After Erica was dragged to skydiving by Sophie all she wanted to do when she got home was get in a hot bath and crawl into bed, and forget that this day had ever happened, but unfortunately, she still had to work.
Sophie was sitting next to Erica staring at a blank piece of paper while Erica is typing on her laptop.
"Focus, focus, focus,"Sophie says staring at the paper tapping her pencil on the table.
"Just in case you haven't figured this out yet, saying focus over and over will not make you focus,"Erica says not looking up from her typing.
"You don't know that,"Sophie says biting the tip of her pencil.
"I do because you've been sitting there for three hours, saying it over and over, and you haven't written anything on that paper,"Erica says still typing.
"It's all part of the process,"Sophie says thinking of something."Do you still have that skateboard,that your ex-boyfriend gave when he decided you were too stiff?"
"I gave it to Jack because I didn't want to be reminded of that guy. If you want it you'll need to get over there now, Luke's getting rid of everything Jack doesn't use,"Erica says as Sophie gets up and runs out the door.
"Finally,silence at last,"Erica says as Sophie closes the door behind her.
After the apartment is in complete silence for about three seconds, until Luke comes through the door.
"Do I need to put up a sign? I need to work, so everyone needs to leave me alone,"Erica says before Luke can say anything.
"Hello to you too,"Luke says closing the door behind him.
"If it's about Jack, I'm busy, if it's not, I'm still busy,"Erica says looking back to her computer.
"It is about Jack. I think I might have made a mistake, getting rid of his stuff,"Luke says sitting down next to Erica at the table.
"I don't think it is very set in his ways, he just needs to be shaken up a little bit, maybe it will help,"Erica says as she stops typing and looks at Luke,"Can I ask you something".
"Sure,"Luke says agreeing.
"What is it with you. I mean I like a clean house as much as the next girl,but I would never end a friendship over it,"Erica asks shifting in her seat so she was looking right at Luke.
"I grew up with not having a Mom was an actress/waitress, so I could never have all the stuff the other kids did, I only had the stuff I could fit in a suitcase, and after a while, I just got used to that. Now when I go home, I just see all the stuff I didn't get to use,"Luke says honestly.
"That actually makes one more thing I want to ask, Jack told me about the skates. What is so special about them,"Erica asks partly closing her laptop.
"Because I didn't have a father growing up, I was really close to my mother's older brother, my Uncle Hank, when I was nine he took me ice staking in Central Park, it was the best day of my life. A month later he got hit by a cab, and he died,"Luke says sounding a little chocked.
"I'm so sorry,"Erica says unable to think of anything else to say.
"But Jack is right. I'm being a hypocrite. I don't use those skates, I don't even think they'd be able to hold up my weight anymore. I should probably get rid of them,"Luke says as Erica shakes her head.
"I think your both right. I think Jack needs to learn to let stuff go, and I think you need to learn when something is worth holding on to, like your friendship with Jack,"Erica says setting her hand on Luke's shoulder.
"I guess your right, I could work on it,"Luke says as Sophie comes back into the apartment,this time on a skateboard.
"This is awesome,"Sophie says as rides around the living room.
"Luke,"Erica says as she watches Sophie.
"Yeah,"Luke says as Erica turns her head back to him.
"Get her out of my apartment before I hit her over the head with that skateboard, she is messing everything up,"Erica says as Luke stands up, walks over to Sophie and drags her over to the door.
"Bye, good luck,"Sophie says as Luke pulls her out of the apartment.
As Erica starts to type again, she looks around then stops.
"Crap,"Erica says as she gets up and pours herself another glass of wine, for she finally knows why she was having such a hard time finishing.