A Dozen Cookies is the way to the Heart !!

There for a friend

The weekend before being allowed to head back to work felt like it was going on forever, honestly. It was night now, and OJ was on his way back to spend the night again-- a few texts having been exchanged. MePhone hoped tonight would be less awkward then the initial last night, still willing to be a shoulder the guy could lean on, because he was clearly going through some rough shit.

It didn't take him long to arrive.

Some small talk, before OJ asked something of him.

"Do you think you'd be willing to go with me to my house tomorrow? Uhm... I think I need to kick her out. I know it's awful, but... It's my house. My life, and I just... She has friends she can go stay with. She has her parents who love her to lean back on. I feel awful about having to do this, but I only have so many couches I can crash on,"

Oh. That felt like a big ask, but... MePhone was definitely both kind of curious how this would play out, and he still wanted to be there for his friend. This was what friends do for each other, right? He was still figuring out how all this stuff worked honestly, and this felt like the right thing to do, especially if asked, so...

"Yeah, sure." He just shrugged.

"I'm just afraid if I go back alone, I'm just going to fall back into the safe option." At this point, he was wondering if she was his safe option. He was with her because it was easy. Even if he was paying for everything. Even if he wasn't really allowed around many of his friends. He had been struggling so hard with the thoughts of it just being easier to fall back into whats safe. Go back home and apologize. Go ahead with the marriage. Even if he would be deeply unhappy, he wouldn't have to worry about the drama Salt would be able to cause. He was also just... Scared. Scared that she was scheming. That if he didn't get back with her, she'd go nuclear. The thought horrified him, because he didn't know what she was entirely capable of. He remembers hearing stories of her and her friend Pepper 'ruining other people's lives'. Stories she went on and on about during dinners they did have together, but they always sounded so exaggerated. What if they weren't? What was stopping them from ruining his life if he refused to get back with her? If he really did kick her out?

It made him feel sick to his stomach, but he was really glad he at least had someone to help him through this while he was slowly trying to reconnect with some of his old friends at the moment through text. That maybe things wouldn't be as bad as he was worrying they would be.

He'd just choose to hope things would be fine. Maybe Salt would understand, too. Maybe he was just overthinking, and maybe she wasn't happy either. Why would she avoid him so much anyways if she did? Why would she always choose everything else over him if she loved him? No normal person would, so... Maybe he hoped these few days of no contact were here reflecting, and realizing this was better for the both of them. He could only hope, honestly.

...

MePhone was really glad he'd be able to go back to work this week. He wasn't going in until Wednesday, and then he was off on Friday, which was... So different, with the proper shifts and all, but he hoped the work would help him return to his routine. He was a bit nervous about returning, a small fear he was just going to continue to decline, and shut everyone else out while he was there, but... He hoped Two's conversation was enough to help. He didn't know how he was going to fix this yet, but he was still going to try to find out how to do that.

He... Was also still trying to think about if he wanted to talk to Lightbulb like suggested, but he figured he'd... Just decide one of the days he was at work with her or something. He'd... figure something out.

...

It was Saturday night, and MePhone4s was out with his partner, and friends. He had finally landed a job somewhere a few days ago, and was starting soon-- so they were out to celebrate. Honestly, despite his brother unfortunately being in town, and with one of his partners' friends having told him she was working with him-- everything else here was fine. When he got stressed, he could go out to the gun range to let off some steam, or he could hang out with his partner, and roommate when that wasn't an option. There was a lot to do, and he thankfully hadn't directly ran into his brother, so it was going great. Of course, avoidance sucked, and wasn't a good way to go about anything, but he knew if he saw his brother again, it'd just make him angry, and he was trying not to be so angry anymore.