Pearl Irvine

Ah, Pearl. Who you've had just a bit of a crush on since you were kids. Pearl who you always thought was out of your league. Pearl the cheerleader and the honors student. And who you just happened to go to the same college as. Who you slowly got to know and discovered was so much more than her beauty and her confidence. Which of course did absolutely nothing to dissuade you that she was completely out of your league. It doesn't help that she's the kind of girl that always seems to attract attention and is almost never single even while being perennially unlucky in love. And then Pearl introduced you to her very cute friend Tina. So you settled... let's not say settled, Tina is a fun time and she makes you laugh... it's just that in three months of dating you haven't had one of those flashes when you felt like Tina could be forever. Along with the irksome question of whether you just don't understand love, maybe this thing with Tina is also a kind of love, just a slower one that doesn't burn as bright. Then there's Pearl and the baffling question of whether her feelings have changed... because she said one little, easily misunderstood thing. While hanging out after Pearl's latest breakup you got up to get the girls some drinks and overheard Pearl telling Tina that she's "lucky to have found one of the good ones." Your heart skipped a beat, you know that doesn't mean Pearl has feelings for you, but damn. And there's the fact that you know Tina can't possibly be much more invested in your relationship than you are... but how can you possibly navigate breaking up with Tina in a way that doesn't wind up with you looking bad and hurting whatever fondness Pearl has developed for you. Ugh... it makes your head hurt just thinking about it. And that was before Pearl invited you both to spring break in Puerto Vallarta and Tina gleefully accepted for both of you. Meanwhile your mind races, barring you falling in love with Tina very soon it's doubtful this ends well.