“If someone knocks, ask who it is, and maybe try to check and make sure that he isn’t lurking in the hallway ready to pounce and come in when someone else is coming in.”
“Do you really think he would do that?”
“Honestly, yes, unfortunately.”
“What the heck,” Lauren marvels.
“You don’t want to get into it, believe me.”
“Sure sounds like I don’t. Maybe you should talk to campus police.”
“I plan on it, but I’m not sure how much they’ll be able to help with.”
“I hope they can.”
“You and me both.” I wave to her and leave.
From there, I head over to the police and talk to them. They don't seem to be all that concerned about it, but they take down my name and number and his name and number too. It's not like I expect them to keep an eye out for him, but I want more than them just being notified. Not that I can say what exactly I want them to do. It's just a mess.
Now what?
Ugh. I know what, but I don’t know if I can handle this either. Boys aren’t easy, that’s for sure. None of it is.
I don’t call Rob, too much of a coward for that, but I do text him.
Hey, I’ve never been a fan of radio silence.
I don't know if he's going to answer or ignore me, or maybe he's blocked my number entirely. Maybe Gabe told him about my freaking out and reading far too much into the massage, and that could cause another whole host of problems for me.
The silent treatment isn’t normally my thing either.
So why haven’t you contacted me at all?
Man, I hope that doesn’t make me seem desperate at all. I mean, yeah, I was the one to reach out first, but I didn’t need to have waited so long.
You could’ve contacted me sooner.
True, but at least I reached out.
I wait for him to respond all of a minute before I’m already texting him again.
I don’t want to fight.
I don’t want to either.
It was stupid. All of it. I shouldn’t have done any of it.
Ugh. Texting can be just as terrible as leaving a voicemail message.
It wasn’t just you. It takes two to fight.
I smile. At least he’s willing to admit that.
True. Know what else it takes two to do?I ask.
Hmm. Tango?
Yes. Tango.