Two: Alex’s POV (The breakup)

Heldon College was built in the early 90s as a private university for the children of the elite. You had to come from a long line of money to attend but I was the exception.

I was an orphan desperately searching for a way out of the foster home system when I received a mail that I had been granted a scholarship into Heldon College.

Only one in a thousand students got that opportunity and I was lucky enough to have it.

All the financial aspects of schooling at Heldon was taken care of.

I didn’t have to worry about that. The only thing that was expected of me were good grades and behavior.

Four years at Heldon and I have to admit that asides having to deal with the intense feelings of being an outsider, I love it here.

Nico and I were in his car and on our way to where Julius stayed. The campus was as large as a small town and had all the things you’d find in such places.

Because of how large the school area was, it was usually best to drive to your destination as walking, unless you were walking with someone, was very tiring.

Nico observed me sending Julius another unanswered text.

“Still no word from him yet?” He asked.

I shook my head and put the phone in my jacket pocket.

“I don’t get it. Why is he acting this way? It’s not like we got into a fight or something. Do you think he’s mad at me?”

Nico took a left turn.

“Did you do anything to make him mad at you?” He asked.

“Not that I know of anyway. Maybe he’s in some kind of trouble”

“I highly doubt that’s the issue here but okay”

“Can you please stop being a condescending ass hat for a minute? You’re not fucking helping”

Nico sighed. “You’re right. I’m sorry okay. Let me just take you to go see your boyfriend so you can get the answers that you need”

I looked out the window.

“Yeah”

Nothing was said anymore and I simply kept my gaze outside while he drove. We had arrived at the private dorm where Julius lived and Nico parked the car.

Our dorms were usually shaped like mini bungalows. Two students got to share the house like dorms but Julius had his own private quarters.

It was one of the various testaments to the wealth of his family. He liked to live like a prince and his mother made sure that he did.

“Tell me again why this guy gets to have his own private dorm” Nico said.

“I don’t know, Nico. He’s a nepo baby with a mom with enough money to toss around,” I unlocked my side of the door, “I’ll be back in a minute”

Nico placed his hand on mine and I stopped to look at him.

“Hey, Alex?”

“If you need anything just call me.”

“You’re leaving?”

“Nah. I’ll be right here when you walk out that door”

I nodded and gave him a small kiss on the cheek and he frowned playfully.

“Thank you, Nico”

“Yeah, yeah. Go on and meet your weirdo boyfriend”

He gently pushed me out of his car and after giving him a small wave, I jogged to the front door. My heart was racing and my stomach was unsettled.

I couldn’t wait to see Julius. My Julius.

I rang the doorbell a few times until the door finally swung open and standing there in one of Julius’ large shirts was a tall, pretty girl with small eyes and dark hair tied in a messy bun.

I blinked a few times as I took in what I was seeing. I quickly turned back to see if Nico was seeing what I was seeing.

He was. He also had the most obvious what-the-hell expression on his face.

Who exactly was this chick and why was she wearing my boyfriend’s clothes and parading half naked around his dorm?

“Can I help you?” The girl asked me as she sized me up. She didn’t even have the decency to make it subtle.

“Where is Julius?” I asked, “I need to speak to him”

“Why?” She asked with her arms folded.

“Ever heard of a private conversation?”

“Ever heard of being polite when you show up to someone’s front door?”

“Yeah, except this isn’t your front door so what exactly is your problem?”

“Sophie?” I heard Julius call out from inside, “What’s going on?”

“Someone’s here to see you!” I yelled out.

Julius walked over to the front door with a towel wrapped around his waist. He didn’t even flinch when he saw me standing there with eyes begging for an explanation.

“Sophia, please excuse us” He said to the girl.

“Why? Hiding something from me?” She asked.

“Just get inside so he and I can talk”

The girl gave me a nasty look and walked away. I tried to step into the house so I could speak to Julius but he stood in my way.

“Julius? What the hell are you doing? Let me in so we can talk”

He sighed and rubbed his eyes.

“Look, this isn’t a good time”

“What the hell are you even saying? You don’t respond to texts, you don’t call me back and now there’s some tramp walking around in your shirt! You’re supposed to be my boyfriend”

He quickly stepped outside and shut the door behind him.

“Yo, keep your voice down. What the hell is your problem?”

“You’re my fucking problem, Julius! You!”

“Alex, chill out already”

I took in a shaky breath. My head was starting to hurt.

“Who is she?”

“Who?”

“Don’t fucking play with me, Julius!”

He sighed. “That’s Sophia”

“Let me guess, she’s the reason you’ve been blowing me off for weeks now.”

“It’s not even like that, Alex”

“You told me you loved me, Julius. You said that you were going to come out of the closet and we’d finally be together”

“I still love you okay. But come on, Alex put yourself in my shoes. I can’t have people finding out that I like boys”

“Wow, Julius”

My heart broke with each word that came out of his mouth.

“Plus, even if I wanted to come out of the closet, it has to be with someone with an actual background and not some….”

“Broke foster kid? Like me?”

“Alex, it’s really not my fault. You know how these things can be. I’m also doing this for you as well”

My legs felt weak and it was getting harder to stop myself from crying.

“I have to go”

I turned and began heading back to Nico’s car when I felt Julius grab my arm.

“Hey, you better not go around telling people that we had a thing together. It was nothing and nobody is going to believe you over….”

“Hey!” Nico got out of the car and charged towards Julius, “Get your hands off him right now!”

Julius immediately let me go and I rushed over to Nico’s side.

“You okay?” Nico asked me and I nodded.

“Can we please leave. You were right about everything”

“Of course. Let’s go”

Nico nodded and quietly led me me to the car. As we drove off I saw through the side mirror as Sophia came to ask Julius to come back inside.