Jesse pushed his way threw the crowds of people, neither knowing nor caring where he was going. He shook his hair into his eyes at the sudden realization that he was crying again. "How stupid" he thought. His brother never cried, Tanner was the strong one, and here was Jesse in tears. He continually rubbed his eyes to try to stop himself from crying but all the while wasn't looking where he was going. He slammed into a tall dark haired person who had stepped in his way.

"Watch it kid!" the person said agitatedly. Jesse slowly looked up at the stranger and his friends. His face went blank.

"T-Tanner…." He stuttered.

"…w-what are you doing here?" Tanner looked at him threateningly.

"What do you mean what am I doing here? Why are you here?" Tanner said furiously.

"I…I…um…what do you care anyways you're the one who stranded me earlier!" Jesse shouted.

"Whoa…Tan man your bro's got a big attitude for such a little guy." Said a cocky looking red head who stood next to Tanner. The four other boys laughed at Jesse's hurt expression. Jesse could smell the alcohol on their breath. He eyed Tanner suspiciously

"Are you drunk?" Jesse spat.

"No! I'm driver." Tanner replied angrily.

"You shouldn't be driving with them at all!" Jesse shouted.

"You are the last person to tell me that" Tanner said ferociously. Jesse was silent.

"You still didn't answer my question Jess! Why are you here and who are you with?" Tanner pried.

"Cali, her cousin and her roommate, we just were gunna hang out and then she was gunna take me home." There as nothing Jesse hated more then having to answer to his brother like this.

"Do you know what time it is? You know you're not supposed to be out after curfew." Tanner said authoritatively.

"I know that Tanner! We weren't gunna be here much longer!" Jesse replied.

"Much longer? The boardwalk is a half an hour away from home Jess! Did you think that if you're out with friends that curfew can wait? Is that it?" he yelled

"No, just shut up Tanner!" Jesse shouted.

"I'm sure you remember what happened last time you were out past curfew!" Jesse was so angry that he couldn't bring himself to respond to his brother.

"That's what I thought now get in the car, I'm taking you home right now." Tanner said taking his keys out of his pocket.

"What about Cali? She won't know where I…"

"I'll call her, now lets go!" Tanner grabbed Jesse by the back of his hoodie and started walking towards the car.

"Hey Tanner where are ya goin' bro? It's way early to be crashin' back at your place!" one of Tanner's drunk friends shouted after him.

"I'll be back in an hour. Don't start the fun without me" He said as he and Jesse headed over to his car.

Jen walked solemnly by herself back in the direction of where Cali and Sophie were. Just when she finally began to feel like she was getting through to Jesse he pushed her away. She hadn't meant to make him so upset, she only wanted to help. Why couldn't he see that? Why was it that every time she tried to understand him he got so defensive and unwilling to talk to her? Maybe he was right, maybe he really didn't want or need anyone. Maybe this entire day he had been telling her that this was who he was and nothing more. Maybe she was searching for something, or someone who just didn't exist in him anymore. "Just forget about him" she thought to herself as Cali and Sophie came into view. They both ran frantically towards her calling out her name wildly.

"Jen! Where were you? We've been looking for you for the past hour and a half!" Cali said breathlessly.

"Um…I was…we were….me and Jesse just went for a walk to the Ferris wheel…we were just on our way back." Jen said quietly.

"Well did Jesse tell you he was supposed to be back home an hour ago! We've been running around like crazy people looking for you guys! We have to get him home Tanner's gunna kill me for letting him stay out this late! He's really serious about Jesse's curfew" she continued.

" Sorry I didn't know, he wouldn't have told me about it anyways…" Jen said sadly.

"Wait Where's Jesse?" Cali finally asked.

"I…he left…"

"What do you mean he left! With who?" Cali said worriedly.

"I didn't see…he just left…"

"Well you had to have seen where he…" Cali's cell phone started ringing loudly interrupting her conversation. She reached into her purse, and flipped open her phone.

"Hello?" She answered.

"Hey its me."

"Oh hey Tanner wassup?" she said anxiously.

"I'm just calling to tell you I've got Jess, I found him walking around the boardwalk by himself. He said he was with you?"

"Yea he was with us, he and my cousin decided to take a little unannounced walk. So me and Soph have been looking for them the past hour or so. I'm really sorry Tan I would have had him back on time if he and Jen had stayed with me and Sophie the whole time or at least told us where they were going." She answered feeling relieved now that she knew where Jesse was.

"Hey don't worry about Cal. Its cool." Tanner replied calmly.

"Okay then see ya!" Cali said contently.

"Wait um the other reason I called was….a…I was wondering if later on you'd wanna hang out with me … and my other friends of course! We're all goin' to this concert at the pavilion, so I was hoping you'd come along…" he said nervously.

"…I'd love to… actually we were just leaving" Cali said excitedly.

"Ok How bout' I meet you at your house when you get home? Sound good?" he asked.

"Yea that's great! See ya then!"

"Yea definitely, See ya later." They both hung up.

Sophie looked slyly over at Cali who had that "my crush just asked me out look" on her face.

"Hmm why does this seem so familiar?" she joked.

"Déjà vu Soph, Déjà vu." Cali said as they walked back towards the parking lot.

Jesse sat listing to music during most of the ride home. Just as he switched to his favorite song "Meant to live" by Switchfoot his Ipod cut off. Tanner pulled out the charger from the socket near the floor of his car.

"Tanner, what the hell?" Jesse said angrily.

"We need to talk." Tanner said.

"I don't feel like talking." Jesse folded his arms and looked out the window trying to ignore his brother.

"I really don't care Jess, listen you know mom and dad are worried about you…" Tanner began.

"This isn't about curfew is it? Cuz I already told you why I wasn't home." Jesse said defensively.

"No, this is about you. Mom called and said that she's worried about you, she said that you haven't been taking your meds and you and I both know that you should to be. They're there for a reason Jess, you can't just forget about your meds and hope that your depression just goes away. It's not gunna be that easy…" Jesse turned around and faced Tanner.

"Do you really believe that I think this whole depression thing is easy? That if I wished hard enough it would just go away! I wish it was that easy Tanner!" his brother was silent.

"Do you have any idea how hard this is for me? Do you have any idea what it's like having to wake up every morning with meds shoved in your face? Having everyone look at you like your some kind of psycho! Having everything you do and everything you see end up being a constant reminder of what you've done? Do you know what its like to not to be able to forget this whole thing…?" Tanner stared directly at Jesse.

"….I do….Jess, we all do. Mom, Dad, we all can't forget. You're not the only one in this family who's having a hard time dealing with all of this." Tanner pulled into their driveway. Jesse unbuckled his seatbelt and was about to leave when Tanner stopped him.

"Jess, the most important thing is that you know that we're all trying to help you get through this, just don't push away the people who matter the most okay?" Jesse looked at Tanner bizarrely.

"Um…thanks Dr. Phil…" he said and started walking in the house. Tanner shouted after Jesse.

"Hey um…me, Cali and Sophie are goin out tonight so I'm not gunna be home till late. Oh and speaking of me and Cali what do you think of her cousin? She's cute right?"
Tanner winked at Jesse who simply glared back at him.

"…I don't know…she's annoying…." he lied.

"C'mon she's a hottie! I'd go for her." Tanner smirked.

"HA! Way outa your league Tanner."

"Yea but not outa yours!" Tanner said as he backed out and then drove in the direction of Cali's house.