NOAH
'Are you still in love with her?'
I had no answer to that question. Was I in love with Riley?
The main question should be: Was I ever in love with Riley?
That woman and I had a long and complicated history. I wasn't really in love with her, no.
I had never fallen in love with anyone in my entire life. What we shared…at least from my own end, was convenience. Familiarity. Warm bodies.
It didn't really mean anything to me when we started as the occasional hookup participants, but with time, I had grown to care about her.
But that was it. It was just a platonic affection…well, minus the sex. Riley, however, had gotten the entire thing wrong.
She had thought that I was in love with her, and she started trying to ingrain herself into my life.
Started talking about meeting my parents. Trying to get cozy with my younger sister. Showing up suddenly and spending days with me, acting as though we were a real thing.