Navigating Love Triangles and Secrets in Relationships

Again I found myself hectically racing through possibilities about my future. At any moment I was sure to receive a call from Kylie. Would she be angry? Would things be normal? I felt completely helpless as my former crush spent the next few hours with my girlfriend. I didn’t know what they were doing, I didn’t know what they were talking about and I didn’t know if they were even getting along. The entire situation made me anxious. I decided it was best if I didn’t know, I really didn’t need to involve myself any further into this love triangle. Hours passed and I sat nervously at my desk trying to kill time. My eyes were disinterestedly locked on my phone waiting for it to ring. Nothing happened for another hour before I started to relax. But of course I did receive that phone call, looking down at the screen I saw Kylie’s face staring back at me. I sighed and prepared for what was none other than the unknown. I placed the phone beside my head and spoke, “Hello?” I said with a nervous croak in my throat. “Hey there handsome” she responded back. She sounded cheery and carefree. I let out an inaudible sigh of relief and continued to talk. “How was your day? Have fun with Zoe” I asked in anticipation. Anything could have happened between those two, “Oh my god!” she emphatically yelled, “She is so sweet. I can’t believe we’re only just becoming friends”. I was relived, but still fairly suspicious of what was going on. “Oh really?” I exhorted wanting more information. I knew she would rant forever if I needed her to. “Totally, we talked about everything, I’ve only met her twice but we completely opened up to each other” she responded. My mind went into chaos, ‘everything’? What was everything? Surely Kylie didn’t talk about our sex life. I pressed further, “What do you mean everything?” I asked. Kylie laughed a little and tried to explain. I almost knew exactly what she was going to say, as if I had a script in front of me. “Promise you won’t get mad?” she giggled. I agreed and waited for her continuation. “We talked about our sex lives and stuff like that” she added. I smacked my hand into my forehead and let out a grumble. Their encounter had not damaged the way Kylie saw me, but Zoe had her foot firmly in the front door of my relationship by now. Talking about my sex life, with this kind of trust there was no way I could hide my relationship details from her. “Don’t worry” she said positively, “it was all good stuff. I told her you were really good for your first time”. Her pleasant attitude didn’t sustain my grief. I felt a discomfort with Zoe knowing the nature of how I had sex. “I can’t believe you two didn’t work” she added, “she thinks so highly of you, you know?” I sprung back up into my chair and continued the conversation. “What makes you think that?” I asked. Kylie paused for a moment while I waited. She had put the phone down to pay for something. I waited in growing anticipation. The information I was getting was actually useful for how I would handle Zoe. Kylie returned to the phone, “She always talks about how nice you were to her and how in love you both were”. I felt the need to contest Zoe’s side of the story but yielded. I didn’t want to go down that path. “I see” I responded shortly. “But she kept saying how glad she is that I found you. She’s such a sweetheart”. “Yeah, she sure is” I said in an unobvious tone. I kept myself as quiet as possible. Kylie and I said goodbye and hung up the phone. I knew this would be trouble, Zoe had excess information about my sex life and now with this new friendship she could pretty much pry her way into anything. Kylie was a sweet girl and would probably just tell her anything without thinking of Zoe as a threat. My own silence was no longer enough.

The following morning I tried to keep my mind off of things. But that was easier said than done, Zoe and I had a class together at

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