Kelly's first love broke her heart. He seemed a nice enough guy at first - cute and smart, a year older. She adored him. Kevin was her first real boyfriend... and as the months went on, they seemed like they would be a long-term couple. They lost their virginity to each other, despite efforts by both sets of parents to make that as difficult as possible.
About a month before their one-year anniversary, he unexpectedly broke up with her over the phone. He wanted to do it in person, but she made him tell her. She happened to be grounded for poor grades, and his excuse was that he wanted to be with someone with whom he could spend more time.
Kelly was devastated. How could he do this to her? That night he went to a party hosted by someone at a rival high school. Word came trickling back that he was "all over" a girl at the party. That, of course, only added insult to injury.
Nearly a year has passed. He has since been dating Hannah, a girl that Kelly knows and likes. By the time Kevin and Hannah started dating, Kelly had mentally decided to move on, dating here and there, although nothing serious. I don't think she was ready to open up her heart to anyone else.
The other day Kelly said, eyes wide, "Kevin and Hannah broke up! You'll never guess why!"
"They broke up? Why?"
"Remember that girl that Kevin was all over at that party he went to after he broke up with me?Turns out that the girl from the other high school had an STD. Herpes. Hannah had asked Kevin if he had tests to prove he was 'clean' before they had sex and he lied and told her he was fine. Now Hannah has herpes!" And the entire school already knew.
I could see it in her eyes - sweet karma for Kevin, an unfortunate situation for Hannah.
"Well, I gotta do homework. But I was debating if I should send Kevin a text? It's his birthday."
I asked, "What would you text him?"
She grinned. "'Herpe' birthday."
We looked at each other and shook our heads at the same time. "Nah, I didn't think so either," she said.
