One Hundred and Seventeen

Elen felt his dad's absence, especially now that he needed someone to talk to. Jennifer was one of the few people he shared his problems with, but how could he tell her anything now that they were on a complicated web?

His feelings were a heavy burden, and Sean kept rubbing it in his face that Jennifer accepted to be his girlfriend. Elen felt several feelings at once. He felt guilty because he needed to let Sean know that he and Jennifer had been intimate and feared that this could affect the dynamics of their friendship.

Elen didn't realize how serious this was until he picked up his phone, and scrolled through his contacts, but there was nobody as close to him as Jennifer or Sean. He couldn't tell Maya anything because she was going through her stuff. Ashanti was the closest bet, but she was busy as well.

He had no emotional relationship with his biological mother other than offering her physical luxuries; they shared nothing in common. He sat at the kitchen table, spooning cereal in