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More Than One Side of the Story

"What?" Zoe laughed out loud as her and Nick walked along the street, coffee in hand.

"Hey, I was a damn good pea," Nick said in a serious voice and then smiled at the look on Zoe's face.

"So you're telling me the only experience you have with plays is the role of a pea when you were six? No wonder you need so much practice," she said jokingly and he nodded in agreement.

"Yeah, I'm not all that great."

They both got into Nick's car.

They had been walking for about forty minutes or so, just talking.

"So...do you mind me asking what happened between you, Billy, and Lulu," Zoe said and the smiles faded.

"Billy didn't tell you?" he said, guilt clouding his features.

"Not really. He doesn't really talk about it but, then he doesn't seem to be mad about it. He just doesn't like lulu very much but, I'm not so sure he feels the same about you," she said feeling awkward now that she asked.

"Well...it's more what happened between me, Billy, Lulu, and...Jane," he said slowly and Zoe looked up at him.

"So you and Jane..."

"Yeah and I did a great job at screwing that up," he said running his hand threw his hair.

"What happened?" Zoe asked hesitantly.

"Well you know that camping trip that happened earlier in the year?"

Zoe nodded.

"Me and Jane were supposed to go together to spend more time together and what not. Well she ended up backing out at the last moment for her internship. She spends like all her time there and she had been flaking a lot so I was kind of hurt. That job comes second place right after Billy I guess," Nick said starting the car and driving.

Zoe just stayed quiet.

"Lulu and Billy were having issues of their own because Lulu felt like Billy was constantly choosing Jane over her...which was probably entirely true," he went on and Zoe felt her body cringe.

Jane was a good chunk of Billy's life and it wasn't encouraging to hear that Lulu felt the same way she did.

At least...she was starting to feel that way.

"Anyway, Ben told this really lame scary story during the camp fire. We wanted to avoid another so we played a game. There was this ridiculous question. It was really a joke but, Lulu seemed to take it pretty seriously. It was who would you save in a sinking canoe. Lulu asked Billy who would he save, her or Jane. He paused and she got upset. They got into this fight and Lulu asked him to choose between her and Jane."

"And he choose Jane," Zoe concluded out loud.

"Yeah of course. It wasn't much of a shocker and after she told me about it I couldn't help know for a fact that she would pick Billy over me in a heartbeat. I decided to call her because...I don't know. I felt bad judging her and I hadn't even talked to her about it. When I did some other girl picked up the phone. She said she was dancing with some guy."

Nick could feel himself reliving the night over again.

Zoe just stared at him, sympathy filling her up.

"I was upset. Lulu was there. We bonded over the same problem in our relationship...being second best. Next thing I knew we kissed. Billy saw, told Jane, and me and Lulu were left in the dust. I guess we all screwed up in some ways. It ended up that she went to a party for her internship. She didn't even want to be there."

"Yeah, Billy and Jane put each other before us but, we still shouldn't have done what we did. It's not like they were out to hurt us. They're just best friends and there doesn't seem a way to break a friendship like theirs," he finished and Zoe took a breath.

"I know what you mean," Zoe said looking at her hands as she fiddled her thumbs.

"I'm getting the feeling you're having similar issues," he said and she nodded.

"It just feels like he really doesn't know how to be without Jane. I'm not asking him to choose. I just..."

"Want to know you matter enough for him to make a change in something that makes you uncomfortable," Nick finished.

"Exactly," Zoe sighed.

They pulled up to her house.

"Well...thanks for the coffee and the talk," she said and he nodded.

"Anytime. We should do it again sometime," Nick said with a small smile.

"Yeah we should," Zoe said returning it.

Zoe got out and closed the door.

"Hey Nick," she said sticking her head partially in the window.

"Yeah?" he answered.

"Do you ever..." she started but, he answered before she could finish.

"I think about her every day," he said but, not sadly, more regretful than anything.

Zoe turned and walked up the stairs wondering what was so great about Jane Quimby.

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So this Nick/Zoe interaction was supposed to be a small section in this chapter but I guess my mind and fingers had a different idea in mind lol Tell me what you think. Next Chapter coming Soon. (Within the next day or two)