The distance

Drifting apart

Journal entry 5? 10?
It's been a while since I wrote in this journal, the zombie apocalypse started two days ago. I'm scared, I bumped into the guy from the coffee shop, he decided to help me. His name is Cleetus, we have been hiding in Jake's lab and started to make small talk. Jake and Cleetus met each other, they seem to get along very well.
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Jake washed the dishes, cursing under his breath. He hates when he gets like this, Flamingo was drunk and locked himself in his room. Today is the day Denis died and Flamingo can't even try to act right for once.
Flamingo always drank on that day, and he always threw a fit whenever Jake tried to help him. The door bell rung, Jake wiped his hands on his apron and went to the front door. He inhale a small sigh and bit his lip.
Jake open the door, Dani was smiling and waving while Sketch was standing next to her holding a flower
"Hey guys, come in"
They enter and looked around
Dani whistle
"Nice place you have! Sketch mind placing the flowers in the kitchen?"
Sketch mumbles and shrugged, they both knew today was hard for him, he lost his only friend.
"So...is temp coming?"
Dani frown and shook her head
"He-he said that he couldn't make ....it kinda a hard day for him as well"
Dani eyes water but she quickly wipes it off with her sleeve
"Yeah...I guess we're the only ones left huh"
She nodded
Sketch was in the kitchen and placed the flowers on the table, He noticed a picture frame and picked it up. It was a picture of Denis and his cat, he remember the day when they met, how he help him during the apocalypse and introduced him to his friends. Sketch put the picture down and went to wet his face, he felt miserable and his face was puffy. He took a deep breath and went to the living room, he saw Dani and Jake talking about something and decided to sit next to them.
"So...any idea what Flamingo doing?"
Jake roll his eyes and huff
"He's lock in his room..drunk as always"
"Hmp...he doesn't deserve to mourn it his fault Denis is dead!" Sketch groan
Dani look at him disappointed
"Denis and Flamingo were friends, they knew each other for years and Flamingo still misses him. You don't have to agree with what he did but you should understand his point of view. Flamingo was lonely and was in denial, he didn't want to lose the last person who was there for him, Denis was like a brother to me and to you!"
Dani shouted
Jake took a sip from his drink, he look at his necklace...the necklace that Denis wasn't able to give him.
"I'm going to check on Flamingo"
he stood up,
leaving Dani and Sketch in the living room, it was quiet and full of tension.
"I'm sorry...it's just hard you know"
Sketch whispered
"Yeah...I understand "

Jake approached Flamingo's room and was about to knock, until he heard sobbing
"Why did you leave us..."
Flamingo slur
Jake lean on the door debating if he should knock or not, the sobbing continues leaving Jake with a guilty feeling. He gather the courage and knock,
"Flamingo we're having dinner soon..can you please just- ugh just come out.."
Jake was met with silence, he huff and knocked again
The door swing open, and there stood a tired and angry Flamingo
"What the fuck do you want?"
"I told you already, we're eating soon and you need to be at the table"
Jake watch Flamingo stumbled a few steps, he hated this, today was Denis anniversary and he decided to drink himself to death
"Shit man...can you just stop drinking for once!"
Flamingo doze off, his mind going somewhere
"Jake- I need to go back to the universe..need to see him again"
He lean against Jake, he smell like whine and cigarette

"Flamingo you're not serious right!? Fuck dude..today is Denis anniversary and you're planning on going to a different universe just to see his imposter!?"
He loudly whispered.
"He isn't a imposter!"
He felt his head dizzy and his vision was blurry, he was drunk and the voices are back.
Jake sigh, he held him and made him sit on the floor
"Fuck dude, are you okay?"
"Ugh...I just can't do this right now!"
Jake got up
"Wher-where you going?"
"I'm going to get you water be right back.."
Jake rush down stair, he was pissed he couldn't believe this...Flamingo is such an embarrassment, why couldn't he just move on and deal with this like an adult.
Jake grab the water and headed upstairs
"Here drink"
He gave Flamingo the water and he just sat there holding it
"Look dude I get you miss him and I do too but this is getting ridiculous..Why does everything have to be about Denis?"
"Oh please! You haven't move on either...last night you were in Denis room and now your wearing a necklace which I assume you got that from his room"
Flamingo yell
Jake eyes widen and he look away
"Shut up!"
"No! I won't, you're a fucking hypocrite Jake. You have the nerve to tell me I haven't move on and you haven't either. You're just like everybody else!"
An impatient silence fills the room, Jake gripped the necklace and ran down stairs.