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Blake drinks the water and it helps soothe her throat.
“I’m going to take a shower,” Blake says once she’s done with the water. Hopefully a shower will help her feel better.
“Okay,” Amory says, throwing away the plastic bottle before she goes back to her blanket on the floor.
Blake goes to the bathroom and turns on the water.
Blake: I tried to talk to her
Jenna: How did it go?
Blake: Not great
Blake: I think she still hates me
Jenna: I doubt she hates you
Jenna: She’s just hurt
Blake: I know, I just don’t know what else to do
Jenna: Would you like me to talk to her?
Blake: I don’t know if that would help
Jenna: It can’t hurt
She has a point, Blake thinks, and so she gives Jenna Amory’s phone number. Maybe Jenna talking to her will prove that Blake didn’t cheat on her. But, then again, if Blake talking to her didn’t sway her, she doesn’t know what Jenna could possibly say that would help.
She wonders if she should just give up on her and accept that Amory hates her. As much as it kills her heart to think about giving up, she thinks that might be the best option for everyone. Amory is miserable and Blake should probably move on, but she doesn’t know if that’s even possible for her. She doesn’t want to move on, she wants to find her happiness with Amory, but right now it doesn’t seem like she’s able to find anything but sadness with her.
I think I’m in love with her and I’ve fucked it all up.
11
AMORY
Amory is conflicted and concerned. Blake missed work today. She was coughing all morning and all throughout the night. But even then, it took Amory calling in for her to agree to miss work. Amory goes to work but worries about Blake at the cabin. It’s strange. She knows that she’s angry at Blake and doesn’t trust her, but it’s hard for her to not care about her. That’s why this whole situation hurt her so much—because she cares about Blake, she has strong feelings for Blake even if she doesn’t want to admit it now.
She does her job, checking her own symptoms as she does so. She doesn’t have a cough or fever or anything out of the ordinary, so she must not have caught whatever Blake has. She hopes that it’s just allergies, like Blake thinks, but she doubts it.
During lunch, she checks her phone and sees a text message from an unknown number.
Jenna: Hey, is this Amory?
Amory: Yes? Who is this?
Jenna:This is Jenna. I’m the person Blake was talking to the other day
Amory can’t help but this she’s about to get chewed out by this woman who is mad at her for sleeping with her partner, even though she didn’t know Blake was seeing anyone.
Jenna: Blake gave me your number. She asked me to talk to you
What? That doesn’t make sense. Why would Blake want this Jenna girl to talk to her? Why would Jenna agree? This doesn’t make sense with everything that’s been going on in Amory’s head.
Amory: About what?
Jenna: I think you two had a massive misunderstanding. Blake isn’t my girlfriend. The only thing we’ve ever been was fwbs
