Secondhand Boyfriends

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Authors: Jessa Jeffries
went back out to the living room, plopping down in the chair once again.
    “You know,” I said. “I just realized that I haven’t even thought about Sam once today.”
    “Ha,” Claudia laughed. “That’s, um, good.”
    “Ever since I found out about his engagement, I’ve been obsessed,” I said. “He’s all I’ve thought about.”
    “You only want what you can’t have,” Claudia said, rolling her eyes at me and pulling her throw blanket up to her neck. “Typical you.”
    “Whatever,” I said between forkfuls of unevenly heated food. “I just think maybe meeting Bennett was a sign that it’s time for me to move on. Maybe he’s the one for me?”
    “Aren’t you kind of jumping the gun?” Claudia asked. “You’ve only known this Bennett guy for—what, a week or two? Slow down, little filly.”
    “I’m not saying anything definitive,” I said. “I’m just saying maybe it’s a sign. That’s all.”
    “So are you officially back to being over Sam?” she asked. “Like no more stalking him? No more stalking Ayla? No more obsessing over why you shouldn’t have dumped him and how much happier he is without you? No more—”
    “All right, all right,” I said. “Enough. I get your point. And my answer is I don’t know, but I’m certainly trying to be. Bennett is a good distraction for me right now.”
    “That’s good,” Claudia said. “Because you know Sam’s going to marry Ayla and there’s not a damn thing you can do about it.”
    I knew Claudia was right, but her words still stung. As excited as I was about the prospect of dating Bennett, deep down it didn’t fully change the way I felt about Sam. On the inside, I was a complex, emotional, hot mess of a woman.
    “Your phone just went off,” Claudia said as she pointed to my purse on the ledge by the door.
    My big leather purse was so thick I could hardly hear my phone when it was in there, but Claudia had impeccable hearing. I usually just relied on her to let me know when it was going off.
    “Text or call?” I sprung up and ran to grab it.
    “Text, I think,” she replied. Her eyes glazed over and fixated on the T.V. screen.
    I couldn’t whip my phone out fast enough, and the moment I saw who the message was from, my heart skipped a beat or two.
    “It’s from Bennett,” I said in a sing-song voice. I could feel my grin growing wider by the millisecond.
    “And?”
    “He said sorry about last night. Sorry about this morning. And can he take me on a real date next Friday,” I said. I did a little happy dance and hoped to God Claudia didn’t see me.
    “You’re such a dork,” she laughed. She totally saw me. “Don’t reply too soon. Make him wait a little bit. You don’t want to seem desperate.”
    I could feel my palms sweat a little as I clutched my phone, my fingers aching to type back a message right away. But I had to listen to Claudia. She was so much smarter than me when it came to dealing with people. I was much more impulsive and naïve. I believed everyone and rarely tried to read between the lines.
    “Hey, Eric and I are going to grab dinner tonight,” Claudia said. “You want to join us?”
    “Oh,” I said. “You’re going out with him again?”
    “Yeah,” she replied with a half-smile. “Is that okay with you?”
    “Of course,” I said. “Just surprised. It’s not like you. Usually you play coy for a bit and make them chase after you.”
    “He’s different,” she said. “I don’t feel like he’s a game player, so I’m trying not to be a one, either. You have to adapt, Liv. No two men are alike. You have to realize that.”
    “I don’t want to be the third wheel,” I said. The idea of sitting at home, alone, on a Saturday night with nothing but some wine and a head full of irrational thoughts didn’t sound too appealing though. I could always call Amaya, but she was usually DJing on Saturday nights at some local club or another.
    “You wouldn’t be the third wheel,” she

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