Another chp. R&R. Enjoy!

Chapter 3

Standing in his room, Cappie could see how everything screamed out Mike. 3 years had passed and everything looked the same. "It's weird, huh? Being in his room and that's still the same?" Christine said, taking off her shoes and walking towards the bed.

"Yeah, it feels like we never left" Cappie said, joining her in the bed.

"I know, it's so weird. But then again, Mike never left… we did. God, I forgot all of this? How could I?" Nia said, walking around the room, eyeing everything, her delicate finger tracing everything her hands could get hold of. "I guess we should get started if we want to finish anytime soon" She said, opening a drawer and taking some shirts out.

"Yeah, here" Cappie said, handing her a box. He started by the closet and took out everything that was hanging, his shoes, and sneakers.

"So? How's school?" Christine asked after a while of silence. Not awkward silence though.

"It's okay" He said.

"Okay? That's your answer? Give me a break, Cap. It's gotta have a little more details than okay. It's been 3 years" Christine said, finishing one drawer and moving onto the next one.

"You know I never like school" He said, shrugging. Christine suddenly laughed. "What?" Cappie asked a little confused by her sudden outburst. "What's so funny?"

"It's ironic how you were the one that hated school so bad and were the one that ended up going to college" She said while she took a box from under the bed.

"Yeah, I always thought it would be you the one with a degree or a master" He said, looking at Christine while she opened the box and started going through the things that were in there. "How's New York? What you've been up to?" He asked.

"Its okay" She said, grinning and eyeing him for giving him his previous answer. Cappie looked up at her and smiled.

"The same Chris" He said.

"The same Cappie" She replied. "Oh my God. I can't believe he kept this" She gasp/said taking a small scrapbook from the box she was holding.

"What?" Cappie said, walking to her and sitting by her side on the bed. "God, that was a long time ago. We were… what? 9?"

"I made this scrapbook for him so he would remember us when we left. I didn't…" She sighed, a small smile tugging at her lips. "He saved it. Look, you were missing a tooth" Nia said, pointing one of the pictures. Cappie leaned and smiled when he saw it. "I can't believe I forgot all this" Nia said in a whisper while she turned the page, laughing at the crazy pictures and weird souvenirs that Mike kept. "He went to visit me, you know?"

"Really?"

"Yeah, about a year ago. He was the same Mike. I didn't saw anything different or… at least I didn't notice it. I don't know what happened" She stated. "He told me he had a girlfriend and that everything was ok. Why would he do something like this then?" She said, biting her inner upper lip, something she used to do when she was sad… something she picked up when her parents died. She almost did it for comfort.

"I don't know. Nobody saw it coming, Chris" Cappie said, looking at her. She was still staring at the scrapbook on her lap. She turned the page and saw the last picture they took. The night before she was leaving to NYC. "Ah, you're farewell party" Cappie said, fixating his gaze on the picture. "We were so hammered that day" Christine laughed.

"I remember trying to get into the house, and you and Mike where helping me and we…"

"We ended up falling into the Mrs. Maine pool" He cut her off.

"Yeah. So much for our SWAT entree, right?" She said closing the scrapbook and placing it in the box.

"Yeah" He said, getting up, sharing a stare with her before reassuming on his labor. A couple of hours later, it was all packed and accommodated on the back of the closet. "Well, all done" He said, looking around to see if they packed everything.

"It looks so sad" Christine said with her hands on her hips while she looked around at the empty room now. "No posters, no books, no… anything" She said turning to see the room. Now it was a plain green with little white details, that now were a creamy color. "I never realized his walls were green" Christine said, looking at him. She knew he didn't know that either. "Are you hungry?" She asked walking to where her shoes and coat laid.

"Actually, I am. Wanna go grab something to eat?" He said, while he opened the door for her after she was done putting on her shoes.

"Yeah, I'll just go by the house and change. You pick me up in 30? I know you wanna go change too" She said, looking at a whole new Cappie than the one that was all dressed up. He looked good, like always, but it wasn't exactly his style. "We can stay like this" She said, eyeing both they're outfit.

"Nah… people would think we're a power couple or something. They might even charge us more for our food" He said, closing the door for Mike's house. They didn't said goodbye to Mike's mom since she was sleeping. She must've been so tired. "See you in a bit" He said when they parted ways. He went to the left and she to the right. Mike's house was the one in the middle. He was the one that hold them together… he was the link to their friendship and now he was gone.