After watching Melissa drive away, I know there is no way I can meet her at the mall. There is no way I can pretend that I didn't just witness her leaving her lover's apartment. I decide to just drive around again for a while to think things through. After driving close to campus, I realize I'm somewhat of a danger on the road right now. I decide to just park and go sit somewhere to think things through. I know I can't ignore this like I did with Debbie. I know how that ended up. If Melissa will cheat on me now, there is nothing to stop her from cheating again. That was the hard lesson I learned from trying to salvage my relationship with Debbie.
But this hurt me much deeper than Debbie ever could. I had opened up so much with Melissa. I felt confident enough to tell her things that I could never tell anyone else. I told her my fantasies and desires. We both did. I felt like I could tell her anything and know that she would listen and try to understand. I knew she wouldn't be judgmental. She was already involved in the kinkiest thing possible, sex with her parents. She knows I accept this and even find it very exciting. All of this makes what I just witnessed seem all the more puzzling. She knows if she pissed me off that I could really embarrass her and her family with what I know. Maybe she knows I could never do that to her though. I know I couldn't. Not even now. Her parent's and siblings would be hurt terribly. They aren't responsible for the hurt I'm feeling.
I walk through the campus almost in a daze. It's still early in the afternoon so there are still many people around. All of a sudden, my cell phone begins ringing. I know who it is immediately. I don't even have to look at the caller id. Melissa has to be wondering where I am. She probably assumes I broke down or worse got into an accident on the way to the mall. I decide to just turn the phone off. I don't want to talk to her now. I don't want to talk to anyone. I find a bench to sit on out of the normal flow of students. I need to think now. How do I confront her? Do I confront her? Should I just throw away our relationship and pretend like she doesn't exist? Sitting on the bench, I find myself looking down at the ground unable to make any real sense of things.
A voice startles me for a moment.
"Mark?"
I look up to see this incredibly sexy chick standing beside the bench I'm sitting on. She has long nearly black hair, gorgeous face, full sensuous lips, full perky breasts, shapely hips and long sexy legs. She reminds me a lot of Melissa with her facial features but she looks younger.
"Yea. Who are you?"
"We haven't met but I recognize you from Melissa's description. I'm Jessica, Mel's sister. Everyone calls me Jessie though."
"Oh, hey. Nice to meet you."
"I just got through with my classes and was taking a shortcut to the library. I'm sorry I didn't get to meet you when you were at my parent's house a few weekends ago. To be honest, I was passed out in my apartment," she says laughing.
"That's OK. I figured we would eventually meet."
"Are you OK Mark? You look like someone who just lost his best friend. Can I sit with you?"
"Sure."
"I know you don't know me hardly at all. Is something wrong?
"Yea."
"Does it involve my sister?"
"Yes ... I just saw her go to Daniel's apartment. She told me she was going to see a sick older lady. I saw Daniel let her into his apartment."
"Oh my God! I don't believe she would do that to you!"
"Believe it. Not only did I see it, but she lied to me about it and was evasive when I tried to get her to tell me where she was at, when we both knew all along."
"Oh God, Mark! I'm so sorry! This just isn't like my sister."
"I know. I never expected her to do something like this to me. I never would have asked her to be my girlfriend if I thought she was capable of this."
"Melissa can act slutty at times. But I've never known her to do something like this to a boyfriend. I know how she feels about you Mark. To be honest, I've been very envious of her. I thought she finally found someone she could really fall in love with. I'm just shocked hon."
Jessie puts her hand on my arm.
"Thanks Jessie. Now I have to decide what to do. Do I confront her or just drop her without saying anything."
"Mark, don't you dare let her off the hook with this. I don't care if she is my sister. She deserves to be hurt just like she hurt you."
"But how do I confront her? I don't want to get in her face yelling at her. Also, I don't want to confront her just to have her throw my love in my face either."
I decide to tell Jessie everything I saw. I give her every detail of what I saw Melissa do today. Everything she told me this morning, after class, and over the phone. I can tell she is stunned by what her sister has done. It is not much comfort though to me now though.
"This just really sucks Mark. I finally get to meet you and she does the stupidest thing she has ever done the same day."
We sit there talking for some time. She seems very sympathetic to my situation. I thought that after the first few minutes of hearing everything, she would gracefully leave not wanting to get anymore involved. But she listens to me talk about Melissa and our relationship. I find her so easy to talk to. She seems genuinely interested in what I have to say. If she wasn't Melissa's sister, I might actually find a way to push my hurt aside to pursue this beautiful chick.
"I guess I should be leaving," I say to her.
"Mark, you don't need to be alone right now. I feel terrible for you. Even worse because it is my own sister that has hurt you so bad."
"It's OK Jessie. I'll just go back to my apartment I guess. I'll be OK.
"No Mark, let me go with you. You don't need to be alone right now. Let me hang out with you this evening. I don't want to leave you feeling so hurt."
I look up into her eyes. She seems very sincere about wanting to help me over this hurt. I can also see that there is a gorgeous chick almost begging to go home with me.
"OK. But you can leave whenever you need to."
"I'll follow you to your apartment. Lets walk to the parking lot. We can order a pizza, my treat," she says.
Fortunately, Ronnie is out with his new girlfriend tonight. He has been spending a number of nights at her place lately. I don't expect him until in the morning. Jessie and I reach our cars and she follows me to my apartment.
She walks beside me to the door and then follows me inside. It seems so empty to me now. Melissa and I spend so much time together that now I feel alone in my own place. Jessie asks where the phone is so she can call to order us a pizza. When she reaches the phone, she can see that my answering machine has a number of messages on it. She asks me if I want to listen to them and I tell her no. I know who called without looking. I'm sure Melissa is going crazy wondering what happened to me.
The pizza arrives and Jessie refuses to let me pay for it. We sit together on the floor eating and watching TV. My mind is elsewhere though and Jessie can tell it too.
"I wish that I could get your mind off of what happened today. I really do hate Melissa for what she has done to you. I know she is my sister but I can't excuse her for hurting anyone like this."
"Its OK, Jessie ... thanks for offering to spend time with me. It's better than sitting here all by myself. I just wish I knew why. Things have been so good between us. We were spending so much time together. I have no idea how she found the time to start an affair with Daniel. I just wish I knew what I did wrong with her. We were so good together. I thought she was satisfied with me. The sex between us has been incredible. I just wish I understood what I did wrong!"
