You of All People

He’s so close, if I just reach my hand out, I could touch him. However, not a single cell in my body wanted to do that at all. Since we broke up, he never got in touch with me and although I haven’t been actively avoiding him, it was probably best for us not to come into contact again.

Is this just some unlucky coincidence…or…?

I used to love it when he said my name like that but now it just made my skin crawl in such an unpleasant way that I found myself flinching before I took a step back from him to put some distance between us. Funny enough, we weren’t dating anymore so we didn’t need to keep any of our interactions in public a secret from anyone.

“Is there something that I can help you with?” I replied politely.

“I don’t want to say it here. Come over here with me for a second,” Kyle replied before turning and walking away from me.

I stared at his back as I questioned why I should follow after him just because he told me to do so. One glance at the time and I found that I only