magnets | ethma

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Ethan

We've been spending about 3 weeks together and it's been a fucking dream. Nothing too serious which helps her keep her mind off of things so that's also great.

She hasn't really spoke about him and I don't know whether that's because she doesn't wanna talk shit about him to his own brother or because she's distracted.

I've let her know she can talk about it.

We decided today we were gonna go out for some coffee and food- just something to do together.

She looked so cute today, she was wearing some high waisted shorts and a white crop top. Even though the outfit wasn't anything bold, her tan made it looked so good. She made it look so good.

Nothing new, Emma always looked so good.

She hopped in the passenger seat of my car and I got on my side. As I started to drive, I felt her eyes on me which I caused me to feel funny. I wanted to look at her back but I didn't.

She danced to the music in the car and I just laughed at her. She's always been so extra and silly, it amuses me.

We finally arrived outside a local coffee shop. You could smell it from miles away.

"Can we get two iced lattes please?"

We waited for our coffees and decided to take walk. It was a nice day for one.

I was so tempted to just reach out for her hand, I felt stupid for thinking about it because deep down I know she still belongs to him.

She wouldn't look at me the way she looks at him.

I'm the rebound.

In a way I was okay with that, call me an idiot but just Emma being around me was a gift. Something I wished for a long time.

Something that wasn't as simple as asking Santa and it miraculously turning up underneath your tree thought. It just wasn't that easy and that was the hard bit about it.

I caught her staring at me at times but I know they were the stares of just her missing someone that looked awfully a lot like me.

It hurts me to think she wish she could replace me with him.

As we walked and as I thought, she spoke up. "I know this is like dumb but wanna like go for Pizza Hut?" She stopped walking and looked at me.

"Why is that dumb?" I say, confused.

"Because it's Pizza Hut." She giggled.

"And? It's fucking good. Let's go!" I grabbed her delicate, small hand and took a left turn to Pizza Hut. She must of saw the sign and thought of the idea.

We went inside and asked for a table for 2.

"Oh a cute lunch date huh?" The waitress said, raising her eyebrows repeating with a smirk.

"Uh, no we are just-"

"How did you know?" Emma said back. Smirking at the woman.

Wow.

"Well you're an adorable couple, what can I get you guys?" A smile placed nicely on her face.

"Thank you, two cokes please?" The waitress nodded.

She left and we didn't speak. The whole room felt silent.

She came back with two cokes in her hand but placed them down on our table. "Okay, those are refillable and the buffet is ready whenever you two love birds are." And with that, she left.