You hate him, he hates you, you've known each other forever, and the hatred persists. Even though you have the choice to cut him out of your life, to ignore him, you don't. Something holds you back, maybe it's the way you provoke each other.

Today, while you were shopping, you were loading your groceries into your car when he and his friend walked past you. The two of them didn't notice you and just kept going.

You watched them go. Jake was walking again like he was the leader of the group, but when they reached a white car, he got in as a passenger.

He walks like he's the leader and then he's just a passenger?