

[m]Jack..........Griffin[m]
Griffin was a troubled teen. He hung out with the wrong crowd. At the age of just 14, he turned to drugs and alcohol to numb his pain after his mother died, the only thing in the world that would make him smile. She would always tell him dumb jokes, and tell him about her childhood, but a few months earlier she died in a car accident, a drunk driver in the wrong lane killing her.
He wasted away. He looked a sickly pale, and you could see all of his bones jutting out from underneath his thin flaky skin. One day he was taken away from it all, his 'friends', and his greif returned. He was sent to live with his foster parents, who lived on the other side of the world, in Ireland. He spent most of his time in his room, sleeping, smoking, or drinking, his condition getting worse by the days.
One day, it all changed. Griffin was looking out his window, when he spied upon a group of boys talking outside his house, laughing, and messing around. One of the boys looked up and saw him. Their eyes locked, but Griffin hurridly closed the shudders, sitting on his bed, clutching his knees.
A couple minuted passed, before Griffin heard a knocking on the door. He listened as he heard his godfather opened the door, and heard an unfamiliar voice. It was soft and quiet, yet unusually soothing. A few minuted passed, and Griffin heard the soft patter of feet going up the stairs.
Griffin held his breath, and a figure appeared in his room. The boy who he had locked eyes with earlier sat next him him on his bed, his smokey eyes enchanting Griffin. "Hey." The boy cooed with a smile. "You looked lonely." Griffin opened his moth to speak, and the stench of alcohol filled the room. "Yeah." The boy wrinkled his nose, but said nothing. "I'm Jack. I'm 14." Jack said, managing to keep his warm smile spread across his face. "I'm Griffin... I'm 14 too."
For months, Jack and Griffin visited each other, and Griffin broke his addiction. Spending time with Jack put his life back on track. His condition began to improve, and was better than he had been in years. But one day, Jack didn't come to visit Griffin, or the day after that, or the day after that. For weeks on end, Griffin continued to call Jack, but nobody ever picked up the phone.
One day, Griffin got a call back. But it wasn't Jack. It was his mom. "Griffin...?" The voice over the phone was full of sorrow. "Yeah." Griffin replied, tracing his finger along the word in the newspaper. "A... couple weeks ago... Jack... well.... he....." Griffin choked, waiting for Jack's mom to finish. "He was hit by a car. And... he's gone." Griffin's body began to rack with sobs, and he could barely hold the phone up to his ear. Jack's mom spoke again. "Griffin, Jack loved you."
There was a long pause.
"I know." Griffin replied, wiping away his tears.
"I loved him too."