Onto the next disaster

As your mind is completely occupied by retorts you could have maken to the angry woman, you forget to properly check your map. Soon enough you are standing over the bag full of letters, confused by the addresses in front of you. Now you are standing between, William Street and Beatrix Street, but the letters supposed to be delivered now are going to Maxima Street. You look around, confused. Somewhere you must have missed a street.

'John?' you hear a high-pitched voice.

You turn around to see Maria, your most recent, and still most painful ex. In high-school she was the head cheerleader, something any idiot could tell just by looking at her. Boy did she have killer-looks; a short Latina girl, with dark blonde hair and blue eyes. Oh how you long for the days you held her firm, round breasts and kissed her soft, perfect ass cheeks. But your hear sinks, as you see next to her, holding an umbrella over her head, standing Mike; a friend of yours from high-school. You haven't seen him after the prom, which coincidentally acted as the setting for your break-up with Maria. Now it all falls into place. He must have stepped in as a shoulder to cry on, and in turn seduced her just like you did.

'Oh, hey,' you answer meekly, a bit shocked to find the two of them here. 'Funny to see you here.'

'We're going home, what are you doing here?' Maria returns the question, a little horrified by your uniform. 'Are you a mail man now?'

'My mom made me get a summer job,' you sulk. 'This is my first day, and it's horrible. Do you know where Maxima Street is?'

'That's where we're going,' Maria answers coldly.

'But, you don't live on - '

'We're going to my house,' Mike interrupts, finally speaking. He sounds a little awkward when he says it, like he expects you to hit him.

Instead you swallow your sorrow, and act like absolutely nothing is wrong , hoping by dear god that the rain will mask your tears. 'Oh, alright. Can I follow you guys?'

'Sure,' Mike says, but he sounds unsure. He can't believe you're just letting this pass.

Neither is Maria, who is looking furious right now. She would have hoped that you have some more feelings towards her, rather than seeming completely unaffected by the news of her dating his best friend. Slowly, they make their way past you, and you grab your bike to follow them.

'So how's it going guys?' you ask, almost shouting through the rain.

'Yeah, great, with you?' Mike says quickly.

'Not too bad. Today is a bad day though. How's it going with you, Maria? I haven't seen you since...'

'We broke up,' Maria finishes for you. 'Great actually! I'm leaving after the summer to study abroad. With Mike here.'

'That's great news!' you exclaim with a fake smile. 'Where are you going?'

'Australia,' Mike answers. 'Always wanted to go there.' You remember him telling you this very often, as he didn't have much other interesting things to say. He is not a man of many interests, you might say.

'You too, eh, Maria?' you ask. Contrary to Mike, you had never heard her express any interest in moving to Australia. Instead, she always said she wanted to move to Los Angeles and focus on becoming an actress.

'Yes,' she answers coolly, looking around so you can meet her angry stare. Still a lot of resentment there, after what happened. She can't be blamed for that, of course, since she caught you fucking one of her best friends, during your prom date together even.

'Cool,' you say, awkwardly.

'This is it,' Mike tells you and you stop at the beginning of the street. 'See you later then, I guess.'

'Yeah, see you later...'

The young couple runs off towards their destination, leaving you to ponder in the rain. Then with a heavy sigh, you continue on.