Neo lifted his hand into a fist and held it inches away form his bedroom door, trying to absorb

some confidence to knock from the rusty metal. After a few seconds, he sighed heavily and

lowered his hand, turning away from the door to run his fingers through his hair.

For the past ten minutes he'd been pacing back and forth in the lonely corridor,

approaching the door every once in awhile and coming terribly close to knocking before backing

down again.

"You can do this," he spoke aloud, with no one around to hear his words, "Come on, Neo,

you love her too damn much to give up after one stupid fight...."

He sighed again and continued to walk back and forth, looking hatefully at the door every

time he passed it.

*Why was this so hard...?*

"Alright- this is it," Neo marched up to the door, fully prepared to enter. But before he

could touch the handle, the door swung open and Trinity stood in its frame, her face devoid of

expression.

Neo recovered form his state of surprise, "Trinity, I'm..." it hurt to look in her eyes, so

full of pain, but Neo forced himself to continue as he met her wary gaze, "...I'm sorry."

She nodded slightly, "I know. You 've been talking to yourself for ten minutes straight."

"You heard?"

She nodded again and opened the door wider, "I'm sorry too."