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It was the last week of e, I’d signed up to go to India and volunteer It had been an easy choice because I didn’t want to stay ho time with Justine for another suh the year, exchanging e about our various adventures She’d even invited ain

But I couldn’t do that Justine had been so generous twelve o, and ould I possibly have to offer her in return? I couldn’t expect her to fund ain

Not to mention, I didn’t want to run into Hunter And Justine …but she’d never said anything

I still felt so stupid and naïve

So, India it was instead It was a nice change because e had been hard I can’t say that I was strong all the tie dorm room, I broke down and called Hunter’s phone number By that tih to tell e their nuirl

After that, I knew that I had to get h it I immersed myself in my studies, joined a few clubs, and made a few friends

And when I saw that ad for the India volunteer trip, I kneas my chance to make different memories New memories that could fill me with joy and not be tinted with sadness And so far, reat I volunteer in the city with a few other students teaching English, and it’s really rewarding and fun Because although English is the lingua franca of India, there are e well So thus the classes to help improve and burnish their skills

Plus, I’ve met someone Joshua is one of my fellow teachers, and back home in the States, we’d actually lived in the same dorm I had seen him a few times before, but never really interacted with hi next to each other and had talked a lot about school and whatnot

We’d also gone out a few tiroup, but lately, but we’d also gone on a few dates alone, and I found entle and sweet

If I were in a differentJoshua, but a real relationship wasn’t possible In my soul, I kneasn’t ready toof heartbreakinto my pillow for no other reason than the sheer pain that haunted me still My chest would ache, throat stuffy, eyes red and puffy

But s I’d placed over one It was ti