6. Nate

SIX

NATE

I t didn’t long for my “best friends” to start up their bullshit.

Jude

So.

Jude

We gonna talk about it or…………?

Dylan

hes ignoring us

Liam

We can also go back to our own thread and talk about it.

You talk about me in another thread?

Liam

Yes.

Jude

Obviously.

Jude

Especially when you beat the shit out of Tabby’s baby daddy.

I should have killed him.

Dylan

u gave him a split lip black eye and some kidney shots

Like I said.

Not enough.

Jude

What happened? Because I got it from Brooke.

Liam

Who got it from Kennedy.

Dylan

Gen told her

Lot of fucking gossips you are.

Liam

Remind me of the definition of irony.

Jude

You can literally never keep your mouth shut about anything.

But this isn’t MY thing.

Dylan

your acting like it is

Liam

Correct.

Jude

Because you want it to be your thing.

Two hours later…

Liam

He’s ignoring us again.

I’m working.

Jude

Since when can’t you text and work?

Since you assholes are bugging me about this.

Dylan

u shud have seen him. An animal.

I ignored Dylan’s dyslexia, even though it was the one thing I could shove in his face right now to make him shut up about last night.

Listen.

The shit he said to Tab was disrespectful.

Fucking horseshit.

Utter bullshit.

And he made her cry.

Dylan

im not saying he didnt deserve it

Liam

Yeah. I might have done the same thing.

Jude

At least you weren’t arrested.

Because of Tabby.

Jude

How? What did she do?

Said if he pressed charges, she was going to take him to court. He doesn’t want anything to do with her and the baby.

Jude

How do you feel about that?

Thirty minutes later…

Liam

Do you notice it’s always when he has to answer straight-up questions about how he feels about her, he doesn’t respond?

Jude

Remember when he showed up at Imagination tearing his hair out because she was pregnant WITH ANOTHER MAN’S BABY?

Dylan

remember when he beat the shit out of that guy?

Jude

That’s the story we’ll tell each other around the fire when we’re old and wrinkly.

Fuck off.

All of you.

And the story we’re going to tell is how I clocked Matthews.

I’ll make sure your children know.

Dylan

when there hanging out with your kids

Jude

Think we should allow him in the club?

Fuck you.

What club?

Next day…

WHAT CLUB?