"Maria! Maria, wait up!" Michael called and ran after her through the
corridor. When he finally reached her he said, "We need to talk."
"You know, Michael," she said, turning round to face him, "I sorta remember saying the same thing to you this morning but you didn't really seem to want to talk, so maybe I shouldn't either."
"Maria, please."
"What?" she asked coldly.
"Yesterday everything was fine, but this morning you said you wanted to break up."
"That would be correct."
"Why? What happened?"
Maria said nothing for a few moments. "You seriously don't get it, do you? Michael, what were we doing yesterday?"
"Uh..." Michael didn't have to think hard, but didn't want to say the wrong thing. In the end he just said what he was thinking of, "We made out?"
"Exactly!" Maria exclaimed throwing her hands up in the air.
"Well, what's wrong wiht that!?" Michael said, confused more than ever.
"Because, Michael...with us, it's like that's all we do. Do you seriously believe in things like commitment? When we graduate and go to university who's to say that you won't want to break up with me?"
"Why would I want to break up with you?"
"Well, maybe you'll find some other woman who you wanna be with. And if we don't do the same things after school we may not be able to work things out. And..."
"So is this about you not trusting me or about you wanting to break up with me before you think I'm going to break up with you?"
"So everything is about me and none of it was your fault?" Maria demanded.
"My fault!? I just don't see what I did for any of this to be *my* fault!"
By now, they were getting louder and were starting to attract attention in the grounds outside their school building. "Uh guys?" Kyle said, tapping Michael's shoulder. "Maybe you should take this someone else."
"Who asked for your opinion?" Michael said.
"No one, it's just..."
"Well, then why don't you go someplace else, Kyle and -"
"Actually it doesn't matter," Maria said. "You stay here Kyle, I'm going." She picked up her bag from the ground and put it on her shoulder. Before she left, she looked at Michael and said, "We're done."
"Well, fine!" he exclaimed to her retreating figure.
"Michael!" Kyle said after Maria had left.
"What? Hey, and who asked you to but in anyway?"
"Liz told me what happened this morning, but she said you seemed upset."
"So you wanted me to sit and cry that Maria wanted to break up?"
"Well, not cry exactly, but I'd rather you had done that than what you just did."
"And what do you catagorize what just happened as?"
"I don't know? A moment of stupidity?' Kyle said.
"Yeah, whatever."
"And many more to come, I see."
"Michael, she not gone hom yet, the bus hasn't left. Can't you just go there and apologize?" Kyle pleaded.
"Uh, didn't you hear what Liz said to you? *Maria* wanted to break up with me - I never said anything about it. God! I didn't even think it!" Michael exclaimed. "I'm going home and no way am I going to apologize before she does!"
Michael started to walk off but Kyle spoke and called to him, "Okay, Michael, go home. Just remember that Maria wasn't joking about you guys being over. If you don't go talk to her now then it's true. You guys really are over - and she's right: you don't want a serious relationship."
"You know, Michael," she said, turning round to face him, "I sorta remember saying the same thing to you this morning but you didn't really seem to want to talk, so maybe I shouldn't either."
"Maria, please."
"What?" she asked coldly.
"Yesterday everything was fine, but this morning you said you wanted to break up."
"That would be correct."
"Why? What happened?"
Maria said nothing for a few moments. "You seriously don't get it, do you? Michael, what were we doing yesterday?"
"Uh..." Michael didn't have to think hard, but didn't want to say the wrong thing. In the end he just said what he was thinking of, "We made out?"
"Exactly!" Maria exclaimed throwing her hands up in the air.
"Well, what's wrong wiht that!?" Michael said, confused more than ever.
"Because, Michael...with us, it's like that's all we do. Do you seriously believe in things like commitment? When we graduate and go to university who's to say that you won't want to break up with me?"
"Why would I want to break up with you?"
"Well, maybe you'll find some other woman who you wanna be with. And if we don't do the same things after school we may not be able to work things out. And..."
"So is this about you not trusting me or about you wanting to break up with me before you think I'm going to break up with you?"
"So everything is about me and none of it was your fault?" Maria demanded.
"My fault!? I just don't see what I did for any of this to be *my* fault!"
By now, they were getting louder and were starting to attract attention in the grounds outside their school building. "Uh guys?" Kyle said, tapping Michael's shoulder. "Maybe you should take this someone else."
"Who asked for your opinion?" Michael said.
"No one, it's just..."
"Well, then why don't you go someplace else, Kyle and -"
"Actually it doesn't matter," Maria said. "You stay here Kyle, I'm going." She picked up her bag from the ground and put it on her shoulder. Before she left, she looked at Michael and said, "We're done."
"Well, fine!" he exclaimed to her retreating figure.
"Michael!" Kyle said after Maria had left.
"What? Hey, and who asked you to but in anyway?"
"Liz told me what happened this morning, but she said you seemed upset."
"So you wanted me to sit and cry that Maria wanted to break up?"
"Well, not cry exactly, but I'd rather you had done that than what you just did."
"And what do you catagorize what just happened as?"
"I don't know? A moment of stupidity?' Kyle said.
"Yeah, whatever."
"And many more to come, I see."
"Michael, she not gone hom yet, the bus hasn't left. Can't you just go there and apologize?" Kyle pleaded.
"Uh, didn't you hear what Liz said to you? *Maria* wanted to break up with me - I never said anything about it. God! I didn't even think it!" Michael exclaimed. "I'm going home and no way am I going to apologize before she does!"
Michael started to walk off but Kyle spoke and called to him, "Okay, Michael, go home. Just remember that Maria wasn't joking about you guys being over. If you don't go talk to her now then it's true. You guys really are over - and she's right: you don't want a serious relationship."