“Oh, I’m sorry, Teddy, did you want me to introduce you to my boyfriend?”
“No, I…can we talk? Alone?”
“We are alone.”
“People can hear us.”
“What’s the big deal?”
“I — ugh, you’re impossible. Why didn’t you tell me you had a boyfriend?”
“Why does it matter? You didn’t bother to tell me that you invited your girlfriend along on our trip to the amusement park.”
“That — that’s different! I at least told you I had a girlfriend!”
“So? Are you jealous or something?”
“No!”
“Then we’re done here, aren’t we?”
“…Fine. Have fun with your boyfriend.”
“I will, thanks.”
“Teddy…shut up!”
“I’m sorry, what did you say before that, Vic? Something about having a crush on me?”
“No, seriously, if you don’t shut up, I’m going to smack you with a tree branch.”
“So, how long ago was this crush? A day? Two? Maybe even a week?”
“Oh, my God, it was three years ago, now shut up!”
“Do you still?”
“Do I still what?”
“Have a crush on me.”
“…I thought I told you to shut up.”
“Wait, your mum seriously thought you were pregnant?”
“Yeah, something about how I was wearing a looser dress than usual. I don’t even know.”
“Vic, as much as I love you, your mum’s a piece of work.”
“I know, my God…but y’know, a baby wouldn’t be so bad one day.”
“…What?”
“I mean — later, of course. Not now. We’re far too young.”
“Yeah, it…I mean, you’re right. It’d be nice. I’ve always wanted kids.”
“Me, too. But in the future, of course. We’ve got jobs to worry about right now.”
“Right. Also, maybe you should tell your mother that just because we live together doesn’t mean we’re having sex twenty-four seven.”
“…Teddy, sweetheart, I would, but she’d never believe me.”
“Oh.”
“What, are you still not impressed, Vic?”
“You’re a lunatic, Teddy, oh my gosh.”
“You love it!”
“You’re gonna break a limb!”
“Good thing I have you to take care of me, then, isn’t it?”
“Oh, shut up.”
“Teddy, mate, for the last time, stop staring at her.”
“I can’t. And she’s staring back, anyway.”
“She has a boyfriend.”
“I know that!”
“Then?”
“I just…I don’t know, okay? Leave me alone.”
“…Vic? Victoire, are you all right?”
“Y - yeah, Dom, I’m fine. I…I just haven’t seen him in years.”
“Well, he did just get back from traveling around the world.”
“Sure, after breaking my heart.”
“Maybe you should talk to him.”
“I - yeah…maybe later.”
in another life, i would be your girl
we’d keep all our promises, be us against the world
in another life, i would make you stay
so i don’t have to say you were the one that got away
(—katy perry, the one that got away)
“Hey, Vic?”
“What?”
“I… I’m not going to let you get away like that.”
“Teddy…”
“I’ll fight for you.”
