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it had to be awkward for him, considering we hadn’t said more than a few words to each other since the night we broke up. Hannah had told me on a few different occasions that Scott still didn’t like the breakup, and wasn’t really over me, but I’d ignored the information the best I could. I’d always been happy with Adam and never considered what would have happened if we hadn’t started seeing each other.
                  “Just tell me, is he hanging out with Nolan tonight?” Hannah asked. Rumor around school that day was that Nolan wasn’t grounded anymore, which just pissed Hannah off even more. She always chose to take it out on me, insisting that I had some magical power to get her and Nolan together because I was dating Adam, and just refused to do it.
                  “Last I heard, that was the plan,” I answered. I finished the last egg and pushed the tray off to the side, ready to start another batch. Nora had prepared everything earlier in the day, and it was up to us to get it done and ready for serving tomorrow. It really wasn’t such hard work, just tedious and time consuming.
                  “That doesn’t bother you at all?” She asked, catching me off guard.
                  I looked up at her. “Does what bother me?
                  “Not knowing what Adam is doing tonight.”
                  “No, should it?”
                  Hannah shrugged. “I don’t know. All I’m saying is, before you came along, Adam dated lots of girls. I don’t think he’s been with anyone as long as he’s been with you, and it has to be hard for him, when he can’t see you…” She let her voice trail off, her way of building up suspense for whatever she planned on saying or hinting at next.
                  “Do you have a point?” I asked.
                  “Nope, I’m just surprised that you’re perfectly okay with him being out on the town when you’re stuck at home, doing this.” She made a face at her platter and pushed it towards Scott, though he wasn’t done his yet.
                  “I trust him,” I said pointedly. “I think he can handle being away from me for one night.”
                  Hannah raised her eyebrows, but before she could get another word in, Scott spoke up. “He cheated on his last girlfriend,” he said, looking directly at me for the first time in I don’t know how long.
                  I felt myself freeze up. “What?”
                  “Maggie,” he reminded me. “He cheated on her, with you. What makes you think you’re any different?”
                  “Shut up, Scott,” Hannah said, suddenly on my side. She shot him a warning look.
                  “Am I not just continuing with the same point you were trying to make?” He asked. “Adam and Nolan aren’t that different, not really. They’re both used to getting exactly what they want, exactly how and when they want it.” He finally broke off his stare and looked down at the table.
                  I felt tears gather in my eyes, but I blinked them away furiously. “He loves me,” was my only argument. It sounded weak, even to my ears, but it was all I could think of. And I believed it, I always had. Love wasn’t something that had always seemed so plausible to me, but with Adam, it was.
                  Before anyone could say anything else, the door to the kitchen opened and Nora stepped in, directly on the egg. She looked down on the ground and then back up at us, frowning.
                  “Oops,” Hannah said.
                  Nora reached down and picked the egg up, wrapping it in a paper towel I had laying on the table next to me. “How is it going in here?” She asked.
                  “Fine,” I replied immediately. The last thing I wanted was