Morg: Wassup! We are back. I'm aware that it has been forever, yes, we may have forgotten about this just a little, but our winter break is coming up and we have been busy! Two weeks will probably be the updating time between chapters from now on, just because we are so busy, but… please go head over to my profile page and vote on the poll there for what two stories you would like to see ME publish next. Solo. And with that…. Enjoy!

Courier: Hey peeps! I know it's been soooooo long since we made a chapter, but we are alive! Hopefully soon we should get more chapters out, but we have both been very busy with stuff and don't always have time to write. We should be able to get a chapter or two soon because we have a bunch of time coming up soon to write! And for the few followers of mine that came here to see that I'm alive, I should be getting the next chapter of the Courier out soon. I know I need to write more but time is hard to come by. Thanks for coming in and toodles!

Dorian:

It took two fucking words for my heart to stop. And then start again, beating faster and faster and faster. What could Aelin possibly want to talk about us? Nothing was going wrong. How could it have? We had barely even started dating!

"What is it?" I asked, my voice trembling. "Is everything okay?"

I could hear Aelin take a deep breath on the other end of the line. "No. I just got a job with your dad as a trainer," Aelin said, and I cut her off.

"What? That's amazing! I'm so proud of you Aelin!" I exclaimed, forgetting for a short second why she had called. But when she stayed silent I remembered. "What is it Aelin?"

"Dorian, I love you, you do know that?"

"Yes, of course Aelin," I said, sitting down on the couch from where I had been standing.

"You are an amazing, caring, loving, boyfriend. It's just that when I got that job at the gym, it hit me. I mean, not literally, of course, that was Rowan's job, but I realized that I didn't want people to think I only got a job because I'm dating you. And more than that," Aelin was rambling now, as my heart broke, "I realized that I love you so much. But I love you as a friend. As a best friend. And think of our relationship so far. It's like two best friends, not two people romantically in love. I'm telling you Dorian, that our friendship is worth so much more than this relationship, and that I don't want to damage it. So I think we should end this, but I don't want us to be another movie cliche where I say I want us to keep being friends, and you agree, and then we never talk again. Please Dorian, let us go back to the way things were," Aelin pleaded, and it broke my heart even more to hear that she was crying. She never cried.

But what shattered my heart was that I realized that she was right.

"Aelin, loving you was amazing, but I understand. As long as we're friends I'll keep loving you, the same way you love me. As just that. Friends," I tell her, the truth painfully perfect to realize.

"Dorian… this is why you are the best friend I could ever have. I'm so lucky to ever meet someone as amazing as you, there are somethings that I can't ever stop thanking you for. Thank you, a thousand times over for understanding. I love you Dorian, I really do. I'll see you in school, alright?" she said, and I nodded before realizing that she couldn't see me and blushed, sheepishly responding with a yes.

And then we hung up. And I went to find my dad, because right now, I really just needed my dad more than anything.

Getting up from the couch, and heading to my car, I made my way to the gym where my father was. On the drive over, I tried to keep my mind off of what had just happened, knowing from experience that driving in an emotional state wasn't that safe. Minutes later, when I pulled up in front of the gym and saw that there were only two other cars in the parking lot, presumably my dad and the other new trainer, Rowan. Good. It meant I could actually talk to my father when I needed him the most.

O-o-o-o-o

The next day at school, I was feeling so much better after my talk with my dad. It felt like the universe was at rights again. Enough so that when I saw Aelin, Chaol, Lysandra, Aedion, Nehemia, and Manon in a huddle, I sauntered on over and slung my arm around Aelin's shoulders, just like Chaol and I always did. Aelin shuddered in relief beside me, visibially glad that things wouldn't be awkward, and Chaol grinned.

Hmmm. That posed the only other thing that I was still worried about. Our breakup didn't really bother me, not when I was aware that it was for the best, but I wasn't sure if it would bother me to see Chaol dating Aelin. But even if it did, I would be as happy for them as Chaol was for us. Even if it hurt a bit. Cause that's what brothers did.

"Hey, Dorian! We were just talking about how bad gym is going to suck today. Coach Hamel apparently has… something… planned," Chaol said grinning. And just like that, all the bad thoughts were gone, banished by my friends. "It's still weird that Coach Hamel is your uncle Aelin," Chaol continued, and we all nodded in agreement.

It was just like old times. And it was kind of perfect.

Actually, perfect was an understatement.

Courier: Thanks for reading todays chapter. Lots of yelling was involved but it was finished! Morg and I will hopefully get more chapters done soon, and peace!

Morg: Sooooooo, that was the chapter. It is a bit short, since Courier was having a bad writing day and I was screeching at him and now we are both tired. Once more, go vote on my profile page for the next stories you want to see! Till next time! Bye!