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“But we’ll see how long that lasts. My husband is the most stubborn man I know. If he doesn’t get his way, there is no way.”
    “He sounds just like you,” Henry teased.
    Sydney smiled. “I guess that’s why we get along so well.”
    “I can’t wait to get married,” Ren blurted.
    Henry stiffened but said nothing.
    “Talk about dropping a hint,” Derek said with a laugh.
    “No,” Ren said quickly, looking at Henry. “That isn’t what I meant.”
    Sydney felt bad for Henry. She decided to steer the attention away from him. “Marriage isn’t always a honeymoon. Coen drives me crazy. If we didn’t have amazing sex, all the messes he makes, all the times he doesn’t put his shit away, and all the times he forgets to turn off the stove would become a divider in our relationship.”
    “But there’s no denying how happy you two are,” Ren said.
    “Well, of course…” Sydney smiled when she thought about the past few months. She hadn’t ever been happier. She wished they had gotten married the day they met. Even then, it still wouldn’t have been soon enough.
    Coen returned to the table, placing a grilled cheese sandwich, fries, a cup of fruit, and an ice tea in front of her. He stared to eat his sandwich like everything was normal.
    “Is this Hometown Buffet?” Sydney asked.
    “What?”
    “There’s no nutritional value to any of this.”
    He glared at her. “It’s call fat and carbs. You need them. Grilled vegetables and fruit aren’t going to cut it.”
    Henry shifted his weight, clearly uncomfortable.
    Sydney took a deep breath and swallowed her anger. Now she knew Coen was still mad about their fight the other day. Wanting to avoid a confrontation in front of her friends, she opened the cup of fruit and ate it. Coen watched her but said nothing.
    “So, Henry and I are writing a piece together for the paper,” Ren said. “It’s going to be about Nancy.”
    “Cool,” Derek said. “That’s awesome.”
    “That’s all you’re going to eat? ” Coen snapped.
    Sydney flinched at the hostility in his voice. Her friends were just as caught off guard.
    “I already told you none of this has any nutritional value.”
    He leaned toward her, close to her ear. “Eat it. Now.”
    “Fuck you, Coen.”
    His eyes narrowed. “You aren’t eating enough calories, plain and simple. You don’t eat meat so this is what you get. I’m not getting you another fucking salad.”
    Ren glanced at Henry, silently asking if they should leave.
    The tension filled the air.
    Derek cleared his throat. “So, does Nancy know?”
    Henry looked at him. “Yeah. We’re interviewing her. I think the art students will like it in particular.”
    “I don’t tell you what to eat,” Sydney snapped. “How would you feel if I made you be a vegetarian?”
    “It would be valid if I had high cholesterol and a recent heart attack.” His eyes still burned with anger. “You aren’t eating enough, Syd. You are going to get sick. This isn’t healthy.”
    “Let’s have this conversation later,” Sydney said.
    “No, we are having it now,” he snapped. “You would just tell them about this fight anyway.”
    “Coen, you are making everyone uncomfortable.”
    “Then eat your food.”
    “You are really pissing me off,” she said.
    “The feeling is mutual.”
    She pushed the plate away and stood up. “Forget it.”
    Coen glared at her as she walked off.
    Sydney went to the science building and waited for her next class to start. When she saw Aaron walk down the hallway, she grabbed her stuff and bolted into the bathroom. The last thing she needed was for Coen to hear about another interaction with him.
    Sydney stared at her face in the mirror and tried to control her anger. She understood Coen’s opinion. She hadn’t been eating like she normally did. She was just too tired and stressed to feel any appetite. But telling her what to do, forcing her to eat when she wasn’t hungry, and ridiculing her in front of her