If she's worth it
519 Words
Josh didn’t hesitate.
“Leave it,” he said.
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That was it.
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He didn’t overexplain.
Didn’t try to make it sound better than it was.
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“She’s with Sidney,” he added after a pause.
“And trust me… it’s not easy to get something like that.”
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I don’t remember everything he said after that.
Just the feeling behind it.
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Final.
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Like the answer was obvious.
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Nathaniel was different.
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He didn’t say much.
He never really did when it came to things like this.
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He just looked at me for a second and said—
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“If she’s worth it.”
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That was all.
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But it stayed.
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Because in my head, the answer was already there.
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She was.
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That night, I barely slept.
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My mind wouldn’t stop.
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Different thoughts, different possibilities—
all running at once.
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How would I even do it?
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Do I create something?
Make it seem like he’s cheating?
Or…
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I paused at that one.
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Or do I make her cheat?
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The thought felt wrong.
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But it didn’t go away.
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It stayed there, mixing with everything else.
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Until eventually…
I just got tired.
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And somewhere between overthinking and exhaustion—
I fell asleep.
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Three days later—
everything changed.
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Natasha walked up to me like it was normal.
Like she wasn’t about to shift everything.
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“They broke up,” she said.
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I blinked.
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“Who?”
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“Sidney and Valentina.”
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Valentina.
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So that was her name.
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For a moment, everything else faded.
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I should have felt excited.
Relieved.
Like things finally aligned.
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But instead…
something felt off.
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I didn’t do anything.
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All those thoughts.
All those plans.
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And yet—
it just… happened.
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I told myself it was luck.
Timing.
Maybe even fate.
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But it didn’t sit right.
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Still…
I didn’t question it too much.
Not then.
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Because something else started happening.
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I kept catching her looking at me.
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Not once.
Not twice.
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Enough times to notice a pattern.
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So I went back to Natasha.
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“Did you tell her anything?” I asked.
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She didn’t hesitate.
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“Yeah,” she said.
“I told her you like her.”
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That confirmed it.
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“She broke up with Sidney the next day,” Natasha added.
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I didn’t respond immediately.
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Because now—
it made sense.
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But at the same time…
it didn’t.
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It felt too fast.
Too easy.
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Like something important had been skipped.
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And for a moment—
I saw it for what it was.
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A red flag.
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Something I should have paid more attention to.
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Something that probably meant more than I wanted it to.
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And still—
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another part of me chose to believe something else.
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That maybe…
she did it for me.
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