It was towards the end of October Ashley was going to a dance at her school. She was dressed as a zombie Juliette from "Romeo And Juliette" she was meeting her date at school. She was standing in front of the hallway mirror. Randy was staying in the guesthouse again. He came into the hallway.

"You look scary." He said.

"Thanks."

"What are you supposed to be?"

"Zombie Juliette."

"From the play or the movie?"

"Play."

"Are you going with anyone?"

"I'm meeting my date there."

"Date?" "You have a boyfriend?"

"We've only been seeing each other for about two weeks but yeah."

"What's his name?"

"Jeremy."

"Well you two have fun."

"We will."

Ashley went into the high school gym. She spotted Jeremy but he was with someone else. The girl had on a similar costume to Ashley's. Ashley went over to them.

"Jeremy." She said.

"Ashley hi."

"What's going on?"

"I didn't think you were gonna show."

"Why wouldn't I show?" "We had a date." "What are you doing here with Kaitlin Johnson?"

"I just don't think it's working out with us." "I told about all of this."

"No you didn't."

"Didn't you get my voicemail?"

"You broke up with me over a voicemail?" "You know what?" "I don't care, whatever." She left.

Ashley went home. She was angry. She went out by the pool to have a cigarette. She sat in a chair. Her lighter wouldn't light.

"Come on." She said.

"Here." Randy lit his lighter and lit her cigarette.

"Thanks."

He sat in the chair next to hers and lit his cigarette. "You're welcome." "You're back early."

"Yeah."

"Did something happened?"

"He broke up with me."

"Are you ok?"

"Yeah I'm not sad." "I'm just pissed." "When I got to the dance he was with another girl." "When I asked him about it he asked me if I got his voicemail."

"He broke up with you in a voicemail?"

"Yeah."

"What a dick."

"Yeah."

"Want me to pay him a visit."

"That's really nice of you but no." "He's not worth it."

"I'm sorry."

"It's ok." "At least I found out the kind of person he was early on." "I can't wait to go to college." "I think older is the way to go."

"It doesn't matter how old they are." "It just matters that they treat you right." "You'll meet him someday."