A/N: So this chapter's a little shorter than the others but it was either that or I left it as a cliff hanger and I didn't think you'd like that very much so shorter chapter it is. The next chapter is when things really start to go bad, so let's just call this the "Spark" of the story. Please leave a Review and I hope you enjoy!

"What are you doing here," I nearly spat, anger falling from my voice.

"We just wanted to talk to you," Conner said. He had aged a lot in prison and no longer looked like a teenager.

"Well I don't want to talk to you, infact you can do me the favor of leaving me alone, aren't you suppose to be in prison," I said.

"We got out early on good behavior," Madison said.

"Well you aren't suppose to be anywhere near me, don't you remember the restraining order my parents had put on you," I said

"We know, but Sam you don't understand, we love you and it kills us that you aren't ours legally anymore, we want you back Sam, so we can be a family," Madison begged grabbing my hand.

"Where was that attitude 10 years ago," I snarked ripping my hand from hers."Leave, before I call the cops," and with that I turned and walked away from them

Monday finally rolled around and I was more than ready to go confront Jacob. Jane still had little faith that Jacob had the same feelings for me but the Jacob I was with on Friday night was not the same Jacob everyone else knew. He was different, he was the person I was letting myself fall for.

"Why are you wasting your time Sam, he's a player, he always has been and you of all people will not change him," Jane said was we waited around my car in the parking lot. I had texted Jacob telling him that I wanted to talk to him and he had told me to meet him in the east parking lot.

"Jane why can't you just be happy for me," I say getting annoyed. "You're my friend and you're suppose to support me when I'm happy,".

"Not when I know you'll get hurt, I refuse to let you do something this stupid," She told me.

"Just got to class, I'll find you later, I don't need you here," I said my voice taut.

"Whatever Sam, I'm not sticking around to watch you get hurt, I'll find another ride home, call me when your heads screwed on right," Jane said and began walking away.

"Some friend you are," I yelled after her, She just flipped me off over her shoulder and kept walking.

"Trouble in paradise?" A voice asked behind me. I turned to see a smiling Jacob leaning on my car.

"Nothing that's that important," I said with a smile.

"So what did you need to talk about?" He asked, his voice husky.

"I just wanted to talk about Friday," I told him. That got his attention. "What are we now, are we going to be a couple?". He began to fidget.

"Look Sam, you're a nice girl, but I'm just not looking for anything serious," He said nervously.

"So what happened on Friday meant nothing to you," I said. He shook his head. "Okay, I think I'm going to go to class." and with that I took off. Jacob tried to say something but I just kept walking. I walked past my first class and right to the washroom. I spent most of my first class hiding in there while I cried.

When the final bell of the day rang I made a mad dash to my car. I didn't want to wait around to listen to Jane say I told you so, I didn't want to risk running into Jacob and I most definitely didn't want to watch Ty make-out on his car with Mandi.

I heard Alec calling my name as I moved through the halls full of people but I ignored him. When a second voice joined the calling I picked up my pace a little more. I had almost made it out the door when I ran into someone, falling to the floor and dropping my bag.

"Watch where you're going," The person barked. I looked up to see Sullivan "Snake" Jackson, the biggest goth our school had. He was the guy who skipped most of his classes, listened to loud music, wore all black including the make-up, and didn't say a lot unless he was angry or spoken to. We called him Snake because he was a snake, seems all calm and cool but can attack at any moment.

"Sorry," I mumbled and began picking up my bag.

"The whore needs to get her eyes checked," The voice of the person I thought was my friend spoke. I didn't look up and suddenly I was being pushed into the locker. "Fight back whore, I know you can,".

"JANE!" Alec yelled and pushed her away from me. "What the hell is the matter with you two?".

"I don't need a ride, I'm going with Snake," Jane said and then walked away with Snake. Alec turned to me but I just shook my head and got up and once again rushed out to my car.

I drove home in silence and tried to fight back my tears. I was thankful that when I got up to the apartment no one but the dogs were home. I fed the dogs and let mom know that I was home and that I was going to work on my homework. The truth was I spent about two hours crying and avoiding calls from Alec.

At 6 I heard the door open followed by Abby running past my room into her own. A few minutes later there was a knock on my door.

"It's open," I said into my pillow. The door open and closed and then the bed dipped.

"Are you okay honey?" Mom's sweet, caring voice asked. Tears began to fill my eyes again. "Alec called me when he couldn't reach you, honey what happened today?".

"Jane and I got into a fight, she pushed me into the lockers when I ran into Sullivan," I told her. "I don't think we'll bounce back from this one,".

"Oh honey, it's going to be okay, I know things are hard now, but you and Jane always work things out, it's only a matter of time before things go back to normal. Now come on, dinner's ready, I got your favorite, and dad said he'd be home in an hour," mom said and got off my bed. She walked out the room leaving my door open, a sign that said I had to leave my room.