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Authors: Evelyn Rosado
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still don’t understand how I got blindsided the way I did when he broke up with me. All dreams come to an end. Mine ended up with a rude awakening.
“Magnolia, can you wipe down the mats?” Cassie, the assistant manager asks me. “Mr. Marsten got a little too sweaty after stretching today.”
“Sure,” I say snapping out of my daydream. I go to the back and grab the disinfectant spray and come back out to see Lucas sitting down in near the front desk. The spray bottle and the paper towels slip from my hands.
We catch eyes and I stand frozen.
“Lucas,” I say in a shaky tone. “Your appointment isn’t until tomorrow.” I made sure I wasn’t on the schedule for it.
“It got pushed up to today. Last minute stuff.” His smile is wide and bright, clearly unaffected by the happenings of the last few days…like ya know, him ripping my heart in two and dumping me for my supposed best friend. He comes closer to me. I want to back away but I’m still frozen stuck. “How are things? You look great.”
For a split second, I think about picking up that spray bottle and shooting him right in his eyes. It wouldn’t mend a broken heart, but it would make me feel oh so delightful.
“Wow. How are things? Really? You take a chainsaw to my heart just a few days ago and you want to make small talk with me.” I pick up the spray bottle and paper towels and wipe the mats down.
“I know it’s stupid of me to say that. I just want to say I’m sorry.”
I get down on my knees and spray and scrub furiously. “Apology accepted. That all?” The tone of my voice is cold and distant.
“No,” he says. “I feel bad for how things went down.”
“You do?” My scrubbing comes to a sudden halt. “ You feel bad.” I feel my blood begin to bubble.
“You’re right. This is all my doing. All of it. You’re a great girl and I don’t deserve someone like you.” He stuffs his hands in his pockets.
“You’re saying all the right things, but I know they have no meaning behind them.” My voice cracks. “I really thought you were a good guy.”
He pulls his hands out of his pockets and drudges his hands down his face. “Mags,” he says laughing tensely. “I mean, you weren’t really in love right? We were only together for a few months. I mean…what we had, was what we had. We both knew it wasn’t going to last.”
“I would really have more respect for you if you came to me like a man and said that. ‘Hey Mags, I think it’s time to move on’…yadda yadda yadda.”
“I did do that.”
“Yeah, you did and but you conveniently left out the part how all it was lies and you left me for my best friend.” I slam the bottle on the floor and it spills out forming a large puddle between the two of us. I want to scream but I remember at my place of business. My father always told me that—always be mindful of and respect public property. “And must I forget, you were cheating on me the entire summer with Ashley.” His lips part and his eyes broaden. “You didn’t think I knew about that.”
He tugs at the peach fuzz on his chin. “Mags, I never meant for this to happen like this.”
“Well you know what? It did happen.” A mountain of tears flood up behind my eyes, but I push them back. I have to be strong.
“Mr. Gladstone?” Julie asks, coming from behind. “We’re ready for you whenever you’re done chatting with Magnolia.”
I cock my shoulders back and smile brightly at Lucas. “Yeah Julie, I think we’re done.”
Chapter 9
My fingernail’s going to break off if I tap this table any harder. It’s seven thirty and he’s late. Kellen said for me to meet him at Dunkin Donuts at 7:15AM so we could make our grand appearance at school by walking in together. He’d pick me up and we’d drive to school in his car. The donut shop is a block away from my house so I decided to meet him here.
I sit at the table in the back, picking at an onion bagel like a starving mouse. I eat like
“Magnolia, can you wipe down the mats?” Cassie, the assistant manager asks me. “Mr. Marsten got a little too sweaty after stretching today.”
“Sure,” I say snapping out of my daydream. I go to the back and grab the disinfectant spray and come back out to see Lucas sitting down in near the front desk. The spray bottle and the paper towels slip from my hands.
We catch eyes and I stand frozen.
“Lucas,” I say in a shaky tone. “Your appointment isn’t until tomorrow.” I made sure I wasn’t on the schedule for it.
“It got pushed up to today. Last minute stuff.” His smile is wide and bright, clearly unaffected by the happenings of the last few days…like ya know, him ripping my heart in two and dumping me for my supposed best friend. He comes closer to me. I want to back away but I’m still frozen stuck. “How are things? You look great.”
For a split second, I think about picking up that spray bottle and shooting him right in his eyes. It wouldn’t mend a broken heart, but it would make me feel oh so delightful.
“Wow. How are things? Really? You take a chainsaw to my heart just a few days ago and you want to make small talk with me.” I pick up the spray bottle and paper towels and wipe the mats down.
“I know it’s stupid of me to say that. I just want to say I’m sorry.”
I get down on my knees and spray and scrub furiously. “Apology accepted. That all?” The tone of my voice is cold and distant.
“No,” he says. “I feel bad for how things went down.”
“You do?” My scrubbing comes to a sudden halt. “ You feel bad.” I feel my blood begin to bubble.
“You’re right. This is all my doing. All of it. You’re a great girl and I don’t deserve someone like you.” He stuffs his hands in his pockets.
“You’re saying all the right things, but I know they have no meaning behind them.” My voice cracks. “I really thought you were a good guy.”
He pulls his hands out of his pockets and drudges his hands down his face. “Mags,” he says laughing tensely. “I mean, you weren’t really in love right? We were only together for a few months. I mean…what we had, was what we had. We both knew it wasn’t going to last.”
“I would really have more respect for you if you came to me like a man and said that. ‘Hey Mags, I think it’s time to move on’…yadda yadda yadda.”
“I did do that.”
“Yeah, you did and but you conveniently left out the part how all it was lies and you left me for my best friend.” I slam the bottle on the floor and it spills out forming a large puddle between the two of us. I want to scream but I remember at my place of business. My father always told me that—always be mindful of and respect public property. “And must I forget, you were cheating on me the entire summer with Ashley.” His lips part and his eyes broaden. “You didn’t think I knew about that.”
He tugs at the peach fuzz on his chin. “Mags, I never meant for this to happen like this.”
“Well you know what? It did happen.” A mountain of tears flood up behind my eyes, but I push them back. I have to be strong.
“Mr. Gladstone?” Julie asks, coming from behind. “We’re ready for you whenever you’re done chatting with Magnolia.”
I cock my shoulders back and smile brightly at Lucas. “Yeah Julie, I think we’re done.”
Chapter 9
My fingernail’s going to break off if I tap this table any harder. It’s seven thirty and he’s late. Kellen said for me to meet him at Dunkin Donuts at 7:15AM so we could make our grand appearance at school by walking in together. He’d pick me up and we’d drive to school in his car. The donut shop is a block away from my house so I decided to meet him here.
I sit at the table in the back, picking at an onion bagel like a starving mouse. I eat like
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