“What’s up?” Tina needed so badly talk with someone about her confused feelings but she just couldn’t bring herself to do it. Not yet when her feelings were still raw. Abby was her best friend, her roommate since college, her confident, but could she understand what was happening when even Tina couldn’t?

            “Nothing.” – her voice was tremble with emotion and tiredness. Abby didn’t bought it.

            “Are you trying to fool me?  I will give you another chance. What’s up?”

            “Nothing that you can help or that I can or want to share for now.”

            “Okay… Let’s talk about something else. I thought you would sleep at Erick’s again.”

            “I wasn’t in the mood for ***** and he was for sure. So…”

            “And there you wouldn’t have the opportunity to pace until to waste the rug…”

            Abby waited a few minutes to see if Tina would talk or at least to be calmer. She was getting frustrated. Tina was visibly disturbed. She hated to pressure her to talk because normally Tina was pretty outgoing so when she wasn’t Abby respect that. But today she felt like Tina needed to talk but was afraid of something. She decided to try again.

            “Is something wrong between you and Erick?”

            At the suggestion Tina flinched and went away of Abby what it ended for reveal that she had touched an open wound. Tina put her head on her hands, over her knees. She was starting to sob, her tears washing all the tension of the last days. Abby tried to calm her friend caressing her back. Finally Tina regained control enough to talk.

             “I feel like I’m betraying Erick… huh … I betrayed him and it’s .. it’s … I don’t know… I’m embarrassed…”

             Abby was surprised with the statement. If had to be a very special man to make Tina cheat on someone.

            “Give me a general version. It doesn’t need to be the rated one.” Abby tried to dissipate a bit of the tension and reassure her friend that still couldn’t face her.

            “There is no rated version. I met someone last week and we just talked a lot and the next day we kissed… Nothing …  really happened. The problem is … what is in my mind, ya know… I can’t stop thinking about it and this is ridiculous because I love Erick … but I feel so overwhelmed by those feelings… feelings that I can’t understand what are. And to try to suppress it I passed all weekend with him… and then I’m there faking an ***** because I’m distract thinking about someone else. That’s sick! That’s wrong! Oh *****!”