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"Damn... that sucks..." Eliana sucked her teeth, but deep down, she was actually incredibly glad to hear that Maddy and Nate had broken up.
Maddy laughed, knowing her friend all too well. "You don't have to pretend, Ellie. I'm actually moving on this time. It's been so much better without him."
"Uh-huh..." a part of Eliana wanted to believe in Maddy, she really did, but if she had a quarter for every time those two had broken up then she'd be on a yacht.
Maddy playfully hit her friend's arm with a smile, her other hand on the steering wheel as she drove her car. "I'm being serious this time. I can't keep risking my life and my future for him."
Since Eliana had gotten back home from spending the semester with her dad in chilly Colorado, Maddy had been more than happy to update her on the events she missed out on. Rue getting out of rehab, the new girl, Kat's new boyfriend, Nate choking Maddy at the fair and then later blackmailing her, passing out in school after taking molly at the fair with Cassie, the awkward prom, and apparently Rue almost ran away with the new girl. At least BB was the same.
Eliana sighed. "I'm glad, babe. You've been through way too much for his bum-ass."
Maddy scoffed lightly. "Yeah, you can say that again."
"All the gifts I bought you guys are from the town that's winter all the time. You also got another something bigger I'm saving for your birthday," Eliana said.
"Ellie Romano you are the sweetest girl ever!" Maddy giggled, running her free hand over the side of Eliana's face, her nail poking Eliana's pearl earring. Eliana also laughed at the emotion. "No, but those pictures you sent me of the snow? Hello? Was it like that every day? Sounds like hell," Maddy said. "But was it nice? How's your dad?"
Eliana leaned her arm on the centre console of Maddy's car, briefly checking the time on her phone, which was plugged into the car. Kehlani played quietly in the background from Eliana's Spotify playlist, and a picture of Maddy, Cassie, Lexi and Eliana at the arcade from freshman year was her lockscreen. Eliana loved that picture, she smiled every time she looked at it. Her mom had taken it when she was picking her up. That was when her mom used to get out of the house.
"It was very nice, more than I thought it was going to be," Eliana told her truthfully. "Dad's fine. Kinda lonely, but he's got a new girlfriend. They're taking it really slow. She's nice."
"That's so good," Maddy nodded. "More importantly, did you meet anyone out there?"
"No one worth noting."
Maddy groaned. "Oh come on, don't hold out on me. Let me live like vicariously through you!"
The girls burst into a fit of laughter. "Okay, okay. A couple of guys, but seriously, no one special. Besides, I'm not dating right now, remember?"
