Chapter 4: Go, Nick!
Alex hanged up the phone, totally confused. Nick was watching football, trying not to comment.
Alex sighed in frustration:
"I don' t get her - one month we are great friends, next month she is just yelling at me."
Nick played with remote trying really hard not to roll his eyes, comment on the subject or yell at Alex.
Alex got up and took a beer from the fridge.
"Want one?", he asked Nick.
"Nah, thanks."
Alex came back to the couch and sat beside his brother.
"Maybe it's those woman days, Nick, what do ya think?", Alex took a sip of beer.
That was it for Nick - he couldn't stand it anymore!
"Oh, for crying out loud, Al! Are ya blind or something?"
Alex frowned, looking surprisingly to his younger brother.
"What's got into you?", asked Alex.
"Think about it! When exactly does Claire freaks out?", asked Nick, trying to make Alex realize something on his own 'Though I doubt that he has enough brain for it! ', thought Nick.
Alex looked even more confused.
"What are ya talking about! How could I know!"
"Think, Alex! What changes in your life every time Claire freaks out?"?
Alex concentrated and started to think. He still has old horse, old car, old motorbike, old friends, old places for going out, new girlfriend, old hobbies, old work...
' Wait a minute! ' , Alex's mind stopped and went back a bit. He looked to Nick, totally stunned.
"Nick, you can't think..."
Nick raised his eyebrows.
"Come on, Nick, it's stupid! Just because I have feelings for Claire , doesn't mean that she has them for me! We both know that she doesn't look at me that way!"
"Do we?", asked Nick "Alex, she freaks out every time you have new girlfriend!"
Alex was stucked for the couch, completely stunned.
"Nick, you know that those relationships mean nothing to me! It's just the way that I'm trying to distract myself...from...from Claire", he finished in whisper.
Nick just wanted to reply and in that moment they heard Claire's voice:
"Nick? Nick, are ya home? I need to borrow your axe!"
Nick looked to Alex.
"Now is your chance. Go!", Nick encouraged his brother.
Claire mounted down from Brave J, looking around.
"Nick?", she called.
Doors of the house opened and Alex came out.
"Aw, great!"; Claire grumbled. She instantly went back in the saddle.
"Claire..."
"Just leave me alone, Alex", she said, turning Brave J away from him "I'll come back later."
"Claire, wait! We need to talk", Alex tried again.
Claire looked at him, fire and pain shooting from her eyes.
"We have nothing to talk about, Alex. Leave me alone", and with those words she rode away. What the hell was he doing at Wilgul anyway!