Lockdown on London Lane by Beth Reekles

Author:Beth Reekles [Reekles, Beth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Wattpad WEBTOON Book Group

apartment #17 – serena

Chapter Twenty-one

Let’s just set the record straight right now: I’m not a bitch.

I’m not, typically, an impulsive person. I like to think things through, understand where they’re going and how I’ll get there. Plan is maybe a little strong, but I like to at least have an idea of a plan. I like to consider consequences.

It’s safer that way.

It doesn’t mean you don’t make mistakes; it just means you were prepared for them and aren’t caught totally off guard if (or when) shit does hit the fan.

I also don’t consider myself hotheaded. It’s not like I don’t get angry, I’m just pretty good at keeping a lid on my temper and managing the situation. I can be snappy, sure, but I don’t just lose it.

I am also not prone to flights of spontaneity.

End of.

I didn’t use to understand how people couldn’t think things through, or just lived in the moment like that.

It used to drive me slightly nuts when I was first dating Zach, but it gradually became one of the things I loved most about him. The way he’d show up on my doorstep after work and announce he’d made us a picnic and come on, we were going to the park for the evening; when he booked us a weekend in Edinburgh for my birthday without telling me until we got to the airport, having packed a bag for me and picked me up from work. (He forgot to pack me any bras or mascara, but I forgave him pretty quickly for that.) He’s easygoing, happy-go-lucky, and always seems to believe things will just work themselves out.

It’s not like I’m a pessimist or anything, but I always feel like I have to work to make something happen. Zach’s the kind of guy who shows up at the shopping center at peak time instead of leaving early to beat the rush, yet just happens across a prime parking spot right near the doors. He actually won a grand on a scratch card last year.

It took me a little while, sure, but I came to see this as a good thing.

They always say opposites attract, and we did.

For the last four years, we did.

And then . . .

Oh, then.

I grit my teeth just thinking about it all, and feel my blood start to boil. It’s been so hard not to be angry at Zach, at our relationship, at lockdown, at everything this week. And fuck, I cannot believe we’re stuck here and I can’t just put some distance between us and not have to see his face all day long.

We’ve done our best to tiptoe around each other since our fight yesterday morning. For the most part, he’s stayed in the bedroom playing video games, and I’ve stayed in the living room working.

Aside from that one brief moment of normality when we sorted out some clothes to lend Isla’s boyfriend and he was goofing around, our interactions have been civil at best.

We tried to talk about it again last night, but it just turned into another screaming row.

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