"I think it's my turn, Penny."
"Truth or dare?" He was the one that brought her up. Now seemed as good a time as ever.
"Truth." He sighed.
"Why did you go to New York while we were broken up?"
"I needed to talk to her."
"About what? Why didn't you just talk to her on the phone?"
"I was hoping I could convince her to sign the papers."
"By having sex with her?"
"It wasn't like that."
"So what then? You went to talk about getting divorced and ended up sleeping with her? One step forward, two steps back."
"I missed you. I was a mess. I'm sorry, Penny."
"Do you still have feelings for her?"
"No."
"Then why did you sleep with her?"
"It's not like I made love to her. It was just sex."
"And what about the first time we had sex? Did that mean nothing too?"
Professor Hunter sighed. "No. It meant everything. It's different with you. Everything is different with you. I don't know what else I can say. I was upset. I made a mistake. End of story."
"It's not the end of the story because you're still married." I was trying to keep my voice even, but I was having trouble.
"Truth or dare?" he asked.
"Dare."
"Penny..."
"Fine, truth."
"And what about Tyler?"
"What about him?"
"You went to see him yesterday. What did you talk about?"
"I went to see him to tell him I wanted to be with you."
"After you read my letter?"
"No, before. I want to be with you. That's all that I want. But you're complicated. The situation is complicated. And I don't mean just because you're my professor. It's because you're still married. How can you sit there and talk about a future with me in this situation?"
"Because I know it's over. I'll talk to her again."
"No." I pulled my feet off his lap and hugged my knees to my chest.
