It was registration day for Hartford University. Hundreds of students were in lines trying to get their schedules for the Fall semester. Sarena had decided to meet some of her friends at school. She was a bit late as usual, and couldn't find them. She called them on their cell phones and finally found an open space for them to meet.As she waited, she spotted them from a distance. There she saw John, Gina, and a new guy, which she knew must have been Gina's new boyfriend. Sarena approached with a friendly greeting and apoligized for being late.Sarena was an average looking girl. She had brown straight long hair, light skin complexion and green eyes. She was an ordianry girl who loved her jeans and sneakers.She had a great personality, sweet, caring, loving, and a sense of humor."Hi, I'm really sorry guys, its just that for these past couple of nights I haven't had much sleep,"said Sarena."We waited two hours here! You should have called us on your way here. maybe then we wouldn't have been worried about you,"said John."You worried about me?Since when do you worry? What happened to you this Summer?"asked Sarena."A lot happened this Summer that you don't know about yet.Well, I have to get my program and get to work. I'll call you tonight and you'd better answer because I really need to speak to you,"said John."Alright, take care I'll talk to you later," said Sarena. John was a funny guy, he liked to make jokes,but he knew went to be serious. He wasn't like most college guys that dated all the girls they could get. He took his time to meet the right girl and then dated. He was a jeans and T-shirt with sneakers kind of guy. He had borwn curly hair, tan skin,and brown eyes."What's wrong with you Gina?You look like someone just died,"said sarena"There's nothing wrong, I want to introduce you to Victor,"said Gina. "We met at Jones Beach while I was in New York a few weeks ago. It turns out that we both live in Connecticut,"Victor and Sarena shook hands.Victor was a sports wear guy. He use to live in New York and is a major Yankee fan. He had straight blond hair, very fair skin complexion and blue eyes."Hi, how are you?"said Victor."Not good and not bad but I'm hanging in there, and yourself?" asked Sarena."I'm doin'pretty good; I have a gorgeoussexy lookin' girlfriend, its my secong year of college, and my parents are on vacation,"said Victor."Yea sounds like a good life to me," said Sarena.From the expression on Gina's face all afternoon, Sarena kmew that something was wrong but she couldn't get Gina to tell her as yet. John and Gina are Sarena's closest friends. John and Gina were once lovers, but their young puppy love just didn't exist anymore.It has been only a few months from their breakup but they still acted as if nothing happened or atleast that's what it appeared to be like."Alright, lets go get our stuff and get out of this place," said Victor."Yea lets go,"said Gina."You guys go ahead and save me a spot,I have to return this book before Ic an get anything here today," said Sarena. So, they joined the line and it went fast. Sarena had returned her bookand cameto where Gina was in line. Victor was up for getting his program.Ring, ring "Hello,"said Victor. "No problem I'll be there. I have an emergency at my house, seems that my brother had a little too much company over. I'll see you later, baby, and it was nice meeting you Sarena," said Victor."Yes, it was nice meeting youtoo,just remember if you hurt my girl, you're gonna have to deal wit me," said Sarena."Oh don't worry, I'm planning on keeping her close to my heart," said Victor. "Right now I really have to run before things get out of hand at my house,"" I hope everything is ok. I told you not to leave your brother home alone," said Gina "Yea I hope everything is ok, too," said Sarena.Gina still looked puzzled. Sarena couldn't think of anything that could be wrong with her. Gina was very attractive. She had borwn curly hair, butter-tone skin complexion and hazel eyes. She had an elder sister who married and moved to New York. Her parents were happily married for 25 yearsand tey retired to Florida.Sarena, John, and Gina all met in the same class on the first day of school when they were freshmen in college. They all got to know each other well, but John and Gina had become intimate with each other by the end of the year. They dated for eight months but they began to fight very often and disagreed on almost everything. They had decided that they weren't in love, they were just physically attracted."So, are you happy with your classes?"asked Sarena."Happy? haha, what does happy mean again?"said Gina."What are you talking about? You're always the one that smiles and has a good time regardless if you're having a bad day,"said Sarena."Yes, I do that all the time, but theres a lot hiding in those smiles and I've been covering it for a while,"said Gina."Oh come on! Don't talk like that! You know that I'm always here for you,"said Sarena."I know that things didn't work for you and John but now you have Victor, you can start all over.""It's not that easy, I don't want to break anyone's heart, then I start feeling guilty after a few days,"said Gina."Just don't worry about it. I'm sure things will work out fine. I haev to make a move, I haev to get to the bank before it closes so if you need to talk more give me a call,"said Sarena."Yes, do expect a call from me later. Bye,"said Gina.Sarena had barely made it to the bank before it closed. She got some dinner afterwards and headed for home. As she walked through the door she heard her phone ringing. At first she didn't want to answer because she hadn't eaten all day. She figuredit might be important, so she answered. Hey sweetie, how was your day?"asked John."Oh, it's only you. I thought it was someone important,"said Sarena. "Hey, hey, what's that suppose to mean? You know I mean the world to you. You better have answered or I would have come over there and waited for you to come home,"said John."My day was so terrible, I didn't even have time to eat. You would have came and waited for me? Oh yea, I forgot that you don't have a life,"said Sarena."Haha, very funny,"said John.I'm glad that you do find it funny,"said Sarena."So, how busy can yo be that you didn't have time to eat? You know what happens when you don't eat? You start feeling all gassy and start farting all over the place,"said John."So, I guess that explains why you pass gas so frequently. So, you said that you had a lot to tell me today, what's on your mind?"asked Sarena."Well, where can we start? Lets see, hmmmmmmm...my heart is like in a million pieces. I can't eat, think, or sleep for the past month,"said John."Awwwwwww, what happened? well all you do is eat and sleep but the thinking part you never do,"said Sarena."Yea go ahead, crack all the jokes that you want on me today. I don't mind,"said John."Alright, what's really bothering you? You never let me say all these crazy things. talk to me babez. I'm listening,"said Sarena."I found out something that is killing me so much.I mean I know that Gina and I are over but we use to get along so well, I don't believe that such a nice person can do such rotten things,"said John."What did you find out? What kind of rotten things?"said Sarena."I was so loyal to her. How could she do that?"said John."Hello, how am I suppose to help you if you don't tell me what's going on? asked Sarena."Well do you remember on Valentines Day we went to that club?"asked John."Yes, I do,"replied Sarena, "why?""Well, do you remember that I met my best friend from high school,"said John."Who Aaron?"asked Sarena."Yea, that't the guy,"said John."Well Gina cheated on me with him,""Get out of here!!! Are you serious?"exclaimed Sarena."Yes, she did, and even though we are broken up I still have feelings for her,"said John."I understand, and I'm so sorry. I can't believe she would do that either,"said Sarena.Well, there's nothing to do I just needed to tell someone this. It was driving me crazy all this time,"said John."I don't know what to say, well it's getting late and I have to go to work in the morning,"said Sarena. "I hope you feel betterand I'm sorry." "No. I feel better already. No need to be sorry. I just needed someone to talk to, someone that I trust.Thanks a lot. I guess I'll tlak to you tomorrow. Maybe we could have lunch or something. So, goodnight, hun, and hopefully I'll see you tomorrow,"said John."Okay, hun, g'night and sweetdreams,"said Sarena. The next day Sarena woke up early. It was the first night she had gotten a full nights' sleep. She did her normal morning routine. She had a great hair day and her make-up went on smoothly. She felt full of joy and actually happy to go to work. As she was about to walk out the door the phone rang.She was two hours ahead of time and was definate that she wouldn't be late today."Good morning. Sorry I called you so early, I called you last night but your phone was busy for like 3 hours. So who's the lucky guy?"asked Gina."No need to be sorry I'm ahead of you today. i was just about to walk out the door. Ah, there's no lucky guy yet. I was just talking to John,"said Sarena."Where are you headed so early?"asked Gina."I was gonna start off with breakfast and maybe a brisk walk. I need it my bones are so tight this morning,"said Sarena."Do you want to have breakfast together? There's a lot I need to tell you and I'd rather do it face to face than the phone",said Gina."Great!Where do you want to meet?"asked Sarena. "Do you want to have breakfast at Crakle Barrel? I'm starving and I can go for a big breakfast,"said Gina."Alright, so are you dressed or do you want me to come pick you up?"asked Sarena."Yea, I'm dressed, I'll meet you there since you have to work later,"said Gina."Then I guess I'll meet you there since you have to go to worklater,"said Gina."Then I guess I'll see you in fifteen minutes,"said Sarena."Yup, fifteen minutes that is,"said Gina.Sarena left right away and and rove to Crakle Barrel. When she got there she parked, sat on the bench and waited for Gina to arrive. She saw this attractive man coming her wayas she say down. he came and asked if the seat next to her was taken."Good morning! What's a gorgeous looking girl like you doing up so early? By the way my name is Eric,""Just waiting for one of my friends' to arrive. She's going to join me for breakfast today,"said Sarena. "Oh and my name is Sarena,""Wow, whata beautiful name too, it suits you,"said Eric."So do you think we could have lunch or perhaps dinner? that's if you're single?" exclaimed Eric."I think we could,"said Sarena."we have a problem though,"said Eric."What may that be?"asked Sarena."how would I get in contact with you? Is there a number that I can call you? What time do you take lunch?"aske eric."Oh I'm sorry here's my number. I usually take lunch at 1 o'clock,"said Sarena."then I guess I'll talk to you later and we'll see what happens. Here's my number if you decide to change your mindor get caught up in things,"said Eric."Right now I haev to go to work, so hopefully I will see your beautiful face later today. take care."Eric was a handsome man. He worea white shirt and a pair of khakis pants. He had borwnish-red straight hair, fair skin complexion and greenish-brown eyes.Just then Gina had arrived. She looked as if she had been run over by a truch a thousand times."Come on. Lets eat, I'm starving,"said Gina."Lets go then,said Sarena.They were seated as soon as they walked in and served in a fifteen minute wait period. The waiter came and took their orders. They started off with a small fruit salad and a glass of orange juice. then the main course, it included toast, an egg omelet and some sausages. they were full by the end of their meal."I really have to talk to you Sarena,"said Gina.,dd>"yes, I'm sure you do. Ic an tell by the way you looked sicne yesterday. i do haev some questions to ask you,too. So Ithink I'll go first,"said Sarena."What's this about you cheating on John when you guys were going out?" "That's why I need to talk to you," said Gina."John knows about that?""What is there that John doesn't know about? You know that guy gets to hear about everything,"said Sarena."So how did he react?"said Gina."Well you cheated on him, how is he suppose to feel or react? And why do you even care about it now?"exclaimed Sarena."Well I did cheat on him with Aaron, the guy...""Yea, I know the guy we met on Valentines Day at the club,"said Sarena."He knows that?" asked Gina."Yea he told me last night,"said Sarena."Well I slept with him and we didn't use use any kind of protection,"said Gina."So, are you pregnant?"asked Sarena. "Do you want to have the child?""No, I'm not pregnant. It's just that now I'm HIV positive,"said Gina."Have you told anyone about this?"asked Sarena."No. I haven't told anyone,"said Gina."We are going to have to get you helpthen. before it's too late"said Sarena. "When is your next day off?""On Monday,"said Gina."Then we're going to go to the doctor. They will start you on a treatment that will prevent it from going any further,"said Sarena. "Just make sure that is you're going to have intimacy with Victor you use protection.""Yes, I'm aware of that. Thank you so much for understanding,"said Gina."That's what friends' are for. But you will have to tell your family members about this sometime soon,"said Sarena. They paid for the bill and went for a walk. Sarena had almost forgotten about lunch with John but remembered and canceled until the next day. Later that day Eric called her and they went out to lunch. The following Monday Sarena and Gina went to the doctor's office.
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