Kattleya

5

A break up no matter how bad your boyfriend is or was still hurts as long there were feelings involved. To make it official I had all my stuff from Brandon’s place back and all his stuff was back at his place.

I had a huge tub of strawberry ice cream in front of me while I binge watched How to get away with murder. I was behind since Brandon and I usually watched it together but never found the time.

After over a week of not talking to my friends I sent crying emoji’s on our group chat with the text ‘I need you’
No one had replied which had me feeling even worse. It was brave of me to walk away but break-ups sucked. I was falling asleep when the doorbell rang. I turned on my chair and chose to ignore it hoping the person would go away but they were persistent
Not caring how I looked I stood up and walked to the door. I sighed as it opened. Anya and Seth’s smiles faded once they got a good look at me

“What happened to you?” Anya questioned

I hadn’t told them about the breakup yet and I was happy they came through even though they were mad at me

“Brandon happened” I whispered looking down at the floor and turning around to walk back to the couch.
The house looked dark because all the windows were sealed and the lights were off. I lay down on the couch and pulled my knees towards my chest

“What did that ass do now?” Seth said exasperatedly as I heard the faint sound of the door closing

“I broke up with him. You guys were right” I said sniffing “I was nothing more than arm candy” I cried

“Don’t cry” Anya said bumping me a little so that I could sit up. She pulled me towards her and rubbed my shoulder “It’s his loss”

Seth came and squatted in front of me wiping my tears “Don’t waste your tears on him. He didn’t deserve you”

“What?” I sniffed frowning “I’m not crying over him, I’m crying for me. I just wasted a year of my life playing show and tell. Do you know how many guys I turned down for nothing?”

I cried remembering all the guys I turned down in the name of having a boyfriend who didn’t even care about me

In the beginning I did cry because we broke up but that surprisingly only lasted a day... or less

Anya got up “How long have you been like this?”

“I have work, so not long”

Next thing I knew the curtains were being drawn and the windows being opened wide

“It’s been long enough” she said looking disgusted by the state of my home

“Look why don’t you go and take a shower while we clean up” Seth said calmly

Anya walked over and touched my head “God knows you need it. How long has it been since you washed your hair?” She gave me a once over and sniffed “or took a bath?”

“Four, for the first one and two for the other one”

She withdrew her hand and shook her head “These are some of the many moments I love my hair. I could go a month and it wouldn’t look as bad this. Come on hurry up and go take a shower or a bath or something”

I gave her a pointed look and she shrugged “What?”

I shook my head and went to the bathroom. I took a long shower and dressed up in a comfortable shirt and a track bottom

Everything was clean by the time I went to the living room. Anya and Seth were seated on the couch talking about something in hushed tones but they quickly stopped when I made my appearance. I went and sat in the middle looking back and forth between them suspiciously

“What was that about?”

Anya smirked but Seth shook his head at her “Nothing you need to worry about”

I wasn’t in the mood to interrogate them so I let it go

“I’m hungry” I said looking up at Seth

He shrugged “So”

“Do something. You could cook”

“Anya can do it”

“Nope” Anya quickly responded “I’m consoling her” she said pulling me towards her and patting my head while I leaned on her shoulder

“I’ll console her while you cook” Seth countered

“I don’t want to cook”

“You guys” I cut in “You can order pizza instead”

“Anya order the pizza”

“No you do it”

“You guys are the worst” I complained “I just broke up with my ass of a boyfriend and you want to start an argument about who should cook or order the pizza. It’s good to know how much my feelings really mean to you” I sniffed about to start the water works

“Fine I’ll order the stupid pizza” Anya said getting up to use her phone
I lay my head down on Seth’s lap and he proceeded to draw light circles on my scalp which was very soothing

“How do you feel?” He asked

“Used. I really did like him you know”

“I do but it will get better I promise”
Anya joined us and since my feet were on the couch she moved them, sat down and placed them on her lap.

“I’ve ordered the pizza with extra cheese” she said rubbing my leg

“Thanks for coming even when I was being an irritating ass to you guys”

“What are friends for?” Anya replied “Besides you liked him too much to notice just how unfairly he was treating you”

“We’re just happy you’re moving on from him”

“Yeah” Anya commented “One down, one to go”

There was silence and I sighed knowing where this was going. Anya couldn’t help but throw a jab at Seth who most likely wouldn’t ignore it.

“What’s that supposed to mean?” He responded tersely

... And here it goes

“You know exactly what I mean so don’t act like you don’t” I couldn’t see her but I imagined her rolling her eyes at him

“You just can’t fucking help it, can you?”

“Not when it comes to her”

“You know what?”

“Yes I do”

And that’s how the bickering began. So much for having friends over to help you through your break up.

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