MAGNOLIA ❀ P. LAHOTE

1. What's Happening to Me?

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The gravel crunched beneath her feet as she walked up the driveway to Nathan's house. They had been doing well in their eight months of being together or so Maggie thought. She noticed he had been a bit distant as of late, but she just chalked it up to him being a guy. It was Movie Night Wednesday and even though he hadn't hit her up about coming over, she showed up anyway out of habit, hoping to maybe talk about what was going on with him.

She switches the bag of snacks to her left hand and knocks on the door. A few minutes pass with no answer and she knocks again. Her eyebrows furrow in confusion considering that the lights were on inside. After another couple minutes pass by, she twists the door handle and sees that its open, so she lets herself inside and places the snacks on the dining table.

"Nate?" Magnolia calls out his name. She knew he was home because his car was parked outside and the television in the living room was still on. Knowing him, he probably fell asleep waiting up for her. She finds her way to his bedroom and flings the door open, "Natha—" She begins to yell but the words get caught in her throat and she feels like she can't breathe. All the air leaves her lungs as she watches her boyfriend of eight months making out with some random pale face on his bed.

The pair pull away quickly, startled by the loud interruption, "Maggie," Nathan says, getting up from his bed with a scared expression.

"What the fuck," Those are the only words that are able to leave Magnolia's mouth. The amount of fury coursing through her veins is almost unbearable. Today had been a shit day, but this? This topped the icing on the cake.

The girl on his bed looks confused, "Nate, what's going on?"

"Yeah, Nate," His girlfriend spits his name, and he flinches, "what the actual FUCK is going on?"

It felt like her blood was actually boiling. Magnolia's body begins to shake, and her skin begins to flush. She couldn't believe this was happening to her. She would've never expected this kind of betrayal to come from Nathan. They knew each other since they were in diapers, they were friends for years, she gave him her virginity for crying out loud.

"Maggie, baby please, let me explain," Nathan pleads holding out his hands in some sort of defense.

"Baby?" The blonde gets up from the bed, "Nathan who is she?"

"She-She's my girlfriend," Nathan manages to stutter out.

"But I'm your girlfriend?!" The girl yells out in confusion.

The laugh that comes out of Magnolia's mouth has the hairs on Nathan's arms standing tall. She clenches and unclenches her fists, desperately trying to calm herself down, but nothing was working.

"I cannot fucking believe this!" She screams in fury, and it feels like the whole house shakes at the sound of her voice. Magnolia storms out of his room and speeds to the front door, slamming it open and watches in shock as it flies off its hinges. But the anger returns in seconds when she hears Nathan's voice calling out her name.

"Maggie? Maggie! Baby, you need to calm down!" Nathan yells after me.

"Fuck you, Nate!" Magnolia growls, like, literally growls  and he backs away from her, "Eight months! I wasted eight months of my life on piece of shit like you! You better hope taking me for granted was worth because the next time I see you...you're fucked," she tells him in an ominous tone before taking off into the woods.