"What?" I said in shock as my roommate sat across from me on the couch. "Are you kidding me? Do you think you could have told me sooner?"

"I didn't know then. I'm sorry," Richard said looking down at his hands.

"How long have you had…it?" I asked. I had to get the information.

"I've been HIV positive for a month now," Richard said. "I've had AIDS for two weeks. I'm so, so sorry."

"Do you know who you got it from?" I asked, wondering if I had it then. Unless…Oh, please god, no!

"Carl," Richard said looking up. "Please don't be mad."

"You expect me not to be mad?" I asked rhetorically.

"I'm sorry," Richard said looking back down at his hands.

"Stop saying you're sorry. That's won't fix things," I said getting up. I paced the floor. What could I do? My boyfriend was gay. If your boyfriend is gay, is he still your boyfriend? What am I saying? Shit, he's gay!

"So now I'm just something that needs to be fixed?" Richard said. He paused and added, "Okay, that doesn't sound right, but you know what I mean."

"No, you don't need to be fixed, this relationship does," I said.

"Cathy, if I'm gay we have no relationship!" Richard yelled at me. "See I sleep with gay men and you don't."

"Richard!" I said sharply. I took a deep breath. "Are you sure?"

"Positive. I really would have told you sooner, but I didn't know," Richard said. "I know this sounds cliché, but I really do hope we can still be friends."

"I understand, Richard," I said. "I would like to be friends, too. But I need some alone time before that can happen."

"By alone time do you mean thirty minutes or…?" Richard asked. I looked at him and he nodded. "I understand. I'll take my stuff." He was going to move in today! This so was not fair! I loved him. Richard left and I immediately called Heather.

"Hello?" Heather said in a happy voice.

"He's got AIDS!" I cried and started bawling my eyes out.

"Cathy?" Heather said cautiously.

"Richard has AIDS!" I said. I couldn't bear to say that he was gay out loud.

"Oh my goodness! You have to get checked!" Heather said. "I'll come with you, if you want, for moral support."

"Who gives a crap anymore? Richard is gay!" I said not even realizing what I was saying. What if Richard wasn't completely out yet? Oh no, what had I done?

"No, he's not," Heather scoffed.

"Yes he is! He just told me," I said.

"Well that's not what he told me last night," Heather said. She gasped. "Oh my goodness Cathy. I'm sorry. That is so not the thing you need to hear right now. Oh, Cathy! I'm sorry."

"You slept with him?" I asked.

"No, no, no of course not," Heather said quickly, which obviously meant she was lying.

"Heather, how could you?" I screamed.

"I didn't for three months, that how I could!" Heather responded. "Why do you get the perfect boyfriend and an ex husband who adores you? I let you have the ex-husband, let me have Richard!"

"He was my boyfriend, Heather," I said, as if that explained everything. I couldn't believe I was in another relationship with someone who cheated on me.

"He was my lover, Cathy," Heather retorted.

"How was I ever even friends with you?" I asked her. "How could you do this to me so soon after what Jamie did? Do you have a heart?"

"No, Richard has it. I love him, Cathy and he loves me," Heather said.

"No, he loves me, Elise!" I said, gasping afterwards.

"You obviously still have Jamie on the brain. Why should Richard wait around for you to be ready when he can have me now?" Heather said. "This conversation never happened, Cathy." I heard a click and a dial tone. She hung up on me! I hung up and sat down on my couch. I had lost my boyfriend and my best friend in less than an hour. What could I do? I started crying. The doorbell rang and I dried my eyes as I walked to the door. I opened the door, and there stood Jamie.

"Cathy, I know I should be here now but…" Jamie said, as he looked at he closer. "Have you been crying? Cathy, what's wrong?"

I smiled and said, "Oh, fuck it." I pulled Jamie close and kissed him hard. I closed the door behind him and lead him into my room.

It's time for make-up sex.

(Thanks for your reviews and patience! There you go, J, make-up sex! Just kidding, I actually was planning to do this; I didn't do it just for you. What will happen afterwards? Will Cathy adopt Lisa? Will Elise still want her to? Please Review!)