Chapter 3
"I am so glad that it's finally spring break week, this last school week has kicked my ass. I just want a week to get drunk and not give a shit about anything." I sat down in my seat for the flight to Puerto Rico which was where my ex and I were supposed to go. I got an email from Kokayne last week. I haven't been able to open it since I saw it on my computer screen. I guess he finally found a way to contact me after I blocked him on all my socials.
I can't believe he would cheat on me after five years together. He still tries to say that he wasn't cheating on me but I saw him on his knee with a ring. He was proposing to some girl at our favorite place. Nothing hurt me more than seeing him pull out the ring and giving it to someone else. I lean back in my seat and close my eyes and hope this week will take my mind off of kokayne for good.
When I leave the airport I find a car rental to get a car for the week. My friend Daii asked me why I decided to stay in the city versus the beach but I didn't want to tell him that the trip was for Kokayne and I before the breakup and he liked to stay in the city. For a second I imagined us here together like we had planned. I shake the thought from my mind. I take my things and find the car rental area, a part of me still thinks I should've stayed home.
After I got a car, thankfully those months of learning the language here saved me, I put the directions into the GPS and followed them to the hotel. As I was driving I thought back over the list of things that Kokayne and I were going to do while we were here. Once again my mind drifts back to him, I almost miss my turn daydreaming about him and I. I find the hotel and drive into their parking garage, the garage is so full I don't think I can find a spot. Then again I remember that it's spring break week for a lot of people. I drive up a few levels to see if there are any openings around that area. I spot a few empty stalls ahead of me and drive forward to one of them. As I get close to the car slots I see someone getting out of a car next to the spot that I am currently about to enter.
As I drive into the spot and turn my car off, I look to the side of me with the other car and I spot an unwelcome familiar face. "Shit, why is he here, and to think I was trying to get away from my problems.", I sit there and think of a way to avoid getting seen. He moves to the back of his car and goes to the trunk, which happens to be a direct line of sight to me. In an attempt to hide my face I hit the steering wheel and accidentally hit the car horn. I looked to the side to see if he noticed and sure enough he noticed it.
We are now staring at each other, him with a confused look and me with a horrified expression. I can hear him calling my name from the outside, "klubnika, Tien is that you in there", he says as he comes closer to the driver side window. Well there is no use hiding from him now. I open my door and step out of the car, "Hey Kokayne, what brings you here.", I try to avoid making eye contact with him but I can't help it. He comes closer to me and touches my face to make me look up at him.
I push his hand away and step back a little from him, I forget how he can be when he knows I'm nervous. "Stop Kokayne, you can't do that anymore. The whole caring and soft touches aren't your place anymore remember." he puts his hands up like he had admitted defeat against me. I laugh a little at this and he smiles back at me, I turn back to my car and ask him again why he had come there. "Well we did have the trip planned already so I thought I would use it since we didn't cancel the reservations." he took his things out of his trunk and placed them on the ground next to him.
Of course he would think the same way I did, we both thought the other wouldn't come. "I guess we both had the same idea then huh?"He laughed a little at that. I can't say that I don't miss that about him. The silence between us was beginning to grow by the second. I took my luggage out of the car and started to walk to the elevators. Kokayne came behind me and we both stood in front of the doors waiting for them to open.
