[ WP ] Story must start with `` Look , I never ... '' and end with , `` Maybe I did ... ''

`` Look, I never said we were in a relationship,'' Jessica said, tensely. She struggled to keep her voice even, but anger crept in. `` I did n't lead you on! In fact, I was quite clear all along that this was just sex! I'm sorry that you got your feelings hurt!'' 
 
 Across the table, Rita struggled not to cry. She blinked hard several times. Her eyes were still raw from crying all morning. As she thought back on the text message she received earlier that day, she could no longer hold back the stinging tears. 
 
 `` I do n't know what you expected,'' Jessica sighed in annoyance. She deliberately twirled the diamond ring on the fourth finger of her left hand. `` Did you think we were going to get married one day and adopt a bunch of third-world babies?'' Her voice rose as she spat out each word. 
 
 `` How could you get back together with Chad? He cheated on you with your best friend!'' Rita protested. 
 
 `` Well, he finally came to his senses and realized what a whore she was and dumped her,'' Jessica sneered. `` Besides, he's a Kettering and I'm a Travers. It's going to be the wedding of the decade! Society Monthly has already called us the hottest power couple in the tri-state area! They're doing a feature article on us in the January issue!'' 
 
 `` You're just doing this because it's want your parents want!'' Rita argued. `` We have something real and amazing! I know you feel it too! Are you seriously going to throw that all away because you're afraid?'' 
 
 `` I know you're afraid,'' Rita continued in a softer tone. `` I get it. I've been there. I understand how scary it can be to realize you're gay.'' 
 
 `` I'm not a fucking dyke!'' Jessica screeched. `` What you and I did meant nothing! I'm going to marry Chad Kettering! He and I are going to have a wonderful life together! He's running for city councilman! After that, it's the Governor's Mansion and then the White House! I'm going to be the First Lady! Nobody is going to ruin that for me! Certainly not you!'' 
 
 Jessica leaned across the table and hissed, `` Stay away from me! I do n't ever want to see you or hear from you again! If you try to contact me, I will file a restraining order!'' 
 
 She stormed out of Rita's apartment and drove off. 
 
 `` Who the hell does she think she is?'' Jessica fumed in her car. `` How dare she talk to me like that! She thinks she knows everything! She thinks she understands what my life is like! She does n't know shit!'' 
 
 A knot started to form in Jessica's throat, as Rita's voice replayed in her head - `` We have something real and amazing! I know you feel it too!'' 
 
 `` Maybe I did,'' Jessica muttered to herself, bitterly. `` Maybe I still do. But it does n't matter now.'' 
 
 Jessica wiped away the tears that were beginning to form. She parked in front of Chad's building and touched up her make-up. 
 
 `` That's in the past. This is the future I choose,'' Jessica said to herself. She opened the car door and put on a big smile for Chad.
