Chapter 28

Something's Wrong

"Jason" I turn as Robin chases after me in the rain.

"Whoa" I say grabbing her as she slides catching up to me in front of Kelly's

"Thanks," she says catching her breath and pushing her hair out of her face.

She had been over several times in the month and a half that she'd been home and it still amazes me how much she'd grown as a person in her time away, she'd really only been a kid when I thought she was an adult.

"Let's go inside" I say pushing open the door to Kelly's

"Good idea" she says shrugging out of her wet coat. "You know all my life I'd always thought April showers, were just part of the rhyme, now I know better."

"Yea it's rained all week hasn't it?" Not that I'd notice a difference between this week and the last one or the one before that, they'd all been rather gloomy. The weather this week just finally fit my attitude.

"Yea and this was the week that I hit a pothole and I broke my axel so I've been walking back to work everyday."

I smile "Didn't you rent that apartment for that particular reason?"

"Yea pouring rain wasn't what I had in mind when I was thinking of walking every day." She stopped and looked at me for a moment trying to remember why she stopped me, "I'm sorry I've been on call for so long, I can't remember what day it is."

"Wednesday" I say to her reasoning behind her confusion

Another confused look crosses her face, "Okay in that case I think my fish might be dead. I remember feeding them after Sunday brunch and that's it. Still not the reason I stopped you." She shook her head, "Is Brenda okay?"

I sit up straight, my amusement over her fish gone, "Why?"

Her eyes grow big "I saw her at the hospital Jase, she looked terrible. I don't mean physically."

I start running through my mind about past few weeks, we hadn't spent as much time together after our night together and whenever we did it seemed to be fake anyway. Everything was out of place, how was I supposed to see things that were wrong? "She hasn't said anything to me." My heart's pounding, I think I might be sick in Kelly's, what happens if this it? What if this is the start of the end?

"Jason calm down" Robin says reaching across the table to take my hand, "she's probably fine, just having a bad day."

"A bad day in the hospital?"

"Maybe Jax had therapy"

"He switched out of the program there, someone comes to his place and she wasn't there meeting you."

"Monica?" she offers the suggestion meekly

"Robin exactly how many lunches did you have with her when we were together?"

"Look Jason, I probably overreacted and it's probably nothing."

"Even if it is nothing, thank you for telling me. Brenda and I haven't really been in a place lately where I think she's comfortable telling me anything."

"I know something happened, she gets weird when I mention you. Whatever it is, I don't really think it's worth fighting over right now." A shrill comes from her waist, "Oh god" she cries and turns it off without even looking at it, "My fish are definitely going to be dead before I get back there. I gotta go. Can you please call me if there is anything I can do?"

"Will do."