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thought and her mood would sadden.

Kara sighed, finally just setting the straw down. "Well, you know that
guy I've been dating?"

"Anthony, yeah." I nodded, glad to finally be breaking some ground.

"Well," She sighed again, a sadness running through her voice. "We
broke up. I found out that he was already dating some girl and-" She
paused, looking out the window with a faraway look. "I'm so stupid,
Belle."

She began to tear up and then before I knew it she had completely
broken down. She had her head on the table and I could hear her
muffled cries.

I quickly moved to sit beside her, hugging her in a comforting matter.
"Shh, it's okay."

"I feel so stupid. I thought he loved me. I thought I loved him."

"I know, it’s okay." I tried my best to soothe. I hated seeing her so
torn up. She didn't deserve this in the slightest. "But you know what?
That guy is a loser if he doesn't see what he's missing out on." I
said, lifted her head so she was able to look at me. "You're an
amazing and beautiful person who doesn't deserve someone like this.
You deserve someone who really loves you and just adores you."

She sniffled, smiling a bit. "Thank you so much." She said, hugging me
tightly. "For coming and for everything. I don't know what I would do
if I didn't have you."

I shrugged. "Probably live without a lot of bad jokes."

***

"So, how's your boy situation?" Kara asked as we lay at the beach two
days later. The last two days had been great, but I already missed
Ben.

An involuntary smile played on my lips at the thought of him. "Ben's great."

Kara simply smiled. Even though she was currently heartbroken over a
boy, she was still truly happy for me for finding Ben. Of course, I
tried not to bring it up very much because I didn't want to remind her
of Anthony. The scum bag.

Even though she kept a cool exterior I could see that she was still
completely torn inside. She had honestly been falling in love with
him. She had thought he was this romantic, sweet, great guy and then
he just broke her heart.

I felt a slight tremble through my body thinking about it. Ever since
I had gotten here and heard her story I couldn't help but wonder about
Ben and I. Besides that he works for my dad, his family, and what I
had learned while being with him, I wasn't well informed on his life.

It started to get me wondering. What if he did have a girlfriend that
he was too afraid to tell me about? What if he was cheating on her
with me? What if he was cheating on me with her? We had never really
questioned each other’s past relationships. Friendships even, for that
matter. Hell, I wasn't even sure he had friends!

And the more I thought about it, the more I started to second guess it
all. Ben was gorgeous and amazing. He was talented, down-to-Earth,
caring, loving...perfect, almost. And I was, well, dull. My friends
would call me pretty and things, but I was never anything more than
possibly pretty in my own mind. I was nothing more special than any of
the random girls walking past. Ben could have any girl, so what on Earth had possessed him to ask me to be his
girlfriend? Why me? Quite honestly, I didn't want to ask that question anymore. I was getting a migraine.

"Belle, you okay?" She asked. "You have this really faraway look on your face."

I was debating if I should confide in Kara or not. Maybe with her current
situation it was best to keep my own petty fears to myself, but my
curiosity always got the best of me. "It's just...since you've been
telling me all these things about what happened with you, I start to
wonder if maybe that's what Ben might be doing. Just playing with me
until something better girl comes along?" I always did
seem to ramble on effortlessly when I was worked up.

Kara shook her head, seeming confident in her upcoming answer. "Ben
may be completely different than Anthony." She slightly choked over
her ex's name. "Don't judge one guy because of another."