Jobe Knows the Truth: Part Three of Three

And Mitch did go to The Lonely People Club meeting every week, but that ended up only being one more week. After that the group split up. There was no fight or anything, they just missed one week and never bothered to reschedule another meeting. Mitch continued to go to parties and movies, occasionally getting kicked out of both, but never saw any of the friends.

Then Mitch got a phone call one day from Pax. Pax was a pretty goofy guy but nobody ever questioned his heart, which was useful because not everybody could finish a story to a near stranger that started off with Pax getting abducted by aliens.

Pax had been walking down by the riverside campsite some night ago, near the area he and the rest of the group of friends used to camp out. There was no one there, which was odd because it was a beautiful night, actually every night that week had been beautiful. Anyway, Pax was blinded by a light that was all around him. He tried to turn away, thinking it was a car’s headlight, but every way he turned, there was light, that is until he realized the light was coming from above. And then a bunch of other crazy shit happened, and no he wasn’t probed, but he was dropped back down where he was and now has the urge to go back to that same place around that same time. Hell, he’ll camp out all night if he has to, Pax said.

So word got around and got around pretty quick. All of the old friends, and nobody else, aside from Mitch, came to the campsite that night and hung out to see if the aliens would indeed come back. Of course they weren’t just waiting around. They brought a Frisbee and Show (that old puppy), Cool Ranch Doritos, other food and drink and a pair of large tents. It was actually a pretty good party, so Mitch didn’t think much of it when Jobe sat next to him, a little ways from the group.

Because Mitch was the newest member of the circle of friends, Jobe felt like Mitch would be the best person to hear what he had to say.

“All day people were talking about if Pax was crazy or on drugs or downright lying. Not one person could completely believe any one theory. Some of us even got in fights about it. But whatever it was, Pax stood by it. Everyone had to come out here then. We haven’t all been together in months yet here we are, all having fun again. Just like the good old days. It’s like, for this brief moment, everything that’s happened since the last time we were all together never happened. It’s like we never left. But we did and we will. Pax is smart. He knows this. He also invested a lot of emotion into every friendship so it’s harder on him when we all drifted apart.”

Mitch didn’t understand Jobe’s point.

“Mitch, Pax was lying. He knows there won’t be any aliens because there wasn’t any earlier. He just wanted to bring everybody together. Outside of us, he has no friends. He has no social future so he can’t let go of the past. I’m glad he did something though, rather than wallowing in isolation.”

“This is all too confusing, Jobe.”

“Then just forget everything else and remember this-”

“Okay.”

“One action is greater than a thousand intentions."