Chase
I walked to the Dot with Alex, the whole time trying to figure out how to tell him what exactly was wrong; hopefully without breaking down again. He held the door open for me and pulled my chair out for me, asking me what I wanted to drink, "Just a plain black coffee, please," I asked, he nodded and walked up to the counter to order. After a few minutes he returned and sat down, looking at me, "My day has just been hell," I began with a sigh, "I walked in on my boyfriend ** my best friend," I closed my eyes, "I gave this guy everything," "By everything, do you mean…" he trailed off, "Yes, I mean everything," I stressed, "Oh," he said, "Yeah, and my friend, I have known her since I was two and I just can't believe that she would betray me like that," I felt tears well up in my eyes again. I felt him put his hand on mine and I looked up, "Such pretty eyes should never fill with tears, unless they are tears of joy," he said softly, I gave him a small smile, "I know it sucks, but as you grow up, you learn who really cares about you, the people you think you can trust, may sometimes turn on you, but you still have to face every day and stay strong," he said, "I wish it was that easy," I huffed, "If life was easy, it wouldn't be worth living," he said, "Well, look at you, Mr. Knowledgeable," I laughed, "Hey, Knowledgeable is my middle name," he joked. One thing led to another and we kissed.
Clare
I lay in bed, with how quiet the house was; maybe I would get some sleep. The door downstairs was thrown open, signaling my father's arrival home. Maybe I wouldn't get any sleep. I wasn't going to take this for another night. I picked up my phone to call Eli. It went straight to voicemail, "Hey, It's Eli, I am ever so sorry I missed your call, but if you leave a brief message at the tone, I will get back to you as soon as I can," The sarcastic recording of his voice said. I remembered the day he recorded that, we were talking with Adam about how all voicemail messages sounded the same. I heard the beep, "Hey Eli, it's Clare, I'm sorry to call so late, but I really can't deal with my parents tonight, can you please call me back when you get this, alright, bye," I hung up, throwing my pillow over my head to block out some of the yelling. Then I remembered that I had Eli's headphones. I plugged them into my iPod and drowned myself in a sea of music.
Matthew
Cammy and I rode our skateboards to the Y to pick up Jezzy, when we walked in, I froze. No way, it couldn't be, could it? Standing in front of me was none other than Roxi Chadborne, the girl I've had a crush on since fourth grade, but she didn't even know that I existed. There she stood absolutely perfect, holding her baby brother in her arms, accompanied by her younger sister and her mother, "Matty!" Jezzabelle yelled running toward me, I knelt down and threw my arms open so I could pick her up and spin her around. I put her on my hip, "How was kindergarten?" I asked, "It was awesome," she giggled, "Oh really, what was so awesome about it?" I asked, mimicking her excitement, "Ms. Benson hung my picture up cause she said it looked really pretty, and then she let me lead the other kid out to the buses with her, and then waited with me for my bus," she said growing a little louder with every word, "Sounds like you had fun," I said, "I sure did," she nodded. I looked back to see Roxi looking my direction, I looked away for a moment, then back, to see her walking away with her family, I noticed her wallet fall out of her back pocket. I set Jez down and picked it up and rushed over to her, "Hey, you dropped your wallet," she turned with a graceful smile on her face as she looked at me, "Oh my goodness, thank you, I don't know what I would have done without it. Hey, you look familiar," she said, "Yeah, we go to the same school," "That's it. You're Matt, right?" Oh my God! She knew my name. My life was complete, "His name is Matty," Jezzabelle stated, matter of factly, walking up with Cammy holding her hand, "Oh, I am so sorry," she cooed, "And who are you?" "My name is Jezzabelle, I am six years old, and I can almost write the whole alphabet," she smiled, "Well, very nice to meet you, but I have to get back to my family," she looked up to me, "See you around, Matt-y," she added noticing the glare that Jezzy gave her. She left the building, "Okay… What was that?" Cammy asked.
Nick
"We're home," my mom announced from the hallway. I sighed, I guess my alone time with Mari would be cut short today, "Nick? Chase?" she called, "I'm in here," I replied. She stepped in the doorway, "Oh, hey sweetie, hi Mari," she said, "Hello, Mrs. Chadborne," Mari said politely, "Where is your sister?" she asked, "I think she said that she was going over to Neil's house," I said, "Alright, I will give her a call," "Okay, can Mari stay over, her mom is out again," I said, "Why ask, you already know the answer," Roxi said, carrying baby Troy through the living room to take him up to his room, "Of course she can," my mom smiled, before walking into the kitchen.
Roxi
I put Troy in his crib and kissed his forehead. I walked into my room and put some sweats on and then I got on my laptop. I signed on to FaceRange, looking through the notifications. I commented on a few status' and liked a few of my friends' new pictures, but then I was out of stuff to do, so out of curiosity, I searched his name, Matt Zaro. I found a picture of him, his younger sister, and another girl. I wondered who she was, because it said that he was single. I took a chance, clicking on the 'add friend' button.
