- 8.
I loved Ethan, but I’d never crossed a line, never
even hinted at my feelings. Whenever he had a
girlfriend, I’d deliberately kept my distance,
afraid of being a burden. Yet, any attempt to
pull away only seemed to annoy him. His first
girlfriend was my college roommate, a girl who
knew exactly how I felt about him. They showed
up hand–in–hand, her smile radiant. She
seemed to have forgotten all the whispered
secrets we’d shared, thanking me with
saccharine sincerity. “Olivia, thank you. I
couldn’t have gotten Ethan without you.” The
wind howled that day as I stood there, feeling
like a fool. That’s when it hit me: she’d
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befriended me solely to get to him. I distanced myself from both of them. Their romance lasted all of three days. She cried in our dorm room, then turned on me, eyes puffy and accusing. “Ethan dumped me. Are you happy now?!” I was baffled. I hadn’t done anything. But since she asked, I told her the truth. “Yeah, I am.”
- 9.
