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Jack: Monday, 13 February
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"So you're spending tomorrow with Mark?" Felix asked me, a tone mixing with curiosity and even fear.

"Uh.. Yeah. That was the plan." I said, tomorrow was Valentine's Day and the past month had gone by without Mark knowing anything about Felix and I. Even though my best friend still acted a little weird, sometimes. It was alright.

"He doesn't know still?"

"No, why are you bringing it up?" I huffed. Felix asked this occasionally, I hadn't told Mark about my New Year's. I didn't want to either. He would leave me in a blink of an eye.

"It's just not fair." Felix shrugged as he twirled his pencil between his fingers. "I mean, your basing your relationship on lies. What happens if you get married and he finds out?"

"You're being over dramatic. It won't matter then."

"Just like I won't, right?" Felix said and gave a sad smile. I almost felt bad, but not quite. Especially when he laid his gem on me. "I think I'm going to tell him."

"What?! Felix!"

"I'm just saying," Felix began. "Mark doesn't deserve it, you don't deserve it, I don't deserve it."

"Felix we were drunk."

"You were, I wasn't!" Felix snapped at me and I could see the pain in his expression. "I actually remember it."

"I remember parts."

"It doesn't matter anyways, does it?" Felix sighed. "Even if I told Mark, and he believed me. If you broke up, you still would never consider wanting to be with me."

"Felix you're my best friend." I sighed. "I can't just do things like that!"

"Not even as just.. A side thing?" Felix asked me.

"Felix -"

"I won't tell Mark if you don't." Felix said as he turned his blue eyes over to me.

"That's making things worse for all of us, including you." I snapped at him. I was sick of him bringing this up and trying to convince me to act on it. I was absolutely tired of his shenanigans. I didn't want him to be acting this way anymore.

The bell went off and I quickly removed myself from the class. Felix was acting off and I was already irritated with it.

When the day ended, I stood at my locker, ignoring everyone that walked around. Emily never talked to me after the accident and I think I was okay with it. What was starting to bother me was the fact that I was indescribably alone and it had only gotten worse as time progressed.

I missed the days when I first met Mark, everything was alright with Felix and even my banter with Emily. Now, I didn't know what I was doing or where I was going.

After school that same day, I wandered to Mark's apartment and thankfully came across it soon enough. When I got there though, I was less than amused to see Felix's car sitting in the parking lot. I rushed upstairs and tapped my knuckles quickly against the door, he was kidding right? He wasn't actually going to tell Mark, was he?

I froze as I the door opened and I saw Felix standing and talking to Mark while Bob welcomed me inside. "Oh! Hi Jack!" Mark smiled to me. I wonder if Felix had said anything.

"See? I told you he was coming." Felix laughed. There was something sinister to his tone that I didn't like at all. I walked in the room slowly and stood far from each of them. Felix told Mark I was coming? But why?

He had a few tricks up his sleeve. I could already tell.

"So.." Mark began the casual conversation while I stood tense. "Um.. Felix here tells me there's something he wanted to talk to me about but it would be better if you were here."

"You're fucking kidding me Felix." I snarled at him. Was he really going to ruin everything here for me? Ugh, what was I saying? I practically ruined it all for myself.

"Go on Jack, did you want to say it? Or did you want me to say it?" Felix asked and I went wide eyed. He was kidding. He had to be. No friend would do this to someone. It was an honest mistake, but me saying that drove Felix mad.

When I said nothing, Felix spat out words I never thought he would actually say to Mark's face. Not while his friends were in the room at least if at all. "On New Year's Jack and I fucked. In your bed." He had to add that precious little bit on, didn't he? He was so blunt about it and I heard Bob and Wade gasp. Mark's eyes were wide as he looked like he was trying to comprehend what had just been said to him.

"Oh." He choked out and looked like he tried not to start crying. "Well, I can't say that I'm innocent either."

"What?" Felix went wide eyed before I could even speak.

"Where do you think I was?" Mark chuckled a little bit and I wanted to call him out as a liar. Mark? Cheat? It made sense, I hadn't seen him at all during New Year's. But at the same time, I couldn't believe Mark was a cheater. When I thought all of my problems might have disappeared, Mark turned to me.

"So I guess that's the end then." He said and I went wide eyed. "I mean, clearly there's nothing here for us if not one of us can be faithful."

"You're not serious, Mark.." I muttered.

"Clearly neither one of us wants to be in this relationship. This is for the best." Mark said and I felt my hands shaking as my eyes turned to Felix. He looked like he wanted to try and be sympathetic but didn't look like he could manage it.

"You can see yourself out now." Mark said, a sour tone lacing his voice as Felix and I headed for the door. I did everything to get away from Felix, despite the fact that he was holding onto my arm as I dragged us both out of the building.

"Jack please -"

I turned around and snapped at him. "You ruined everything!"

"You can't blame this on me because you were wrong." Felix snapped back. "Besides, Mark was right, if you both were cheating then maybe you shouldn't be together. You clearly aren't that interested in one another."

I felt my temper rising with every word, was Felix right? I don't know, probably. But that didn't make me any less vengeful. "Fuck you," I spat. "I hate you! You ruined everything when you could've kept your mouth shut. I don't want to see you ever again, asshole!"

And with that, I turned and ran through the cold.

~AN

Making a mess, making a mess.

I think I'm gonna need to stop updating so much because I'm failing a class(lol go me) cause I haven't been doing any of the work so now I think I'm going to have to start working on it.

Rinny!