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“How long have you two been together?” he wants to know, still not walking away “He doesn’t look like your usual type”

“What’s my usual type?” she asks

“Popular and cool”

Popular and cool? I laugh, tossing my head and hair back What are we, in middle school?

Who gives a shit about popularity at this age?

This guy

This guy gives a shit about popularity, and for a brief second, I wonder what kind of chance a guy like irl like Lilly who dates idiots like this

He , but it’s obvious that Kyle Gordeski is harmless

Lilly snorts at him before I have the chance

“My type is really none of your business,” Lilly tells him with her chin up

“We just broke up”

His argu secondhand embarrassment on his behalf

“You cheated on irls I lost count So don’t be a hypocrite”

He turns bright red, and I doubt it’s fro in the plastic cup He looks at h his irlfriend—it’s certainly no scene froe of the Nerds, but

Kyle is way cal more

As if on cue, a girl walks up and takes hi hair and big boobs and is wearing a skirt that’s shorter than Lilly’s “Co”

He shakes her off with a curse “Jesus Christ, Ka”

The girl pouts “You said…”

“Wow” I hear Lilly clicking her tongue “This tio, Kyle—you have a ga my buzz I want to spend time with my boyfriend”

Kyle hesitates, unsure Not wanting to walk away, giving it one last-ditch effort “Lilly, I…I’m really sorry”

“I’ve ers squeeze “Don’t worry about reat”

Is she though?

If she was great, she wouldn’t have texted ht not know h

Kyle stands there, beer in hand, staring at Lilly, looking a little…ill Regretful

A feeling I’d feel if I let a girl like her get away

Er

If I cheated on a girl like that

What sort of fucking irl like Lilly? She’s…

A keeper