The two former lovers were seen in an brief state of high anxiety during the encounter, putting to bed rumors circulated by cattier elements on campus that the two had begun seeing each other again.
Marissa Loch, a junior who claims to have had a clear vantage point of the event as it unfolded, told reporters that she heard John gasp loudly and that both parties walked away visibly pale and shaken.
Another eye-witness who declined to be named insisted that one could even hear the ex-lovers' heartbeats spike and that, “you could feel the tension in the air”.
One of Helk’s fraternity brothers, who spoke with us under the condition that he and his frat would not be named, provided a few insights into the events which played out.
“Me and John, we was working on a calc set when all of a sudden he goes, ‘man, I gotta print my econ paper.’ That’s when it happened”.
It was at that point that the two students regretfully spotted one another. Our source claimed that he was unsure as to who saw whom first and that his memory of the incident is clouded, saying that his first concern was his friend in this desperate time of crisis.
Our source admitted a suspicion Chekman and her friends may have set the whole calamity up as an insidious form of revenge.
“John’s a sensitive guy,” he said, “and they’re animals for doing this to him”.
“I shouldn’t have let him go,” he tearfully continued.
Neither of the parties concerned could be reached for comment on the incident, though conflicting claims and details of the incident continue to flow in.
