The Stoic And The Beast

How Do I Fix It?

Jake's POV

"What the hell has gotten into Alicia? I just don't understand it. Last weekend she was happily sleeping in my arms. I thought things were good. Then suddenly she quit answering my texts. So I sat around the rest of the weekend wracking my brain trying to figure out what I did wrong after I left her sleeping at the hospital. She seemed distant."

CRACK!

"I spent over an hour freezing my ass off drawing a giant parking lot sized heart in the snow and she didn't even bother to go see it. That kinda hurt. Then she didn't even bother to text or call when she got out of the hospital. She just shows up on campus and throws a hissy fit because Gina was hanging on my arm. I kept trying to brush her off but she just wouldn't quit!"

CRACK!

"It wasn't my fault. It's been a week and she still won't talk to me. She won't answer my texts or calls. She won't stop and let me talk to her no matter how much I've tried.
I just don't get it, Luke. What the hell did I do wrong?"

Luke was silent. He's offering up no answers. Even he has tried talking to her and she refuses to stop and listen. Probably because I'm his friend. So she's cut ties with him as well.

CRACK!

"Luke! Help me out here brother. What should I do?" I yelled at him.
Feeling frustrated.

I probably am wrong for yelling at him. I'll apologize later. But right now he's irritating me because he just keeps tapping away on his damn phone.

"I dunno man. I told you to keep the ladies away. You didn't listen to me." Luke said in a flat, "I told you so" tone of voice.

Does he really think this is just about those girls? I feel like it started before that. But I don't know.

"Damn it! You know as well as I do that Nadine planned that whole thing. She sicked her little minions on us just as Alicia walked in and saw us."

CRACK!

"Yeah, I know that Jake but we've both tried to tell Alicia that. She won't let us near her, let alone speak to her. I'm just as bothered by all this as you are!"

"You're bothered? Why would you be bothered by it? You didn't get close to her like I did. I swear man, she was going to be the one."

CRACK!

I swung the bat at the ball again and sent it flying across the range. When I'm really upset I drag Luke here to watch me hit balls in the batting cage and vent. He usually sits behind the cage on a bench and watches. On rare occasions, he will join in the cage next to me but he's not really a sportsman. He does it to appease me mostly. Luke didn't bother answering me. He just went back to being silent, He popped on his earbuds and started tapping away on his phone again.

"Luke! Are you even listening to me? What should I do man? How do I get her back when she refuses to talk to me?"

CRACK! I sent another ball flying.

Luke is starting to look irritated with me. Every time I bring up Alicia, he gets mad and either pops in his earbuds to ignore me or just makes an excuse to leave. What happened to my best friend? It's like he doesn't even care. When I'm not bringing Alicia up were good, but as soon as I mention her, he gets all aggravated and tries to ignore me or change the subject. I bet he's just tired of hearing me talk about her. I guess I can see that my obsession with Alicia is getting on his nerves. I'll try to be a better friend and stop talking about Alicia so much around him.

"Luke, I'm sorry man. I'll quit talking about her if your sick of hearing about her."

CRACK!