Love Goes A Long Way (Part 3)

(continued from Part 1, Part 2)

Sara and Chris had a chemistry that was unbeatable, total opposites on the exterior but in sync on the inner. They accepted each others differences because they felt that its was a good thing, that they balanced each other out. However from one disagreement to another, Sara felt that it was just beginning to be too much. Yeah they weren’t official but Chris wanted to have that title.

Sara didn’t want to make such a big commitment because she knew that she wasn’t ready. She did not to make a commitment that she knew she could not fulfill. It was just not fair to the both of them. The rules of dating for Sara and Chris were not structured. Sara felt that she should not restrict Chris from dating other people, after all they did not discuss being exclusive. She on the other hand was not looking to date anyone else because she was too busy trying to get ahead at her job.

One day when Sara was hanging out with Chris, she noticed that his phone kept ringing and beeping. She was never the type to invade someone’s privacy and thought nothing of it. Maybe it’s one of the boys just trying to get him to come out to the bar or maybe his homegirl got some man issues and needs his advice. The beeps and rings just became too obvious when they hung out time and time again. She felt it cut away from their quality time. She finally asked Chris why his phone was blowing up off the hook and he told her that it was just a friend but she knew that he was lying because his eyes were so transparent.

Chris finally confessed to Sara one night that he was seeing some other girl, Tina. She put two and two together, it was the same girl that was blowing up his facebook. She knew that she could not hold anything against him because she knew that they weren’t official and Chris was a grown man, he knew what was right from wrong. However as the months went on, it just became too much. Tina started to make it obvious, she wanted something more and Sara did not want to give Chris an ultimatum because if he knew what he wanted, she did not have to persuade him to continue things with her. Sara became frustrated after a while because she felt as if she was being attacked by Tina. Tina had voiced that she wanted to kill Sara because Chris was spending so much time with her. As Sara threw her bag she said, “Did you sleep with her?” Chris never saw this side of Sara but couldn’t blame her for being angry. “Yes, I did but only once and I swear it didn’t mean anything. I promise.” Sara walked out of Chris’ apartment because she needed to think things through to avoid acting irrational.

“Don’t leave me, I don’t want to lose you,” Chris said. Sara stared at the car floor as they discussed the issue, “But Chris, you can’t have the both of us and if you really know what you want, you’ll make your decision and I’ll totally support it.” It was not fair to anyone because emotions were already involved. “You’re all I want. I don’t care about her because I’m in love with you.” Sara looked over and told him that he should not use the four letter word unless he knew the true meaning of it. “Sara, I’m the one that wants a commitment from you; I’m in love with you. I think you are the one for me.” Sara felt that she needed to put her guard down and let this love happen. She believed that he meant what he said and that they could finally work towards being a real item.


"But I need to stop thinkin', contemplatin', be a man and get it over with."