Scott and Rich were lost again in some hysterical,drunken laughter when Sean appeared at their table again,totally out of breath.
“Where is our beer?”Scott questioned as soon as he noticed his bandmate but instead of answering his question,Sean shook his head wildly.
“Oh damn,Sean!We really need a drink!”Rich exclaimed while he got up and wanted to walk over to the bar himself but Sean pulled him back and shouted”J!”
Rich raised an eyebrow,obviously not understanding what the younger man was talking about.
“What do you mean,‘J’?”
“J is sitting at the bar!”
Scott,who had been listening to the confusing conversation,asked”Sean,what have you been drinking?”
“Listen,I’m not drunk!J is sitting at the bar with a bird!”
Just when Sean was trying desperately to convince his friends,a very pale Abs made his way over to them.
“Believe it or not,but J is sitting at the bar!”he shouted exited.Rich and Scott shared a few glances,knowing that Abs couldn’t be drunk.
“Are you sure?”Scott asked and Abs nodded wildly.
“I’m positive.”
Rich shrugged his shoulders and stated”Well,there’s only one thing we can do and that is going over to him.”
The other lads agreed immediately,all of them dying to find out if J was doing alright.They soon found the same scene which Sean and Abs had been talking about : J talking with a pretty girl,obviously pretty happy.
“Shall we go over to him?”Abs questioned and Sean exclaimed”Yeah,why not?We have a right to know why he never contacted us or his family.”
And with those words Sean walked over to the laughing couple.The three remaining lads watched as Sean approached J and tapped him onto the shoulder.
“God,I hope this is working out good.”Scott muttered.
Sean took a deep breath and tapped his former best mate onto the shoulder.J slowly turned around,at first smiling friendly but as soon as he realized who was standing behind him the look onto his face became harder.
“What do you want?”J hissed,obviously not very pleased with Sean standing there.Sean shrugged his shoulders and replied”I think me and the other lads have a right to know why you never called or wrote us.”
“It’s none of your business,Sean!Don’t you think I would have done that if I cared!?”
“You could at least have called your parents!They are worried sick about you!”Sean stated in annoyance.He couldn’t believe how J had changed in the past few weeks and he felt that he was talking to a stranger.
J shook his head wildly and finished his glass of beer at once.Nicky,who had been trying to follow the conversation,grabbed J by the hand and questioned”What’s going on?”
J decided to ignore her question and replied“Listen,we gotta go.Finish your drink and we’re out.”
Nicole shook her head.”I wanna know what’s going on first!Is he your mate?”
But J shrugged his shoulders and exclaimed”Not anymore.Come on,let’s go.I don’t wanna stay here any longer.”
And with that J pulled Nicole in his arms and pushed her gently towards the door.
Sean followed them out,not wanting to give up so soon.He was certain he had a right to know why J had left,after all they used to be good friends.Soon they were on the streets of Stockholm in the pouring rain.It was pretty full and busy,despite the fact that it was already getting pretty late.Cars were rushing by and it took Sean a few seconds until he had found J and the girl again.The were trying to cross the street in a rush,obviously not in the mood to talk to him.Sean didn’t mind about their thoughts though,he was far more interested in his own curiosity.Sean was just crossing the street also when J turned around and yelled on top of his lungs”Why don’t you just fuck off!?”
“Because I’m your friend!”Sean shouted back,although he knew J wasn’t feeling that anymore.
“Friend!?You are no friend!Now just go home and bother someone else with your moaning!”
All of a sudden Sean took a sprint,trying to catch up with J and the mysterious girl.He was too busy with this whole argument he didn’t notice a car rushing over to him.But J did see the whole tragedy.He yelled over to Sean to get out of the way but when Sean finally understood his former mate’s shouting it was already too late and the car hit him with an amazing speed…
