Moonshot - Marco Pena & Elle Evans

3: On The Dance Tracks

BANG BANG

"Leave me alone" I shouted

"No way I'm leaving you alone!"

I groaned even though I was glad and relieved to hear Lee's voice. My phone was turned off and I was drawing my sorrow at the center of my bed. I knew if I put it back on It would only cause me more pain. Turning it off was the only way I knew of not to scroll down Noah's Instagram social media or worse our photos and messages. I hadn't talked to anybody for the past three days. I was dreading going back into the normal world. Because I didn't want any of it to be real. I was grieving the relationship in a somewhat cliché manner: listening to sad songs, crying, listening to even more sad songs, and crying again. I had resisted the ice-cream urge as it had never been my thing. I remained under the covers.

"We are going out! now! dress yourself!"

"This is the last thing I want to do."

"So what? How long do you plan on crying your eyeballs out?"

"For as long as it takes."

"Come on!"

I felt my bed moving slightly. Lee had just sat down and was looking at me. I avoided his glaze other felt a mixture of pain, embarrassment and guilt. Not so long ago, Lee was telling me I was making a huge mistake going out with Noah. It took him a long time to accept the thought of me dating seriously dating his big Brother. Now the relationship was over, and I was exactly where he predicted I would be: heartbroken. Lee was looking at me, worried.

"Elle, I'm still your best friend, aren't I?"

"If you still want to..."

"Noah went back to Boston yesterday."

"I need to move on, Lee."

"That's why we need to get you out of here, this bed! He is not here anymore. You won't risk running into him. I drove him myself to the airport. The city is officially yours."

"I feel stupid."

"Why?"

"Because you warned me."

"Let me ask you a question: do you regret having this relationship with my brother, any of it?"

"No. if I had to do it all over again, I wouldn't change a thing."

"Nobody could tell what would happen. I was hurt when I told you that and you know it perfectly well. You followed your heart and now well now we can either talk about it and eat a lot of food or we can go dance and eat a lot of food. Up to you. I'm here by your side no matter what you choose because as you can tell there will be food in both options."

I laughed. I was relieved to have Lee by my side. Even though we had been friends our whole lives, in the back of my mind I was still scared that things would change between us because of this break-up. I mean Noah was his brother.

"OK let's go dance I guess?"

"Yay! We'll get you your mojo back!"

"One step at a time. I need to get out of this bed."

"And get dressed! Go go go!"

I joined Lee in the car. It was a nice day and I was happy to be outside. Lee was right: I needed a fresh perspective. Dancing would help me.

"Lee... I didn't tell you but..."

"Marco?"

"You saw it, didn't you?"

"Well the whole district saw it Elle."

"Yeah... not my smartest move."

"What? You didn't want to?"