She wasn't particularly surprised when she felt Mack grab her wrist to halt her leaving, but she still wished the blonde hadn't done it. Things would be so much easier for both of them if they could just let it go and forget anything had even happened between them. She didn't fight the grip that the older girl had on her, just facing blankly in the opposite direction, listening to what the blonde had to say to her.
The words made her own heart begin pounding, and she had to swallow a lump in her throat as the tears that had welled up began to spill over her cheeks. She didn't make a sound though, chewing the inside of her cheek. Was the blonde lying? Probably. There was no way Sera wouldn't know something was up between them after this. It would be hard enough for her, someone dedicated to the cause, to forget this. She doubted Mack, who didn't seem to give a shit about anyone she fucked with, would stick to her word on this. She would probably crack, and that made Tatum want to panic again.
She had been about to blurt another defensive lie, tell the blonde that she didn't care why she put up with her, but what the older girl actually said made the redhead's eyes go wide. Her heart seemed to skip a beat, and she knew her face was flushing, still damp with tears. "N-No, I don't k-know," she stammered back.
This was exactly what couldn't happen. Mack liked her? Just repeating the thought made her heart doing that funny stopping thing again, made her stomach feel like it was plummeting down past her legs. Mackenzie Dubinsky liked her, like that, and there was no choice but to get away from her.
"How m-many times do I have to tell you t-that I'm straight? I'm-- I'm going to go out with S-Sam. I want h-him to ask me."