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

Decisions we have to make..

Jo's Point of View...

The time has come that I was dreading. Hero's off period has ended, and now he has to leave. Though he still has 3 more days left in his official approved leave period, yesterday, his Coach called him and asked him to come back because of an emergency.

If someone asks, I am not ready. The last 4 weeks with Hero have been nothing but amazing. We bonded on so many levels in the last few weeks, physically, emotionally, mentally. We needed this time to reconnect. To heal from our past decisions so that we can move forward. Together. As a couple. I have forgiven Hero for breaking my heart and making irrational decisions that affected both. But, most importantly he has forgiven himself. The guilt that he broke my heart and hurt my feelings by starting a sexual relationship with Casey has been eating him up and knowing I have forgiven him, he was able to forgive himself. I love him, I always loved him. I never stopped loving Hero. He knows that. And I know he loves me back.

But now we will have to decide what comes next. Can we survive the distance? Hero will be at Duke, I will be at Stanford. We have dreams of our own, careers of our own. Can we achieve our dreams by living separately yet loving each other?

"So when is he leaving?"

Kiara asks. We sit at a local cafe, waiting for Lucas and Sid to join us. I did ask Hero to join us, but he declined, giving me excuses I will never understand. The last month has been great since I got to spend most of my time with Hero, but never once did Lucas and Hero meet each other. They both avoided each other. God knows when they will understand that if they both want me to be in their lives, they will eventually have to talk and sort out their differences.

Lucas doesn't approve of my relationship with Hero. Ever since Hero broke my heart, Lucas has been extremely protective. Though, I couldn't blame him. After my break up with Hero, I was living my life like a nomad. For people who didn't know me, I was a walking-talking zombie. But I don't need anyone's approval. I love Hero and my heart belongs to him.

Lucas thinks that Hero will again hurt me. And since I told him that Hero has to cut short his stay at Stanford because of a team emergency at Duke, Lucas has been silent. He hasn't spoken much with me, only letting me know that he will see me today morning.

"Tonight. His flight leaves at 10 pm."

"Will you be ok?" Kiara asks looking at me.

I take a deep sigh as if I have been holding my breath.

"I guess it will take some time. I mean, I knew that one day he had to leave. I just wasn't ready to say goodbye 3 days early."

"Have you talked to him about how you both will manage the long distance?"

I shake my head in a "No". Kiara pats my hands and continues to drink her coffee.

"Where the hell are Sid and Lucas. Sid told me that they were leaving the gym like an hour ago." I laugh at Kiara's impatience. Though she practically lives most of her time with Sid, she hates how Sid can never give up his workout time for her.

I check my phone to see if there are any new messages from Hero. None. We spend the night together like usual, Hero cooked us dinner, and we ate, and watch "The Notebook" for the thousandth time, Hero protested as usual, but mid-way through the movie, he became horny, what started with simple body kisses quickly escalated to "Open mouth" kisses with tongue and then to sex. This morning, we showered together, with me blowing Hero in the shower, and then he took us to bed for a quick round of morning sex. I have lost count of the number of times I have orgasmed in the last month. And the credit goes to my boyfriend.