Getting hot at the coffee shop

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Dammit why had I responded? It wasn’t like I had anything against Christopher but I just wanted a night to myself to binge my shows and eat my junk.

The bubbles appeared again, probably from me taking too long to respond.

I just wanted to check in on you and make sure you’re ok

Oh yeah I was great. My dignity had been stripped from me in a matter of seconds all due to my being pissed off and not paying attention.

Quickly I typed out a response so he wouldn’t think I was ignoring him.

Thank you so much I’m good

Are you sure? You’re not hurting or sore anywhere are you?

I smiled. It was nice to have someone care enough about me to check on me. I hadn’t had that in a very long time. So long, in fact, that I hadn’t almost forgotten what it felt like.

Nope. No pain at all. Just a bruised ego lol

The bubbles typed up and down for so long I thought maybe he forgot he was typing and sat his phone down.

Listen, I don’t think you should worry about anything like that. You’re human and everyone makes mistakes. I’m sure it didn’t help that Leo was a complete asshole to you beforehand. I’m just happy to hear that you don’t have any injuries or anything other than that ego

My face flushed and I was glad that he couldn’t see me. The mention of Leo made me angry all over again. I knew that it was up to me on whether I allowed someone to get to me or not, but there was something about his attitude that just set me off.

It’s ok. I’m sure Leo was just being his normal cheerful self and I guess I let my emotions get out of hand. I’ll make sure my car is actually in reverse next time though

His response came quickly.

Yeah hopefully there won’t be any more tree murders. I’m sure that family is still in mourning lol

Gah he was such a dork. I liked him though. He was a good guy dork.

I think I’m about to head to bed now. I got a long day at work tomorrow plus I need to sleep off the excitement from today

Get some rest. I’ll see you bright and early. Be safe

Sitting my phone back on my nightstand, I sat there staring at my tv still paused on my show. I could go to sleep right now if I wanted to. Maybe I should get some rest. I didn’t like the idea of lying to people but I also just kinda wanted to get off the phone. Was that so bad?

Looking down at my bowl of hot Cheetos with lemon juice squeezed on top of them, I decided that this lie was worth it. I needed a little me time after the day I had and if that meant lying about going to sleep, well dammit I just had to be ok with that.

Picking up the slightly wet fiery red snack, I placed it into my mouth savoring its delicious goodness. My eyes closed as my tongue burned slightly. I opened my eyes back from my food ecstasy and unpaused the tv while grabbing another from my bowl. Yes, this lie was much needed and absolutely worth it. Luckily no one would ever know because no one even knew where I lived.