Met by Coincidence...Separated by Destiny...

Truth..

Jo's Point of View...

"You are in denial", tells my roommate.
I look up from my notebook to give her my "Shut the fuck up" look.

I am not in denial..I have been telling myself the same thing over and over but to say the truth, it's not true. Ever since I bumped into Hero outside my dorm room, I find myself in a trance. I couldn't focus on my lectures, his handsome face and mesmerizing emerald eyes had been clouding my mind. But that's not all. Tonight I have a date. My first real date after Hero. And with Hero knocking on my dorm room has made the situation complicated.

"Have you decided yet what you will be wearing tonight?" Kiara waves her hands in front of my face to get my attention. I look at her, shake my head in a "No", and go back to trying to read which I haven't been able to for the past thirty minutes.

"Don't worry, I will help you", I look at Kiara and smile. Kiara has been nothing but a great roommate. She has helped me with everything, and she does know about the circumstances in which I ended my relationship with Hero, or to say he ended our relationship and I just agreed to it.

"Jo, you need to tell him about Christian"
I gulp my orange juice and almost get choked by having the liquid run through in the wrong way.

"Why should I tell Hero about Christian, there is nothing to tell. He is just a friend from school who I met in college. That's all."

Kiara rolls her eyes and straightens her back while pulling her chair towards mine.

"What about the part where he asked you out and you said yes..?"

I nod. Kiara is correct, I should come clean to Hero, but to be honest, there is nothing much to say. Christian and I met the day after I left Duke for Stanford. I had no idea that Christian was going to Stanford, but it seems he got himself enrolled on the movie production and direction course at Stanford, and he started a bit late because he was busy travelling across the world. We connected over coffee and one thing led to another. Then, one day, Christian asked me out and I said yes. I am not planning to date anyone after what happened between Hero and I. It's just a date, that's all. But, it's true Hero is here and I can't ignore him for long.

What angers me further is the one-month ultimatum he gave me. At first, he wanted me to believe that he wanted me in his life, but just after that, he told me he had one month to prove that and I had that much time to take him back. Fuck off with his ultimatum, I will make him stay more than that if I have to. This time, if I am going back to him then that would be on my terms, not his.

Time passes as I attend my lectures just for the sake of attendance, I can't fully focus on what's been taught as Hero clouds my mind. All I can think of is his emerald eyes and pink lips. How his Kisses used to feel on my naked skin, how he always made sure I was ok before he entered me, how it used to feel having him move inside me..and fuck how he used to cum inside me. Fuck..I can't do this..I can't let him control my emotions and cloud my judgement.

Before I know it's time for me to get ready for my date with Christian. Christian is a great guy, he has always liked me ever since we worked on our first project in school. I felt attracted to his charm but I didn't do much, considering the on-and-off relationship I had with Hero. For the first time, I felt like I was moving away from my dramatic relationship with Hero, but he had to come back and pull out the rug underneath my feet. Again.

It feels like I am cheating on Christian by not telling him about Hero or even thinking about him and it feels like I am cheating on Hero by going out with Christian. Kiara comes from behind handing me her black dress for the night.