I got to Dick's house a little after seven. I couldn't wait to hang, it felt like we hadn't in so long and I definitely needed to vent to someone about my problems. I walked up to the door ready to knock, as the door opened. It was Alfred, I hadted when he did that it was so creepy like he was watching me approach Dick's house.
"Hello Mr. West," He greeted me.
"Hi there Alfred," I replied, "How are things."
"Same as usual you?"
"Problematic," I responded with a deep sigh.
"Ah, I see you're having girl trouble."
It was like he read my mind or something, "How did you know?"
"I know because Dick had the same look on his face when he got home, and he told me he was having girl problems."
"Oh, that makes sense. So….. can I come in or?"
"Oh, of course Mr. West come right in."
Alfred let me know that Dick was in his room, so I made my way there. In no time I was at his door, which was open as usual. Dick was turned around looking at something on his dresser, but as if he sensed me he turned around immediately. "Hey Dick."
"Hey Wally, I have to talk to you about something."
"Yeah I know, I heard you were having girl problems but me first. You went first last time."
He shrugged and answered, "Seems fair I guess shoot."
"Well, I did what we agreed and I decided that I wanted to try things out with Artemis."
"Nice, did you break up with Linda first?'
"Uh… no."
"You're an idiot, you seriously didn't break up with her before you started things with another girl?"
"Just listen, okay?
"Fine, fine, I'll listen."
"Anyways, as I was saying before I was rudely interrupted. I didn't break up with LInda first, I went to her house after to break up with her when everything got out of hand. She had moving boxes everywhere and said that she was moving far away. On top of that, she said that she needed to cut all ties which included me. Then, I think she broke up with me."
"Ouch bro, she hit you with the cut all ties line? She must have been really pissed at you for the whole Artemis thing."
"But, I didn't even tell her yet!"
"Trust me, girls always know. It's better to come clean to girls about things than it is to hide them."
"Good to know, but you don't think she's moving because of me do you?"
"Do you want me to tell you the truth?"
"Yes."
"Then yeah, she's leaving so she doesn't have to see you with another girl. It might not have been her idea to move, but after things between started to go south, I bet she agreed immediately."
"So, I ruined her life here?"
"I wouldn't put it that way, but yeah you kinda did."
"Great, your turn to go I guess."
"Good, because mines worse. I went to Babs house, I was intending to gently tell her that I thought we were better as friends."
"You were going to friendzone her? That's harsh bro, not cool."
"Stop talking and listen, I said I was going to. I never got the chance, she assumed that the reason that I went to her house was to tell her that Zatanna wouldn't come between us. Until, I told her that wasn't why I was there and she realized what was happening. Then, she freaked out on me saying I was the one who was always pining after her and that she was always telling me we should stay friends."
"Which is true though, isn't it?"
"Not the point. What did I tell you anyway?'
"Got it shutting up in 3, 2, 1, now."
"After that, she started calling me things like shallow. How am I shallow? I help those in need of assistance in school, I'm a good person, and I even do community service."
"I think that she meant in regards to girls."
"What does that mean?"
"Well not that I'm taking sides, which I'm totally not, but you did kind of dump her for the first other girl who showed an interest in dating you."
"You're one to talk," he replied with a snort.
"I guess you're right, we've both been kind of shallow lately. Don't worry though, I'll go talk to Barb and through a little Wallman charm on her. In no time, you be friends again as if nothing happened."
"Good luck with that, now what game do you want to play?"
The rest of the night the two played video games, ate popcorn, and watched action movies. Pretty soon, the two had forgotten about their problems for the night and were actually having a good time. They both agreed that they should hang out more often to blow off steam.
