You Should Be So Lucky

by Cat Sebastian

Eddie is leading the National League in not noticing men in locker rooms.

“Being alone. When you’re the only one fucking up, you’re all alone.

“But maybe it was just a bad thing that happened. Maybe that was her dream job. Maybe that was the only man she’ll ever love. Maybe something awful happened, and those girls are going to be changed by it, but they’re still people, and good things can still happen to them. It’s like you said—even after a disaster, there’s still tomorrow.”

I’m not saying things happen for a reason—I hate that. I’m saying that things happen. And it doesn’t have to mean anything except what it means to you. Nobody else gets to decide.”

“Do you understand what I’m saying?” “Loud and clear,” Eddie says, and Mark doesn’t believe him, doesn’t even come close to believing him, because if Eddie really understood, he’d leave.