Gemotions

The room spun. He'd been looking for a new roommate for weeks, and the last applicant, a charming woman with a dry wit, had seemed perfect. Then he saw her profile picture again, and a cold dread crept into his gut. The woman he'd shared his deepest secrets with online, the one he swore lived in another country, was standing right in front of him.

He swallowed hard. He felt a sudden, inexplicable urge to flee. He stammered, his carefully rehearsed speech about the apartment completely forgotten. He could only stare at her, his mind a jumbled mess of what ifs.