Café Confusion

"What's taking him so long?" I muttered to myself as I sat impatiently tapping my foot. This was his favourite café, and we came here all the time, it had gotten to the point where we always know what we're going to order before we walk in the door. "Hurry up Tyler! You just need to say; the usual, and you know Mitch will bring our food to the table!"

I needed this food, it had been a rough week at University. There had been a rumour going around, and unfortunately I was the one able to confirm it. I want to tell Tyler all about that two-timer Josh, and Bec. After I finally make a friend, I catch her and my now-ex-boyfriend making out in his room. I'd planned a surprise date, I'd even made lemonade and cupcakes, we were going to sit a our place.

After I caught the pair, I'd spent the entire night tossing and turning, and at 4am in the morning I'd decided to forgive him. Everyone makes mistakes. Right?

Well that idea didn't last long, I'd gone to our place to feel connected to him, I'd planned to call him. This place had originally been my place, but I'd shared it with only two people, Josh and Tyler. Tyler and me as friends of course, and Josh and me as more than that. I though I would alays be able to rely on Josh, that this was something we could face together.

As I walked over the hill and through the shrub to our spot, I could already smell the salt from the sea. The smell of wild flowers battling the salty scent as pine trees surrounded it. It was near the edge of the cliff, where we could watch the sun set between the cliff and ocean.

Then I saw Josh and Bec rolling around on the grass, my stomach dropped through the ground. My heart stopped as a strangled sob escaped my throat.

"What the hell!" I yelled into the wind as tears streamed down my face, an anger fuelling my heart. "I'll never forgive you! Either of you!" But the pair had just looked at each other, then at me. Then Josh gave me a thumbs up, and Bec gave me the finger. And that hurt more than anything, that they didn't care. I sure know how to pick the people I give my everything to.

That's why I called Tyler, I could always count on him at the very least. He'd been my best friend for as long as I could remember.

"You sure know how to pick 'em," Tyler mutters into my ear as I look up at him, he passes me my iced chocolate and some cheesecake. "Sorry it took a while, they're really busy, so I'm going to go get the rest of our food."

"Ok," I stutter, as my head spins, I hadn't told Tyler anything yet, maybe he was talking about the food. He walks back over with a second iced chocolate and passes it to me, and I frown at him.

"Where's your caramel milkshake?" I ask him as he grins at me.

"It seemed like a two drink conversation. And," he passes me some lemon tart, "a double dessert conversation. I look at him sadly, "I know you can't afford it, but I can. It's my treat." I watch him walk away again to get more. Was he always Psychic?

I swirl my iced chocolate, grinning at the perfectly whipped cream, spinning the scoop of ice-cream at the bottom. These iced-chocolates were to die for. And the lemon tart was beyond amazing, as well as their 'Cheesecake Surprise' where you don't know the flavour.

"You know," Tyler says behind me, as I grin at him taking a sip of my drink. "I could be a better boyfriend than him."

"What are you...? How did you know?" I frown down at the lemon tart, freezing with a small spoon in my hand, frozen above the cheesecake.

My mind started to wander as he watched me carefully, and I had one of my crazy conspiracy-theory-worthy-thoughts. What if everyone but me can read minds? I grin at myself as I chuckle softly.

I watch Tyler freeze. I turn around to see Mitch drop a strawberry milkshake, I cringe as the glass smashes. All the chatter in the room stops, and the only thing I can hear is my own breathing and heartbeat.

Then Jack says something to me;

"How did you know?"