I am a girl btw…?

I was speaking to a guy who was a complete waste of my time, he was really immature and still wanted to party every weekend and in general just not ready for a relationship. I knew him for 8 years so was pretty comfortable around him but we only really went on one date last summer with nothing happening between us (not even a kiss even though he tried)

He has a friend who obviously doesn’t know about us and has been trying to talk to me on Instagram for a while. Even though he is really attractive I was ignoring him because I liked the other guy and was hopeful. I recently saw the other guy out with other girls and realised i felt nothing. We literally walked past each other like strangers. Is it wrong of me to give his friend a chance? We are currently messaging (with his friend) but I’m assuming he will ask me out or something soon and if it does come out that I was speaking to his friend before would I look bad? Again nothing happened so I’m not sure we could even say his my ex but not sure how guys feel about all this
I am a girl btw…?
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