A Nasty Break-Up

Written for 2 Week Drabble Wars: International Women's Day.

Task: Write your character getting into a fight (physical or verbal) with a man, and coming out as the winner.

An entry for Word Prompt Express.

Prompt: Diet (226)

Dialogue Prompt: "Where do you get off on behaving that way with women you don't even know, huh? How would you feel if someone did that to your mother or your sister or your wife?" -Thelma & Louise.

WC: 360

"You're completely overreacting, Lavender! I was talking to the girl!" Her boyfriend Theo yelled at her.

Lavender seethed at his words. She'd been looking forward to seeing him all day, only to find him hitting on the waitress. "Oh? And do you always pat girls on the bum when talking to them? Poor girl looked horrified, and I'm surprised she didn't punch you."

Theo snorted and rolled his eyes. "Well, maybe if you paid me a bit of attention and arrived on time once in a while, I wouldn't have to flirt with the waitress instead of you!"

Lavender's eyes flashed dangerously, and Theo took a nervous step back. "So, it's my fault that you disrespected her and me, is it?"

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said that but…"

"No buts! Too right you shouldn't have said that! Where do you get off on behaving that way with women you don't even know, huh? How would you feel if someone did that to your mother or your sister or your wife?"

She saw red when Theo snorted once more and answered her with an arrogant drawl. "My mother has three chins, my sister likes the attention, and I don't have a wife."

"Get out of my house!" Lavender screamed in rage.

Theo seemed surprised by her words. "I'm sorry, baby, I was kidding. You know I love to wind you up."

"Well, you've wound me up too far, this time, Theodore Nott!"

He looked at her in a way that usually made her heart melt, but this time left her feeling cold. "I'm sorry, Lavender. I love you."

"Get out," she whispered. "I don't think we should see each other anymore."

He walked sadly to the door, and looked like he was going to say something else; she shut the door on him. She took a couple of deep breaths and went looking for her chocolate stash she kept for emergencies like this. 'The diet can go to hell, along with Theodore,' she thought to herself.

A few days later, and after eating her body weight in chocolate, and some girly nights in with Parvati, she felt much better.