The young girl stared at the photo. It was a Saturday night, she was planning to call a friend that night, yet why was she thinking of him of all people? She wondered this as she stared at the photo of her old boyfriend.
'Mike is gone now.' She thought. 'I have to move on. But why can't I stop thinking about Artie?' Little did she know, he was thinking the same thing.
'He's graduated now, this is my chance.' He thought, staring at the photo of her. 'I have to win her back. I wish I hadn't gotten so mad. That day…' He couldn't believe he had gotten her to fall in love with her that day. All it took was a conversation about his accident and a wheelchair race. She finally kissed him, but then it went horribly wrong. She revealed to him her true feelings, but then revealed that she faked her stutter. He thought she understood. He got mad. He always regretted that day. Well, not the whole day. Just the part where she tells him about the stutter and he gets too mad. He hated himself for that day. It wasn't all that day, though, because she didn't break up with him until the next year, when she revealed she liked Mike. Not him. But she did try to help him achieve his dream of being a dancer, but she danced with Mike instead. That must've been what did it. She realised he couldn't believe in himself, and wouldn't accept her help. So she chose to dance with Mike, seeing as he was the best dancer (so everyone said, but only because he has the use of his legs). She liked dancing with him, and at Asian Camp, she was lonely as she realised she still loved Artie, and Mike offered a shoulder to cry on. She stared at the photo, still wishing she never let him go. She always loved him, but didn't want to hurt Mike's feelings. She wanted to tell him the truth, but by the time she worked up the courage to, she found out that he had moved on and was dating Brittany. She knew she'd never be able to get him back off of a popular cheerleader, especially after they did it. Heartbroken, she stayed with Mike, but always showed in her actions that she still loved Artie. She kissed the photo and went to bed, now in tears over her lost love. He did the same in his house, and he knew the two of them were meant to be. He knew that now was the time to try to win her back. What did he have to lose?
