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“Not really.”
She pushes up her shades. “Yes, really. The two of you went from one-night-stand to texting every day and talking every night to we’re trying this thing to being deep in it.”
I shrug. “Maybe he was my rebound guy.”
Fake it ‘til you make it, right?
“You don’t fall in love with rebound guys.”
The pain that breaks in the back of my throat is sudden and I can’t swallow it. I don’t know where the tear came from but it’s suddenly there, sliding down my cheek and followed by another and the next and they won’t stop coming.
The server comes with the beer and asks me if I’m okay. My sister answers after I cover my face with my towel to cry in earnest.
We drink our beers in silence, staring at the waves and the people playing happily on the water. After I struggle for what seems like forever, my breathing normalizes and I can swallow again. I also realize that I’m a cliché. I cried into my beer.
“You need to talk to him. You guys can’t let that bullshit get between you.”
I clear my throat and the fourth time does the trick. “He couldn’t get away fast enough. He said there was no sense in prolonging it. I was in the window, watching him drive away when you called me.”
“I can’t believe he would let what Mom said get to him. I mean, I don’t know. I guess not everyone knows what Mom is like. We are so used to her bouginess, and over-opinions but I guess that’s not the usual for everyone.”
“I guess not. But you know what, it’s for the better. I jumped in too soon with him.”
“But you’re twisted over this dude. You love him.”
“I do.” And how it hurt to admit that out loud. “But I’m not going to fight for someone who doesn’t want to be fought for. Besides, he probably had some other chick stashed somewhere that he wanted to get to.”
It starts with a sidelong glance and then my sister turns her famous bitch-you-crazy smile on me. “Is that the story we’re going with now?”
“I’ll do whatever it takes to survive. I’ll find a new normal.”
