Summary

"Star Love" begins with Paul speaking in the past tense, telling the reader that he “hadn’t seen Chloe in ages” (173). Paul sees Chloe again at a college reunion party, where he and Chloe are the only ones “still unattached” (173). At the end of the night, Chloe and Paul have sex. Afterwards, Paul asks how Chloe knew he would leave the party with her, and Chloe responds by saying they were always on “parallel tracks” (175). Chloe and Paul spend the next two days together, but after they part, Chloe does not return Paul’s calls.

The couple meets again four years later at a party in the same apartment. Chloe says she and Paul should have had sex their freshmen year of college. Paul and Chloe then reminiscence about one night in college when Chloe asked Paul to kiss her, saying she “want...