Chapter 8

Chuck, Jacob, and Gretchen were sitting in Gretchen's living room.

"Did you have fun at the zoo Jacob?" Gretchen asked.

"I sure did Grandma," Jacob said.

"Thanks for taking us Mom," Chuck said.

Chuck's phone began to ring. Chuck looked at it.

"Sorry," Chuck said. "I just have to take this. It's Jamie."

Gretchen smiled and Chuck went into the guest room, locked the door, and answered his phone.

"Hey Jamie," Chuck said.

"Hey Chuck," Jamie said. "Sorry I haven't been able to talk. I have been so busy. Yesterday Sophia, Robert, and I…"

"Robert?" Chuck asked. "Who is Robert?"

"He's a friend of Sophia and me," Jamie replied. "He has a daughter Amber's age who goes to the same daycare. He also lives around the block from me and we've been hanging out and watching basketball games."

"Are you telling me that you and this Robert best friends?" Chuck asked in a hurt tone. "Do all those times we worked at the café together, all those movies we went to, and all those parties we crashed mean nothing to you?"

"Chuck," Jamie said listen. "You'll always be my best friend, but you know I live in Maine now. I need new friends."

"I am not hearing this," Chuck said in a hurt tone. "What we had was special."

"Don't be like this Chuck," Jamie said. "I still care about you."

"Just tell me this," Chuck said. "You didn't watch Gossip Girl with him, did you?"

Jamie didn't answer.

"Jamie!" Chuck shouted. "How could you?"

"I'm sorry Chuck," Jamie said. "Robert is a fan of the show too and he begged me to watch it with him. I didn't want to do it."

"But you still did it," Chuck said. "I am hurt and betrayed Jamie Scott."

"Chuck," Jamie said. "It doesn't have to be this way."

"Goodbye Jamie," Chuck said.

Chuck hung up his phone and it began ringing again. It was Beth calling.

"Hey Beth," Chuck said when he answered.

"Hey Chuck," Beth said. "How are you?"

"I think Jamie and I are over," Chuck said. "He has a new best friend to watch Gossip Girl with."

"That's really stupid," Beth said. "Can I talk to Jacob?"

Chuck walked out of the room and walked over to where Jacob was sitting on the couch.

"Jacob," Chuck said. "It's your mother."

Jacob excitedly took the phone.

"Hi Mommy," Jacob said. "I'm having so much fun. I love Grandma Gretchen."

"I'm glad," Beth said. "Are you being good and listening to everyone?"

"I sure am," Jacob said. "I miss you Mommy."

"I miss you too," Beth said. "But I hope you have fun on the rest of your trip."

"I will," Jacob said. "What are you doing right now?"

"Sitting on the couch," Beth said. "You?"

"Sitting on the couch," Jacob said. "Bye Mom."

"Jacob wait," Beth said. "Put Daddy on the…"

Jacob hung up.

"Yep," Beth said as she stood up from her couch. "He hung up on me."

There was a knock on the door.

"Who is it?" Beth asked.

"It's Lily!" Lily hollered from the other side of the door.

"Go away!" Beth shouted.

"Fine!" Lily shouted. "Have it your way."

Beth sat back down on the couch and was startled when an egg hit the window. Beth ran outside where Lily was throwing eggs at the house.

"Seriously?" Beth asked. "You're 23 and you're egging me house?"

"You deserve it!" Lily shouted. "You were such a bitch at lunch yesterday!"

"Well you're annoying!" Beth shouted. "You told the waiter to cancel my order!"

"If you weren't pregnant, I would so attack you!" Lily shouted.

"And if you weren't pregnant, I would so beat your sorry ass!" Beth shouted.

Aaron walked over to them.

"Would you stop?" Aaron asked. "You're acting like 5-year-olds. Why can't you two just act like you're 23?"

"He's right," Beth said. "We are acting like 5-year-olds."

"I don't even remember why we're fighting in the first place," Lily said.

"Something about a book?" Beth asked. "Look, I'm sorry."

"Me too," Lily said.

Lily and Beth shared a hug.