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“Nah. But Casey has her parents wrapped around her finger, so who knows what they might do for her. Honestly, though, I think Casey’s going to move on. It would be beneath her to have to beg for me to come back.”
“That would be a first for her, huh? Usually, you’re more than happy to get back with her.”
“Yep. I don’t think she’ll be interested if she has to be the one to keep begging for us to get back together.” Jay grimaced. “Usually that was me.”
“I hope that you really are over her,” Will said. “Misha seems nice, and she’d be hurt if you ended things in order to get back together with Casey.”
“Will, c’mon, bro.”
“It’s happened before,” Will said with a shrug.
Well, that’s not going to happen this time. Even before I was interested in Misha, I’d told you things were definitely over with Casey.”
“True. I’ve honestly been a bit surprised that you’ve managed to hold out.”
“It took me far too long to wise up, but now there’s no way I’d ever go back to her. I’ve had the chance to feel what it’s like to be with someone who makes me feel happy, and I don’t want to lose that.”
Will sighed, his expression turning morose. “I thought I had that.”
“I’m sorry to be talking about me and Misha when you’re feeling like this.”
“Nope.” Will held up his hand. “You listened to me talk about Daph and me even when you were upset about your breakups with Casey. We’re best friends, man. We talk about all this stuff.”
“I really am sorry that things ended with you and Daphne,” Jay said. “Is there any chance you might get back together?”
“Nope.” Will gave a vicious shake of his head. “If I learned one thing being your friend, it’s that getting back together after a breakup is a bad precedent to set.”
“Depends on the reason for the breakup.”
Will gave him an incredulous look. “Seriously? Even after everything, you would still give someone another chance?”
Jay liked things to be black and white, but he wasn’t sure that was always possible. “I’m not going to say for sure one way or the other.”
He hoped that he never had to find out because he didn’t want to have to endure a breakup with Misha.
“Maybe if me and Daph had had a spectacular fight that led to us breaking up, I might give her another chance,” Will said. “But I’d tried to get her to talk to me for a few weeks before she broke up with me. If she wanted to work things out, she had plenty of opportunities. So yeah, I’m done.”
“I get that,” Jay said.
The game started before they’d finished eating, so they turned their attention to the television and put talk of relationships to the side for the time being. As he watched the game, Jay wondered if Misha liked basketball. She’d seemed knowledgeable about the sport, but they hadn’t discussed it at length.
He’d never invited Casey to these times with Will, and Will had never included Daphne. However, the idea of hanging out with both Misha and Will seemed like it might be fun. The bonus was that Will actually seemed to like Misha, which hadn’t been the case with Casey.
After the game finished, Will left. Jay glanced at the clock on the wall, wondering if it would be too late to call Misha. She didn’t have work the next day, but she probably didn’t stay up too late since she had a baby.
Hey! Up for a quick call?
Misha:Sure.
Jay wasted no time in calling her, then put his AirPods in so he could clean up in the kitchen while they talked.
“Did your team win?” Misha asked when she answered.
“My number one team wasn’t playing in this game,” Jay said. “But the team I liked best of the ones playing won, so I’m happy.”
“Do you go to live games very often?”
“No. It’s a bit of a drive to get to anywhere a team plays. I have other things I’d rather spend my time and money on.”
