We Were Almost
The Synopsis
We Were Almost follows the journey of Maya, a brilliant scholarship student from a low-income background, and Ethan, her university classmate. What starts as a rocky academic rivalry blossoms into a deep, unspoken love. However, their happiness is sabotaged by their roommates, Bisi and Jake, whose betrayals sow seeds of doubt and heartbreak.
The struggle becomes physical when Maya’s financial situation collapses, forcing her to leave university. During her absence, a lonely Ethan finds solace in Sophie, eventually entering a relationship to fill the void Maya left behind.
When Maya beats the odds and returns to campus to reclaim her future, she is devastated to see Ethan with someone else. To cope, she throws herself into her goals and eventually finds comfort in the arms of Daniel. Despite their new lives, the pull between Ethan and Maya remains undeniable. Through a series of emotional confrontations, broken promises, and the ultimate test of their loyalty, the two must decide if they are willing to fight through the betrayal to prove that true love can, indeed, prevail.
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Chapter: Chapter 7:The bench (Maya's pov)She walked.That was the only thing she could do. Put one foot in front of the other and walk away from the lecture hall and the boy holding her notebook and the words she never meant anyone to see.The bench by the science block.She told him ten minutes.She didn't know why she said that. She should have taken her notebook and walked away forever. That would have been the smartest thing. The safe thing.She sat down on the bench. Facing the wall.The same wall. The same bench. The same spot where he had sat beside her and said I think about you too.She put the notebook on her lap. Stared at it.She should open it. See which pages he saw. Know exactly how much of herself he had read without permission.She couldn't open it.Her hands were shaking.Her phone buzzed.Bisi: Where are you? Class ended forever ago.Maya typed: Bench by science block.Bisi: Alone?Maya: Waiting.Bisi: For who?Maya: Him.The coffee boy?Maya: Yes.Bisi: Tell me everything when you get back. EVERYTHING.Ma
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Chapter: Chapter 6 :The notebook (Ethan pov)Are you still staring at that phone?"Jake's voice came from across the room. Ethan didn't look up."Yes.""It's been three hours.""I know.""Three hours, Ethan. That's not thinking. That's something else."Ethan finally looked at him. Jake was sitting on his bed, eating something from his bag, watching him like he was a science experiment."What else would it be?"Jake chewed then thought about it. "Torture. You're torturing yourself.""It's not torture.""Then send something.""I don't know what to send.""Send 'goodnight.'""That's stupid.""Send 'I got your text.'""That's obvious.""Send 'I think about you too.'"Ethan went still.Jake raised an eyebrow. "Too soon?""Too true."Jake laughed. Not mocking. Warm. "Then send it. She texted you first. She wants to hear from you."She said, “do not do it again.""About coffee. Not about texting. There's a difference." Jake said.Ethan looked back at his phone. At her message. At the way she had said the coffee was good first, like she
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Chapter: Chapter 5: Yes dad- Ethan povHe was still awake at one in the morning.Not unusual. Ethan had never been a good sleeper. His brain did not know how to stop. It just kept running through things …Conversations, Moments, Things he should have said, Things he should not have said…like it was afraid of what would happen if it went quiet.Tonight it was running through one thing.The way she had said, keep it this month.No. That was Maya's father. He had no idea why he knew that. He had no idea why he was lying in the dark thinking about a girl he had known for four days and the way she moved through the world like she was carrying something heavy that she had decided a long time ago nobody else was allowed to touch.He stared at the ceiling.Jake was breathing slowly on the other side of the room. The even careful breathing of someone pretending to be asleep. Ethan had shared a room with Jake for three years. He knew the difference."I know you are awake," Ethan said.A pause."I was almost asleep," Jake said."You w
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Chapter: Chapter 4: Thirty one dollars- Maya povShe was up at 5:45 AM.Not because of an alarm. Maya had not needed an alarm since she was fourteen years old. Her body just knew. It woke her up, assessed the situation, and got on with it. No snoozing. No lying there staring at the ceiling. Feet on the floor, Water on her face, Notebook open by six.She had a system for mornings the same way she had a system for everything. Cheap instant coffee first… Not the good cart kind, The jar on her desk kind that tasted like ambition and disappointment equally. Thirty minutes of reading. Then a review of her budget. Then whatever the day needed.This morning the budget review took four minutes and left her staring at her phone.Thirty one dollars.She had sent fifty home on Sunday. Her father never asked her to. He would let the shop fall down around him before he asked his daughter for help. So she sent it without being asked and he received it without saying much and that was the language they loved each other in.Thirty one dollars until
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Chapter: Chapter 3: Everyone saw it coming except themEthan was quiet.That was the first sign.Jake had known Ethan for three years,and quiet was not something Ethan did. Ethan filled silences. He made jokes about them. He turned them into something loud before they had a chance to settle. Quiet on Ethan was like snow in July.They were walking back from the east side of campus,and Ethan had said exactly four words since they met outside the building. Jake had counted."How was class?" Jake asked."Fine."That was two of the four.Jake looked at him sideways. Ethan was looking straight ahead with his hands in his pockets, wearing that specific expression thinking very hard about something they had decided not to think about."Just fine.""Yes."Three and four.Jake let it sit for a while. He was good at letting things sit. Ethan always broke first.They walked past the fountain. Past the science block. Past the bench where a group of girls were laughing about something. Ethan did not look up. Ethan always looked up."Okay," Jake said fi
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Chapter: Chapter 2: What Wednesday did - Ethan pov"He was not looking for her.”That was the important thing. He was cutting through the east corridor because it was faster. He was thinking about coffee. That was all. Then he turned the corner.She was on the floor.Not hurt. Not lost. Sitting against the wall with a notebook on her knees, highlighter in her mouth, reading something like it owed her.She looked up. He stopped walking.One second too long. Again."You," she said. Not a greeting. A verdict."Me." He looked at her on the floor. "Are you okay?""I am reading.""On the floor?”."The benches were full.""There is a whole cafeteria..""Too loud.""The library?”"Too far.""The study room on the second…""Ethan. I am fine. I am on the floor by choice. Go get your coffee."She had three color tabs in her notebook, a pen behind her ear, another clipped to the cover. She had come prepared for war.He sat down beside her.Not because he decided to. His body just did it. One second standing, next second on the floor with his bac
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