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stared at my feet. I was
starting to like my new shoes.
    ‘You look great
by the way,’ he said.
    ‘Thanks. You do
too.’
    There was a
distinctly awkward atmosphere. It wasn’t how it used to be at all.
Things had changed. Maybe people were right about him; I shouldn’t
get back with him.
    ‘I saw you on
Facebook with her,’ I said.
    He looked
confused. ‘Who?’
    ‘Your new
girlfriend.’
    He placed his
lager down again. ‘My new girlfriend isn’t on my Facebook
page.’
    ‘What?’
    ‘I can’t put
her on there.’
    ‘Why not?’
    ‘ I just
can’t.’
    ‘So who’s the
slutty brunette in your main photo?’
    He laughed.
‘That’s Monica.’
    ‘And who’s
she?’
    ‘ She’s
just this girl who keeps flirting with me. She keeps messaging me
telling me where she’ll be and to be honest she’s a bit of a
stalker. I had a fall out with my girlfriend a few weeks ago and I
sort of copped off with Monica at a club and ever since then she
keeps trying it on. She’s got a fella though and I’ve got a
girlfriend so nothing’s happened since.’
    ‘So what does
your girlfriend think about you having Monica splashed all over
your Facebook page?’
    ‘She knows all
about it. She’s glad. People don’t suspect anything if they see me
with Monica.’
    ‘What do you
mean?’
    He took a deep
breath in. ‘My girlfriend’s not my PA. She’s a married woman,
ok?’
    I was shocked.
‘What? How could you!’
    ‘She’s not
married any more, they’re separated.’
    ‘ Because
of you, right?’
    ‘We didn’t mean
for it to happen – it just did!’
    ‘So why did you
ask me over tonight? You don’t want to get back together with me do
you?’
    He laughed
sarcastically. ‘What gave you that idea?’
    ‘I don’t know.
I guess I just thought you’d realize what a mistake you made that’s
all.’
    ‘But I didn’t
make a mistake, Tez. We grew apart. I grew up and you didn’t.’
    I got
angry. ‘What do you mean by that?’
    ‘ Come on
Te z, look at yourself. I
left school, went to Uni got an entry level accounts job and now
I’m a partner in my firm. I have ambition and I need a woman who’s
got ambition too. All you wanted to do was stay local, get yourself
a dead-end job and have an easy life. You need to get out of your
comfort zone and do something different!’
    ‘For your
information I’m a marketing assistant now!’
    ‘I know but
that’s only because Mia’s leaving!’
    I paused to
digest what he’d just said. How did he know about it? I hadn’t told
him. Then it hit me. I looked at him. He was avoiding eye contact,
gulping his lager.
    ‘Oh my god –
it’s her isn’t it? You’re Mia’s bit on the side!’
    I felt
like I’d been hit by a truck. I sat back down and started to gulp
my lager down- fast. ‘So, when did it happen, then? When did you first meet
her?’
    ‘ It was
at your Christmas party.’
    I walked
to the fridge and got some more lager. Now that there was no chance
of a reunion I could relax a bit more. ‘How could you do this to me? With my own boss
as well! I always thought she was a cow but all this time she was
telling me to get over my problems when she was the cause of them
all! What a total bitch! It’s a good job she’s leaving otherwise
I’d have to kill the cow!’
    ‘ For your
information she feels terrible about the whole thing! She’s
dreading Monday when you go to her for your training.’
    ‘ I bet
she only gave me her job because of her guilt! Well you know what?
I think I’ll take a lesson from you – on Monday I’m gonna step
right out of my comfort zone! If she thinks she can take my fiancé
from me without a fight she’s more of an idiot than I
thought!’
    ‘ Tez,
calm down. Don’t lose your new job whatever you do.’
    ‘So now you’re
saying I should stay in my comfort zone? You’re full of shit, Mark!
I don’t know what I ever saw in you in the first place!’
    He looked hurt.
‘You don’t mean that.’
    ‘ I do,
though.