Chapter Three

Tommy punched at the bag again and again, over and over, as he worked his frustrations out. It had been just to work out the kinks in his back and legs, but as he worked out, it turned to all his pain and heartache he had gone through the last 6 months.

Sweat clamed his body. His heart pounded hard in his chest, blood pumping through his veins. He stopped for a second to catch his breath and to whip the sweat damped hair from his face. The muscles in his stomach, chest, arms and back tightened as he took another swing at the punching bag. A few groans escaped his lips, as he punched harder. The letter playing over and over in his mind.

He didn't know just how hard it would be to get over Kimberly. Her soft brown hair, her beautiful eyes. The way she would make him feel, inside, when she was around him, or just hearing her name, would make these feelings, he never felt for anyone else, flutter inside him. In the coldest days, one look at her, a warm sensation would warm him up inside. And at those moments, he could lay down in the deepest parts and not once be cold, because she warmed his heart.

But then just picturing her with someone else and not him. To be in this man's arms, the kisses they would share, only made him mad and sick, all at the same time, and yet, deep down, jealous. Jealous that someone else is holding her, kissing her. He was never jealous before and he didn't understand why he was now. She was just a girl. Yes, just a girl. He sighed heavily, stopping. No, she wasn't just a girl. She was Kimberly. The one that held his heart in more than one way.

They had been through so much the last few years, the good, the bad. And everything worked out in the end. Didn't it? But, then he didn't understand, why she had fallen for someone else, and not want to be with him.

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Tommy began punching again, occasionally throwing in a kick as he thought. Was he that bad of a person or something wrong with him to make his girlfriend fall for another man? He didn't think that he was. She couldn't have just woke up one morning and decide that she didn't want to be wit him anymore. Feelings like that just doesn't disappear over night. It had to be something else. And whatever it took, every breath, all his strength, he was gonna find out the truth.

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Kat sat there as she watched Tommy. She could tell that the letter he had got still upset him. The way he punched and kicked wasn't normal. His body language, his attitude changed. He changed. In the last year and a half that she had known Tommy, she had never seen him this mad, that upset and it scared her.

She pulled her eyes away from him. It had upset her too, to see her friend like that. She sighed, running her fingers through her blond hair. "You guys, I'm really worried about Tommy," She finally said. "And I don't know what to do."

"Yeah, that letter must have really broke his heart," Adam said.

Jason looked and watched his friend. "Tommy is going through a hard time right now," Jason started. "And all that we can do is be there for him. Be his friends."

Jason turned back to the others. "He really cared and might even love Kimberly and getting that letter from her, was the last thing he expected. It broke his heart and that..." He said, pointing to Tommy, who continued to beat on the punching bag. Everyone turned to watch him. "...is his way of dealing. He'll be okay. I know he will."

Kat sat there, shaking her head. She knew that Jason was right. He'll be okay; it will take time to heal the wounds and his broken heart.

She knew what she had to do. Be there for him, be his friend. Cause that's what they are. Friends. And friends don't let a friend in need, down. They are there to help and that's what she wants to do. Help him out in any way possible, to get over this hard time in his life.