Spring Break
Check it out! Vol. 11: Truth in the fiction of relationships
Ruben Casas
Issue date: 2/20/09 Section: Diversions
Having graduated and put off college for a year, it took mere weeks for you to become bored: Wake up. Eat Trix. Watch "Good Day, L.A." Walk to Walgreens. Smoke at break. Smoke at lunch. Walk home. Play WoW. Meet up with friends. Play WoW. Day in, day out - boring. You needed something - someone. So you met her online, and we'll call her Wanda. You meet her after work on a Wednesday afternoon. You talk in your car. You park and you kiss. She really likes you, she tells you. I like you too, you say. As she gets out of your car, you affirm your willingness to "hit that."
Then you meet someone else that week. It's a club. We'll call her Belinda. There are no expectations. You're going to "hit that," and that's it. But she does have expectations. And you find yourself having lunch with her. A few days later, it's dinner. It's during dinner when Wanda calls; It's the third time that day. She called two times yesterday. Belinda wants to know if you're going to answer. It's someone else, you admit. I think she thinks we're going to date. Belinda takes the phone from you and picks up. Stop calling. He's with me. He doesn't want you to call anymore. Stop calling. Belinda hangs up, and you feel a little bit bad but laugh when Belinda laughs. Your food arrives.
You meet him for lunch not far from campus. We'll call him Lorenzo. It's your last year of college and why not? He's in a relationship - a long-lasting one, but it's just lunch. Later that week you call him to see if he wants to go shopping with you. This is one of the tests you read about in Cosmo while you were waiting to get your nails done. "Will He Go Shopping With You?" If he does, it proves that he is trustworthy, faithful, good to his mother or not a serial killer. He said yes, and you meet in front of Bloomingdale's. He helped you choose a watch. Two weeks later he went with you to a graduation party. There you got drunk (because it will take you two more years to learn when to slow down), and he held your hair back while you puked. You woke up when he got into bed with you, and you asked him what he was doing when you felt his hand on your stomach. You're in a relationship, you said. Until last night, he said.
Then you meet someone else that week. It's a club. We'll call her Belinda. There are no expectations. You're going to "hit that," and that's it. But she does have expectations. And you find yourself having lunch with her. A few days later, it's dinner. It's during dinner when Wanda calls; It's the third time that day. She called two times yesterday. Belinda wants to know if you're going to answer. It's someone else, you admit. I think she thinks we're going to date. Belinda takes the phone from you and picks up. Stop calling. He's with me. He doesn't want you to call anymore. Stop calling. Belinda hangs up, and you feel a little bit bad but laugh when Belinda laughs. Your food arrives.
You meet him for lunch not far from campus. We'll call him Lorenzo. It's your last year of college and why not? He's in a relationship - a long-lasting one, but it's just lunch. Later that week you call him to see if he wants to go shopping with you. This is one of the tests you read about in Cosmo while you were waiting to get your nails done. "Will He Go Shopping With You?" If he does, it proves that he is trustworthy, faithful, good to his mother or not a serial killer. He said yes, and you meet in front of Bloomingdale's. He helped you choose a watch. Two weeks later he went with you to a graduation party. There you got drunk (because it will take you two more years to learn when to slow down), and he held your hair back while you puked. You woke up when he got into bed with you, and you asked him what he was doing when you felt his hand on your stomach. You're in a relationship, you said. Until last night, he said.
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