"The One" – Part 15

Summary and additional notes in part 1.

Author's Note: Thanks for the reviews! There's a bit of drama in this chapter…

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The following day, she had been at work for a few hours when she got a text message on her cell from her friend and former roommate Gretchen.

** You might want to do some damage control on FR – Gretchen Y. **

Fiona frowned. The usual abbreviation for 'FR' in that context was for FaceRange. She had more than a hunch what this could be about. She quickly logged on to the site. She scanned her profile and it seemed normal. She went to Adam's and upon seeing his picture she instantly smiled. She always did. She then scanned his wall and nothing jumped out at her. She paused. There was one more profile to check.

She navigated to Beth's page. She had defriended her ex-lover on the site around the same time she 'canceled' the relationship and made her current relationship status invisible. However, she could still view most of Beth's profile. She and Beth shared a bunch of friends in common which gave them a secondary connection on the social network as friends-of-friends. When the page loaded Fiona instantly frowned.

Before the break up, Beth's main profile picture had been one taken of her and Fiona. The picture had been changed to a solo one of Beth that was rather artsy. That was to be expected, after all Fiona had removed most photos of Beth from her profile. What aggravated Fiona was that Beth finally got around to changing her relationship status to single but she left it public.

By hiding her relationship status from view, the update 'Fiona Coyne is single' did not display publicly on Fiona's profile. Nor did 'Fiona Coyne is in a relationship' when she updated it again Sunday night – after she returned home from her long day with Adam. However, on Beth's profile the break up announcement was displayed for all to see and people were commenting on it.

"Oh no! What happened?" Ricky C., a friend of Beth's from college asked on her wall.

Fiona frowned when she saw that Beth actually responded. "It's over. Apparently 'I think we should break up' and 'I don't see a future' is code word for 'I'm fucking a guy'."

Fiona flinched when she read that. The venom behind the words made them hard to read. And, it was factually incorrect. She and Adam hadn't slept together… yet.

Another response followed. "Whoa, that's messed up…" Josie F. commented. She was a friend of theirs that they had met while on a white river rafting trip last year.

"Crap! She didn't actually say that, right?" Heather K., one of Beth's closest friends posted.

Again, Beth posted a response. "SHE DID. Not the last one, but the first two."

"What a bitch! You're better off without her!" Tami L., Fiona's former roommate posted.

Fiona clinched her jaw. "Nice," she muttered under her breath.

"Is everything alright? You look a little sad," George asked her.

Fiona quickly nodded. "I'm fine. What's up?"

He looked at her unconvinced, but decided to drop it. "I have the server reports for this quarter. I already gave a copy to Sales, but I need your signature for the official sign off."

Fiona nodded, "Okay." He handed her the papers. She picked up a pen and began signing her name.

"Whoa, are you scoping out your Ex's page?" George smirked. "I hope you're not having buyer's remorse," he joked.

Fiona glared at him. "My personal life is personal," she said in an icy tone. "But if you must know, that's definitely not what this is. My Ex is ranting and spreading lies about me on FaceRange."

George grimaced. He wished he had kept his mouth shut. Clearly he had stepped in the minefield. "Uh, that sucks."

Fiona snorted. "Yeah, it really does."

"So… What are you going to do?" he asked awkwardly. Navigating dilemmas on social networks was not one of his strong suits. He resisted the urge to run his hand through his light brown hair because he used product to slick it back today.

"I don't know what I can do. She's hurt and venting. If I engage her, it might make things worse, you know?" she reasoned.

George nodded. "That's very true."

"But if I ignore her, people will think her version of events is what really happened! These days silence means what you've been accused of is true. I didn't cheat on her," Fiona stated.

He paused. "I think maybe it's best to stay above the fray. People are going to believe what that will. Unless she's accusing you of murdering puppies, I think most people will see this for what it is. The ravings of someone who is hurt and bitter. Your true friends are going to stand by you," George offered.

Fiona let out a breath. "I think you're right."

He smiled broadly. "Apparently I can fix anything computer related," he joked.

She laughed and finished up the last signature. "Here you go. Thanks for your help."

"Anytime!"

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tbc

A/N: Ouch. For anyone who's broken up in the Facebook era, it sucks! It seriously does. And sharing friends makes things more complicated, but you inevitably do!

Review! You know you wanna :D

Alright, I might double post later night. The next chapter is cute and there's Fadam in it!

And, it'll be awhile before I share it, but I started writing a new timeline fic! It's a far future fic - their daughter Rory is in it ;-) So, yay, more timeline fics will indeed be coming!