Caleb
I like you. I always have.
Caleb
You had to have known.
Caleb
Come on, you practically lived at our apartment—
Caleb
You didn’t notice how much time I spent around you?
Skye
It was a small space, it wasn’t like you had much choice.
Caleb
I had a choice, and I chose to be around you.
Caleb
Think about it. I’d watch Real Housewives episodes with you. Why do you think I did that?
Skye
Because it’s a really good show.
Caleb
No, because I loved seeing your reactions to it.
Caleb
You’d talk to the TV, shake your head, gasp at every fight.
Skye
You liked it too. There’d be nights we’d stay up talking about it for hours.
Caleb
That was the part I liked, when we’d just talk.
Caleb
It wasn’t just about the show, remember?
Caleb
We got to know each other.
Caleb
And that’s why I never said anything or made a move.
Caleb
Like you said, it’s been years…
Caleb
I was hoping that now, it’d be different since you and Scott weren’t together.
Skye
We’re not together because *you* told him not to call me.
Caleb
I told him not to call IF he wasn’t serious about you—
Caleb
There’s a big difference.
Caleb makes a good point.
Besides, Scott could have still reached out, but he chose not to.
Caleb
Skye, when I found out you were the one texting me…
Caleb
It really felt like fate.
Caleb
Like it was finally our chance.
Caleb
Think about it. When we were texting just now, we had a connection. A spark.
Skye
I thought I was texting a stranger.
Skye
That’s what was exciting. It wasn’t real.
Caleb
It is — and I’m not just talking about our connection today.
Skye
There was nothing between us back then.
Caleb
That’s not true. I know you felt something.
Caleb
Remember that period when Scott would run out to the gym every morning?
Caleb
You’d roll your eyes about it, but I think you preferred it being just the two of us.
Skye
He was in his no carbs phase. I was a cereal girl.
Caleb
I remember. We’d each have a giant bowl of Lucky Charms.
Caleb
We’d talk about the day ahead and make wishes whenever we found the clover marshmallow.
Caleb
I made the same wish every day.
Skye
I want to hear you say it.
Caleb
Okay. I’d wish that you were with me instead of Scott.
Skye
This is a lot to take in.
Caleb
Is it? Deep down, I think you’ve known it all along.
Caleb
And I think you may have had some feelings too.
Skye
I was all about Scott.
Caleb
Maybe, but remember when I started dating Dari?
Caleb
I saw the way you’d look at us.
Skye
Because of the way you doted over her. It was so over the top.
Caleb
Ahhh, you do remember.
Skye
How could I not? You were sickeningly sweet together.
Skye
Scott was always on his phone or playing some stupid game. You guys were a team.
Skye
You’d cook meals together, and really listen when you told each other stories—
Skye
It was like you were each other’s world.
Skye
I’d watch you go up and give her a kiss on the back of neck, and I knew she meant everything to you.
Skye
Sure seemed like it.
Caleb
I knew you were watching us.
Skye
Please, of course I was. We already established that I like reality TV…
Skye
This was just like a live version right in my living room. That’s why I watched.
Caleb
That’s the only reason?
Caleb
Well, I seem to remember how you lit up when I told you I ended things with her…
Skye
She was dull. If there was going to be someone else hanging out in the apartment I wanted someone fun.
Caleb
You can’t admit a tiny part of you was jealous of her?
Skye
Jealous? You doted on her and then broke it off.
Skye
Not exactly the behavior I look for in a partner.
Caleb
I had to end it. It wasn’t fair to her. I knew she wasn’t the one.
Caleb
You, Skye. It’s always been you. Can you please just give us a chance?
Caleb
Don’t you think we deserve it?
Caleb
We can do something small to start.
Caleb
I’m not asking you to marry me. Yet 😉
Caleb
Just meet me for dinner.
Skye
This is a lot to take in. I need to think.
Caleb
I can give you time if that’s what you need.
Caleb
Okay, but just promise me that this won’t be the last that I hear from you.
She knows she shouldn’t promise him that, but she can’t help it.
There’s something inside her that intrinsically trusts Caleb…
When Skye wakes up the next morning and checks her phone, she sees that she has a text.
Because even though she assumed it’d be Caleb texting her…
This time, the text actually DID come from Scott.
