Past, Present and Future

What Happened to The Feelings? (Gene P.O.V)

It started out as a typical Friday rehearsal. I had arrived at the same time Paul had so we were just shooting the breeze until Peter and Ace showed. Pete showed up within ten minutes so we went inside together to wait on Ace, who was typically late. When he showed up, he had a girl on his arm. "What?" I asked. "Who?"

"Hey everyone, meet my girlfriend." he announced happily. "We've been together for a year."

My mouth dropped open as I stood there in shock. "Your girlfriend?" I finally asked. "But the flowers?"

"I do have feelings for you when I'm drunk." Ace admitted. "Not so much when I'm sober."

I dropped my bass in shock and left. Not knowing or caring where I was heading, I started walking. "Wow, am I so awful that I'm not loveable?" I berated myself until I reached Central Park. Finding a bench, I sat and just stared into the distance. I didn't even realize how much time had passed until Paul sat down next to me, tears in his eyes. 

Snapping out of my mood, I looked at him and immediately pulled him into a hug. "What happened? Did Peter hurt you?"

Through his tears and sniffles, I figured out that Paul had asked Peter to go out of town and was met with silence. "I'm sorry Paul. This is why I never plan on falling in love."

Even though I was feeling crummy, Paul was hurting a lot worse. I ended up buying him some fries and a soda as we walked towards our actual homes. "Paul, it will be okay. Call me in about an hour, okay?" I waited until he went inside before I continued to my place. My mom was at work so I made myself something to eat and sat down to wait on Paul's call.

He didn't call so I called his house. When no one answered, I figured he cried himself to sleep. Poor kid.