Counting Stars

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I brush my hand threw zachs hair,looking down at his sleeping figure.

Mikey stares blankly ahead at the road, not bothering to reply to Jakes rambling.

We are currently in the car, we left straight after Jake finished his bigger than nessacry breakfast.

God that boy can eat a lot.

Jakes voice suddenly grows larger, his rambling increasing.

"Can you just shut up?" Mikey snaps, louder than his usual tone.

Lately mikey has been very short tempered with everyone, his once joking, fun personality, no where to be found.

Jake stops rambling, shooting mikey a glare.

"What is with you latley, youve been a ass this whole month" jake snaps.

Mikey sighs "maybe because you won't shut up about shit no one fucking cares about, no wonder your parents didn't want you" he hisses.

Jake immediately goes quiet, a certain look settling on his face.

Well that was quick.

My eyes grow wide at this, what the hell is Mikey's problem.

I should probably speak up, but its really not my place to.

"Fuck you" jake says weakly, turning to the window.

A noticable amount of tention has now taken place in the car.

What the fuck is wrong with mikey, jakes right, he has been an asshole lately.

Ever sense Greg entered the picture...

Speaking of, I still don't know what's going on with that situation, I'll have to do some snooping when we get back.

All of a sudden Zach begins to stir, he let's out a quiet yawn, sitting up, rubbing his eyes.

"Where are we" he asks tiredly, his hair falling into his face.

"About 20 minutes away" I say quietly, still glancing between a flustered mikey and a hurt jake.

Zach stays silent, his eyes drifting between the three of us.

"Am I missing something here..." He glances at me.

Mikey huffs, jake stiffens, and I bite my lip.

Zach looks at me expectingly, but I stays silent.

"Seriously, guys" he says, his voice becoming more clear as he becomes more aware.

"Mikey said I talk to much, and no wonder my parents didn't want me" jake says quietly.

Zach's eyes grow wide, he glances at mikey for confirmation, mikey simply rolls his eyes.

Zach stays silent, sitting back in the seat.

The rest of the ride is silent, tension strong in the air.

As soon as we arrive back at the home, jake storms out of the car, slamming the door behind him.

Mikey let's out a huff, "I didn't mean it that way"

"Well it sure as hell came out that way" I say, my voice coming out harsher than intended.

Mikey looks down, sighing.

"Well... I don't know, it just, came out" he shrugs.

How can he not even feel bad? What he said was a asshole move.