I was browsing my phone late at night, flicking through app after app in search of a distraction when I got a notification from reddit.
“Did things finish between you and Alfie?” I read. Boredom turned to sadness and I replied back to explain that things had ended.
He seemed genuinely sorry to hear about it and I appreciated his concern. We talked about it for a little while but I was relieved when the conversation shifted from the breakup to my stories and I began to absentmindedly flirt with him. I mentioned that I was looking for new inspiration to write about and that until then I’d come to a stand-still. He caught on pretty quickly and wrote back that “the best way to get over someone is to get under someone else.”