Archive of Our Own

     He opened the door to find her standing there, crying. 

     “Are you ok?” Was the first question that slipped from his lips. The poor girl shook her head no and curled her arms around herself as a way to try and find comfort.

     “Come in,” Trent urged and helped lead her inside. He sat her down at the island in his kitchen.

     “Do you want anything to drink?”

     She nodded and he gave her some water. It looked like she had been crying for a while and was probably dehydrated. She gulped down the water and cleared her throat.

     “Thank you…” she spoke up. “Of course,” Trent responded. She sniffled before saying something else. “My, uh- my names Courtney.” She wiped at her face to rid the tears streaking down her cheeks.

     “My names Trent. Hey, have I seen you around before?”

     She laughed and shrugged her shoulders. “I'm president of the school councel, that might be it.” Trent nodded his head. 

     “If you don’t mind me asking, why are you crying?” She took a deep breath, “My boyfriend’s been cheating on me.”

     Trent frowned.

“And…and it was with your girlfriend, Gwen.” she muttered softly. Trent couldn’t have heard her right.

      “Sorry, what?” 

      Courtney sighed at his disbelief. “Your girlfriend Gwen is the accomplice of my boyfriend's cheating.” Trent laughed and shook his head. This had to be some joke from the girl he just met; because Gwen, his Gwen, would never do something like that. When he saw her grim expression he looked at her dumbfounded.

     “No, that can’t be true. Gwen wouldn’t do that to me,” Trent adamantly said. 

     Courtney grimaced at him. “I’m afraid she already has.”

     Trent sat down at his kitchen island next to her. They sat in a drenched silence, not knowing what to say after this revelation.

      “So, what do we do?” Trent pondered.

     Courtney only frowned at his question. “…”

     She scratched her handed until she got a determined frown on her face. “First thing im going to do is burn everything he ever gave me.”