The Secret Monologue

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Wrapped around each other in my bed, with the covers creating a warm, loving nest to surround us both. Jess reads to me from the book he had before, periodically pausing to listen to my colour commentary, whether it be about the actual book, or just something I’d thought about while he spoke. The sound of the front door of the house opening a closing bursts the small bubble that Jess and I have been living in for almost an hour. Pulling us away from each other, the sound of my mother talking in her usual, excited voice, makes its way closer to the room.
“…this little tidbit! Kirk running naked through the square.” She continues her rapid pace, collecting things as she goes through the house and finally heading towards my bedroom. I rolled my eyes at Jess as he smiled and we both got up from our little world and …show more content…
“It’s been a crazy week.”
“You, of all people—the girl who think everything through, the list maker—you didn’t bother to discuss all of those things before jumping into bed with the guy?”
“He’s not ‘the guy’. He’s Jess—my Jess.”
“He’s not your Jess. He left a year ago. He left you.”
“I told you, we have it figured out.”
The tears are welling in my eyes as well. The disappointment and anger that was masking my mother’s usually cheerful and kind face offered more upsetting material than any of the words she said.
“You don’t have it figured out until you’re sure he’s staying in town.” She told me as if I was still a child.
“He’s moving to New Haven with me when school starts again.”
“Oh, my God. I don’t believe this.” Her eyes almost popped out of their sockets when she let that information sink through.
“He’s in love with me, we want to be

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