In the car it was completely quiet. No radio, no talking, just silence. Silence which made Duke uncomfortable. He wanted to break it. He just.. Didn't know what to say. He was a little drunk, he was aware of that.
"So..." Duke finally started to say. "Hey! Remember when we were in middle school and I was dating Nicole Adamson and you were so jealous."
"I wasn't jealous, Duke. I was mad. Mad and scared." Nathan sighed. "Though you wouldn't understand."
"Scared?" Duke asked.
"Yes, Duke, scared. Scared of waking up and finding a mark somewhere on my back from where you stabbed me with forks and knives and thumbtacks. My dad took me to doctors and hospitals to reveal several scratches and dried blood. They'd ask me how i got them. And do you know what i'd say? I'd say "I don't know, I didn't feel them." Nathan explained.
"Yeah, but you turned out good. I mean, you've got Audrey now." Duke replied.
"Do I?" Nathan questioned.
"What?" Duke protested.
"I see the way you look at her Duke. You can't let me have one thing... One thing!" Nathan exclaimed.
"Nathan, you're making a big deal out of nothing!" Duke yelled.
"Nothing? I want you to tell me the truth Crocker!" Nathan demanded.
"I like Audrey! Is that what you wanted to hear?" Duke admitted.
"You don't get it Duke. You just don't get it. You've got the power to end the troubles! You don't know how lucky you are! Damn it, Duke! You're normal! Normal besides one stupid thing! Boo hoo! Suck it up." Nathan declared.
"Me? Suck it up? You're the one who's emotional all the time! 'Uh, i can't feel a knife in my back, oh i just got shot, whatever i didn't feel it!" Duke yelled. "Some people would kill for that!"
Nathan tugged on the steering wheel, causing the car to swerve along the road, he was trying to pull over the car. When it came to a stop, Nathan opened the car door.
"Oh and now we're pulling the car over." Duke commented sarcastically, then he opened his car door and followed Nathan outside. The two were standing in front of the parked car.
"What are you going to do?" Duke asked.
Nathan took a deep breath and began to walk away.
"Thought so."
That little 2-cents caused something inside Nathan to snap. He quickly turned back to Duke and punched him right in the face. Duke fell to the ground from the blow.
A beat.
Nathan looked around, confused, it seems. He looked at his arms, his hands, his hair. Then he noticed Duke laying on the ground. A slight silence and an expression of shock on Nathans face as he saw Duke getting up from the ground.
"N-Nathan?"