The Heartbroken - S01 E12

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The Heartbroken - S01 E12

Read Story: SEASON 1 EPISODE 12

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Shaking his head, he

laughed. “Now that”—

he pointed at me

—“hurt.”

“But this is me,” I said.

“So, do you still want to

do this?”

Smirking, he replied,

“You just made it much

more exciting, Kyla.”

—

HEEEEEEEEY! I’ve

been really busy!

Seriously. I never

have time to write

these days! I barely

get free time. -.-

I know this came

waaaaaaay late, but

here! I hope you

guys like it. If

anyone will even

read it again.

I never thought it would

ever turn out that way.

Never in my life had I

ever thought that I

would end up striking a

deal with Seth Everett.

It was still bothering

me, even though I

knew I should just be

relieved that I don’t

have to pretend that I

really like him.

At least it made things

easier.

I stared hard at my cell

phone screen, glaring at

the four letters that

continued to mock me.

Seth. When did I ever

get to exchanging

numbers with Everett?

Oh, right. Ever since he

saw through my façade

and decided that we

should work together.

I never knew I was

actually as see-through

as that.

Just as I was about to

leave my bedroom and

toss my now cursed-

with-Seth’s number

phone, it rang.

It was, of course, Seth.

Almost grudgingly, I

answered it. “Hello?”

“Hey, Evans!” He

greeted me, his voice

uncharacteristically

cheerful. Suspicious.

“You seem pretty

happy. Did you have a

three-some or

something?” I accused

him. Maybe he would

think I’m saying this

just because. But the

truth was, I was pretty

nervous talking to him

as the real me, and I

just didn’t want to

appear like that way to

him.

I know it should be the

other way around. I

should be tired from

pretending to be

someone I’m not, but

when you get used to

wearing a mask, it gets

harder to show people

the real you.

“No,” Seth replied, still

sounding entirely too

jovial. “And seriously? Is

that really the way a

girl should speak to

guys? I mean, do

normal girls even say

three-some?”

“Why did you call?” I

ignored him, knowing it

would only lead to other

arguments that would,

also, eventually lead to

nowhere.

He cleared his throat.

“Well… we should launch

our first plan.”

My eyebrows furrowed

at this. Yes, I knew he

couldn’t see this not-so-

attractive skeptical

expression on my face

over the phone, but I

couldn’t help my facial

muscles from

scrunching up this way.

I mean, plans? He needs

plans?

Shouldn’t we, like, just

make out when Cedric

is around?

“Um, plans. Yeah, sure,”

I answered, sarcasm

lacing in my voice.

He decided to ignore

this and instead said,

“So, what do you think

would stir enough

things in school?”

I blinked. “What?”

“The school, Evans. I

was thinking, if we

wanted to make this

work, we should do

something that

wouldn’t happen

normally. I mean, people

think you sleep around

with random guys”—

“I don’t sleep around

with—”

—“and, people think I

do, too. So if we’re seen

together, the student

body, including Cedric,

will think it’s just

normal. The two

players are bound to

end up having

something someday,

right?”

As he explained it, I

actually agreed with

him. Not that I would

give him the

satisfaction of knowing

that. I mean, his head

was big as it is. I didn’t

thnk it was really

advisable to make him

feel even better about

himself.

“So, I was thinking,

what would surprise

the student body?” I

almost answered, but

then I realized it was a

rhetorical question. He

already had an answer

for it. “We,” he

continued, “should end

up as a couple. Not just

the usual make out or

something, but as the

It Couple or whatever.”

I bit my lower lip as I

tried to process this.

“I mean, what is the

most unexpected thing

I would ever do?” This,

of course, was another

rhetorical question,

because I was just

opening my mouth

when the words came

pouring from his over

the line. D--n guy.

“Court a girl. Seth

Everett would never

court a girl.”