MEETING OF SOULS

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also wasn't looking for a relationship like a boyfriend or even a new marriage. Just thinking about it caused me a wave of panic and dread. As a Psychology student, I knew I should start therapy as soon as possible. But it turns

'' I come out of my reverie looking to the side

e, taking the chocolate from he

I come to college. Staying at home only seems to make everything worse. I just want to sleep and it's an escape I use to slow down my mind and not have to deal with reality. Ev

y, it must be the intrusive thoughts.'' We looked

hadn't started yet, so everything was fine. We had Neuroscience cla

, when the week passed and the next one arrived, on Monday he decided to show up. He was always closed off in his own little world. I mean, with the people around him, because with his group of friends he was always making jokes and

group burst out laughing as I turned to look be

his left cheek there was a dimple that accentuated his laughter, he seemed lighter, he didn't even l

and I also didn't want to give any guy ammunition to think that I was interested. I felt lonely. I didn't have many friends, and the ones I did have lived in other states and countries, so I was really alone, except

college, so we walked. It wasn't close, not

e group yet. I had contact with one of his friends because when I got on the bus as a newbie, the driver told her t

. He was younger than me, that was obvious. I was already at the peak of my 29th birthday, terrified of turning 30 and still being a spinster, but at the same time I wanted something casual. Deep down I knew that it wasn't just that. I hated the feeling of being used, but my traumas and

at the stop. Until Blake's group arrived with him and then they waited together with the People were on the bus while they were talking, however the driver sent a message asking for us that he was already at t

e as we laughed, Blake still walking in fro

ing here this whole time a

, laughing my head off along with Adiane ''Isn't that right Adiane?'' My colleague nodded in agreement while we lau

e bus stop to go to college or when I arrived and he was already there. I preten

is he really intere

alking to some girls who were part of his g

t it is," Ray said, laughing, while a shorter, chubby girl who

u can do. My webcam is even bro

ed to the computer'' Amalia said ''You spent more time

o defend himself,

my mouth, so I turned my face to the opposite side trying to control myself, for some reason his conversational approach was making me on the verge of laughter ''Then I told her that I'm not from

the fleas started

rush on me or is