You Can't Go Back

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"So what's the deal, Nick?

You stalking me?"

He laughs. "No. Just worried about you.

That's all."

"Well, please don't worry about me.

I'm fine."

I think of Jackson

at home,

where I might see him

again tonight.

I smile.

Wait.

Does Jackson follow me?

Does he know what's happening here?

Will he be pissed I'm talking to Nick?

No.

I'd feel him if he were here.

Wouldn't I?

"It's good to see you," Nick says.

"I've missed you.

I look back and wonder

how I could have been so crazy

to let you go."

"Let me go?

You cheated on me, Nick.

I cut you loose."

"So if I got up the nerve o ask you out again,

and promised to be good,

would you even consider saying yes?"

I stand up

and hand him the empty glass.

"Not in a million sunsets, Nick."

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