Sisters Before Misters

The Surprise

~ The fires die just when the sun is low, the flames weaken but the embers still glow- Mansoor Ahmed~

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THE SURPRISE

I typed in a quick text to Tofu to let him know I was at our usual meeting spot. I ordered a Latté and a black coffee for him just as he liked it.

Christopher and I, or 'Tofu' as I liked to call him, had been dating for two years and today was our second anniversary. We were high school sweethearts and everyone thought we wouldn't last long once we graduated but so far we had proven everyone wrong. Sure, we had our fair share of ups and downs and weren't exactly what you would call a 'power couple' but since we started College together, Tofu had become more stable and mature and we rarely had fights now.

He had told me the night before that he wanted to talk to me about something really important today. I was hoping maybe he wanted to talk about moving in together. Just that thought made me bubble inside with excitement. Our relationship was definitely strong enough for this big step and I had been meaning to talk to him about it but he had been so busy with assignments lately that I thought it would be better if I saved it for later. I felt now was the right time.

I heard the bell above the door of the café 'DING' and I glanced up to see him wearing a white T-shirt with dark blue jeans and a letterman jacket above it. He looked ravishing. I mentally rehearsed the idea I was going to surprise him with as he came closer to my table.

"Hey" he took a seat and a sip from his cup.

"Thanks for ordering" he raised the cup.

"No problem Tofu" I smiled at him. He cringed at my nickname for him.

He hated Tofu, as in the food. That's how he got the name in the first place. We were on our second date at this japenese restaurant and he was trying so hard to impress me that he thought of ordering something fancy like Tofu. When the food arrived he lied about how much he loved it but unfortunately he couldn't stomach the thing for long and ended up puking all over the car seat on our way home. He told me about how he really hated it and I found it cute that he went through all that trouble just to impress me. From that day on I started calling him Tofu.

"So what is it that you wanted to talk about? I want to say something too but you go first"

"What did you want to talk about?" he raised an eyebrow.

"It's a surprise" I replied smirking, mustering up the most seductive look I could come up with.

"Then you should go first" He replied not showing any enthusiasm. Maybe he was just tired from all the college work load.

"Okay let's say it at the same time" I suggested.

"Eh...I don't think that's such a good idea" He seemed reluctant.

"Oh c'mon, I insist"

He thought about it for a while and then finally gave me a nod. "Okay on the count of three" he said.

"1"

"2"

"3!"

"Im breaking up with you"

"I want to move in with you"

We blurted out and stared at eachother wide eyed. I replayed the words in my head.

I'm breaking up with you.

Breaking up with you.

Breaking up.

"I don't.." I trailed off. I didn't know what to say. I had just made a fool of myself.

"I told you it wasn't a good idea" he spoke gently as if I was a china doll and that if he spoke a little louder I would shatter into a million pieces but what he didn't know was that I had already shattered into a million pieces and nothing could ever fix it.

The wheels in my head started turning and processing the words.

"I don't understand" I said shaking my head, "where did we go wrong? I thought we were perfect. It doesn't make sense." I blabbered on and on.

He tried to calm me and soothe me but I couldn't even focus on his meaningless words. The only words that rang in my head was

'Breaking up'.

Tears rolled down my cheek and I sat there dazed and confused.

"I think we should talk about this in the car"

I finally tuned back to his voice and a rush of anger coarsing through my veins, running through my body at the speed of light.

"TALK ABOUT THIS" I shouted, my voice rising up with every word.

I'm sure alot of heads turned at us but I couldn't care less. My world had just crashed down upon me and here he was suggesting we should talk about this. There was nothing left to talk about!

"NOW YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT!? IS THAT IT? JUST TALK ABOUT IT? ON OUR ANNIVERSARY. OH MY GOD..YOU'RE SEEING SOMEONE AREN'T YOU? I WASN'T GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU. FOR YOUR FUTURE, FOR YOUR CAREER. I WAS A DISTRACTION WASN'T I? I HATE YOU CHRISTOPHER PARKER AND I HOPE GOD GIVES YOU HELL!" with that I grabbed the hot cup of coffee I bought for him and dumped it on him before stomping away in anger for a dramatic, grand exit.

That was that. Christopher moved colleges and I didn't try stalking him like a creepy ex girlfriend. I was done with him.