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Chapter 4

Jane looked down at the ground, unable to voice the thoughts that were in her head. She twisted her fingers nervously in the fabric of her skirt, running it through her fingers, powerless to look up at him. He noticed her nervousness and took her hand gently, easing it out of the fabric and holding it. He ran his thumb over her hand and she shivered. Immediately, he stopped and asked in a concerned voice: "Are you cold?" He began shrugging off his jacket but she put her hand on his arm.

"It's ok Billy, but thank you. Listen, I… she faltered. But as she looked up at him, she knew she had to tell him.

"Nick broke up with me." She blurted out. Billy stared at her in amazement.

"But everything was going so well!" He exclaimed. "You both seemed so happy!" Suddenly, he frowned. "Was he cheating on you?" Billy put his face in his hands and groaned. "How could I have let this happen? He was such a good guy and he seemed good for you, I should have seen this coming, this is all my fault!" He lifted his face up and looked at Jane with anguish clear on his face.

If the moment hadn't been so serious, Jane would have laughed. Instead, she smiled softly and said: "Billy, this is not your fault. Everything was going well but he has got too many things going on; football, scholarships, exams, and stuff. You might think that's a lame excuse but its true. Even I have trouble sometimes finding time."

Billy grinned: "That's because you have a job." At this Jane smiled, and Billy was relieved to see this once again. He sighed. "Okay, Janey, do you want me to talk to Nick, I'm sure I could sort something out, get him to find time for you." Unconscoiusly, his hands tightened into fists. Jane noticed this with concern, and put her hands on top of his, and gently smoothed them out. She liked the feel of his hands in hers, they seemd to be callous but she was so mistaken, they were so soft and she didn't want to ever let go. Reluctantly, her brain turned back to the conversation at hand (no pun intended).

"Billy, Listen to me. We both agreed, well he said –"

Billy interrupted: "If you guys don't agree, you have to talk. I can call him up right now." He reached for his phone. Jane quickly stopped him and held his hands in hers. Billy would have blushed, but he managed to distract himself by saying:

"OK well I'm just glad you're not hurt. Physically I mean. I know that its hurts emotionally, ….." He babbled on. For the second time today, Jane noticed that he was talking too much too fast. Very unlike Billy. She frowned.

"Billy is everything ok?"

He abruptly stopped talking. He closed his mouth and looked at her. Then he opened it again, as if he was going to say something, but no sound came out. Finally he said "Yeah of course. I'm just glad you're ok. I was worried about you. Now tha's you're good, I got to go home now."

He got up and pulled his hands out of hers. "I'll see you tomorrow Janey." He smiled cheerily to convince her that he was in fact ok, and left.

Jane sat on the floor after he had left. Wondering if everything would ever be the same again.