The Heartbroken - S01 E26

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The Heartbroken - S01 E26

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CONTINUES

Is it

Just Me or…

Between you and me, I

figured that

sometimes, it was

easier to explain a lie

than the truth. Like my

relationship with Seth. I

mean, look. How was I

ever going to tell Mom

that “Oh, no, Mom. He’s

not my boyfriend, but

he spent the night here

and I saw his thing

already and even

though we were in that

compromising position

earlier, I swear he’s not

my boyfriend.” Yes,

that would go totally

well.

So as my mother

stared at me and Seth

with her arms crossed,

I figured I would never

get to tell her the truth

easily. I’m pretty sure

she wouldn’t believe me

if I told her it wasn’t

what it looked like.

“Mom, this is Seth,” I

said, my face neutral as

my mother regarded

Seth.

Oh, god. I was pretty

sure Seth was going to

hit on my mother, and I

prayed a silent thanks

when he didn’t. In fact,

he had the perfect guy

vibe going on around

him.

“I am very sorry that

we had to meet under

such… circumstances,”

he said, acting

embarrassed yet still

having that dignified air

emanating from him.

“But needless to say, it

is very nice to meet

you.”

My mom raised an

eyebrow and then

looked at me. “So, Seth.

You’re Kyla’s new

boyfriend?”

Seth sent me a

sideways glance, then

opened his mouth and I

knew he was just

about to protest, to

disagree.

“Yes, Mom. Seth’s my

new boyfriend,” I cut in

quickly.

This seemed to take

Seth by surprise

because he froze and

briefly looked at me in

alarm. I shrugged and

sent him a Just go with

it look.

“I’ll be honest with you,

Seth,” Mom said curtly,

though I could see she

was at least a little

relieved to find that

Seth was my

“boyfriend” instead of

some random guy. “I

don’t appreciate seeing

my daughter in a…”

“Oh, I’m really sorry.”

Wow. Seth was either a

great actor or he was

actually just sincere. His

face was red and he

looked really

embarrassed. “I didn’t

mean to… I, well… Kyla,

is it okay for me to tell

your mother?”

Now I was the one who

was alarmed. “Oh, um,

okay. It’s fine,” I forced

the words out though. I

fought the urge to

strangle him at the

moment. What the hell

is he talking about? I

hate the fact that I had

no idea what he has up

his sleeves at that very

moment.

“Kyla and I were… well,

she started talking to

me about college and

how she doesn’t want

to attend a college

without me. I… I

couldn’t help myself.

I’m really sorry.”

Okay—what the f--k?

“It’s just that… I was

so happy to find out

that she wanted a

deeper commitment;

that she was willing to

take this high school

romance seriously,” he

said, and I realized that

he was simply playing

his cards right by

appealing to Mom and

letting her know that

we were on a serious

relationship, therefore

making our behavior

more acceptable.

“Oh, is that so?” she

said, both of her

eyebrows now shooting

up. “How long have you

been going out?”

“Three months,” I said

the same time Seth

answered, “Four

months.” I stepped on

his foot under the table

and quickly covered.

“We’ve been seeing

each other for four

months, but we only

became a couple”—I

cringed a little at the

word—“after a month

so he’s been my

boyfriend for three

months.”

I wasn’t sure, but my

mom seemed to buy it.

And so finally, the final

blow. “Why, might I

ask, did you end up

sleeping in my

daughter’s room,

Seth?” The smile on my

mother’s face was

perfectly normal—even

warm—but her eyes

were all business as he

looked condescendingly

at Seth.