REPLYING
Night Owl Revolution: You will see. *chuckles quietly and evilly*
iShineS3: I'm glad you like this story! And about the addiction to Scenechart, welcome to the club. ;P
MORGAN: Ha ha, yes, must always beware of spoilers in the comments. And thanks for the kind review!
"Gah!" Scene paces and throws pillows around her living room. One hits the sliding glass door that opens to the balcony, and a bird sitting out there flies away. She collapses onto the couch, blaming herself for trusting him, blaming Indie for starting then stopping MyMusic, blaming Nerdcore for moving to Japan, blaming everyone she possibly can for Intern 2 lying to her. It doesn't matter if he just missed one call. Jeff used to pick up every time. Then he missed a call. Then he missed another. Ignored one. Another. Then he never picked up anymore. Or when Mom and Dad missed that call from the school because they didn't pick her up. No warning there, though. Just one missed call and they had left. They were taken away. Stupid death.
"Scene?" Abrasive knocking on her door makes Scene stop, and she walks over and opens the door. She looks up at Intern 2, who has a worried expression when he sees the trashed room. Scene's eyes water.
"I thought you lied to me." She says. "You didn't answer the phone."
"I'm sorry, my cell phone died." Intern 2 says. "One missed call doesn't mean I forgot you, or gave up on you. Relax."
"I can't relax! Every time someone misses a call, they leave, you jerk!" Scene argues, hitting him. He backs up slightly, grabs her wrists and looks her in the eyes.
"I will never, ever lie to you." He says.
"That's what everyone says, too." She says, twisting her arms free. Intern 2 pulls her in and holds her close.
"I know the past few years our close-knit group has been falling apart." He says. "But you can't forget that I'm here."
"It's hard to remember when you smell like smoke instead of bologna." She sighs.
"I know, I've been trying." He says. "Now, if it'll help, do you want to tell me everything that's happened?" He walks her over to the couch, and Scene decides it will help. So she does. Talks about how the last time she spoke to Techno, Techno was broken, and she had no idea if she could ever be fixed. And that Jeff was obviously trying to abandon her, dodging her calls and blocking her on twitter. How Country would call her up every now and then to check on her, but she eventually found out that Country was struggling to stay on her feet; as soon as Scene figured it out and confronted her, Country stopped calling, and they lost contact. Nerdcore slowly climbed the ladder of importance to Nintendo, and slowly left Scene behind. She was sure he didn't mean to when it was first happening, but now nothing is certain except that her best friend forgot her. Metal never even tried to stay in touch, despite Scene desperately trying to get a hold of him for the first few months. And Indie. He called once.
"What did he say?" Intern 2 asks.
"He said he saw Jeff in France." Scene says. "Said he's some big shot, owns a company or something, but Indie found out that he left me. And he just wanted to see how I was, but it was like six months after he left me, so I said I was fine."
"But you weren't." Intern 2 says.
"I don't care." She says. "Seeing him wouldn't make things fine. Not after the way he tore us all apart. It's his fault. He didn't even properly say goodbye."
"Scene, reasonably, he couldn't have seen that it would tear us apart." Intern 2 defends.
"Are you defending him!?" Scene says, standing up. "You? He treated you the worst! Why do you still feel loyal to him!? I hate him, why shouldn't you!?"
Intern 2 sighs. "I don't know."