Page 60 of What If We Break?
My phone kept vibrating in my hand, and it now reached a point where it started to annoy me.
Reece removed his hands from my face, watching me check my messages. I didn’t even have to look at him to know he was watching me.
When I read Erik’s name on my screen, all I wanted to dowas throw my phone into the nearest garbage disposal and destroy it for good.
Why was he suddenly texting me? And so much at once, too. It was strange and far from what I wanted.
Couldn’t he pretend I never existed?
Erik
I’m just saying, Brooklyn. Reece was decent once upon a time, but he’s shit now.
I saw the video from your practice session you posted last week.
He sucked.
You should’ve just quit the season and start back up with me next year.
Reece is going to destroy your reputation
My eyes rolled, and that was the least bad reaction I had in mind. I was ready to scrub them with bleach.
Erik
I’ll be at the arena tomorrow to watch you fail
Don’t worry though, I won’t film it or even mention your awful performance
It’s your boyfriend’s fault anyway
Let’s just hope the judges won’t disqualify you for having the worst skating partner in history
I took a deep breath, then slowly began typing out my reply.
Me
You’re being quite the harsh judge for someone who broke both of his legs because he was too incompetent to keep a hold on me.
Oh, wait… you let go on purpose, hoping it would injure me.
Want to know what your problem is, Erik?
Erik
I don’t have any. And it’s quite unfair how you use my injury as a flaw.
Brooke
You view yourself as irreplaceable, when in reality, you’re no better than an amateur. Actually, even an amateur has better catching skills than you do.
While I know you suddenly regain the ability to catch me, hold me up, or throw me in ways that allow me to actually stick the landing during competitions with judges present, it’s not special enough to view you as irreplaceable.
Reece doesn’t even drop me during practice. He wouldn’t dream of it.
It took you two whole years to land an Axel without falling, while I’ve been doing Quadruple Axels with my eyes closed. Guess how long Reece took to relearn a Triple Axel?
2 attempts.
