Sharon is not accepting the fact that Rayanne and Jordan Catalano are going to be grandparents very well… and for reasons completely different than mine.
Sharon is beautiful. She is the type of person who is so confident on her looks she will take pictures of herself eating, post them on social media and obviously get thousands of likes just for … being her, basically. Sometimes, I feel like she’s from a parallel universe and like our planes just kind of collide from time to time, and we visit each other for a few minutes. Until she is gone again. Or I am gone. Or both.
So, I guess it’s harder for her. To get older, that is. ‘Cause she can’t like, face the fact that her young looking face is not going to be there forever and I am not sure she can process life beyond that. It’s like she thinks she’d have to reinvent herself. Reinvent her life. Which is completely untrue and probably very scary.
But the fact that Sharon was here today did not distract me enough that I wouldn’t be thinking about the text on my phone from Jordan Catalano.
I appreciate Sharon, but it’s not like I could be honest with her right now… because, I am not even sure what honest would actually be at this point. But, at the same time, I wanted to be. Maybe I unconsciously wanted to share it with her… or brag… or just talk about it.
“Wanna catch up over drinks Friday?” – he texted.
What a short text. Was he just being polite? Did he mean it? Should I just not go because it could complicate things? Or should I just go in the odd chance to break the spell and finally be free of this… this… curse that he just exhales? How long does a person these days take to reply to a text? Like, what is the normal amount of time?
“Yeah, definitely”. I still replied. Completely afraid of the consequences of that.
When Rayanne got here, I felt very ashamed that I agreed to go, though. But it was already done.
He didn’t take long to reply back to me.
“See you at the Pub at 7.” – He texted.
… and it was an unfortunate thing. ’cause Rayanne picked up my phone and asked me, not in a nice tone “Why the hell are you meeting Catalano Friday night?”.
The right answer would be: “Because I am an idiot. Because I just pretend to be an adult on a daily basis when I am actually just a teenager who is clearly not over her high school crush. Because I think I still love him… sometimes.”
But how could I possibly admit that? Instead I chose:
“Because Brian is leaving me.”
Which… is also true. Just a little less embarrassing. And more worthy of compassion. Hopefully.
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