Recollections

The Time I Had An Awkward Run-In

The Time I Had An Awkward Run-In
(song of the chapter: Amnesia // 5SOS)

The day, of all days, that the universe decides I need to run into Seth--I'm PMSing.

Not thinking anything of it, I'd slipped into my most comfy sweatpants and tugged a hoodie that didn't even relevantly match over my head. Every girl knows that when you're on your period and dealing with stomach cramps and backaches and bloating, you don't want to try and cram your irritated body into a pair of tight-fitted jeans. So that's exactly what I didn't do. After all, it was only the grocery store--no big deal.

(No big deal? I'll show you.) That's probably what the twisted universe was thinking when deciding to conveniently place me in the exact same grocery aisle as Seth Connahey on the second day of my menstrual cycle--which is when I have my heaviest flow.

Which brings me to now, I have a box of super plus tampons under my left arm and a can of cheese whiz in my right hand. As I turn to exit the aisle I see him moving sideways, in my direction, as he reads whatever's in front of him on the shelf.

Before I can my a bolt in the opposite direction his head tilts up and he looks dead at me. There goes my opportunity to escape.

Neither one of us smiles, and I just stand here like an idiot. Seth completely disregards whatever he was looking for on the shelves and walks towards me. The closer he gets the more frantic my mind becomes.

"Erin." Is the first thing he says to me, since I told him I'll never love him; which is only partially true, because I do in fact love him, I'm just not in love with him.

"Uh," I stammer like a fucking moron. "Seth Connahey." I immediately want to face palm myself for saying his first and last name like that. It's so impersonal I think he and I are on a first name basis regardless of our not-so-distant history. My forehead starts to sting and I realize, I actually face palmed myself. And he saw me.

Seth chuckles and I notice his posture ease slightly. "You look..." His words trail off and he doesn't bother lying to me, he knows better. I know exactly how I look.

"I don't have to get all dolled up just to go to the grocery store." I defend hastily and Seth throws his hands up in surrender.

My arms shift a little bit and when they do, I accidentally drop my box of tampons. I can feel the heat rising to my cheeks. Seth bends down to pick them up at the same time I do and our foreheads collide.

I jump back and massage my head. "Sorry." I gush and he reassures me it's fine. It's probably not the worst way I've hurt him. Seth hands me the tampons and I embarrassingly take them. "These aren't mine."

He looks confused. "I just saw you drop them."

"No, yeah I know that. I'm buying them for someone else." I lie.

Seth chuckles. "Like who? Austin?"

My hand instinctually flies out and I swag Seth on the arm. "You know they aren't for him." I scowl. "They're for Elena."

Seth rolls his eyes. "They're for you. You've always been a terrible liar. They're just tampons, chill out."

Why does everyone keep saying I'm a bad liar? And when did this become so, because when I was younger my parents... You know what, no wonder why I always got caught when I lied about where I was going.

I blink and refocus on Seth. He has a grimace on his face. "It was nice seeing you Erin."

If it's so nice seeing me, why does your face look like I'm giving you a headache? I resist my urge to say that and smile instead. "Yeah, you too."