College is starting, and so is the newest challenge in Scarlett and Eric's relationship. After thirteen years, the mysterious 'J' that used to send her letters and gifts is finally back for the best friend that he was forced to leave.
With tensions...
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"Hey!" Hope yells as she makes her way into Jack and Eric's apartment. "Where's the pretty little dark-haired girl? She's late for our date."
"Scarlett's not here." Shawn says as he looks over at her from where he's laying on the couch.
"She ditched me for the boy-toy?" She quirks an eyebrow. "That doesn't sound like her."
"No, Eric's in their room." He tells her. "He was in the bathroom earlier, and I went to talk to her, but she wasn't in there. They got into a fight last night, so I figured she went over to your place."
"What?" Her eyebrows furrow as she looks at him. "I saw her last night on our back up here, and..." She shakes her head. "Eric!"
Jack, who started toward Eric's bedroom when he heard the conversation between Hope and his brother, pounds on Eric's door. "Open the door, man! We gotta talk!"
The door opens and he sees a sleep deprived, red-eyed Eric. "I don't have anything to say to you." He tells him, and then Hope walks over and grabs him by his ear to make him follow her back to the living room.
"What's going on?" Jason questions as he walks into the apartment behind Shawn, who went to get him when he realized that something quite obviously isn't right.
"I saw Scarlett last night, and she was in a great mood — puke-inducingly happy to get home just to lay down with you and talk." The brunette says as she looks at Eric. "Shawn says that you two were arguing, and now she's gone."
"She told me that she was going to your apartment." Eric says, obviously having a hard time just standing there in front of them.
"Well, we live five feet away, and she never made it. What the hell happened?"
"I really don't feel like getting—"
"How about you tell me why the last time I saw my sister, she was running to your room, choking back tears after you yelled at her?" Shawn demands, moving closer to him, and Hope and Jason exchange a concerned look.
"We broke up last night." Eric says, and the younger boy turns around and immediately starts for the door.
"Where are you going?" Jack asks as he watches him go.
"To find my sister." Shawn tells him.
"You're not wearing any—" The door shuts between them. "—shoes. And he left in sweats and a t-shirt."
"How the hell did she go from beyond happy to see you, to you two breaking up in the course of a couple hours?" Hope questions as she returns her attention to Eric.
