The Best Mistakes - Episode 2
by Scarlett Lexington
What do you mean THAT Caleb?
It means I’m the biggest idiot in the world. Can you just forget this ever happened?
Pretend I never texted, ok?
What’s going on?
I’m not even going to get an explanation?
I’m guessing from your reaction I know you…
You do.
She speaks! All right, we’re getting somewhere. How do I know you?
It doesn’t matter.
It does to me.
Please just drop it.
I can’t. You have to tell me.
If you don’t, this is going to be all I think about.
Do you really want to be the one responsible for my lack of productivity at work tomorrow?
Wait, is that it? Do we work together?
No.
Okay, then. Did we go out?
Sister’s best friend?
Woman who cuts my hair?
Neighbor who screams about my music?
None of the above.
Then what?
Ex-girlfriend?
Sort of.
Wait, what!? Are you serious?
Calm down. I don’t mean yours.
Then what do you mean?
Caleb, it’s Skye.
Yep. See — you’ve lost your words.
It’s not that. I just…wasn’t expecting it to be you.
I guess it’s not every day you wind up sexting your ex-roommate’s ex-girlfriend.
Technically, we didn’t quite get to the sext part. I think we hovered around it. 😉
Because that makes it so much better.
Honestly, it doesn’t make a difference.
I don’t see the problem. You and Scott haven’t been a couple since…what?
Four months after college?
This really isn’t that big of a deal.
Yeah, it is.
Trust me, it’s not.
Think about it, Caleb.
I did, and I don’t get what the issue is. What am I missing?
Oh, I don’t know….
Maybe the fact that I wound up texting you when I was trying to reach him.
Obviously.
Then obviously, you know that he was the one who had me bent over the podium at the reunion 🙈
Like that’s not awkward or anything.
You didn’t mention anything about a podium 😉
You’re really not helping things.
Okay, sorry. But, so what?
You slept with him, you did things with him, you…who cares?
You think I’ve been sitting home all virginal these past few years?
Or even these past few weeks?
It’s not about having sex. It’s about the guy I had sex *with.*
Okay…so you had sex with Scott. What’s your point?
Scott, as in your roommate throughout college—
Had sex with me, Skye, as in the girl you…
The girl I?
I know you didn’t forget.
Forget what?
You’re really going to make me say it?
Say what?
I see what you’re doing. Trying to get me to bare it all.
Baring it all, huh?
That may bring back a few memories.
A few? Who are you kidding?
I bet that night was on loop in your mind for days!
I saw your face and the way you made a beeline for your room after you saw me.
Hey! I didn’t want to make you uncomfortable.
Is that it, huh? How noble.
It wasn’t like I walked in on you guys on purpose. You were in my living room!
Relax, I’m giving you a hard time.
I actually thought it was funny.
It wasn’t your fault. You got home earlier than we expected.
And we were being…reckless.
There was no way you’d know you’d come home to find a naked woman straddling your roommate on the couch…
Back arched and moaning loudly?
🙈 Exactly. That doesn’t happen every day.
Just every third Tuesday.
I see you’re catching my drift 😉
And I have to say you paint a really nice picture.
I’ll take the live show again, any day.
Then I guess it’s only fitting you got the texts too.
Ahh, the texts, the perfect encore presentation.
I was hoping we could get back to those.
It’s different now.
It shouldn’t be. If anything, it should be better.
You know who I am. I know who you are.
Now you can really picture me. I did give an accurate description, didn’t I?
I will give you that. You’re definitely easy on the eyes.
My friends were always begging me to fix them up with you.
But you never did. Saving me for yourself?
Not quite.
Then how come? Not charming enough?
That was never your problem. More like your roommate dumped me.
Dealing with his friends didn’t seem like the smartest idea in the world.
That didn’t stop you from texting me now though, did it? 😉
Yeah, by accident.
A happy accident. But seriously, how did you end up reaching me and not him?
Your subconscious screaming out?
Skye cringes.
You were listed in my contacts as Scott RM. When I typed in his name, I must have clicked on the wrong entry.
Ouch. My name didn’t even get in there?
Not even Scott’s Caleb? Or Roommate Caleb?
Hottest guy on the planet Caleb?
Nope. We never texted. I only had your number because Scott gave it to me for emergencies—
Our first time texting was today.
And it was definitely worth the wait 😉
Caleb…
Skye shakes her head.
She isn’t seriously considering something with Caleb Hansen, right?
Is she?
Come on. We used to have great conversations—
Before AND after the living room encounter.
If we could get past that, why is this such a big deal?
Skye considers what he says.
I guess it’s not.
I like where this is headed…
I mean, it’s not like you and Scott are best buddies.
You don’t live together anymore or hang out 24-7.
We were never best buddies.
You know what I mean.
Skye, there’s something I have to tell you…
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