That night Marissa lay in her bed; tears streaming down her face as she hugged a pillow. Alex please come back. Please. She pleaded to herself. Her heart wasn't even with her anymore. Alex had taken it, whether she knew it or not.

"Come on, you can't let her steal your heart." Marissa laughed. It was such a corny thing to say, but she got the signature look Alex would give her whenever she had a point.

~"What are you doing with me?"

"Picking up a pint of cherry Garcia and renting a few movies?"

~"Are you calling me from outside my door? Because that would be…creepy. Seth."

"Seth?"

"Can I call you back?"

~"Thanks, that was a conversation I did not want to have."

"Yeah, I have them with my mom all the time."

~"I told her!"

"Told who what?"

"My mom, about us. I can't believe it, but I did!"

Marissa turned, shutting her eyes tight as the memories swarmed her. Took over her, and the tears fell harder. Was it possible to die from a broken heart? She felt as if she would have rather died than have to live with this emptiness for the rest of her life.

"Aren't you sick of me yet? We've hung out everyday this week."

"No, why are you sick of me?"

"No, no it's just…Jodi's still here."

"Jodi. I thought she was leaving."

"She was, she was its just. We got in this huge fight a-"

"You spent the-"

Marissa shot up. "Jodi. Of Course. She has to know where Alex is." She whispered quickly changing her clothes.

She creaked her door open to see if any lights were on before she ran back to her bed grabbing her cell phone, but she stopped when she saw Summer standing at the other door in her room, that led to the bathroom. "What are you doing?" She asked.

"Uh, um, I thought I heard a noise. I was just going to check it out." Marissa lied flashing Summer a small smile. Summer raised a brow stepping closer.

"Oh, so is that why your dressed in a tiny little black tank top and a denim mini with your favorite pink and black flats?" She asked.

"Since when did you analyze everything?" Marissa asked sighing as she sat down on her bed. Summer sat next to her and rested a hand on her shoulder.

"Look Marissa, I know you miss Alex, but it'll get better, going to her old trailer isn't going to do anything."

"I wasn't going to her trailer." Summer pulled away from her.

"Oh? So where were you going?"

Marissa looked at the bed spread, taking a stray thread in her fingers. "Well, I just thought I should drop by Jodi's, you know, see if maybe she knew anything about Alex's whereabouts…"

Summer smiled at her in disbelief. "You're kidding right? Not that I don't want you to find her Marissa, but do you really think that her ex is going to help you find her?" Summer said. Marissa shrugged. "It's worth a shot right. I mean the worst she can say is get the hell away from me."

Summer looked up into the blue eyes of her best friend, silently agreeing with her.

Marissa's 2005 red convertible GT parked on the side of the road as Marissa stared at the house in wonder.

"Ok, we're just going to get what we came for and get the hell outa here, alright."

"You alright? You seem nervous."

"No, I'm not I just…Don't let her intimidate you, and let me do all the talking. And uh…don't mention anything about the necklace."

"I thought you were over her."

"I am! I am I just… don't let her talk me into staying the night."

"You can't, you have to take me home."

"Right good one remember that."

Marissa smiled as she remembered how she had to speak for Alex. How she got to be her girlfriend for a few seconds. "Coop? Cooper you ok?"

"What? Yeah I'm fine." She told her stepping out of the car. The two walked up the side walk and that pang of loneliness and complete helplessness rushed up upon her.

"Marissa, are you sure you want to do this?" Summer asked again.

"Yes!" Marissa scolded as she walked up the steps, her heart was racing and it took her a few minutes before she could work up the courage to knock.

When she actually did she saw one of Alex's friends. Jessica. She remembered meeting her after she had told Summer about her and Alex dating.

"Marissa?" The brunette asked.

"I've been dating Alex."

"What?"

"I mean Alex and I, we've been dating."

Marissa smiled warily and opened her mouth to say something, but nothing came out. She felt her eyes start to burn with fresh tears as her mouth closed and Summer stepped closer to her. "Hey, sorry. I'm Summer Roberts, Jodi wouldn't happen to be here would she? Or actually better yet would you happen to know whe-"

"Whose at the door?" Jodi asked walking up behind Jessica. "What are you doing here?" She asked Marissa.

"Look she just wants to look for Alex ok, please don't be a super bitch and just tell her where she's at. She just got out of the hospital and can only remember Alex, or well the time up to when her and Alex dated." Summer rambled. She barely noticed Marissa behind her having a hard time breathing correctly.

"Break ups huh?"

"Get ready, you're next."

"Go ahead and call him if you have to so bad!"

A loud sob escaped her mouth and her body leaned against railing behind her, her breaths getting shallow, her eyes and heart racing. "Marissa, Marissa calm down ok." Summer said facing her.

"What the hells going on?" Jodi asked. A few more of Alex's friends showed up behind her and it only made Marissa's panic attack worse.

"I just figured if I couldn't tell my best friend then maybe I'm not ready for this."

"So you're here to break up with me?"

"But then I told her."

"So where'd your friends go?"

"Really?"

"Well you still want me to meet them don't you?"

"Marissa?" Summer called.

"Jodi? Whose at the…door? Oh my god. Is she ok?" Marissa sunk to the floor, her own body feeling to heavy for herself.

"I don't know she saw everyone and then just started to not breath right and just oh my god. She just got out of the hospital and, you think its from the hospital?"

"Why was she at the hospital? God, Marissa! Marissa can you hear me? Breath hun. Ok? For me breath?"

Marissa looked up into the calming blue eyes of the one and only Alex Kelly. Her vision started to get darker though, her sight fading from her. And then she blacked out.