What would you do?

     If you and your significant other could not be together what would you do? If you had to hide that you loved them, what would you do? If the only way to see them was to act like you were dating someone else, would you do it? And if the roles were reversed, what would you do? Would you let him/her pretend to date someone else and risk them having feelings for that other person, or would you absolutely forbid it? If this changes anything, what would you do if that other person happened to be a person who they had feelings for? One that they semi dated for awhile? If that other person clearly had feelings for your boyfriend/girlfriend, what would you do?
     I can tell you now, I don't know what I would do. I don't know if I could pretend to date someone, without having feelings for them, especially him being a ex boyfriend of mine. I guess I would have to trust him and just know that it would all turn out okay. Now it being an ex girlfriend of his, I don't know. I wouldn't like it but I would put up with it just so that I could see him.
     In the book I'm reading, the girl goes to Evernight Academy, a boarding school where you only get to leave school grounds once a month unless you get special permission. The boy was kicked out and is not allowed back on campus. So the only way for her to see him is the one time a month visits....OR pretending to date her sort of ex boyfriend. It got me thinking, what would I do? What would my boyfriend do? Would he act like Lucas, her boyfriend? On page 182-183 Lucas and Bianca, the major character of the story,  go away from Balthazar, her sort of ex boyfriend, to decided if her pretending is a good idea.

     "'So how is he helping you leave Evernight? Does Balthazar know a secret passage-

way out of there or something?'

     Now we'd come to the tricky part. 'Well, actually, he's older and pretty responsible,

 and we've made it sound like he's teaching me about being a vampire, so my parents

and Mrs. Bethany let him do it.' I took a deep breath and plowed ahead:  'We've sort

of convinced them that we're dating.'

     Silence. Lucas stared at me, his eyes wary.

     'We're not dating. Completely not together. You understand, right? Because I

definitely do, and he does, too.' At least, I hoped Balthazar understood that.

     'Yeah, I get it.' Lucas didn't sound convinced. 'But he's always had his eye on you.

I remember how he was the night of  the Autumn Ball. Possessive. Real possessive.'

     'He actually was my date for the Autumn Ball, remember? Because you lost

your temper in Riverton and freaked me out?'

     'My whole life, I've settled things with my fists, Bianca. When you're hunting

 vampires, that's the best way to stay alive.'

     I stepped closer to Lucas, so close I could smell the scent of his skin. 'I understand that. So please try to understand this. It's the only way we could think of.'

     He took a ragged breath. 'I don't mean to overreact. I swear. I'm sorry Bianca. It's just-I miss you so bad, and we never get any other chance to talk about all this stuff, and the last thing I expected to hear tonight was that some other guy gets to spend lots of time with you when I don't'"

    Now if you ask me, that was a pretty good response. He didn't flip like I suspected him to. I don't know how this will turn out. She seems to love him and there is a saying that says "Distance makes the heart grow fonder." And I know for certain that is correct but if you throw in an ex boyfriend into the old saying, what will happen? Will she turn back into Balthazar? Or will she run to Lucas? What would you do?