Justice for Kayla

Chapter 8 : The encounter

Cameron and I were at home one day and what I was avoiding to do, happened once and at all...
-Amanda dear, when am I going to meet your job partners?- asked Cameron.
-I don't know, why do you even want to meet them?- I replied.
-Well I don't know,  I know you are really friends with most of them and you have already met my job bros so maybe we could make some friends to hangout with in the city- he said, with an arrogant voice.
-Well then I guess we can throw a dinner party at ours and invite them and then, of course, you are going to be able to meet them- I answered, partly uneasy.
I couldn't refuse Cameron's suggestion of meeting my job "friends" because then I would need an excuse for Jenna and at that moment I couldn't come up with anything.
I was thinking then of a plan which consisted on being neutral at the dinner with both Cameron and Jenna so that none of them noticed anything between any of us. I didn't want Jenna to know I had a boyfriend I hadn't told her about and neither I wanted to tell Cameron I was cheating on him.

The dinner night was coming up and I decided to do what I had planned.
As the time was approaching, the guests were starting to come in and I introduced everyone that was entering to Cameron.
There was Marcus, that French man, Luke, from London, and Claire, from Massachusetts and after her the moment came...
And now Jenna; I didn't know how to do it so I just did like nothing happened and said- Jenna, this is Cameron and Cameron, this is Jenna.
There was a long silence... They both stared at each other as if they already knew themselves from before, as if they had already met... it was so strange to observe...
Once and at all Cameron exclaimed- I know you! You were the girl hiding in my wardrobe the other day!

I couldn't believe what I was hearing; what did he mean by that? And if that was true, wtf was Jenna doing hiding in our apartment's wardrobe? But obviously I didn't say that out loud.
After Cameron's exclamation, Jenna answered with a shy "yes..."and then tried to get me apart to talk by throwing me a glance and so I made a sign to Cameron as to tell him I needed to talk privately with her. Cameron understood more or less the situation and I took Jenna apart. When we were alone, I told her- What were you doing on our apartment hiding in our wardrobe?
-Well to begin with I didn't even know you had a roommate.- Answered Jenna with a nearly angry voice- I was there to surprise you as I felt like you weren't on the mood lately, but of course I wouldn't have done it if I knew you lived with someone.-
I then went straight to the truth as I didn't feel like lying to her anymore about Cameron.- Jenna, Cameron is not only my roommate, he is my boyfriend. I promise you I'm not in love with him anymore. We've been fighting and arguing a lot lately but as he stayed in New York only to be with me I didn't really know how to tell him the truth.- I said, scared of her reaction.
Jenna was shocked, of course. For a minute or two she didn't answer. She didn't even dare looking into my eyes. Afterwards she said - I think what you have done with both of us is very mean of you and before we can speak I better suggest we give us a little space, until you realize what you've done and you figure out a way to solve it- and with this, she left the house.
I realized the only way to get Jenna back and get Cameron out of our way without hurting anyone anymore, was to tell Cameron the truth to finally be able to be with her. I went to where Cameron was and he received me with a - Hey, what happened with Jenna? She left as if she was mad for something...and also what was she doing the other day in our wardrobe? I'm still curious- Come with me, there's something you need to know although there's no easy way to say this- I said, looking at him with sadness in my eyes. - Jenna is not just a friend, and she left because she was mad at me because I didn't tell her you were my boyfriend. - But why would she be mad about that?- interrupted Cameron.
Because I was cheating on you with her!- I exclaimed as if I was mad because he was asking the obvious. He then looked at me shocked and I swear I tried to explain it to him but he wouldn't try to listen to me so he just left, very upset with tears of a mix of confusion and madness in his eyes.
The next morning I received news from him after not having spent the night at home, he was taking the first plane on the morning to Kansas, he was leaving forever, or at least that's what he said on his text message.
I was really sad that, because of my fault, he was moving out; of course I didn't blame him, after all, I cheated on him and I just didn't know how to break up with him previously so that I wouldn't have to do it as he stayed in New York because of me. I was embarrassed of myself. Of who I had became. Wasn't I supposed to be a better person and live a better life when I moved out here? Things weren't going as planned but what could I do to solve it?... I wanted to save my relationship with Jenna but that would take a long while as she wanted me to clarify myself before.