Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 17:16:34 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jake Harper <jakeharper50@yahoo.com>
Subject: Forget About It ; Chapter 4

{Forget About It is pure fiction. As I am writing this story, I am above
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Forget About It

Chapter 4: Hearts Will Be Broken

(Ben's view)

"Ben, I am so sorry for your loss."

            "Jake.  How could this have happened? Why did it happen?
There's so many questions that can't be answered and it fuckin sucks!"

"Maybe he was a drug dealer or maybe he was just at the wrong place at the
wrong time."

            "Well I want to know!"

"I don't have an answer, I'm sorry."

My mom walks in the front door, screaming her head off, "My husband! My
husband!". She really has taken it hard. My cell phone starts ringing.

            "Hello?"

"Hey, Ben, it's Allie. I'm with Alex. We are on our way over."

Alex. Ha!! He misses one dinner with my family and this happens.

            "K."  I hang up and turn to Jake. He looks at me like any
person would look at me at this time, he was concerned for me. For a guy I
just met yesterday, he is still here for me. It's going on midnight right
now and he has been here since we arrived from the park around eight. He's
a good friend, I'm glad to have him.

"Are you just going to stare at me all night?"

            "Sorry, I was just thinking to myself."

"About?"

            "Everything."  I get up, stand in front of Jake. Something
about him pulls me towards him, maybe the fact that I had spent my first
four years in life with him. "Jake?"

"Yea?"

            "Can you give me a hug?"

"Umm. Yea. Yea of course." I hug him as tightly as I can and I cry. I cry
and cry and I think he's crying with me. We are hugging for a long time
till I hear a car pull into the driveway. "Are you ok?"

            "I'm as ok as I'm going to be for awhile."

Alex and Allie walk inside and both of them give me hugs.  Alex is the
first to speak.

"So... he was killed in an explosion?"

            "Yea, an explosion me and Jake had witnessed. Two people had
exited a car and once they were a safe distance away, the car blew up."

"Did you know that your dad was in the car?" Allie chimes in.

            "No.  The police found his body in the trunk. It was hard to
identify a burnt body but they figured it out."

"Wow. This is so messed up dude. I'm so sorry. Does anybody know why this
happened?"

            "No, no one has a clue."

"Who is this?" Allie asks, referring to Jake.

            "I told you, Jake."

"But who is he?"

            "An old friend."

"Well I must say, I am jealous that you've been keeping him all to yourself
Ben."

            "Allie!  My dad just died and you're doing this? You're my
fuckin ex-girlfriend! Have some respect would you?"

"I'm so sorry. Alex, I'll wait outside."

Allie leaves and waits on the front porch.

"Wow. So...that was awkward." Alex always had a way to break the silence.

            "Yea, it was. Well Alex this is Jake, my new friend. Jake this
is Alex. I'm hoping we can all get along together."

            "Yea, no problem," they both say at the same time.

"Well, Alex it was a pleasure meeting you. Ben, I'm really sorry but I have
to be getting home, my aunt is probably going nuts worrying about me."

            "No it's fine. I'll see you tomorrow?"

"Yea sure, I'd like that."

(Jake's view)

I walk outside to find Allie pacing.

            "Hey, are you ok?"

"Huh," she stops and looks up at me. "Oh yea, I'm fine.  Thanks."

            "No prob." I step off the porch and start walking across the
lawn.

"Hey, Jake! Wait." I stop and turn around as she runs to where I'm
standing. "I'm really sorry about what happened in there. I don't know what
came over me. It's just," she moves closer, "you are really, really cute
and..."

            "Please, stop right there. You are Ben's ex-girlfriend and I'm
his friend. I, nor you, can do this to him."

"Don't you just want to try? No one has to know." She then leans in and
kisses me.

Now me, being the male that I am, kiss her back. I feel so guilty! Ugh what
is wrong with me?

            I pull away from the kiss. "No, Allie, it isn't right."

"Oh yea it is." She leans in for another kiss but I step backwards letting
her fall to the ground.

            "Allie!  Stop!"

"But why Jake? We could be something, you know?"

            "No, I don't. Go home. Don't ever get near me again."

I run away spitting on the ground, disgusted at what I just did. I get
inside the house and automatically get bombarded with questions.

"Where were you Jake?! Don't you know I was worried sick about you? How can
you not give me a call to at least tell me where you are? I heard the cop
cars and thought you were dead! WELL WHERE WERE YOU?!"

            "I was at Ben's house. His dad got murdered and I thought he
would need a friend."  Turns out he had two more... "That's why there were
cop cars. Speaking of cars...  where is yours? I didn't see it in the
driveway."

"You are in no position to ask me questions mister! Go to your room! You
are grounded."

I'm grounded? Why? I just explained to her I was doing the right thing. I
walk downstairs to my room.

"You are not to leave this house! Do you hear me?" my aunt yells from the
top of the stairs.

            "Yes I hear you!"

I can't leave the house? Wow. She was definitely overreacting and I can't
see why. I put in a video game and shoot away. By the time I stop it's
already five o' clock in the morning. God am I a gamer. I walk to my bed
strip down my clothes and sleep in my boxers. A few hours later I wake up
to hear my doorbell ringing. I get up and go upstairs. I see that my aunt
isn't home and figure she's at work. The doorbell starts ringing again and
I walk to the door to see who it is. I look through the peephole and see
Ben outside. I open the door.

            "Ben, what's up?"

"Oh ummmm..." He points downward. I look down and see what he's looking
at. I pull him inside and close the door.

            "Shit!  I'm so sorry, I completely forgot that I was in my
boxers."

He's cracking up. "It's completely ok. Haha. You have a good taste in
boxers..." He burst out in more furious laughing. It's good to see him
laughing after all that's happened.

            "Oh shut up. Haha. Come on." I pull him downstairs. "Let me get
some ants on."

"You mean pants?" He starts laughing again.

            "Pants ants, same thing."

After I get some pants on we sit on the bed and laugh some more before he
finally stops and says, "I saw you kiss her..." The room take's a serious
feel as I realize what he's talking about.

            "Ben, she kissed me I swear I would never do that to you."

"Really? It looked like you were kissing her back though."

            "Listen...to be honest I did kiss her back but then I realized
it was wrong and I stopped."

"That's what I thought..."

            "I am so sorry Ben. I wasn't thinking."

"But you stopped right?"

            "Stopped what? Oh, kissing her? Yea, I did."

"Good. That makes me feel better. That, and the fact that I saw her fall on
the ground. Haha!" He laughs again and I laugh too seeing that I couldn't
do it when it happened.

            "Want to play some video games?" I ask after the laughter
stops.

"Um...yea, sure. Are you going to put a shirt over that?"

            "Over what? Hehe."

"That," he says pointing to my abs and pecks, "nonsense going on right
there."

            "What?  You mean to tell me you don't like this all over you,"
I say grabbing him, pulling him into a forced hug. We laugh and play
wrestle for a while till I get him under me, pinned to the
ground. "Five. Four. Three. Two." As I'm saying one I look into Ben's
eyes. I see him struggling to get his arms free to make a comeback but he
can't. I got him exactly where I want him.

"Well? Are you going to say one or are you just going to stay on top of me
all day?"

            I chuckle. " Well depends.... do you like it?" I laugh
hysterically. I get off of him and sit back down on the bed.

"Well Mr. I Think Too Much Of Myself, I did not like it at all..."

            "You sure? Haha."

".......yes?"

            "Haha!  I'm just playing with you!"

"Well...ok then..."

            "Are you ok?" As soon as I ask the question he tackles me and
pins me to the ground.

"Surprise attack!" He laughs for a while then stops and looks into my
eyes. "Well, how do you like it?"

            "I..."


Lol! Sorry but, cliffhanger!!! It took me so long to write this chapter. I
just didn't know where I wanted it to go but hey, I finished.  Keep the
emails coming, I like positive feedback. Oh! Do you guys want me to reply?
I mean I don't mind replying but I just didn't know. So have a good week
and let me know. Bye bye. P.s I made the chapter longer.