“Listen… Kay and I dated for a while, but we had to break up…”
I thought my voice sounded weak and stupid.
“You don’t act like you’ve broken up… If you guys still love each other, why not go back out? Why drag me into all this? I don’t need to be hurt again…”
“Lucy… I’m sorry, I’m trying to let it go and you’re the only one that gives me hope.”
Lucy’s frown melted away as she started to cry. She’d been through the same thing with her ex, and knew how hard it was to move on. I held her in my arms and leaned my head against hers.
“Hey, why don’t you come over to my house after school, ok? I promise I’ll make it up to you…”
She looked into my eyes, “I trust you Tom, but I don’t want to be hurt again…”
I searched for something to say, then remembered something Paul told me.
“For every girl with a broken heart, there’s a guy with a glue gun.”
She smiled and gave me a soft kiss.
“Five O’clock sound good?”
I could hardly speak, “Yea, five O’clock is just fine…”