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“You left before you could taste my pancakes. I told you I was making pancakes.” Walt says to me.
“You did.”
“What happened, Everie?” Walt asks, but I can tell he’s not simply worried, he’s upset.
“You’re upset.”
“Yes, Everest, I’m fucking upset. The morning was ours and then you just leave. Was it my episode? Did I freak you the fuck out?” His worried expression causes me to pout. I didn’t mean for him to think that it’s his fault I left.
“Not exactly. I understood what you were going through. I do. I just…” I say and then I look around as some people who are trying to pretend to not be listening, even though we’re not yelling or anything for them to hear us well. “Can we have this conversation later or somewhere else?”
“Will you tell me more about what’s going on with you later?” He asks, but his eyes keep venturing toward my hair.
He gives me a look that tells me he appreciates my hair, but he’s still upset with me. My heart skips a beat a little and I keep a brave face.
I grab Walt’s wrist and pull him as we walk off the stage, but we don’t get far as he no longer lets me pull him with me.
“Will you just tell me why you left this morning like that?”
“Walt, I jus—”
“What are you hiding from me, Everest? You’re hiding something.”
“I’m not.” I lie; I don’t know how to open up and be vulnerable. I just can’t. The panic sets in, but I don’t want to show it. I let go of his wrist and tuck my hands behind my back, hiding the tremor in them.
“Everest, I told you I didn’t want to play games. You said you trusted me?” Walt’s brows furrow as he looks at me, so confused. “We just talked yesterday, baby, come on, don’t let m—”
“I was jealous of you and Moonlight!” I shut my eyes, spilling the only thing that I could tell him so that he won’t ask me about what I’m really hiding. “I’m jealous!” I yell out, feeling my cheeks growing warm.
