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Ben: Mer, I really would’ve come with you this week.
BUT YOU DIDNT AND THATS ON YOU PUSSY BOY
It was always about Ben, I was beginning to realize. Our relationship was uneven—never about me. Everything revolved around him.
I still felt the divide between Luli and me once the table disbanded.
WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENEDDDDD
And I hoped that meant we were okay, even though I had an inkling that Claire would’ve said Luli’s smile was strained.
Ben thought it was weird that I had one.
Ben sounds like a lil bitch
“You’re very affectionate,” he said, gaze catching mine. “You know that?”
And the way Wit said it—his voice. It was gentle, honest, intimate. How could it be that intimate? We’d just met.
“You’re affectionate, too,” I murmured, and when Wit looked at me, I smiled. “Just an observation.”
It had been a drunk driving accident.
Sarah suffered several broken bones, a serious concussion, and was left with scars. But my sister was killed instantly. Instantly.
She didn’t make it sound nice; she made it sound like I’d done something wrong.
Yeah because shes not a good friend nnd is feigning support
please, and do not turn my Ping-Pong table into a beer pong table.” He cleared his throat.
Whats wrong with beer pong???????
It was black cherry flavored, and I wouldn’t take more than one sip.
Wtf whats wrong with black cherry????
Not you’ll figure it out, but we’ll figure it out.
The difference between a man and a boy
He didn’t, and as strange as it sounds, that made me happy.
Youre messed up
All the guys I knew liked beer.
&this is what happens when we generalize
“Definitely all right, and preferably soon.”
Geez girl you laid it on THICC
“Preferably now, Wit.”
Wait gf
I didn’t let him finish, instead scrambling into his arms and locking my legs around his waist so I could kiss him myself.
It screams desparate
“I wouldn’t have been on your arm.” I swallowed and gripped my phone as tightly as possible. “You would’ve been on mine.”
You thought you ate w that?!?!?
But it had taken him less than ten seconds. It had taken him less than ten seconds to connect the dots, while
I thought he was a little afraid of Luli, so I giggled once she and I were alone…but my friend didn’t laugh with me. Instead, she watched Wit retreat to the Cabin.
Ben and I had dated for four years—I had no true understanding of or experience with casually hooking up.
so is she at... Wits end? Budum tssss
“Tell me about when you were younger,” I randomly said.
Stop avoiding it
“Hook up,” I finished for him. “You hooked up, and that was it.”
GIRL YOU ARE DOING TOO MUCH
“Meredith, I think I need to clear something up—”
Omg
“Okay,” Wit said after a minute. “I won’t say you’re pretty.” He sighed. “But am I still allowed to think it? Because if not”—his eyes flicked up and down my body, all wet and splattered with mud—“that’d be a huge ask.”
“You can call me handsome, but I can’t call you—”
You’ve known him what, five minutes? And you’re already all in with him.”
I couldn’t stop—knew that if I did, everyone would make the connection.” She squeezed my hand. “I hoped you hadn’t.”
Bitch you guessed WRONG
her favorite cousin.
Ugh stop a loss is still a loss
“I love you to pieces, but Claire was my mini-me.”
Thats really backhanded......
Ben had been all I needed after Claire’s death.
And this is why you lean on family
DMed @sowitty17.
If youre hanging out all the time.... Dont you think you should e xchange numbers?!?!?
“You knew Claire?” I interrupted, my voice shrill. “You knew my sister?”
Thats what he was goin to tell you sis before you fucking interrupted him
“I can’t believe you didn’t tell me,”
HE LITERALLY COULDNT BECAUSE YOU INTERRUPTED HIM WHEN HE TRIED
“Well you should’ve tried harder,” I told him now, not caring how loud my voice sounded.
Oh no not the gaslighting
“But you still kept it a secret,” I said. “You kept it a secret for way too long. I mean, were you ever going to tell me?” I stepped away from him. “I gave you every opportunity—talking about her, telling all those stories.”
It wasnt a ssecret babez
Yes, Claire had met a boy in New Orleans. Just not one for herself.
It was for her gf
“Yeah, but you went about it the wrong way,” he said. “You broke our pact. We agreed to tell the other if one of our names came up.” He shrugged. “And you didn’t.”
he also wasn’t truthful. If he tried telling you but
didn’t, I think he was”—she paused—“reading the tea leaves.”
I was not patient.
You need to learnnnnn
“We’d be long distance anyway,” Wit was saying. “Even if I was back at Tulane.”
“I can’t,” I said. “I can’t do long distance—at least not a-whole-other-hemisphere long distance. It wouldn’t be enough, Wit. It wouldn’t work for me.”
You havent even triedddd
What did Wit mean by that?
Exactly what he meant gf
“I think it’s admirable that he has recognized his discontent at school and is taking time to self-reflect and see if he wants to make changes.”
“Why does she have your number but I don’t?” I blurted.
Oh so NOW you get jealous
Hi! It’s Meredith! sounded so ridiculous.
Are you serious rn? How else is he supposed to know it’s you -.-
We don’t want to take many cars since that street is so narrow.”
So rent a limo?????
