After changing, they headed downstairs together. Chloe seemed to know the area pretty well, so she picked the bar herself, and Serena just followed
Chloe.
“Aren’t you worried I might kidnap you?” Chloe teased, glancing back at Serena, who looked all gentle and sweet, totally not the type of person one would expect to see in a bar.
Honestly, Chloe was a little surprised Serena had even agreed to come.
“Why would I be scared? Besides, would you really do something like that?” Serena replied.
Chloe made a face. “Don’t trust me like that. We’re not that close, are we? Just so you know, I like Keith too. That makes us rivals now. So don’t go acting like you’re generous.”
Serena had long suspected as much, but hearing Chloe admit it out loud still hit differently.
They walked into a bar tucked away around the corner, and Chloe started ordering round after round, looking like she wasn’t planning to go home unless she drank herself under the table.
Serena knew she was a total lightweight–just one drink and she’d be out. In a place crawling with strangers like this, it was definitely safer to keep her wits about her and not drink at all.
“I’ve already told you I like your boyfriend. Why are you just sitting there all unfazed?” Chloe choked out, her voice trembling as the liquor hit her.
“I always thought that even if he never understood how I felt, he’d still be waiting for me,” she said, her words starting to blur together.
“But what gives you the right to suddenly show up and butt in? Keith is the one I’ve loved since I was a kid. Do you even realize that?” she asked.
The alcohol was hitting her hard, and tears started falling down her cheeks. “You’re always so indifferent, like everything should just go your way. But I’ve known Keith way longer than you ever have.”
Seeing Chloe so heartbroken, Serena couldn’t help but feel a little sorry for her. She pulled a tissue from the side and handed it over. “But you know, feeling is more important than order in a relationship.
“I can see how much you care about Keith, but my feelings for him aren’t any less than yours.”
Serena might have been gentle by nature, but she wasn’t the type to just step aside for anyone. She and Keith were together because they truly loved each other. So even if she felt bad for Chloe, Serena didn’t think she was in the wrong at all.
“I’m begging you. Please let me have him,” Chloe pleaded, clutching Serena’s hand tightly.
“If you break up with him, you can use any reason you want–whatever it is, as long as I can do it, I promise I’ll agree,” she begged.
“Please, just let me have Keith back, okay?” she sobbed.
Chloe reeked of alcohol, and Serena understood that everything she was saying came from a place of raw emotion and intoxication.
Still, Serena shook her head seriously. “Keith isn’t some object you can bargain for, and our relationship isn’t something that can just be traded away. I
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