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I'd had Jesse come home with me from practice to have a little study group, not that he wasn't over all the time anyway. Mom was home and Coach had just got in and Nick showed up not explaining what he was doing there. We were all standing in the kitchen just hanging out. Nick went back to Adam's room, saying he just needed to tell him something.
Have I ever mentioned that the walls in our apartment are paper-thin? That means we could hear every word that Adam was yelling at Nick.
I was stunned. Adam had never yelled at anyone before. All of us just kind of stood there, silent. No one really knew what to do. Mom looked like she wanted to run in there and hold Adam, and is some ways I wished she would. But instead we all stood there listening to Adam just sob to Nick.
"I had no idea this was so that messed up." Jesse said looking over at Charlie.
"None of us did." Gordon responded wrapping his arms around my Mom.
"I feel like we failed some how. I mean what can we do Gordon?" Mom said.
"I don't know sweetie, but will have to figure it out." He said rubbing her arms.
I stood up from my seat at the table heading back towards Adam's room, Gordon grabbed my arm as I passed.
"What are you doing Charlie?"
"I fell like I need to do something for him. And he may want me to be there but I'll never know if don't go try." Gordon nodded over at him and let go. I grabbed the phone and knocked lightly on the door.
"Come in," I heard Nick say. He smiled over at me when I opened the door. They were quite the sight. It looked like Adam had collapsed into sobs and was now sitting on his hardwood floor. Slightly leaning on Nick who was trying to comfort his friend by rubbing his back. I came in shutting the door behind me joining them, patting Adams knee as I sat down. He snuffled he looked over at me for a second but didn't say anything. I sat respecting the silence that hung in the room.
There was another knock at the door as Mom and Gordon came in joining our little powwow. Mom sat down on the other side of Adam and Gordon and me sat across for them. By this time he was no longer sobbing just sniffling looking over at all of us.
"I'm sorry Nick," he started.
"No, don't be sorry. Everything you said was the truth, I don't get it, I never will. I'm the one who should be sorry." Nick said giving Adam a small awkward hug. He sat silent for another moment before saying.
"Can I still be sorry I yelled?" he asked with a little smile.
"Sure." Nick said smiling back.
"I hate feeling like this." Adam said my Mom taking his arm and holing it.
"Feeling like what sweetie?"
"Awful, I'm tired of felling awful." He replied in a monotone. I could see tears in Nick's eyes so I scooted over and patted his back. He needed a good friend right now too.
"I know it's not the same Adam but I miss them too." Nick looked over at me, "I practically lived over at their house. His mom ran this amazing café. We hung out there after school when we were younger, did our homework. When were older and Adam lived in New York they use to let me come and spend half the summer with them and Adam would spend like three weeks over here. His Mom was so sweet, she the kind of mom who you told your girl problems she always knew what to you should do."
"She was a hopeless romantic," Adam added smiling again, only it was different; it was the first real smile I'd ever seen. "I hate being here. When I was back at Jostens I could pretend everything was all right I wasn't suppose to see them, and I never thought of New York as home, I was hardly ever there. But here, there is so much that constantly reminds me of what I use to have. Back when I was happy with my life." He looked over at me again spotting the phone it my hand he raised an eyebrow.
"I thought you might want to call Jason." I said extending my arm handing it to him.
"Thank you Charlie." He said giving me a sincere look. "Thanks everybody, but can I be alone for a few minutes, I need to talk to Jason."
"Yea, we will be out in the living room if you need us." Gordon said everyone getting up filling out to join Jesse back in the living room.
"Is he alright? I didn't think it was my place to go back there?" Jesse asked actually looking concerned. Which was totally weird.
"I think he'll be okay. Jason has always had an amazing way of fixing everything." Nick said sitting down on the couch.
I'd had Jesse come home with me from practice to have a little study group, not that he wasn't over all the time anyway. Mom was home and Coach had just got in and Nick showed up not explaining what he was doing there. We were all standing in the kitchen just hanging out. Nick went back to Adam's room, saying he just needed to tell him something.
Have I ever mentioned that the walls in our apartment are paper-thin? That means we could hear every word that Adam was yelling at Nick.
I was stunned. Adam had never yelled at anyone before. All of us just kind of stood there, silent. No one really knew what to do. Mom looked like she wanted to run in there and hold Adam, and is some ways I wished she would. But instead we all stood there listening to Adam just sob to Nick.
"I had no idea this was so that messed up." Jesse said looking over at Charlie.
"None of us did." Gordon responded wrapping his arms around my Mom.
"I feel like we failed some how. I mean what can we do Gordon?" Mom said.
"I don't know sweetie, but will have to figure it out." He said rubbing her arms.
I stood up from my seat at the table heading back towards Adam's room, Gordon grabbed my arm as I passed.
"What are you doing Charlie?"
"I fell like I need to do something for him. And he may want me to be there but I'll never know if don't go try." Gordon nodded over at him and let go. I grabbed the phone and knocked lightly on the door.
"Come in," I heard Nick say. He smiled over at me when I opened the door. They were quite the sight. It looked like Adam had collapsed into sobs and was now sitting on his hardwood floor. Slightly leaning on Nick who was trying to comfort his friend by rubbing his back. I came in shutting the door behind me joining them, patting Adams knee as I sat down. He snuffled he looked over at me for a second but didn't say anything. I sat respecting the silence that hung in the room.
There was another knock at the door as Mom and Gordon came in joining our little powwow. Mom sat down on the other side of Adam and Gordon and me sat across for them. By this time he was no longer sobbing just sniffling looking over at all of us.
"I'm sorry Nick," he started.
"No, don't be sorry. Everything you said was the truth, I don't get it, I never will. I'm the one who should be sorry." Nick said giving Adam a small awkward hug. He sat silent for another moment before saying.
"Can I still be sorry I yelled?" he asked with a little smile.
"Sure." Nick said smiling back.
"I hate feeling like this." Adam said my Mom taking his arm and holing it.
"Feeling like what sweetie?"
"Awful, I'm tired of felling awful." He replied in a monotone. I could see tears in Nick's eyes so I scooted over and patted his back. He needed a good friend right now too.
"I know it's not the same Adam but I miss them too." Nick looked over at me, "I practically lived over at their house. His mom ran this amazing café. We hung out there after school when we were younger, did our homework. When were older and Adam lived in New York they use to let me come and spend half the summer with them and Adam would spend like three weeks over here. His Mom was so sweet, she the kind of mom who you told your girl problems she always knew what to you should do."
"She was a hopeless romantic," Adam added smiling again, only it was different; it was the first real smile I'd ever seen. "I hate being here. When I was back at Jostens I could pretend everything was all right I wasn't suppose to see them, and I never thought of New York as home, I was hardly ever there. But here, there is so much that constantly reminds me of what I use to have. Back when I was happy with my life." He looked over at me again spotting the phone it my hand he raised an eyebrow.
"I thought you might want to call Jason." I said extending my arm handing it to him.
"Thank you Charlie." He said giving me a sincere look. "Thanks everybody, but can I be alone for a few minutes, I need to talk to Jason."
"Yea, we will be out in the living room if you need us." Gordon said everyone getting up filling out to join Jesse back in the living room.
"Is he alright? I didn't think it was my place to go back there?" Jesse asked actually looking concerned. Which was totally weird.
"I think he'll be okay. Jason has always had an amazing way of fixing everything." Nick said sitting down on the couch.