"I don't want to talk about her anymore. Tonight is about us. This is our date." I say shaking my head at my words. We've been talking about my ex for too long. "You're right... you're right. We have a beautiful view in front of us. It's our duty to enjoy it." She says smiling. "I didn't hear a single lie told," I say taking my phone out of my pocket. "And to that, I have a game I want us to play," I say and she raises her brows intrigued. "Well, it's not a game, more like a quiz," I say and she gently takes the phone out of my hand. "Let me see." She says looking at the screen. "What do you like about me?" She says reading one of the questions. I smile feeling a little weird. I pulled a couple's quiz for us to do tonight. I don't know what she's thinking right now. I thought it would be a great way for us to reconnect after all that's happened. We need a chance to talk about our relationship in a less stressful setting. "Are you going to answer?" She asks taking a sip of her drin

"Sorry."Marlene says and then she looks down at her hands and then she sighs. "Can I buy you another coffee?" She asks and I shake my head no. "Actually, I should go"I say reachig for my purse. I don't want to be here anymore. Trust her to ruin a goood thing. My good thing."Wait!" She says panicked. She grabs my hand and it takes everything in me not to jump out of my seat. I look at her hand on mine and then back at her. Why does this girl think she can just touch me like that?"Sorry." She says taking her hand away. I sit back and look at her. I don't care what she has to say but I don't want her to make a scene again so I'll just sit here and let her say her piece. "I just wanted to say thank you for not ratting me out the other day." She says and I nod . I don't have anything to say to that so..."I would have gotten into a lot of trouble"She whispers to herself."I know I've been crazy and I've treated you  terribly." She continues and I s

"Ry this is crazy. I don't want to break up or even think about breaking up." He says as he starts to pace around. "I don't care how crazy she is I won't let her break us up." He says looking back at me. "O, we're not breaking up. We're going to pretend that we broke up and...""No!" He says interrupting, his voice firm. "I'm not agreeing to this." He says his voice really shaky. I grab his arms and pull him toward the bed to sit."What are we going to do then? Live in misery?" I ask and he shakes his head no."I hate this. What if we start playing this little game and it backfires on us?"He says grabbing my face in both his hands. "I have a bad feeling about this. I don't like it at all." He says sad"We'll just be pretending. Make her and everyone think we're not together anymore and see if that will get her off our back or not. If it doesn't work we stop." I say and I can tell he's not convinced. "So what? We pretend not to fuck with each

Her hand is gripping my groin and close my eyes blocking her out. I shouldn't be here. She shouldn't be here. I should be with Ryo. I should be telling her how stupid this idea is and.,."You miss this don't you?" Marlene says gripping me harder. My heart beats all the way into my throat and my head beats at the same time as my heart. And I swear I hear myself scream in my head"Stop." I say after a moment. I can play along but I won't let it go beyond the point where we can't come back."Oh, I'm sorry. I forgot, you have Ryo." She says smirking, "Yes." I say and take a step back. This feels like a very bad game and I want to quit. "So when will I be able to touch you without having to think about your girlfriend?" She says moving closer to kiss me. "I'm not leaving my girlfriend," I say and she smiles and then she stares at me the smile gone. "Why am I here then?" She asks her tone hard. She's getting angry. I