And Then There Were Two

*This is part 4 of the "How We Met" section

The day everything happened was quite a lovely day, really. It was the end of July, the weather was warm, the sun was out. I had a habit of checking my phone at random hours, including if I woke up to pee or anything in the middle of the night. It was approximately 5 A.M. when I looked at my phone. I had a text from John with the message "911!!!!" We had jokingly one night decided that if we were ever discovered talking about what our lives might be like together that the one who was found out would text the other "911" as a sign that all hell broke loose. I never thought we'd have to use that. We both had lives we needed to break away from but it had to be done tactfully and within time. We were both terribly unhappy, however, we did not know the best way to break away from that situation since we both had been in it for so long.

I was stunned. I also had another text from Ashley, John's wife. This message was cryptic stating something along the lines she found our texts and would be forwarding them to my husband (we'll call him Nick). I panicked. I had not planned this. I ran into the living room and deleted messages she forwarded Nick, then laid back down. I had no idea how, but I knew I was going to have to tell him. When we woke up I told him everything. Everything involved a car ride with him screaming at me. I did not feel much of anything except that same stunned feeling. We were living at his family's house during this time because we were both going to college. I freaked out. I didn't know how I was going to get all my stuff out of that house in front of all his family. A very awkward and uncomfortable situation, but one I knew was coming eventually. My husband and I should have never been married for reason I'll go into later. I think he even knew we didn't belong together in the end, but some people are so afraid of change that they'd rather be unhappy than to create a new life for themselves. 

I had no choice but to jump in the icy cold waters of change and swim toward something that was unknown, exciting, and terrifying.