Three's Company

3.15 | A Divulging Risk

A Divulging Risk

reveal: [ri-veel]; verb; to make known; disclose; divulge.

There was something about relationships that had always bothered Sasha.

Sure, they made you happy and gave you someone to talk to and hold and be close to. But they also seemed to get boring. How could you possibly stay with the same person forever? It made no sense in her brain, and seemed like it would simply result in tired tendencies and people getting sick of each other far quicker than they should.

It was this mindset that caused her to be so confused at her relationship with Caleb, which had passed the one-year mark and was quickly approaching a year and a half.

She wasn't bored with him. Nothing he did bored her, and everything he did continued to surprise and amaze her. There were so many things that he did that were sweet and wonderful to her, but also hilarious and fun in every way. She wasn't bored with him, and she couldn't quite figure out why.

They had begun to hang out with Ethan Meek and Scarlet Levings more often, going on double dates with the other couple in an effort to show their support for Caleb's best friend's new relationship. It was clear that they were happy together, and Sasha was happy for them--Scarlet had been her closest friend in junior high, and they hadn't had any major rift to cause them to go their separate ways. High school had come, and with it came new friends.

It was nice for Sasha to become reacquainted with her old friend, and the four always seemed to have fun together. Sasha loved seeing Caleb and Ethan interact, since they were close and didn't always have to put on a macho act for each other as they did with the other members of the basketball team. They were themselves, laughing and talking and poking fun at each other all the time, while Scarlet and Sasha watched and laughed at their antics.

It was the perfect little world, and Sasha could never imagine having her life go any differently.

Every once in a while, when Jessica decided that she was happy with a guy for a week, she would bring him along on date nights and there would be three couples hanging out together, which Sasha tended to both love and hate. She loved having her best friend with her, but there was always something in Scarlet's expression when she saw the two cheer captains together--a jealousy that Sasha didn't want to breach.

Most of the time, she chose not to let it bother her. After all, there was little she could do about who she spent her time with at this point.

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"Wait...you did?"

Caleb had been expecting a far different reaction upon informing his best friend about his reconciliation with Sasha, and yet they stood in the middle of the hallway during homeroom with Ethan's jaw on the floor.

"Yeah, we did." Caleb nodded. "We're back together, man. Isn't it great?"

Ethan was quiet as they continued to walk down the hallway from their lockers, books weighing down their arms as they did so.

"I guess."

Caleb started to feel himself become angry as he walked.

"You guess? What the hell man, I thought that you'd be stoked for me."

"I am, I swear." Ethan nodded. "Because I know that you want this, like a lot. But I mean, it's Sasha. You guys didn't exactly work out great the first time around."