Breakdown by Ellie Grace

Author:Ellie Grace [Grace, Ellie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contempoary
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Over the next few weeks, we settle into a new kind of routine. Dex and Nate spend a lot of time together, and since Dex found out that he won’t be able to return to active duty, they’ve even started working together at Nate’s auto repair shop.

They spend time with Sadie and me, too. We often eat dinners together at my house or go to the beach on the weekends. It’s nice, until the two of them head out to the bar at night for a drink, or to see a band, and I’m the one who gets left behind. They invite me along, of course, but it’s mostly just to be polite. They know that I have responsibilities. When you have a child, you can’t go out for a spur-of-the-moment good time. So, instead I hang back, plaster on a smile, and send them off to have a good time without me.

I allowed myself a brief second of hope, of longing, when I shared that moment—or whatever it was—with Nate at Sadie’s birthday party. I thought that maybe this time it would be different. Maybe this time we could have a real chance.

But then Dex came in, and Nate couldn’t get away from me fast enough. In that instant I realized that even though we’re older and lead completely different lives than we did before, nothing has really changed. Dex will always be the obstacle that stands between us.

So now, things have returned to the “new” normal. Dex and Nate are best friends, and I tag along when I can. I’m right back to being the tomboy, twin sister who’s friends with all the boys, but nothing more.

It may not be turning out the way I’d hoped, but it’s for the best. I feel as though I’m finally starting to get my brother back. He’s acting a lot more like his old self, and I know that his progress is due in large part to Nate. I can’t begrudge their friendship when it’s helping Dex get better. If burying my feelings for Nate means getting my brother back, then I’ll gladly do it. That’s the most important thing to me.

He needs Nate far more than I do right now.

Not that I’m actually giving Nate up or anything. You can’t give up something you never had.

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