Chapter 3The Gamer's Trap

I met Jax gaming.

He was #1 in the region; I was dead last.

I heard his voice in a random match and chased him until he was mine.

Later, I found out he was a pro Esports player.

No one around us knew we were dating.

He gamed all night and slept all day.

The one time we managed a date, he fell asleep in the movie theater.

As his rank climbed—regionals, nationals, even worlds—his messages got shorter. Our conversations died.

I tried to break up a million times. He wouldn't even reply.

Or he'd see my breakup text and smooth it over with a few sweet words, and I'd fall for it again.

But this time, I was done.

If this kept up, one of us was going to end up in a psych ward.