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A Wonderful Day in the Neighborhood

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Her fingers grazed over his hands as she took the bottle opener from his hold. A soft smile graced her lips before her gaze lowered to the condensing bottle. Aspen couldn’t help but feel a little nervous as she covered around the kitchen. She didn’t know much about Jared, but their conversations in the hallway made her hopeful. He seemed like someone she could really get along with, and it didn’t hurt that he was easy on the eyes. “It’s a nice place you got here,” she hummed casually, though it was a mirror image of her own save for the furniture and the better view of the city. “Wow, you can see out for miles from here. I just see a brick wall.”

             Her hands were soft, her nails were pretty and these were things that his green eyes often caught from people. Their hands. They said a lot about them, he thought, especially how they felt and the taller male had he pleasure of getting to feel the gentle graze of her touch firsthand. It was nice and it placed a smile on his lips, showcasing his charismatic and alluring smile towards his neighbor. An attractive neighbor at that. Jared was pretty good at reading people, at least enough to decide whether he thought they were worth his time or not upon meeting. Aspen was definitely worth getting to know, he decided. Jared took pride in his apartment and always appreciated a compliment pertaining to it. “Thank you so much, I'm glad you like it.” He smirked, taking a sip of his beer and leaning against the counter, subtly watching her and how she looked around. What she wore, the length of her hair, just really taking her in. Aspen was beautiful. “That sounds really, depressing, but I'll tell you what. you can come over here whenever you want and look at the stars from my window through the telescope.” Which he pointed out, standing by the window, it was an antique, his grandfather got it for him before he passed. Honestly, the NASA intern’s favorite gift ever. “Do you like the stars, Aspen?”

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––––––––––––IT WAS A common conversation they seemed to have. after all, she had a different view on a possible relationship. she slept around and was reckless. she was sure that she hadn’t been in a relationship for years, mostly because she couldn’t stay still and needed something new in her life. she hurt too many that way and she knew she didn’t want to hurt jared in the same way. he was too kind and too good-hearted for her to do so. and so she’s leaning against the table when he speaks, making it a point to actually listen and not talking over him when he talks. and she lets the silence settle between the two, not knowing what to do. she wanted him to stop asking, mostly because she knew it wasn’t going to fair well. “fine. one date.” it’s a firm statement, and she’s not particularly willing to budge on this. “but trust me on this, that’s all you’re going to want.”

––––––––––––TO BE HONEST Jared wouldn’t mind a friends with benefits situation if that’s what she wanted, but he knew he’d want more than that eventually, and if he approached it from that angle than the rejection would’ve been harder on him. So, might as well be honest from the very beginning, right? The tall male appreciated her listening to him, so many times he felt like she just brushed him off of the topic, but he could understand why he guessed, but it was nice to be listened to. Though, the server was completely taken back by her saying yes to ‘one date’, he didn’t care, it was a chance, a chance he thought he was never going to get. Jared would be a complete fool not to take it. “I’m sure that you’ll stop deciding what I do or don’t want eventually, but until then, thank you for this opportunity.” Jar smiled at her and shrugged his shoulders, feeling giddy. “You won’t regret it, Evelyn. I promise.” 

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Justin groaned as he dropped the pencil onto the table before hunching over it. “This is fucking impossible, dude,” he practically whined to Jared. He lifted his head just enough that he could look at the boy across from him. “How do you do all this shit, man?” he asked him, shaking his head lightly. “Like make sense of it all and then even manage to try and help shitheads like me?” he asked the other. “Because right now? This looks a whole lot like a completely different language to me,” he told Jared and shook his head as he pushed himself back up. “You should save yourself the effort, man. I don’t think this is gonna make sense to me any time soon.” Justin sighed, pushing a hand into his hair as he looked down at the notes and books all spread out in front of him. “Yeah, I’m definitely failing this class.” 

            Jared hadn’t met Justin until not too long ago when they were sitting in Chemistry together. It was the first week at the new high school, and the eighteen year old senior was starting to get used to the interchanging classes from day to day. There were some classes he had every day of the week and others, like his scheduled AP Physics class that was either a lab one day or an actual class setting the next. The first day he had the lab and the second Jared made his way to the classic classroom setting on the other side of the school. The only desk available being besides Justin. Honestly, Jared knew he was in the wrong class the second the teacher started talking about the basics of marine biology, but he could tell Justin was struggling to keep up and Jared took it upon himself to help. This started a friendship not too long into Jar helping the athlete out. Offering to tutor him outside of school if he ever needed it. Jared was seasoned in tutoring from doing it his whole highschool career where he last lived. It got to a point where he started charging people for the services he provided, but Jared wouldn’t charge Justin. He offered him, in the first place. Besides, he'd be lying if he didn’t find the fellow classmate attractive and actually fun to be around. It was his pleasure to offer really. It wasn’t until after class that Jared had gotten similar numbers of the classrooms mixed up. To his defense, they were very similar, and he wasn’t used to where to go yet in the first place, but the classes, college prep Bio to AP physics, were very, very different. Jared welcomed accidentally crashing the wrong class though, he got a new friend out of it. 

               Fast forward to the present and they were at the public library where Jared did all of his tutorings for security reasons. They hung out away from the library, of course, but tutoring was reserved for the library with Justin, for now, anyway. At the moment they worked on their math Homework. CP calculus for Justin and AP physics for Jared. However, today his physics homework consisted of String Theory, so it was math-based physics. Justin’s little fit of frustration was the exact reason as to why Jared picked the empty tables in the very back of the library. It was a barely congested area, and it was perfect for Justin... he could feel free to let out his frustrations if he wanted to. A secret part of him wished the jock would take his frustration on him, but that little thought was for Jared to know and Jared only. Plus, the privacy allowed them to talk in a not so hushed tone. “What is it exactly that you need help in?” The senior asked his stressed friend, taking his eyes off of his problem sets and looking over at Justin, trying to see where was on the page. He chuckled a little as Justin spoke. Honestly, he really enjoyed tutoring, and if it wasn’t his ultimate goal to work for NASA, he’d probably try to be a physics professor, so this, Justin’s outburst, and struggle to grasp the material didn’t bother him at all. “Hey man, don’t be so hard on yourself. I do this cause I want to, and I get the material, so tell me where you’re stuck and I'll help you out.” His tone was friendly, even if he chuckled a little. It wasn’t a laugh at him, but a laugh a how hard he was on himself... the frustration that came from it. Jared could relate, just on other topics. “You’re not going to fail the class. Trust me, okay?”

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They had always passed in the hallways. First, when she had been carrying in boxes on moving day. Then, the odd time when she would be walking down the hall to do laundry and when she came home from classes during the semester. They had made their introductions, but nothing past first names and friendly smiles. Aspen couldn’t help but let her eyes wander over her neighbor with each passing, and today with beers in hand he had invited her into his apartment. Bright eyes wandered, taking in what she expected to be a bachelor pad. Aspen was pleasantly surprised by the decor, it wasn’t a big miss-matched mess and it was well-kept. Did he have a secret wife she didn’t know about?

Nervous hands gripped at the bottle’s neck, feeling the condensation beneath her touch. “You have a bottle opener?” she spoke slowly and placed the bottles down on the counter in the kitchen. She leaned against it casually, her fingers tracing over the edge of the bottle cap, “I got more beers back at my place if we need more.”

          Jared was the worst at remembering names, and everyone that knew him closely could attest to that, but for some reason, he remembered hers. Maybe it was because his ex was from Aspen, Colorado, but he was sure it was because, for the first time since Kelsey, He found himself interested in someone. Jared was sure that them being neighbors influenced this attraction. Seeing her every once in a while. Suddenly, coming home, heading out, or getting his mail were becoming his favorite moments of that day. Especially when he bumped into the blue-eyed beauty. 

         It wasn’t long before the single bachelor took action towards his attraction, bolding inviting her inside his apartment, which he cleaned vigorously for the prospect of having her over for a drink. Guessing by how the exchange of names went and the flirty looks they would give each other when they would cross paths, he felt confident she’d say yes. Jared was elated when she accepted his invitation, offering her a cold bottle of beer and getting himself one as well. Feeling silly that he didn’t open the bottle for her before he handed it to her, Jared chuckled and nodded his head. “Yeah! Sorry, I completely forgot.” The tall green-eyed male was nervous, but he tried to play it cool as he handed her his bottle opener.

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–––––––––––EVELYN HEAVILY SIGHS at the other, a pout now on her lip as she’s wiping down the last table of the night and stacking the chair on the table. they always seemed to have this conversation just about now, when they were stuck together, closing up the diner at two am. she almost expected it but it still caught her slightly off guard every time. “you know we can’t be together. i don’t even want to entertain the idea of a date if we can’t be anything more.” she sighed, leaning against the table now. arms crossed, she looked at the other, her pout now turning more into a frown. “i’m bad for you. you know this. what don’t you get ???” Evelyn had a reputation for sleeping around and getting a little too drunk at parties, a reputation that was well earned too. the other, on the other hand, was the absolute opposite. they were this person who didn’t go out and honestly, she wasn’t even sure if they had ever been in a relationship. she didn’t want to be the person to break that.

–––––––––––REJECTION WAS HARD for Jared, especially when it came to Evelyn. He mostly kept fighting because, fuck it, in his mind, she was worth the world. Jar so badly wanted to prove her wrong; that she wasn’t bad for him, and that he could be great for her, but she wouldn’t let him. He thought about him giving up. He didn’t want to make her too uncomfortable to be around him, and he knew that was what was probably going to happen if he kept asking. Jared just couldn’t get over the words she just said, “I'm bad for you. you know this. what don’t you get?” It almost angered him a little bit. Why would she assume that? “I just, Evelyn, more than anything, I don’t want to make you uncomfortable, but I just really want to prove to you that you’re not bad for me... please? Just one date, and if you still feel the same way, I’ll stop trying, I promise.”As much as he would want to fight for her, Jared swore he would keep his word. He just needed a chance.

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From the corner of his eye, he could see Jared turning to him. Man it was torture to keep his cool. Who would’ve thought 'decompress’ could one day trigger Tommy? He and his best friend are similar in so many ways, but this wasn’t one of them. Both of them have had their biological parents walk out on them,sure, but it affected them differently. Jared, indifferent to love; Tommy, tickled by the thought of it. The crease between his brows was slowly showing, and for a moment he zoned out with questions swimming in the back of his mind. Questions like: What did she see in you?

“But you see, when their problems become yours, it’ll go both ways. It’s like you and me —we got each other we just don’t have the… you know, sexual benefits. I love you and we’re like boyfriends without the reward. Had you fought for her, you could’ve had the reward. You could’ve got a lot from it, man.” Tommy noticed that he might’ve sounded a little butthurt, and it was too late before he could stop the infamous purpose of clearing one’s own throat. “But I guess that’s better than cheating on her. Even when it’s not on purpose. So I’m going to have to thank you for that. At least you were honest. You know how much she hates being lied to. It’s just…” He bit on his lower lip. His forehead still creased. Probably the wise thing to do now was shut his mouth and take his time to see things in Jared’s perspective. Put himself in the scholar’s shoes.

Nahh, he couldn’t. Why would he put himself in the shoes of the person who hurt her? Tommy reached for his pack of cigarettes in his jacket. Pulled out a stick and put it between his lips. It was a habit. Too strong a habit Jared’s gotten used to his sudden nicotine cravings. Or maybe he’s just learned how to tolerate it. So Tommy lighting one in the middle of a serious conversation wasn’t unusual. What’s unusual was that he froze when Hamilton asked him the expected question. Dreaded would be more accurate. Now he didn’t have any other choice but tell the truth. Lying would be easy; it would be for his benefit. It would maintain a peace. Don’t tell him, Tommy. This is not the right mood or the right pla—-

“Because I don’t like the fact that you’re only seeing her worth now.” His head was hung low, but he looked up to look Jared right in the eye a millisecond after finishing his sentence. And he kept the eye contact as he continued, “I care because I like her.”

       Thing was that Jared couldn’t even act shocked by this. He felt as if he already knew. “Well, fuck.” was all Jared could say really, that and laugh a little at the irony of it all. He felt like he was in damn chick flick, and he was the asshole. Of course, he wasn’t oblivious enough to admit that he was an asshole, but he detested feeling like one. It’s why he went to Tommy in the first place, because he wanted to express himself freely without feeling like the cunt he was but, fuck. He was stupid, and as he sat there and contemplated the situation the more it pissed him off. Jared took a sip of his beer and had half a mind to chuck it at Tommy. Since when was he violent? 

      “Fuck you. I come to you not wanting to feel so goddamn bad about myself. Not wanting to dwell in self pity because woe is me, my heart is too fucking cold to love anyone and you take her side. Of course you do. She’s “Kels” she can do no fucking wrong, right? Right!” His voice raised and he got up and closer to Tommy. “I’ll have you know, she wanted to fuck me first.” He regretted saying that as soon as it came out of his mouth, but he was too intoxicated to stop it. Backing away he took a deep breath. “I hope you two are fucking happy together. I hope you liking her fucks your friendship up for you because it fucked up ours.” Jared was bitter, but the truth was that he was scared. He had lost a potential mate because of his fear of getting hurt and being caged in... now it seems as he was going to lose his best friend too because he was too proud to admit defeat and be humble. 

      He was losing everyone and it was his own damn fault. 

     “You know, I think i’ve always known, but telling me now? Acting on it, now? While she’s fragile and vulnerable, because he just like me so damn much—yeah me, not you—well, that’s fucking low.” Jared chuckled and licked his lips. “Pussy.” Jared couldn’t recall the last time he was this angry at someone else. He usually just held it all it and fucked his anger out. Though as much as it felt good to finally get his frustrations out, he wanted to cry. Tommy was his best friend. He was the last person he wanted to be like this to. However, in hurting Grayson, he hurt himself too. He was prisoner to his own fear. It kept him from loving and being loved. Only served him right. 

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“What, and live the rest of my youth spending money on diapers and onesies instead of cigarettes and star wars merch? Oh no. My swimmers are off the charts but they will have to wait a few more couple of years to meet an egg. And in no way am I getting one of those nasty diseases when I got myself the good kinda nasty right here.” He clapped Jared’s back and raised his pint like he was making a very important toast.

It was kinda cute, Jared constantly reminding him to bring protection. It wasn’t something Tommy would forget, but it wasn’t something he’d always need either. Between the two of them, Jared’s got more experience –having slept with more women than Tommy. They both sleep around a lot, they’re each other’s wingman.. not to mention, Jared was once Tommy’s go-to when he needed bed tips. But of course, that was one of the unspeakables. And seeing that one of two sides is aware of a competition, it’s not difficult for Tommy and his pride to deny that Jared was better than him at that.

Tommy slowly withdrew his arm from around Jared’s shoulders to cup his cold pint with both hands. Tried his best to mask any unusual reaction on his face when his best friend started talking about Kelsey. About what happened to them. It was difficult to keep a concerned face. Maybe the reason why Tommy’s here drinking with Jared is that he’s the only one he could talk to about his… self-reflection. So Tommy paid attention. Tommy listened. Tommy nodded and Tommy sympathized. He knew Jared didn’t do relationships. He just couldn’t figure out how he even resisted the idea to change for her.

“Why’d you think you couldn’t do it? Be serious with her?” He asked. At this pace, Tommy was afraid he’s going to end up telling Jared about him and Kelsey. But he had to know why regret it all now. “How could you not be ready for that? Wha–what is it, really? What stopped you? She’s great and–and you just said that she’s a good fuck. So why let go of her? What is it with commitment that scares you? If it was any other girl, I wouldn’t be asking this question. But… it’s Kelsey Grayson, man. What’s so scary about being with her?”

   After a second of contemplating his answer, Jared smiled and took a deep breath. “That a boy.” He shrugged and smirked as he shook his head, taking a sip out of his pint and staring over at the shelves behind the bartender. All the liquor from the top row to the last. He found it funny how, in many ways Tommy was definitely more handsome than he was, but it was Jared who he went to when he needed advice in the bedroom… made him laugh. If anyone had told him this in high school he would’ve laughed in someone’s face. As if he’d been just told a cruel joke about his future. However it was true, and looking over all the alcohol bottles showcased on the wall in front of him, her couldn’t believe this was actually his life. To stop it for one girl? No. Not now at least. 

     Speaking of, Jared was definitely taken back by Tommy’s persistence. He found it a little odd, but he put into consideration that she was Tom’s best friend as well. With that thought in mind, Jared looked at him and smirked, “She’s a great fuck, Tommy, but love isn’t something i believe in. Getting serious with someone means stress. Means their problems are yours, means you can’t escape and fuck someone else when you’re stressed or need to,” He motioned space his hands, shrugging right after and pursing his lips. “Decompress.” He sighed and took a sip of his drink. 

     “She’s a good girl, she deserves better than someone that has his toes in the door and the rest of him out of it.” Jared stated simply, biting his lip and shrugging it off. “I mean my parents didn’t last, my mom just dropped me off at my grandparents and gave up on me. Why the fuck would anyone risk that? And i’m young… i don’t give a fuck about anyone else but you my grandad and me right now. School is kicking my ass. Girls are fun, for a couple hours then it becomes something else completely and i don’t want that.” He sighed, knowing that had come off as harsh but instead of apologizing he simply took another sip and looked forward at the bottles again. 

    Although he was sure the defense was because Grayson was his best friend, Jared was just drunk enough to ask. “Why do you care so much me getting serious with her or not?” His attention turned back to Tommy and he gave him a slight grin. “You don’t like her do you?” His voice so soft, he could hardly hear it himself. Part of him didn’t want to know and part of him already fucked himself over by asking. 

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“Hey hey take it easy! Getting that pass was not a walk in the park. Someday I’m going to have to pay for it. Hopefully, I won’t have to use my body.” If making jokes 89% of the time is what it takes to keep things from getting awkward, then that’s what Tommy’s gotta do. “Because we both know you’re not the only one people want a piece of.”

Tommy wasn’t blessed with the talent to read people correctly. It’s probably a con given he’s taking a major whose career path requires him to tell the difference between what’s true and what isn’t. In any other circumstance, he wouldn’t have noticed the face Jared made after taking a sip of his beer. He would’ve shrugged it off. Because really, who wants drama in a place like this? Everyone should be too busy drinking, smoking, and flirting with strangers to care about drama. If Tommy wanted drama, he wouldn’t go to clubs and pubs. He’d go straight to social medias. To the school’s gossip blog. Hang around the Quad. Or the theatre because at least in that place there’s a guarantee that there won’t be bad blood coming out of it.

But drama’s probably one of only two paths he could take now. The other one involves upping and leaving —-he obviously can’t take that. Jared’s thinking about Kelsey. He knows it. He knows that the pink elephant in the room is the fact that they’re pining over the same girl. The same beautiful, amazing girl. Tommy just wasn’t willing to take the drapes off of it for Jared to see. At least not yet.

“….I forgot about that bit.” His brows furrowed as he tried to remember either of them mentioning that on text. “Shit, I don’t remember. We’re here now.” Tommy grinned and playfully punched his best friend on the shoulder. “So… I hope you’re not planning on ranting about school because I can’t deal with that shit right now.”

     “The sad part is that it wouldn’t shock me if that were actually the case.” Jared let out with a serious tone that frankly didn’t match his facial features at all. He was smiling like the smug bastard that he was. Jar had long gotten used to Tommy’s jokes and now humored him enough to go along with it. “Just don’t forget to wear protection. You don’t wanna catch something nasty for a couple of drinks with your side lover.” The smug brunette winked as she chuckled and dropped his gaze. 

     Despite joking, Jared had an extremely strict condom regimen. People were nasty, in his opinion, and though he’d love to give the lovely girls he’s slept with the benefit of the doubt, he just didn’t know who they’ve fucked prior to him. The last thing he needed was a child or an unwanted disease. Waking from his mental trance, Jared took a moment to bask in their similarities as they both have seemed to zone out and get trapped in their own minds. Amazing. 

      “Yeah, no—school is quite frankly the last thing i want to talk about.” Then what? He didn’t want to be all woe is me about some girl he could’ve locked down but decided not to. However, Tommy was the only friend he trusted to decompress with. Larsen may have pulled his leg after the matter, but Jared knew he’d never judge... so what was stopping him? Oh yeah, that same girl was Tommy’s best friend. “She told me to fight for her... prove that I wanted to actually be serious about her and i and, fuck—I don’t think I can do it... I’m not ready for that, and I don’t want to lie to her either. Fuck... she’s a good fuck though, and she’s cool too! I just, don’t do relationships.” 

     It all came out like word vomit, but he could feel the weight on his mind being lifted. He may have just made himself out to look like complete asshole, but felt so much better telling Tommy what was on his mind, honestly on his mind. “Fuck...” Jared chuckled dryly and shook his head as he took another sip of his beer. This was exactly why he didn’t get involved with relationships. So much stress and for what? They weren’t even together! How people dealt with this among everything else was beyond him and his understanding.

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“Actually, I was gonna say, ‘sure help yourself with that delicious pint of beer while your best friend looks around for you.’ Do you know how many shots of whiskey I politely declined because I didn’t wanna get started without you?” Tommy was clad in black. Unusually and uncharacteristically as he’s made it his personal policy to never wear such a hot colour to a club as packed as Envy. But he’s run out of grays, he didn’t want any alcoholic stain on his whites, and he wasn’t expecting this night to end on a good note so might as well consider it an advance mourning for his friendship with Jared.

Maybe he’s overthinking. Maybe Jared will eventually understand the situation, be the good friend and let him act on his feelings for Kelsey. But he and Jared are best friends; if there was certainty that the scholar will accept the announcement wholeheartedly, then Tommy would’ve dropped the news on his best friend’s lap —with a toothy grin on his face— a long time ago. He’s overthinking. He’s way too worried. Nervous. Not because he’s sorry he has a thing for Kelsey. But because he’s sorry he has to keep this from his ‘blood brother.’ It’s a good thing lying comes to Tommy easily.

He gave the bartender a slight nod before sliding onto the stool next to Jared. “How many have you had? Already talked to the boss. Everything you and I down —it’s on the house. Don’t take this opportunity for granted, Jarjar. So I’ll say it for you: Tommy I love you. And I can’t say it back because my heart belongs to another. This beauty.” It was on cue. His pint was pushed towards him and he grabbed it with a confident, steady hand. Nonchalance. Looks like he gotta fake it till he makes it, right?

    Jared felt as if he’d been caught red handed, so lost in his own thoughts that he didn’t even hear Tommy at first. “Two shots and,” He lifted his pint before taking a sip smugly. His face dropping right after. Jar didn’t even try to keep his sour mood to himself at this point. Tommy knew him, and the more Jared tried to keep  his emotions to himself, the more his “lover” would hound him for the truth.

   In a lot of ways Tommy reminded him of Kelsey. They were both honest, but wanted the best for people they cared about. It pissed him the fuck off even more, and the worst part is that he was the one at fault. Being as proud as he was, Jared couldn’t help but to feel as if he was going through hell. He was an asshole—in fact, he didn’t deserve anyone. She was better off, honestly. What could he offer her anyway? He was raised by his grandfather, his parents completely bailed on him, and his grandmother died when he was young.She had a full house hold and was raised with limitless amounts of love. He couldn’t give her what he never had.

    “How the fuck did you even manage that?” Hamilton was expecting maybe one drink exempt from the bill, or a discount at the least, but no way in hell did he expect all their drinks to be on the house. “That’s pretty fucking awesome, dude... my bill was racking up.” Jared took another drink, a genuine smile (for the first time tonight) plastered on his face. “Where were you even looking? I’m pretty sure we both agreed to meet at the bar...”

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     Opening up was something Jared found himself laughing at most times. While he would agree that Kelsey was a sweet, intelligent, good looking woman—he’s even go as far to say that they did indeed have a connection... he just couldn’t bring himself to fight for the journalist. That’s not what bothered him though, he was used to blocking people out, girls especially. What bothered the young scholar was the incriminating amount of moral rules he had broken before getting to this conclusion with the brunette. What bothered him was the cruel confrontation of fucking up and knowing that he had fucked up. He should’ve never taken it as far as he did with Grayson, but he did and here he was at the bar of a club waiting for their mutual best friend Tommy to come accompany him. 

Jared Hamilton felt pathetic and he wondered if anyone else could smell it on him like the two shots of generic tequila he just downed. His green eyes looked around the bar and he analyzed everyone surrounding him as he waited. People watching wasn’t something he usually did—he couldn’t give a fuck about most people usually, but it was far better than texting Tom like a clingy partner that just wouldn’t get the fucking clue. Everyone else seemed so into the person in front of them... made him wonder if he looked like that while trying to pick out what Tommy would call his “next victim”. The thought of this made him smile the slightest bit before asking for a beer instead of another shot. 

Hamilton finally felt the familiar presence of his best friend and ran his fingers through his hair, smiling quaintly at the bartender once he received his pint and bit his lip. “Before you say anything, i know I fucked up, so let’s just void any traces of that lecture all together.” He caused and brought the pint to his lips. “I don’t want to talk about that.” Or her, for that matter, but he knew the subject of Kelsey Grayson was inevitable so he didn’t bother.