The Break-Up Pact

by Emma Lord

“I hope so. Being a self-actualized single woman is nice and all, but god, am I bored.”

“Is that why you’re here? So we can form a Benson Beach viral break-up support group? Because I don’t really have time for niche extracurriculars right now.”

swallow us whole. It’s different now, more like the waves at our feet—constantly ebbing and flowing, swollen one moment and quiet the next. A tide I can dip my feet into and let myself feel, or a swell that will hit me from behind when I least expect it.

“Do not entertain this dessert delinquent,”