ask her to explain what happened.”
I now snort. “Yeah, you’re right, I can’t see David talking about emotions with anyone.”
“Which one is it, break up, or let him emotionally cave for a bit? Maybe after this argument he’ll clean his place.”
I shake my head. “I don’t think our problems are as simple as his dirty apartment. Things have stalled between us. Nothing bad, but nothing good either. He’s a nice sweet guy, our relationship just turned sterile.”
“That happens. That’s why you have ex-boyfriends.”
Shaking my head again, I feel a tear well up in my eye. “I talked to Juliette about my issues with David. She said I should talk to him. You see what talking did?”
“Yeah, I guess you need to see what he does next.”
“Yeah, I wonder what he’ll do.”
Kristi looks at me and frowns. “I see one of three things happening. He’ll either come back and try to work things out, he’ll come back and pretend that nothing happened, or he won’t come back.”
“Is that what happened with you and Tim?”
“Sort of, Tim came back as if nothing happened. Until the next conversation came up, when I told him accept all of me or none of me.”
“And?”
“Well it’s not like we’re going out anymore.”
“Yeah, breaking up is hard.”
She shrugs. “It’s life, you need to kiss a lot of frogs before you realize you’re actually kissing a prince.”
“I don’t think that’s how the saying goes.”
“I think my saying is more realistic.”
Chapter 40 – Ding Dong the Witch is Dead
Savi was supportive on our call, telling me, “If you feel lonely and the two of you are not communicating, then the right thing to do is to talk to him. He now has a choice—to work it out or to break up. You’ll see how committed he is to your relationship.”
It’s the first time in well over a year we don’t talk about Arav. After I hang up, I wonder if everything is still good with the two of them.
***
At lunch Megan sits down at the table with a big smile on her face. Kami looks at her and says, “Something good must have happened, I don’t think I’ve ever seen you this happy.”
“Oh, this is a wonderful day. By the look of your glum faces I assume you haven’t heard the news?”
“What news?” I ask.
“Give us a hint, I have no idea what the news could possibly be,” Caroline pipes in.
Megan gets all excited, “Terri turned in her letter of resignation. It turns out she got a job at some company in San Francisco. HR has already escorted her to the door.”
Juliette and I make eye contact. Both of us have a huge smile on our face. Juliette innocently says, “This is so perfect. My friend Isabelle is doing a similar job at another company. She’s been talking about making a move. I think I’ll submit her résumé to Sid and HR.”
“What a great idea. I think Isabelle will be perfect,” I reply.
On the way back from lunch, Juliette says to me, “Damn, it took Terri long enough to get a new job, I was wondering if this plan was ever going to work.”
“Yeah, I’m sure happy not to have to waste any more of my time sending out her dumb ass résumé.”
***
Three days later, David shows back up at my place. After greeting him at my door with a big smile, he looks kind of sheepish as he starts off with, “Are you doing better tonight?”
Surprised, I ask, “Doing better? What are you talking about?”
Nervously, he replies, “You seemed out of sorts the other night. I figured I should give you some space.”
“David, I wasn’t out of sorts. You and I have issues. We inhabit the same space, but we’re not having a relationship. Playing the same game and sleeping in the same bed is not a relationship.” Pointing my fingers back and forth between us, I explain, “We need to interact, we need to change what we’re doing.”
He gives me a blank look. It finally hits me. He really never got past the preschool stage of parallel play. Or maybe he doesn’t want more than to parallel play. He was happy where we were. We had enough interaction for him. I’m the only one who’s unhappy. I guess parallel play is what he does with his friends.
Shaking my head I tell him, “I think you like the idea of a girlfriend, but you really don’t want the responsibility of a relationship.”
Looking at his confused face, I walk