Hey guys, just a little message from me. Thanks so much for reading. I love seeing that I have new followers and reviews on my stories, writing is really what I love to do in my free time. In saying that, though, I want to apologise. I feel like I didn't give enough information about my character, Daniel, and then I found it difficult to throw him in there more because I'm still really torn about Trixie and Jim's relationship. Jim has always been my favourite and I will forever find it hard to give Trixie other boyfriends because I want them to be together so much. As a result, my writing was probably one of the worst it has ever been in the last chapter and I'm sorry for that. Someone wrote in their review that Trixie should fall in love with Daniel and forget about Jim but I don't know how I feel about that just yet. I'll have to build up a lot of courage to drop Jim :p But I can tell you that Daniel is definitely NOT out of the picture yet and probably won't be for a long time. I won't spoil it though :p Please keep reading, I will try to write new chapters as often as I can, and please, please keep leaving reviews!

Much love,

- R

The meeting with Jim had gone as well as they could have hoped. The young people certainly didn't expect him to throw his hands up in the air and tell them all they were right, he was going to dump Annabel as soon as possible. But he didn't lash out at them, and Trixie thought that in of itself was great progress.

Unfortunately, it still meant that Annabel would be on her way back to Sleepyside the next day. And on top of being bothered about that, Trixie hadn't been able to speak with Daniel all day.

When she and her two older brothers got home that evening though, Moms had a message for Trixie. "Daniel called, Trixie. I told him you would call him back after dinner."

Trixie's stomach turned. She had been mentally preparing herself for what she would say to him when they spoke, but now that he had called her and would probably be waiting by the phone for her call back tonight - with no chance of him coincidentally being out this time - she found herself getting very nervous. "Thanks, Moms."

Trixie was quiet through dinner, and so were her brothers, with the exception of 8 year old Bobby who was chattering away as normal. Mart and Brian were no doubt still mulling things over in their minds about the meeting with Jim earlier, and Trixie, who of course was thinking about that too and dreading Annabel's return, was just too concerned about her phone call with Daniel tonight too be her usual talkative self at the dinner table.

After dinner, when Trixie had finished the washing up, she sat on her bed, thinking. At last, she decided it was time to call him.

"Hey, Trix," Daniel answered the phone quickly. "How are you?"

"I'm fine, Daniel. Listen, uh, we have to talk."

"Oh. Okay. You want me to come over?" Trixie could tell in Daniel's voice that he was concerned.

"Yeah. But meet me in the woods near my house." She didn't want to be in her house with her big family nosing around when she did this.

15 minutes later, Trixie was waiting for Daniel not far from her house, but far enough away to not be seen or heard. Her arms were wrapped around herself not because she was cold, but to stop them from shaking. His familiar car pulled up and he jumped out.

"Hey," he greeted her.

"Hey, Daniel. How are you?" She attempted.

Ignoring her, he said, "What did you need to talk about?" There was something cold in his voice. She knew he wasn't trying to be mean, he was being defensive. He was a smart boy and probably had already figured out that Trixie hadn't asked him here just for a chat.

Trixie sighed. "I'm sorry, Daniel. I don't think we can go on."

Daniel ran one hand through his hair and looked around before speaking. "It's Jim, isn't it?"

Trixie nodded. "I'm very sorry." She whispered.

"I asked you if you still had feelings for him and you told me not to worry."

"I know. I thought I was over him." She looked at the ground and kicked a rock nervously. "I was wrong."

"No kidding." He turned on his heel and began to leave.

"Wait-" Trixie began, putting her hand out for him.

"For what, Trixie?" He asked angrily. "For you to tell me that we can still be friends? There is no way I could be friends with you after this! You led me on, and I really don't mean to sound like a little bitch by being all emotional over this, but I liked you. And you fucked me over."

Trixie remained still and silent. Di had told her this would happen, and she thought she was prepared, but seeing Daniel this angry at her made her feel heartbroken. Jim was the one she wanted, wasn't it? So why did she feel like she had just made the biggest mistake of her life?

Trixie had a restless sleep that night. In between having bad dreams about Daniel, and Jim and Annabel, she woke up many times and found it hard to go back to sleep. By 7am Trixie had had enough and got up for the day. Her parents were downstairs - Dad reading the newspaper and Moms getting prepared to cook breakfast for the family. "You're up early, pumpkin," her Peter Belden greeted his only daughter.

Trixie planted a kiss on his head. "Good morning, Dad. Didn't sleep well."

Moms came over then and placed a hand on Trixie's forehead, checking for a temperature. "Are you coming down with something?" She asked, concerned.

Trixie shook her head. "I'm fine, Moms." She smiled. "Do you need help with anything?"

"No thanks, hon." Moms told her. "You can go and get Bobby up though, if you like. I've got to take him to the dentist this morning so breakfast will be quick for us."

Trixie nodded and went upstairs to wake her little brother up. Bobby wasn't happy about it but he was soon slowly getting out of bed.

At around 9am Honey called. Trixie picked up. "Hey, Honey."

"Trixie, come over."

"Okaaay," she replied slowly. "What for?"

"I had a talk with Jim last night after we all went home. He knows we're right about Annabel, he just didn't really want to admit it in front of everyone. He's going to break up with her today." Honey told her best friend breathlessly. "She's arriving in about 2 hours. I want to see her reaction." Honey giggled.

"Honey Wheeler!" Trixie said, astonished, but smiling herself. "You're giggling at someone else's misfortune, I'm very surprised at you. That's something Di would do!"

"What can I say? I don't like her. Just hurry over, okay?"