(Chris POV)

Two days ago

This morning I woke up to my phone constantly ringing. It was my brother and he needed to meet me. We always go to a very special place, near a waterfall, it's quiet and peaceful. I always come there to think and focus. Recently I've been coming a lot and frankly it's helped me. But this time I had to come to speak to my brother about something....someone important who we're both... both.

I get up take a shower, get dressed and make some pancakes. I notice Jen sleeping peacefully as I walk past her room, her door was open allowing me to see that she had spent all night studying. She looks so beautiful sleeping I don't know why she has to wear makeup, she's beautiful. Even if she only wears a little compared to women these days, some have so much makeup they end up looking like a powdered cake with red frosting. I eat my pancakes and leave a note on the kitchen counter.

'Made some pancakes with a side of strawberries, enjoy ; ) '

I walk downstairs and see my brother in his waiting for me. The ride there was quiet and awkward, mostly because we haven't spoken in about a month. Once we get there we give each other a really long stare, then we hop off the car. We sit on a bench looking at the waterfall.

'We need to talk' Nick said with a frown on his face.

'No kidding' I said trying to smile.

'We both know how we feel about Jen' he said looking at the waterfall.

'I know, I know, and it's not our fault we can't help the way we feel' I didn't know where this conversation was going.

'But we can't keep ignoring it either, I think we should come to an agreement' he said with a frown on his face.

'I....I know' I didn't like where this was going.

'I think we should both keep our relationship wth her strictly as friends and it as close, then maybe we can make this feeling fade away. I didn't agree with this but I knew if I didn't agree with him then eventually we'd both fight about who should have her.

' okay brother, I'll stop talking to her for sometime and you will too' a tear rolled down my cheek. This didn't feel right.

After this I went home ignoring Jen as much as possible but I was still able to see her sleep peacefully every morning before going to school, and even though it was for a split second I still treasured. I haven't been able to get rid of this guilt I feel for ignoring her but I still have to do it.

A Day Later

'Hey, Chris' it was Jen and I was trying to avoid her.

'Hey Jen' I said with a shy voice.

'Did you know Niki is engaged?' I didn't know what to say, but I knew why he did it.

'Huh, yeah, ok, cool' I was trying to make the conversation as short as I could.

'Well??' She said with a confused looked.

'What?' I knew where this was going, she didn't agree and I didn't what" I said with a serious tone.

" how can you be okay with this? He's making a mistake can't you see?" She was furious.

"what, if that's what my brother wants then let him be, I won't say anything cuz it's not my business or yours so stay out of it." I tried to seem cold, my hands formed into fists.

I could tell she wasn't pleased with the way I was speaking, I was being cold and I raised my voice. I didn't liked it. She looked at me with confused, gentle eyes, then I noticed a tear roll down her face. She ran out the door. I didn't want this to go this far and I didn't want to hurt her.  I yelled her name down the hall, but she was determined to leave and not say a word I didn't know where she was going a the middle of the night. The streets are dangerous and unsafe for anyone especially for my Jen. I had no choice but to run after her and apologize.