Hardin Scott has been madly in love with Tessa Young since the moment he first laid eyes on her, but there's no way she could ever see him as anything more than a friend. After all, he's a bad boy with a promiscuous past and she's a sweet and innoce...
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What the actual fuck am I looking at? That cannot be Zed with Molly's tongue down his throat. But it is. He's cheating on Tessa? I'm actually going to kill him. But I can't move. My feet are frozen to the floor. I have to think this through. I can't make this worse for Tessa. I decide to back out of the apartment quietly before being noticed.
When I get outside, I bang my fist against the hood of my car. It's not as satisfying as connecting it with Zed's jaw, but it will have to do. I don't know what to do about this. All I can think is that I need a drink.
I start driving toward the closest bar and when I spot one, I pull into the parking lot. I've been sober for so long and now Zed's gone and ruined that. I go to get out of my car, then it hits me. I can't get drunk. Tessa is going to need me now more than ever. I need to be sober for her.
"Fuck!" I curse as I bang my hands against the steering wheel.
Poor Tessa. Tessa... I'm going to have to tell her. As much as I should love to get Zed out of the picture and become Tessa's hero, I don't want to hurt her.
Then I realize that maybe I'm over reacting. Maybe Zed wasn't cheating and maybe the two of them just broke up and Molly is his rebound. What the hell else is she good for?
I decide to phone Tessa to get a better idea of what's going on.
"Hello?" Tessa answers on the second ring.
"Hey, Tess, sorry to bother you, but I wanted to ask you something about the homework from Literature," I lie.
"Oh, you aren't bothering me," she sighs.
"I'm not? I thought tonight was your special date with Zed," I say, hoping to get more information from her.
"It was, but he told me he had to cancel. Something came up with his work." That lying fucker.
"Oh, that's too bad." So he is cheating and she is totally oblivious. Fuck! Now I have to break her heart. "Um, do you think you could meet me at Blind Bob's?"
"Tonight? It's kind of late."
"It's not even 9 yet," I state.
"Well..."
"Please, Tess, it's important."
"Okay. I'll be there in twenty."
"Okay. Bye."
Now I have twenty minutes to figure out how to tell Tessa that her boyfriend— my best friend —is cheating on her, with Molly of all people.
Molly? Really? How could anyone ever let Molly put her hands on them after being with a perfect soul like Tessa? How am I going to explain this to Tessa when I don't understand it myself? And I saw it with my own two eyes.
"Okay, it's now or never," I say to myself and leave for Blind Bob's. I just hope that when I see her in front of me I don't chicken out.
