Marcie arrived in Angel Square, stopping briefly to catch her breath.
"Al?" She said, peering around the corner of the fence.

God, please let him be here...

Her breath caught and her eyes filled with tears when she saw him. He looked sadder than she had ever seen anyone. His eyes were red and she knew that he had been crying. Quietly she walked over to Gabrielle's bench and sat down next to him.

"Al?" She whispered.

He turned to her with tears in his eyes, and then looked away.

"Oh God, Al. I'm so sorry!"

He looked down at the ground. "You're in love with him?"

Marcie nodded.

"How can you do this to me?" He asked quietly.

"I was only doing what you wanted me to do." Marcie said.

"What I wanted you to do? Marcie, I never wanted you to fall in love with the guy!" Michael yelled. He saw Marcie jump and he realized that he'd scared her, making him feel worse.

A moment of tense silence passed between them.

"Do you still love me?" Al asked, unable to look at her.

Marcie stared at him, dumbfounded. "How can you ask me that? Of course I love you. I will love you until the day I die. I thought you knew that."

"What about everything we shared, huh? What about us?" Al said.

Marcie looked into his eyes, not knowing what to say.

Angrily, Al brushed an escaped tear from his cheek and took a deep breath.

"Marcie..." Al said as he took her hand. "Don't you remember? How you locked me in your dorm room, trying to get me off drugs? Or how you made me see that Jen wasn't the perfect person that I pictured her to be? Or how you helped me through school? You are the only person I ever wanted Marcie; not Jen, not anyone! No one has ever shown me as much love and kindness as you have. You made me a better person, Marcie. And I will never forget it! The thought that you love someone else is tearing apart my soul! I love you, Marcie!"

Marcie stared at him and then reached out and touched his cheek, remembering all the love they had shared and how she had missed him so much. Tears streamed down her cheeks.

"I love you too, Al." she said, moving toward him for a kiss. He wrapped his arms around her and kissed her more passionately than she'd ever been kissed in her life.

They pulled apart, breathless. "I'll never love anyone but you, Marcie. Ever." He grinned and pulled her into a heated embrace.

A noise startled her, causing her to break free from his lips on hers. She glanced at the fence, gasping at what she saw.

There in the corner was Michael, watching her and Al. He dropped the flower he was holding and she saw the sadness and anger in his face just before he turned and ran; disappearing from sight...