Rebounding Woes

megan left colin's house the next morning with her bags. she's been crying the whole night, her eyebags said it all. she just pulled her hair back into a loose ponytail and she wore just a tee and jeans. nothing like the megan who was all successful and happy in the past. she looked around colin's apartment for the last time, teary eyed. she could just imagine how colin would tease her in front of the television... kiss her in his study when she brought him coffee... hold her when they were in bed. she could not help it but continue crying.
"goodbye," she whispered as she turned her back to walk away.

***

"hey wake up! you dozed off on the damn couch!" tyler shouted. colin woke up, dreary eyed and looked around. yeap. he was still at tyler's place no doubt.
"megan just called your cell. she said she has vacated the place. she sounded real bad on the phone..." tyler said, sipping his coffee.
"she called?"
"yeah."
"and you picked up?" colin said, amazed.
"what do you think? i'd just let it ring without hearing who it was? you should know me by now," tyler said, "right, looks like i'd be alone tonight. maybe i should call company..."
"like who? whores from geylang?" colin spat as he walked to the toilet.
"fark no! you think i'd risk aids? i have a girlfriend for god's sake!"
"whatever. just don't do it with alyssa too soon. you know how you always sleep with one and throw them away the next few days," colin commented.
"yeah... and this would cause you and shayna to have problems ya?" tyler groaned.
"yes, so don't you dare. let's go work," colin said, as he placed on a shirt, his pants and took his bags to the car.

***

shayna sat in the office to settle some paperwork. it was time for some updating in her files. miss soong wanted to check them the next working day so she was in early to finish them up.
"hey precious, your mother told me to bring in your lunch," mr. fong said, passing shayna her usual packed lunch.
"thank you papa. sorry that i left earlier than you. i knew we planned to come work together," shayna apologised.
"don't worry. i understand. you don't have to apologise. don't overwork," her father said before kissing her forehead and leaving her alone to do her work.

shayna looked over to her phone. she was wondering if she should talk to colin now. he sould be on his way to work... she just hesistated. finally after ten minutes of contemplation, she picked up her phone and dialled that faithful number. it rang.

colin was pleased to see his beloved's number flashing on his cell.
"woah.. you named her 'dearest' as her id?" tyler remarked.
"yeah! then how do you want me to address her? can you just help me pick up the damn phone? i'm driving here!" colin shouted.
"hello shayna?" tyler said, "this is tyler. i'm in colin's car now. you need to talk to him?"

"yeah it's kinda urgent," shayna said.
"hey dear," colin said.
"hey... you talked to meg?" shayna asked.
"yeah we broke it off yesterday night. look, i have something to talk to you about. would you wanna go lunch together? i can pick you up at the hospital later at noon."

shayna thought about it for a while...
"yeah sure. i have something to tell you also. see you at noon then. bye."
she placed the phone down and sighed. sometimes these things are just so hard to say. not to mention when you love that voice over the phone so much and miss him so badly.
every single moment of your life.

***
"what do you mean he said he doesn't want you as his girlfriend?" Zoe exclaimed, appalled by what her best friend just told her. megan just nodded in the midst of sobbing.
"what does he mean by that? he's such an ass! why did you get with him anyway?"
"cos you said he was a catch... and i thought he was being sincere to me when he broke up with his girlfriend for me..." megan said.
"so he played rebound again this time?"
"i don't know zoe. i asked him and he said he didn't have any girl with him now," megan said.
"and you believe him?"
"what can i do zoe? i was helpless!"

just then, mark, zoe's latest boyfriend came into the house, playing "ex-girlfriend" by No Doubt on his stereo, singing along with it. it didn't help the situation at all... just making it worse.
"mark! can you turn the damn thing down?" zoe shouted.
"sorry. hey meg, just forget that jerk ok? there are better men out there," mark said, before entering the toilet.
zoe sighed. wonder what she saw in mark in the first place.
"i can't just sit here and do nothing. you were rebounded! i have to find out who he's rebounding with now!" zoe said.
megan held onto her best friend's hand, "forget it zoe. even if he has another and you saw it, he would never take me back. you know his decisions are always final."
"then you just want me to sit here and see my best friend cry?" zoe asked, raising her voice.
"sorry zoe. i will get over it... just give me some time."
"alright. you can stay in the guest room if you want," zoe said, shifting the things into the room. when megan fell asleep, zoe picked up megan's phone and copied colin's number. she had to find out the truth.
"fark men. they are all jerks," zoe said.
"hey hey. watch it. you're not lesbian. you have a boyfriend here," mark warned. zoe just rolled her eyes.