The Heartbroken - S01 E162

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The Heartbroken - S01 E162

Read Story: SEASON 1 EPISODE 162

One of things I never thought I’d

ever live to see was Seth Everett in a

bad mood, but that Monday

morning, I became a firsthand

witness of his moodiness.

At lunch, everyone, much to his

annoyance, marveled at Seth’s

sullen aura.

Seth had always been calm and

collected, at least when he was

around other people, and seeing

him get pissed off over the littlest

things—like Justin spilling his drink

on him—was a spectacle for all of

us.

When Seth stood up to change his

drenched shirt, Dan offered to help

him, but he refused and walked (or,

more accurately, limped) away.

“Well, he’s in a mood,” Alyssa

observed when he was no longer

in sight.

I couldn’t really blame him. Like me,

Alyssa had refused to let him drive

with an injured foot, so she refused

to give him his car keys. This

inevitably led to me having to pick

him up for school, something he

wasn’t quite happy about.

“I’d be in a bad mood if I were him

too,” Dan said.

“I’m sure you would be if you

couldn’t even kiss your girlfriend,”

Alyssa added, smirking as she slid

her eyes to me.

At the mention of this, I flushed.

“It’s not my fault I’m carrying

around a virus.”

Unlike usual, when Seth leaned

down for a quick kiss after first

period this morning, I placed a

hand on his chest and pushed him

slightly, my heart racing so hard I

was sure it was going to jump out

of my chest.

“What’s wrong?” he asked me.

I shook my head. “I’m sick,

remember? You might catch the

virus.”

He stared hard at me for at least

three seconds before saying, “Okay,

“ and settling for a kiss on my

forehead instead.

We hadn’t kissed (on the lips) at all

today and I was thankful for the

fact that while my fever had gone

down, I hadn’t yet fully recovered. It

gave me a pretty good excuse to

avoid kissing him.

Perhaps I was simply overthinking

things, but somehow, I knew that

once he kissed me, he’d find out

about my feelings for him, and I

couldn’t risk that. Not until I was

sure where things stood between

us.

“Guess we’ll just have to deal with

this Grumpy Seth until Kyla

recovers,” Warren muttered.

“I actually like Grumpy Seth,” Alyssa

said, picking up a handful of

Warren’s fries. “He seems so

mysterious and… brooding.”

“What do you think will cheer him

up?” I suddenly blurted out.

I wanted to take the words back as

soon as I said them, not just

because it resulted to Alyssa and

Lily squealing and gushing about

me being a “caring girlfriend,” but

also because it was embarrassing

to let them know that I did care.

From beside me, I felt Hail nudging

me with her elbow, and when I

turned to her, she was waggling

her eyebrows at me. “I can feel the

love.”

I flushed. “I’m not—”

From the other end of the table, Rev

suddenly spoke up, “I think I know

something that can cheer him up.”

—

Rev wasn’t kidding when he said

that Seth loved frozen yogurt.

When I made a turn to take the

long way home, Seth eyed me

suspiciously but didn’t comment.

Rev and the rest suggested that I

should surprise him with an

unexpected trip to Snowflake. I

couldn’t help but think back to the

time he brought me here so we

could talk about how we were

going to do this whole fake dating

thing, and I realized we’d gone a

long way from there.