I recommend reading my previous chapter before this one.
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Jacob
Ava and Daniel have been dating for nine months today and they're going on a date tonight to celebrate. It should be me driving her to the best restaurant in town and buying her meal and...
The thoughts of her with Daniel come flooding through me and I feel myself get hot with rage. I've tried everything I can think of to break them up. I tried installing dating apps onto his phone, plant girl's clothes in his room and car, text him while Ava is alone with his phone saying things like "come play ;)" and I've tried doing the same with Ava's things. I don't understand why they have to be such a strong couple when he's not right for her.
I count to ten and then count again, still unable to calm myself down. Maybe I'll have to take it one step further.
I look to my right and see a woman standing on the street across from the restaurant Ava and Daniel are at. I can't tell who she's watching, but I think it's them. She looks my way and we make eye contact.
"Hey, what are you doing?" I ask her. She looks startled that I talked to her, but I move closer anyways. She takes a step back, so I stop.
"N-nothing, what are you doing?" She almost yells. A couple people look our way, confused as to why these two people are yelling at each other while so far away.
"Making sure my- friend- is doing alright on her date."
"That's a little stalker-ish, don't you think?" she laughs and takes a step forward. This is such a weird conversation, but I don't know how to get out of it without leaving. I don't want to leave them alone.
"I don't think so. I saw you staring as well, what's your excuse?"
"Well, um, my boyfriend and I are in an open relationship and he's on a date with another girl," she winces, knowing how stalker-ish that sounds compared to my excuse.
"Talk about stalking," I laugh lightly.
"What's your friend's name?"
"Um, Ava," I say, not knowing why I'm telling her the real name of the woman I love.
"I-is she with... Daniel?"
"Y-yeah... she is..." I say, "How did you know that?"
"Because Daniel is my boyfriend."
"Daniel has another girlfriend? Oh, Ava is gonna be pissed," I smile, forgetting that I have someone watching me. We're a lot closer now, only a few feet apart. It seems like we have drifted toward one another, almost magnetically.
"Why are you smiling? Oh... you like Ava!"
"N-no, I don't!" I say defensively.
"Mhm, sure. Want to make them jealous?"
"Well, we can make Daniel jealous if you'd like but I
don't
like Ava, okay?"
"Sure, um, what's your name?"
"Jacob, what's yours?" I can't seem to lie to her as easily as I normally could.
"Josephine. Come on, let's go get some dinner."
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Josephine
Jacob and I walk into the restaurant and get a table close, but not too close, to the table Ava and Daniel are sitting at. Soon, though, Jacob and I are talking so much, we forget about watching them. When I remember to look back, they're gone and another couple has taken their place.