“Me too,” she says with a smile, “big family dinner planned.” But her smile doesn’t touch her eyes, and I get the feeling that she’s lying too.
“Have fun.”
“You too.”
I walk down the front steps and through the parking lot to my car and as I get closer, I see someone sitting on the hood of my car.
Zoe.
My step falters, she is the last person I want to see today.
Fuck.
She sits up when she sees me coming, and I drop my head, I don’t even want to look at her.
I can’t.
I unlock my car and throw my bag onto the backseat.
“Hi Dill.”
“Hi.” I twist my lips annoyed. “What are you doing here?”
Her face falls and she jumps down from the hood, “I came to wish you a Merry Christmas.”
“Merry Christmas,” I snap. “You needn’t have bothered.”
Her eyes search mine. “Can we talk?”
“Nope.” I go to open my car door and she pushes it closed. “Dylan I just went to finish it with him, that’s all. I mean…. we were already broken up, but he wanted to get back together, and I had said that I would go with him for months.”
“So why lie to me?” I yell as I lose control.
Her eyes well with tears. “I was trying to protect your feelings.”
“By lying?”
She angrily wipes a tear as it escapes from her eyes. “I know, this doesn’t make sense.”
“It doesn’t.” I push past her to get into my car, and she steps in front to block me.
“Goodbye, Zoe.”
“Will you listen to me for a moment, you stubborn fuck.” She cries. “The truth is, Iwasgetting back with Rodney and then I met you and everything I thought I wanted wasn’t true anymore.”
I stare at her.
“Because even though I’ve known you for two fucking minutes, I fell in love with you.”
“Don’t.”
“And I know you don’t love me because you wouldn’t have blocked my number if you did. But what if it’s me Dylan?” She hits her chest. “What if it came true? I asked my mom for a sign last night and it came to me. It’s been there in front of us all along.”
I frown in question.
“What if I’m her?”
“What the fuck are you talking about?”
