David&Frederick friendship + David/Katherine, Frederick/Abigail
"We can't go after him if he didn't do anything!" David shouted later that day, trying to get an enraged Fredrick to understand – to see with his head and not his heart.
"He's the reason Abby came home crying, isn't he?" Fredrick snapped.
"Yes. Sort of. Only because she felt guilty not because he had… assaulted her! Because he didn't! I went and talked to Edward Spencer myself, and he showed me the video Katherine mentioned. We can't do anything to him legally, because he didn't do anything illegal!" Copping the look on Fredrick's face, David pointed at him and added, "And if you try to do anything to Spencer, it'll be you I have to arrest, not him. Don't put me in that position, Fredrick."
Fredrick just glared at him without a word until David muttered, "You know what? Do what you want, just know that I can't help you out of any big scrapes you get yourself into," and turned to walk away.
Fredrick deflated when his friend's back was turned, and David was already at the door when Fredrick called, "Wait, my friend."
David froze, sighed, and asked in a tone still edged with irritation, "What?"
"I know I'm overreacting… and I'm sorry."
David turned around to face Fredrick, nodding as he agreed, "It's okay. I understand your frustration. I wish we could do something too, but we can't. We just have to… stay by our girl closer than ever now, I guess."