The Heartbroken - S01 E120

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The Heartbroken - S01 E120

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I fell silent and we just

continued dancing,

managing a small twirl

here and there, until the

song ended.

Just as the next song

started, some melodic

guitar plucking playing, I

heard a voice from

behind me.

“Mind if I cut in?”

I turned to see Dylan, a

sheepish smile on his

face.

“Seth, right? Look, I

know she’s your

girlfriend,” he said

quickly, raising both his

hands as if to say Chill,

Dude. “I just thought

it’d be a waste not to

grab the opportunity to

dance with a girl as

pretty as her.”

Seth’s grip on me

tightened for a

nanosecond before

loosening and I looked

up to see a vaguely

amused expression on

his face. He shrugged

and smiled at him. “I’ll

be watching you, so

don’t you even try

anything funny.”

That was it? He was

simply going to give me

away like that? Wasn’t

he even just a tad

jealous?

My thoughts whirred to

a stop at the

realization. It wasn’t

like he was my real

boyfriend anyway.

Whatever.

Dylan tentaively offered

his hand and I stepped

away from Seth to

take it, trying to be

polite. The song

sounded familiar, but it

took me a while to

recognize it as How

Long Will I Love You, by

Ellie Goulding, but the

male singer really sang

it well. I caught sight of

Seth offering to dance

with Isabelle, who

laughed before standing

up and accepting it.

I turned back to Dylan

and smiled. “So,” I said,

feeling incredibly

awkward.

“I think I heard this

song from a movie

before,” Dylan began,

probably sensing my

wariness.

I nodded. “Yeah. The

title was About Time,

right?”

His face lit up. “Yeah!

That’s it. That was a

good movie.”

His smile was pretty

contagious and I

started to relax. “I

know. I loved it.” Maybe

because he was a

complete stranger, I

found myself saying,

“My father died from

cancer, so the ending

really brought me to

tears.”

“I’m sorry. It must have

been hard.” He looked at

me with such sincerity

it nearly took my breath

away. “Now I feel bad

for bringing the movie

up.”

I shook my head and

smiled. He was so open

and sincere, and I

immediately knew he

was a good person. “No,

no, no. It was my fault.”

We talked for a while,

Dylan skillfully changing

the topic like a good

conversationalist. He

was actuaply pretty

funny, easily making me

laugh and ease into a

surprisingly comfortable

conversation with him.

“If I had Tim’s ability,”

he said after a while, “I

would go back to time

to meet you before

Seth does.” He smiled,

letting me know it was

a joke.

I laughed.

In the movie About

Time, the main

character Tim was

capable of travelling

back into time, a trait

that had been passed

down in his family for

generations. He used it

a lot to get things right

with this girl Mary.

When the song ended,

he offered to walk me

back to the table. We

were on our way, but

Seth had just finished

walking Isabelle back

and was heading dirctly

towards us.

Dylan and I stopped.

“Hey. I was thinking we

could dance more?” Seth

said, looking slightly

embarrassed to ask.

My heels were starting

to kill me, but I didn’t

care when I answered,

“Of course.”

Dylan thanked me for

the dance and turned to

Seth with an easy

smile. “You’re a lucky

guy.”