Chapter 2: She's just a Claire

Nick took some groceries in the back of his Ute while Luke locked the truck – stop and came toward Nick.

"Thanks for the lift, Nick, I will check my motorbike first thing in the morning", said Luke gratefully.

"No worries, mate", said Nick and as they were about to get inside the Ute, they heard loud horn from the car that passed by and someone's shouting:

"Who the hell gave ya a driving license, you moron?!!?"

Nick turned surprised and frowned in shock as he recognized his brother walking like Captain Jack Sparrow with beer in his hand and him and Luke rushed toward Alex. As they reached him and he leaned on them, they started to walk toward the Ute. And that was when Alex broke down in tears.

"Alex, what the hell happened?", asked Nick, noticing that Alex's breath smells like barrel of beer.

Alex bowed his head down a bit and continued to cry. Luke and Nick shared confused glances at each other and than Luke tried:

"What is it, Alex? Lost in a pool game?", asked Luke.

Alex shook his head and barely replied from sobbing:

"She hates me, Luke, she hates me! I told her that I love her and now she hates me!"

Now Nick and Luke got even more confused and Nick carefully asked:

"You're crying because of some girl rejected ya?", Nick frowned; that wasn't like Alex at all.

"Mate, it's just a girl, no big deal", Luke tried to calm Alex down, but Alex winced:

"No, not a girl! Claire!"

Luke creased his eyebrows in confusion.

"What do ya mean not a girl?", asked Luke.

Nick shook his head slightly and said:

"It's his weird theory about Claire. He even told her that some time ago – that she's a Claire! Not a girl, not a guy, but a Claire!"

"You're not helping here!", winced Alex in desperation.

Nick and Luke held their laugh and than Nick asked:

"All right, what did you told her now, you moron?"

"I just told her that I love her...", Alex said through tears.

Luke raised his eyebrows.

"Well, that's good", said Luke and he looked at Nick quizzically "Isn' it?"

"...more than my chopper", finished Alex and Nick cracked up with Luke following him into laugh.

Alex stared at them in disbelief and yelled through tears:

"This isn't funny!! You gotta help me!"

"I think you should go home, mate and and have a good sleep", laughed Luke.

"Yeah, and than apologize to Claire tomorrow", laughed Nick.

"NO!", protested Alex "I have nothing to apologize for 'cause it's true what I said! I really do love her more than my chopper! Hell, I love her more than all choppers on this world!!", suddenly Alex flinched a bit and pushed Nick and Luke toward the Ute "Come on, get going, straight toward Drovers Run! Luke, is your guitar here?", asked Alex, swinging slightly on his weak drunken legs and Nick held him.

"Alex...", said Nick, but Alex interrupted him:

"No, no, Nicholas! This had gone way too far, 15 bloody years – and sure as a hell I'm not waiting anymore! Go, Luke, grab that guitar!"

Luke didn't needed to hear it one more time and he rushed back toward truck – stop to get a guitar while Nick led Alex to the Ute, shaking from laughter...