When I Found You...

Chapter 33

Sal knocked on the door impatiently, awaiting Q's answer. Q finally opened the door, and Sal barged his way through.
"Hey bud, are you okay?" Q cautiously asked.
"Yeah yeah I'm fine- except my BEST FRIEND is in love with my GIRLFRIEND!" Sal shouted.
"I'm guessing she told you" Q muttered. "Look- I'm not in love with her..." Q began.
"Then why would you try to kiss her! You know I'm crazy about her and you betray me...again!" Sal argued.
"Look we were in a moment.."
"A MOMENT?! How did you get into this moment!?" Sal shouted.
"Nothing did happen" Q said.
"You always do this Q! High school- you took the girl I was dating to the prom, then she broke up with me. A few years back- you PROPOSED to a girl I was dating! Luckily she said no but 5 months later you both began dating!! And you promised me you wouldn't do it again!" Sal shouted, as he was coming close to tears.
"And I've kept my promise. I know I've been a jerk in the past, but you forgave me. And I'm not trying to take Rachel away from you. She loves you!" Q told him.
"Well maybe she loves you more!" Sal sulked.
At this point, Q was becoming more and more annoyed with Sal. Q stressed the point, but Sal wasn't listening.
"I can't believe you" Sal said as he stormed off.
"Maybe I should've kissed her!" Q antagonised. Sal turned around with anger in his eyes.
"What?" Sal said.
"Maybe I should've. Then she would've seen how much better I am for her than you are! I was the one who helped her pack. I was the one who always listens to her problems. I'm the one who cared about her. All you do is... nothing!" Q shouted.
Without saying a word, Sal ran off. Q immediately felt bad for winding him up but he couldn't stand Sal mentioning everything he's ever done wrong.

Meanwhile, I was at my house packing ready to leave. I was going on my flight tomorrow and I still had loads to pack. As I picked up each photo frame on the mantle piece, I stumbled across an old photo of me and Sal from the beach house. I smiled down at it, as I wiped off some dust off the glass. I carefully placed it back in the box as I swept up each picture.

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As I came running back down stairs I saw an envelope at the bottom of the stairs with my name on the front. I gave the envelope a confused look as I slowly picked it up. I ripped the envelope open as I pulled out a letter. It read:

Dear Rachel,
I know things haven't been great recently. After everything with Q, and you moving away... it's put a strain on our relationship. I think we should step back and break up. I know I'm a coward for not doing this in person but I had no idea how to say it to you. Your beautiful, funny, kind... which is why I don't want to break up with you. But Q told me that I wasn't right for you and the more I think of it- the more I know he is right. I don't know how I will manage without you. I love you so much Rachel. Have a nice life in London.
From Sal

As my tears streamed down my face I saw one sentence which stood out to me: But Q told me that I wasn't right for you. How dare he?! Why would Q say that!! He has no right.

The more I re-read that line the more the anger boiled up inside me- until I reached breaking point.

I raced over to Q's house and banged on the door- practically punching it with all my anger. He soon answered the door- guessing I was angry but couldn't work out why.
"HOW DARE YOU!!" I shouted at him. "TELLING SAL I WASN'T RIGHT FOR HIM!! I honestly thought we were friends" I shouted.
"We are- it's just.."
"No we aren't. I don't want to see you ever again!" I shouted at him.