The Other Side of Now
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For a while, she had said. I’d be famous for a while.
Alexa Durso
Oop yeah i forgot she does have a point
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I know this doesn’t prove that he was cheating on me, but I still feel vindicated.
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Girl me too
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“You don’t need to hang a ratty poster of the thing, I’ll get you the real one if I land the Marvel movie.” He did, of course, get the Marvel role, and he did not, of course, miraculously obtain the painting.
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Typical men
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Aimee and I drove to St. Augustine, a cute little historic town south of Jacksonville.
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Loveee St. Augustine
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“True enough, but she’s usually fine after the breakups,” he says. “If a bit reclusive.”
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Girl wtf are you donibg Tf at 30 constantly breaking up with your boyfriend ?
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“It’s always you,” comes Marcia’s voice.
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"it's me, hi, I'm the problem it's me"
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Because it was too hard to see my world for its good when its bad was so much louder and more distracting.
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“You think you lost your mind,” he says into my hair as I go by. “I think I’m losing mine.”
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Ahhhhh loveeee
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Who lets Johnny Depp out of the house looking like he does? Or, honestly, who lets him out of the house period? He used to be so hot. Not the point.
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Weird take but ok
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I feel sick and cold and tired and like I will never eat again, my hair hurts and my muscles are sore and my brain is completely empty and my heart is hollow. I feel like I was just in the car crash all over again.
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As he does, he sees what’s on the screen. “Oh, fuck’s sake,” he says.
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“No, you were trying to hurt me by saying that. And yeah, now I’m mad.”
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That literally makes no sense
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“I’m the only one who knows,” she says, her tone softening. “I’m the only one who was there. And since I haven’t been here to blame, you blamed yourself. But it wasn’t your fault. Neither of us were perfect. We were doing our best.”
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Who knew I was so into hot boy whistles?
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SO REAL
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I sit up, preparing myself for bad news; if she tells me she has cancer or something, I’m going to drive the Land Rover into the swamps of Alligator Alley.
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Real
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Drive carefully, sweetie. It’s supposed to rain later. Maybe let Meg drive?
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CRYING
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There’s a ton of research on quantum science lately. I was listening to an episode of Radiolab that went into this kind of thing the other day.”
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Ughhhh stoppppp im crying even moreeee
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Tonight is Aimee’s birthday. Nelle asked me to dinner to commemorate it, and when we got to the restaurant, all my new friends from the show were there at a big table with balloons to celebrate.
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Okay now i actually started crying for real
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She always hated that it was so close to Christmas, but for me, I think of it as a way to ensure that every year, the world decorates for her.
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Stop I love that
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“Cillian,” I say, my voice a whisper. “Cillian?” says Nelle beside me. Kiera comes over and says, “Hiya, I’m Kiera,” to everyone, then to me, “Lana, this is Cillian.”
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YES YES YES YES
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Instead, I have a good night. I get kissed in the snow. I eat chocolate in bed. I make plans for tomorrow.