Fake Hearts On Ice
The words rolled out of his mouth, word for word, not in an aggressive manner, but calm, subtle, light but enough for every word to hit me where they should.
And I heard everything he said but the only word that rang in my head was “Cupcake.”
That was the nickname he gave me when we were much younger. My Dad bought us cupcakes when Ethan and Ava came to visit and I was greedy, I wanted more, so I stole Ethan’s cupcakes, and ever since, he kept calling me that.
But he stopped as we grew older and now, right here, in this mini café, surrounded by his teammates, that lousy cheerleader who had been glaring at me the whole night, Jake's cologne overpowering behind me, he called me “Cupcake”