Addison knew from stories she had heard that Derek had a reputation for being in a perpetually bad mood but she really hadn't seen that for herself in the time she had known him. Jacob did say he had mellowed over time though.
"At least he has someone to talk about it with," she tried to reassure her boyfriend. "That's better than nothing, right?"
"Yeah. That's better than nothing," he agreed.
"If you're worried about him anyway, you really should try to check on him. Even if he doesn't want to talk about it, he'll still know you care, right?"
"Or think I'm looking for gossip."
"Oh please. You aren't the type to look for gossip."
Jacob simply shrugged and got back to eating. After dinner, he ended up texting Derek and got a terse response of 'everything's fine'.
