio, then over at Noah's baggy jeans and white t-shirt combo. "What's the dress code? What's the occasion?" Sadie sighed, "It's this actor guys birthday. A friend of his hit me up on insta the other day and invited us! And there isn't a dress code! Wear what you want!" Sadie smiled, clasping her hands together.

Juliette looked down at her sweatpants and fluffy slippers, before smirking up at Sadie. Her friends face fell, the girl pointing at Juliette's grey sweatpants, "Just not that."

Juliette rolled her eyes and placed her empty salad bowl in her sink before walking towards her bedroom, "Fine! But if I don't see anyone I know there I wanna leave!" She closed the door behind her, Noah and Sadie turning to each other excitedly, "Yes!" Noah whispered, giving Sadie a high five.