Get right to the point

"It's Keith, isn't it?" You ask simply. Melody never liked beating around the bush and you know that a simple confrontation would be best. She looks at you like a deer at an oncoming train. She opens and closes her mouth several times, unable to form words, before finally nodding. Your blood was beginning to boil overtime. "What did he do? He didn't hit you, did he?"

"No..." Melody said, her voice cracking. "Although, I almost wish he did. Then I could slug him right back. Oh God, do I want to beat the tar out of him right now." She sniffed and laughed a little, then turned serious again. "You were right, Jack. You were right all along. He's been cheating on me."

"Oh, jeez Melody." You sigh. "I didn't want to be right..."

"I should have listened to you." She groaned. She slowly stepped into the dorm room and closed the door behind her. "What did I ever see in that asshole?"

"Did you catch him in the act?" You ask.

"No. That jerk had the gall to bring her to our date to announce the fact that they had been seeing each other for three months now. Then he told me that he was breaking up with me to persue a more meaningful relationship with that slut." She clenched her fists and shook angrily. "And THEN! Oh, you won't believe this. Then he asked me if I wanted to join them for a threesome before I left!"

Oddly enough, you can believe it. It sounded like Keith, all right. You could practically hear that asshole's voice saying those words.

"He's been using me for sex. I can see that now." She pushed the strands of hair out her face and sighed. "I don't know why I couldn't see that when we were going out. Looking back it seems to obvious."

"Hey, hey. Don't blame yourself." You speak up, holding your hands out. "Keith is manipulative with his words. No one could have seen that coming."

"You did." Melody said weakly. "I'm sorry I doubted you. I should have known better than to ignore the intuition of my best friend." An awkward silence hung over the room as Melody shuffled her feet against the carpet uneasily. You could tell she was feeling ashamed and more than a little uncomfortable.