Chapter 47

Jason's pov :
"It was different, Alex! How could you compare my stuff with yours? It's ridiculous!" George fetched a sigh.
"Why everyone fucking wants to be in a relationship? Don't you have the guts to turn that girl off? It wasn't like we were going to stick posters in the city that you were in a relationship with her, there was no need to hide it from us. What the fuck is happening here? Everyone just wants to care for their girl, what's about our rules? What's about our friendship?" Theo cried out in frustration.
I couldn't handle this situation, everyone was blaming each other and shouting like the other one had done any crime. What's wrong with Theo? Why couldn't he show some patience and maturity as always? I expected better behaviour from him.
Alex sighed, "what's the problem, Theo? If you have accepted whatever George hid from us, then why can't you guys accept my secret? There was a reason behind it, I didn't do it deliberately."
It was going way too far than I expected, I have to do something now.
"Guys, we are fighting and I'm feeling so pitiful to say that the reason is a girl, unfortunately. Do you even remember the rules of our friendship?" I spoke the truth and the facts.
George wasn't in the mood to listen to anything, "I don't get one thing why is this bastard mentioning my past again and again…?" He looked at me with an 'I'm not getting this' look.
"Because you also did the same but no one was pissed off at you. I know all of you think that I'm a stupid boy but I'm tired of proving that I'm not a moron. I have a life, a girlfriend who loves me for who I am!" Alex folded his arms and uttered in a cold tone.
"It's your fucking misunderstanding, Alex! We never thought that little of you, we were always mocking each other and making fun of each other but we never left you alone. It was never like we three were in a different group and you were alone. Now, you have got a girl and you want to leave us, right? Then, go just fucking do it but don't blame us. You have forgotten that we were always there not only for you but also for everyone," Theo pointed out his mistake and moved a step closer to Alex.
Alex pushed Theo, "oh! Were you there when I needed your assignment to complete mine? You didn't come but you went to George and gave your assignment to him. I was always ignored, I always felt leftover."
Theo slapped Alex hard, "fuck off, Alex! I never thought that you'd mention these kinds of minor things between our friendship one day. Why didn't you ask at that time? Fiona needed that assignment, and everyone knew George was always attracted to Fiona so I asked him to hand her that assignment. This is an old incident, how could you even take it this far? I'm feeling like you never trusted us, you never tried to understand us, we were just strangers to you."
Alex didn't make eye contact with him, "so you chose Fiona over me, right? That means you never considered me your friend, and you are saying that I never tried to understand you…? Have you ever tried to understand me? Did you ask me once how I was feeling after getting low grades? My asshole dad blocked all my cards, I was living on Bella's money. Did any of you show up when my parents divorced and I needed you to console me? Bella was there to comfort me, not you."
"We thought you needed some alone time and you never told us that your cards were blocked otherwise, we must have helped you, Alex! No one chose anyone over you, we were together for years, relationship and friendship were always two different things. We never even tried to choose one and leave another," I laid my arm on his shoulders and tried to make the situation easy.
"No, Jay! You are not getting what he is trying to do, he is comparing us, us to his girl," George emphasised on 'us' to remind us that there was not you and I, there was always us.
"He is comparing us to that girl whom he met a few months ago, and it's not worthy to remind him that he was the one who asked us to leave him alone for some time and now, he is fucking accusing us and behaving like a five years old kid who blames others for his own mistakes," George finished his words with melancholic expressions.
Alex punched George's face, "you still dare to speak something. I'm not a kid, I'm just telling the facts that you weren't there when I needed you but Bella was. And now, I want her in my life, what's your problem? You don't want me to fall in love with someone and live happily ever after or you don't want to be friends with me anymore," he turned his face to the other side, "like you ever wanted me in your group," he sighed and smirked.
George started beating Alex, "you bastard test your own medicine, how could you compare us with your bitch? We had some rules but you broke it and now, you are incriminating us for every fucking thing," he caught the collars of Alex's shirt.
Alex also started fighting back, "how dare you to offend my girl? You broke the rules, too but everyone was happy for you. Why can't you be happy for me?"
They both were smashing each other, Theo and I looked at each other and sighed.
I stopped Alex by holding him from the backside, and Theo did the same with George.
What the fuck was happening there?
George and Alex were fighting like enemies, it never happened ever. The blood was rushing over their noses and they were still glaring at each other like the bulls who just needed a reason to kill the other one.
"The problem isn't your relationship, Alex. Your niggling thinking is the reason for this mess. How could you say that we weren't there for you? You never told us what you were suffering through, how were we supposed to know that if you weren't willing to tell us? It's as clear as water that if you tell someone, they will help you but if you won't tell anyone, how can anyone help you?" Theo held his shoulders and made him look into his eyes.
I also tried to save the thing which perhaps everyone had already lost, "it's so vulgar to compare your friends with your girlfriend. We aren't hurt because you are in love, in that case, we are the happiest people for you. We are hurt because you hid your relationship, you lied to us, and you didn't have the faith in us that we'll help you to get the love of your life. And now, you are accusing us of every single thing that is in your mind from the start. If you had doubts, suspicions, and insecurity, you should have told us before. We could sort out everything but you chose to hide everything from us and you opened up your heart to someone else who was staring at us a moment ago like we were devils for her."
Alex shook his head and threw Theo's hands off of his shoulders, "I can't believe this. You are still saying that I'm wrong. Why didn't you say this when George lied about so many things? He hid his feelings for Fiona, he lied about his virginity, he made up the stories of sex with so many girls, how he fucked the girls!" He uttered in a high-pitched voice.
My attempt was nothing but a failure, everyone had already lost the faith and the bond of that friendship that everyone built with so much trust and effort. I thought we were mature but we were fighting like kids.
"You fucking bastard! Why are you comparing your silly ass with me? We have our flaws, everyone is different and that's what's special about them, why do you wanna ruin everything by comparison?" George cleaned the blood with his handkerchief.
All I could hear was accusations and yells, the peace and the sweet laughter was missing from those people who meant the world to me.
Theo released the air through his mouth, "everything comes with a price, Alex! We have that beautiful bond of friendship but it takes some sacrifices and comprehension. You have to leave your suspicious and insecure mind if you want to have that bonding."
"Why are you trying to teach me? I don't want your lessons, I want the justification. Why am I treated differently than George?" Alex shrugged off and sighed.
Would he ever understand how improper he was thinking and behaving?
Why was he behaving like a victim?
We weren't the monsters who were trying to take his life away from him, we never gave forth how much he meant to us and how we have helped him, everyone was hearing his bullshit and saying nothing because we didn't want to count our love as a favour for him.