kind of smirk.
Shaking my head, I turn back and continue into my room. I dress quickly and bolt. Once in my car, I realize that I have no place to go. My family is out of town and Kylee is in Grand Rapids. I look at the clock, seeing it’s not even past ten am. I pull my phone out of my purse and place a call.
“I’m on my way, see you soon,” I say to Kylee on the other end of the phone.
“You’re on your way? To Grand Rapids? What’s going on Mira? Are you ok? Where is Sky?” Kylee starts questioning.
“Yes. Yes. I’ll tell you when I get there. No. Fuck Skylar,” I respond to each of her questions.
“You slept with him, didn’t you?” she accuses.
“And if I did?” I reply to her accusation. “Does that make me a bad person? I thought I felt something Ky. I thought he felt it too. Over the last few weeks, he has been so much more than a friend. I figured if anyone could help me move on, I could do it with someone that I was already comfortable with. Someone I already cared for. I was wrong.”
“What are you going to do babe? You can’t drive all the way out here. I start work today. I am on a coffee run right now, but I won’t be back to the hotel for hours yet,” Kylee says.
Hell. I totally forgot today was the first day of my best friend’s job. “Well, I guess, I’ll hang out around town. I’m going to move out. Maybe go stay with my parents for a while. I don’t think I can spend time with him any time soon. Some of the shit he said Ky, it was terrible. Things that people don’t even say to people they hate,” I tell her. “I’ll call you later and we’ll talk for a little bit. I have that interview tomorrow. Maybe I can hit the spa or something. Make myself feel pretty.”
“Call me if you need anything. If I don’t answer right away, just sit still and I’ll call you back when I get a break or something,” Kylee reassures me.
“Love you bye,” I say. After I hang up my phone, I head back up to my apartment. I go directly to my bedroom, not paying any attention to a bare chested Skylar. I grab the largest duffle in the back of my closet and fill it with as much of my stuff as I can.
I look around my room, making sure that I have everything I need until I could get back and clear the rest out when Skylar isn’t home. Satisfied with what I have, I open my bedroom door, take a deep breath and sling the duffle back over my shoulder and walk towards the door.
“Mira? What are you doing? You’re not really leaving are you?” Skylar asks sounding panicked.
I continue my journey to the door. Only a little further to go and I can breathe again. If I stop now, I might run out of air in my lungs, because I sure as shit know, I’m not breathing.
I finally reached the front door. I grab the knob, twist and pull. Once out of the apartment threshold, I turn around to pull the door shut behind me. Bad idea. My eyes meet Skylar’s. I knew my eyes had tears in them, but I didn’t expect his eyes to be misty as well.
‘You can do this. Move Mira,’ I chant to myself under my breath.
“Mira plea-,” Skylar starts talking but I’m able to shut the door completely before he’s able to get the rest of his sentence out.
Thank God. I don’t think I would have been able to be any stronger if he started talking.
Second time this year that I have to start all over.
Well played Universe, well played.
Chapter Seven
About a year later …
“Ms. Adams, you have a call on line three,” Paige, the receptionist at the real estate firm I work for pages through the intercom.
“For the last time, Paige, please call me Mira. It’s been a year. No need to be so formal,” I joke back with Paige.
Paige is adorable. She is just finishing her freshman year at the University of Michigan. I started work at New Horizons Real Estate Company within the week I moved out of my apartment. I had to go to the university a couple weeks later for an alumni breakfast. I promised an old
Shaking my head, I turn back and continue into my room. I dress quickly and bolt. Once in my car, I realize that I have no place to go. My family is out of town and Kylee is in Grand Rapids. I look at the clock, seeing it’s not even past ten am. I pull my phone out of my purse and place a call.
“I’m on my way, see you soon,” I say to Kylee on the other end of the phone.
“You’re on your way? To Grand Rapids? What’s going on Mira? Are you ok? Where is Sky?” Kylee starts questioning.
“Yes. Yes. I’ll tell you when I get there. No. Fuck Skylar,” I respond to each of her questions.
“You slept with him, didn’t you?” she accuses.
“And if I did?” I reply to her accusation. “Does that make me a bad person? I thought I felt something Ky. I thought he felt it too. Over the last few weeks, he has been so much more than a friend. I figured if anyone could help me move on, I could do it with someone that I was already comfortable with. Someone I already cared for. I was wrong.”
“What are you going to do babe? You can’t drive all the way out here. I start work today. I am on a coffee run right now, but I won’t be back to the hotel for hours yet,” Kylee says.
Hell. I totally forgot today was the first day of my best friend’s job. “Well, I guess, I’ll hang out around town. I’m going to move out. Maybe go stay with my parents for a while. I don’t think I can spend time with him any time soon. Some of the shit he said Ky, it was terrible. Things that people don’t even say to people they hate,” I tell her. “I’ll call you later and we’ll talk for a little bit. I have that interview tomorrow. Maybe I can hit the spa or something. Make myself feel pretty.”
“Call me if you need anything. If I don’t answer right away, just sit still and I’ll call you back when I get a break or something,” Kylee reassures me.
“Love you bye,” I say. After I hang up my phone, I head back up to my apartment. I go directly to my bedroom, not paying any attention to a bare chested Skylar. I grab the largest duffle in the back of my closet and fill it with as much of my stuff as I can.
I look around my room, making sure that I have everything I need until I could get back and clear the rest out when Skylar isn’t home. Satisfied with what I have, I open my bedroom door, take a deep breath and sling the duffle back over my shoulder and walk towards the door.
“Mira? What are you doing? You’re not really leaving are you?” Skylar asks sounding panicked.
I continue my journey to the door. Only a little further to go and I can breathe again. If I stop now, I might run out of air in my lungs, because I sure as shit know, I’m not breathing.
I finally reached the front door. I grab the knob, twist and pull. Once out of the apartment threshold, I turn around to pull the door shut behind me. Bad idea. My eyes meet Skylar’s. I knew my eyes had tears in them, but I didn’t expect his eyes to be misty as well.
‘You can do this. Move Mira,’ I chant to myself under my breath.
“Mira plea-,” Skylar starts talking but I’m able to shut the door completely before he’s able to get the rest of his sentence out.
Thank God. I don’t think I would have been able to be any stronger if he started talking.
Second time this year that I have to start all over.
Well played Universe, well played.
Chapter Seven
About a year later …
“Ms. Adams, you have a call on line three,” Paige, the receptionist at the real estate firm I work for pages through the intercom.
“For the last time, Paige, please call me Mira. It’s been a year. No need to be so formal,” I joke back with Paige.
Paige is adorable. She is just finishing her freshman year at the University of Michigan. I started work at New Horizons Real Estate Company within the week I moved out of my apartment. I had to go to the university a couple weeks later for an alumni breakfast. I promised an old
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