Chapter 10
Goodbye, My Almost Lover

"What have I done?" Evan sobbed into his hands. Cody wrapped his arms around his best friend. He'd called them the moment Jack disappeared, "Why did I tell him I never wanted to see him again?"

"You were upset, sweetheart." Cody soothed.

"He jumped out a damn window, Cody!" Evan pulled away and walked back over to the window.

"Evan…"

"Jack's gone." Evan whispered, "How can I live without him?"

"You will. You have to." Cody walked to Evan's side and took his hand, "Baby, you can live without him."

"No, I can't! Jack and I were perfect together and now he's gone. All because of one stupid fight. I should have just played along. I'm such an asshole." Evan slid down to the floor as the tears in his eyes fell down his cheeks.

"What did you argue about?" Cody asked as he dropped down beside Evan.

"It was stupid." Evan shook his head.

"Babe, tell me." Cody almost begged.

Evan sighed, "Jack told me he was my Guardian Angel. I told him that there were no such things. He adamantly disagreed with me saying they were real and that he'd been with me my whole life."

Cody leaned back, "And you didn't believe him."

"Of course I didn't. There's no such thing."

"Ev, I always thought you were a believer."

"My faith was stretched thin about two years ago." Evan shook his head and sighed.

"Evan, Jack wouldn't have lied to you and you know that." Cody crawled closer and pulled Evan against him. Evan laid his head against Cody's chest and sniffled, "What if he really is your Guardian Angel?"

"Then I fucked up and lost him." Evan closed his eyes.

"Just ask him to come back."

"I don't think I can. I think he's gone for good. I lost my angel."

"Call out to him."

"I tried! He didn't come back. He's gone." Evan cried harder.

Cody cradled Evan in his arms until he fell asleep. He looked up out the window and whispered as softly as he could, "Jack, please come back. Evan needs you. You were the only thing holding him together."

Jack heard the whispered plea. He wiped a tear away and let it slip down to earth and walked away from where he was watching. Evan would be assigned a new angel. One that would actually be able to tend to him without falling in love with him.

Across the city Punk heard the plea too. He chuckled darkly to himself, "You're mine now, little one. All mine."