The Heartbroken - S01 E62

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The Heartbroken - S01 E62

Read Story: SEASON 1 EPISODE 62

“He wasn’t staring,” I

told Alyssa, feeling

flustered

“Are you kidding?” she

said, rolling her eyes.

“His eyes follow you

wherever you go.”

“That’s ridiculous.”

She snorted. “I’ve

known Seth since, like,

forever. I haven’t seen

him this happy since–oh

f--k, why the hell are

boys so gross?” She

grunted in disgust as

she picked up a half-

finished beer with a

condom floating in the

piss-colored liquid.

“Since?” I prompted her.

“Happy since when?”

Dumping the cup in the

garbage bag, she

shrugged and asked,

“What was I saying?”

“You haven’t seen him

happy since when?”

“Oh. Since Sarah.”

My heart sank to my

stomach. There it was.

A name. “Sarah?”

“Forget her,” she said. “I

like you better. You

make Seth smile. For

real.”

I wanted so badly to

ask more, but I couldn’t

find the right words.

When Seth admitted

that he had fallen in

love before, was he

talking about this

Sarah?

“At first I thought you

didn’t really like him for

real,” she said.

“Was it the kiss that

made you change your

mind?” I found myself

asking.

“Well, that and that.”

She pointed at me.

“What?”

“Honey, it’s written all

over your face.”

I was beginning to think

she might be blind. Or

delusional.

They finished cleaning

up at around a quarter

past three in the

morning.

I expected that they

would crash here for

the night, but none of

them did.

“Warren never drinks,”

Seth told me when

they’d already left. We

were seated in the

kitchen, drinking some

hot chocolate. “He

drives them home. He

knows I worry.”

“Warren is the…”

“Tall guy.”

“Ah, of course. Who

was the loud one one

who began each

sentence with

Duuuude?”

“Oh. That was Justin.”

“Dan was the funny

one, Rev was the scary-

looking military-ish

guy?”

“Military-ish?”

I groaned.

“Yes, Kyla. That would

be Rev.” His eyes

seemed to twinkle in

amusement as he

brought his cup to his

lips and sipped.

“Then there’s Lily, who

is going out with Dan.

And lastly, Alyssa, who

used to date Warren.”

“Yep. That’s everyone.”

What about Sarah? I

almost asked, but I

stopped myself and

just said, “I didn’t think

you had friends.”

“Now, why would you

think that? I sit with

them everyday at lunch.

You see me with them.”

He seemed genuinely

curious and interested,

a faint smile playing

across his lips.

Because you’re always

lonely. “Because who in

their right minds would

like to be friends with

you?”

“Well, you must be

crazy, then.” He grinned

so wide it couldn’t

possibly go any wider.

“What? Don’t flatter

yourself. I’m just using

you because I need a

place to stay in,” I told

him.

“And for the great

kisses as well?”

“Yeah, those too,” I said

without thinking. Then

my eyes grew wide.

“Wait, what, no.”