A First Time For Everything – K L Walter

“No.” He raised an eyebrow. “No?” “No.” I rolled my eyes. “I deleted your number.” “Huh.” He folded his arms over his chest. “You did, did you?” “Yes,” I lied. “Well, that doesn’t exactly explain why the messages failed to send. You’d just receive them from an unknown contact.” He paused for a beat. “You blocked me.” “You flatter yourself.” I tried to keep casual, but my voice told the truth, its octave skyrocketing up into the heavens.

Marco gave me a crooked, almost amused look. “Was it really necessary to jump to that extreme?” Yes, it was. Because for some reason, I hadn’t been able to deal with his radio silence in our chat. It gave me agita whenever I looked at it, which was weirdly a lot. And so I’d deleted our thread, but that hadn’t been enough, either. I didn’t trust myself not to open a new message and apologize to him. Because in all honesty, even if it made me sound immature, I still believed I deserved the apology.

We stood there in silence for a few moments before Marco let me get away with silently pleading the fifth. “I had some free time today,” he said, “and since I had no way of contacting you, I thought I’d stop over.” “I’m touched.” I put my hand to my heart. “You could’ve slid into my DMs.

I didn’t block you on Instagram.” “I’m not sure I follow you on Instagram,” he replied just as dryly. I knew he was kidding; his lips were twitching in a smile. “And that’s not my style anyway.” “Seriously?” I started dribbling the field hockey ball at my foot with my stick. “You’re telling me you didn’t DM”—a sour taste filled my mouth before I said her name—“Shelly after hooking up with her at some party or whatever?” “No,” Marco said lightly. “I met her at an athletic department event and asked for her number.”

He paused. “You really think I’m an asshole, don’t you?” I shrugged. “More of a dickhead.” “What’s the difference?” “Assholes are aware they’re jerks,” I said. “Dickheads mostly have no idea how they come off; they’re dumb.” Marco chuckled. “Okay, I’ll accept the title.” “You might aspire to rid yourself of it,” I mumbled. It went silent between us for a few moments before Marco spoke. “We’re not together anymore.

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1kitap1.com/en Contents Winter One Two Three Four Five Six Spring Seven Eight Nine Ten Eleven Summer Twelve Thirteen Fourteen Fifteen Sixteen Seventeen Eighteen Nineteen Autumn Twenty Twenty-One Twenty-Two Twenty-Three Twenty-Four Twenty-Five Winter Twenty-Six Excerpt from What Happens after Midnight One Acknowledgments About the Author 1kitap1.com/en Winter 1kitap1.com/en One “How many times are you going to watch that?” I looked up from my phone, eyes flashing to my dad over at the stove.

Lee was thoughtfully stirring a pot of his famous chicken-and-rice soup. “What?” I shrugged as if I had no idea what he was talking about. “I’m just scrolling.” “More like trolling,” my other dad commented from across the kitchen. Per usual, Harry was wearing his favorite pair of Warby Parkers and sitting with his MacBook at our long oak table, reading and revising contracts for his various property listings.

“Your father’s right, Madeline,” Lee said. “Watching the same video over and over is more akin to trolling, not scrolling.” He paused to comically narrow his eyes. “You haven’t posted something snarky, have you?” “No, Da.” I smiled and shook my head.

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