Jason turned into a complete mess after he and Kate broke up, it took awhile for him to be himself again. He went out drinking more often, tried to drown his sorrows in alcohol. He was never the guy who went out and had fun at the bar … he was the quiet guy you saw sitting at the bar with about ten empty beer bottles around him, not talking to anybody. Marcus finally found him up at the bar one night and dragged him home, trying to convince him that no girl was worth putting himself through that mess. Jason disagreed, but he let Marcus help clean his act up. After awhile, the pain started to ease, and Jason was finally able to go out and have fun, but he’d still catch himself thinking about Kate all the time, especially when he was alone. He lost count of the number of times he picked up the phone to call her, but always ended up stopping himself from doing it. Which, was a good thing. At least, that’s what he told himself. And then, he got the job offer in Providence. A few months too late. He actually considered not taking it, but decided that it was too good an opportunity to pass up. He would just stay away from Kate until he was ready to be just friends with her.
A small smile crossed Jason’s face as he thought about Kate’s mom, and he shook his head. “Your mom was always a trip. Trying to give me insider information. And guess what – I didn’t need any of it!” he smiled. Resting his hands on the counter on either side of him, Jason studied her for a moment while she thought. He remembered the whole sneaking around thing, and how much of a pain in the butt it was. Always worried about being caught. But it was what Kate wanted, so he wasn’t going to go against what she wanted just to make things easier for himself. Shaking his head as she said her dad’s threats were funny, Jason laughed again. “No, no. They were not funny. They had me absolutely terrified of your father,” he said, unable to hide the smile on his face. “Remember? Whenever he’d be anywhere near us, I’d immediately drop your hand and take like five steps to the side,” he laughed at the memory. Raising a brow as she laughed harder about the exact threat Simon made, Jason nodded. “Yeah, he actually said that to me! I was terrified,” he smirked.