The Hardest Part of Breaking Up by bjnkha9192
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Chapter 1 by bjnkha9192
Bradley's eyes shifted towards the kitchen door as he heard Neilson on the phone, he turned the TV volume up, as the TV got louder Neilson's voice did too before he finally hung up.

"Can you get that thing any louder?" Neilson asked angrily.

"What?" Bradley asked him as he turned the TV's volume to normal level.

"Very funny" Neilson said to him.

"Damn dude, calm down" Bradley said as Neilson plopped down next to him "Trouble in paradise?" Bradley asked, Neilson threw his head back and groaned in aggravation "Guess that answers my question" Bradley said.

"It's been like this for a while now, I don't even know what I'm doing wrong, every little thing I do anymore sets her off" Neilson said to him.

"Women" Bradley said.

"Really" Neilson said standing up and putting his jacket on "I'm out, I gotta go" he said.

"Where you going?" Bradley asked him.

"I just need to take a drive, clear my head" Neilson said picking up his keys.

"Where you planning on driving to?" Bradley asked.

Neilson sarcastically laughed "You're so funny!" he said as his face fell serious.

"Want me to go with you?" Bradley asked.

"No, thanks, I just want to be alone for a while" Neilson said to him.

"Don't do anything stupid!" Bradley said as the door closed.

~*~


Neilson stood against the railing of Natalie's front porch, the door opened and she appeared in the doorway.

"Hey" he said to her.

"Hey" she said quietly "I'm not really in the mood to argue with you" she said to him.

"Great, I don't want to fight with you either" he said "Look Nat, I uh...I'm sorry" he said "Whatever it is I did or said, it obviously hurt you and I'm sorry" he said "I'm sorry about earlier, I'm sorry we've been fighting a lot lately, I know it's mostly my fault, point is I'm just really sorry about everything" he said.

"Thanks" she said nodding "I'm sorry too" she said.

"Thanks" he said "Well uh...I guess I'll take off..." he said when she grabbed his hand.

She pulled him close and they kissed "Want to come in?" she asked.

"Your mom home?" he asked looking inside.

"My mom is away visiting my brother at UCLA" she said smiling.

"Then yeah I'll come in" he said she pulled him into her house and shut the door behind her.

~*~



Bradley's bedside clock read one am, a noise outside his window disturbed him from his slumber. He quickly slipped out of bed, peeking over the mattress from the floor and he grabbed the closest object, ready to defend himself when he saw Neilson. They both screamed in terror.

"What are you doing?!" Bradley asked as Neilson crawled through his window.

"What are you doing?!" Neilson asked.

"Why are you climbing through my window?" Bradley asked.

"And have my dad nail me for missing curfew? Yeah great idea" Neilson said to him "What are you doing with that?" he asked "You really think you're going to scare someone off with a lightsaber?" he asked.

"I can if I use the force" Bradley said pushing a button making it glow. "So, how'd it go with Nat?" Bradley asked.

"What makes you think I was with Nat?" Neilson asked taking his jacket off.

"Because you smell like sweat and anger and shame" Bradley said to him "so, you kiss and make up?" he asked.

"Yeah you can say that" Neilson said smiling.

"So you're okay now?" Bradley asked.

"Oh yeah" Neilson said as they sat on Bradley's bed "And to make up for all the fighting, I'm taking her out tomorrow night for the most amazing date she's ever had" Neilson said smiling.

"Very nice" Bradley said.

"What's going on in here?" Harry asked coming in wearing a long night gown type shirt and a sleeping cap on his head. They looked at him confusedly.

"What are you wearing?" Neilson asked.

"It's a nightshirt" Harry said to them.

"Yeah? You borrow it from your grandma?" Bradley asked him.

"Guys" Kyle groaned coming into the room, his comforter wrapped around him "What are you doing?" he asked groggily, he looked over at Harry, they looked at each other up and down.

"What's with this?" Harry asked, Kyle looked at them nervously.

"I don't sleep in pajamas" he said reluctantly.

"Oh eww are you naked?" Bradley asked him.

"At least I didn't borrow my grandma's nightgown!" Kyle said about Harry.

"It's a night shirt!" Harry said to him.

"I don't care, I'm going back to bed" Kyle said gathering his covers around him.

"Yeah, naked" Neilson said.

"It feels good okay?!" Kyle said "Just keep it down would you?" he asked shuffling out the door.

"I'm going back to bed too, night" Harry said.

"Night grandpa" Bradley said, he turned back to glare at them.

"I better get some sleep too, I'm exhausted" Neilson said stretching his arms.

"Yeah you made your point, go to bed" Bradley said to him.

~*~


The next night, Natalie and Neilson approached the front porch as they returned from their date.

"Such a great night huh?" Neilson asked, his arm wrapped around Natalie's shoulders.

"Yeah it was fun" she said smiling, her smile faded as she turned away from him.

"You uh...you had a good time right?" he asked.

"Oh mmhmm" she said nodding.

"I couldn't really tell, you were awfully quiet the whole time" he said to her.

"What? No, no it was fun" she said.

He rolled his eyes "Alright...what'd I do now?" he asked.

"What? Nothing" she said.

"So then what's wrong?" he asked.

"What are you talking about? I'm fine" she said irritated.

He sighed in irritation "No you're not, now can you please just tell me what's wrong?" he asked.

She sighed "You're right, I'm not fine" she said "I haven't been fine for a while now" she said.

"Oh god..." Neilson said nervously "Are you..." he said darting his eyes around. N

"No I am not pregnant" Natalie said to him.

"Shh!" he said to her, looking around cautiously.

"Sorry, but no that's not it...Neilson..." Natalie said "we need to talk" she said.

"Oh, okay, let's go inside..." he said opening the front door.

"No, we should do it here" she said.

"Okay" he said shutting the door, they sat on the porch on a small bench.

"I don't know if you've noticed but there's a pattern emerging here, last year at this time we were having problems just like this, remember?" she asked.

"Oh yeah now I remember isn't that when you decided to make out with my best friend?" he asked irritated.

"Oh my god, I cannot believe you are actually throwing that in my face!" she said angrily.

"Well hey maybe you shouldn't have made out with Bradley then, just saying" Neilson said.

"You know I was hoping we could have a real mature conversation but if you just want to act like a jackass be my guest" she said before turning to walk away.

"Wait" Neilson said "I'm sorry okay, finish what you were going to say" he said.

"Look after everything that has happened last year, the shooting, the kidnapping, the explosion, I thought we would be okay, because it seemed to put everything into perspective" she said.

"Okay and?" Neilson asked confused.

"We're right back where we started , Neilson you can't deny that we have been fighting a lot lately" she said.

"I know, but I thought we talked all that out?" he asked "I thought everything was okay now?" he asked.

"Neilson everything just doesn't go away just because we have sex, that doesn't make everything better" she said.

"Oh my god" he groaned in aggravation.

"See? You can't even listen to me anymore!" she said irritated "I want us to talk about things" she said.

"We did! Remember? Last night? I came over to your house, I apologized, I thought it was over" he said to her. "What do you want Nat? what do you want me to do?" he asked.

"If we go on like this we're just going to end up hating each other and I can't let that happen" she said sadly.

"What are you talking about? that won't happen" he said.

"Neilson I love you, I love you so much" she said holding his hands "But the thought of us hating each other...I can't think about it, I don't want to think about it" she said sadly.

"Well, okay, don't...what are you trying to say?" he asked.

"I'm saying...I think we need a break" she said.

"Are you breaking up with me?" he asked in disbelief.

"Not officially, I just...I think we need some time apart, some time to ourselves...I'm sorry, I have to go" she said leaving.

"Natalie...Nat!" he said in disbelief as she ran away.


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