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Julie was sitting in her room, just after Dean had left, when she heard another knock on her door. She sighed, wiping the tears off her face, as she got up to answer it.
She stepped back when she saw it was Dean. "You came back," She said.
He nodded, coming in. "You have to tell me why you can't be with me, Jules," He said, and she sighed. "Because it's driving me nuts thinking about it."
She shook her head. "I can't," She whispered. "You wouldn't understand."
Dean looked at her angrily and groaned. "God, Julie, I'm so tired of your games!"
"I'm not playing games, Dean!" She shouted. "It's… complicated, OK?"
"Then just tell me," He said, sitting next to her. "I'm here for you, Julie, just tell me and it'll make everything better!"
She shook her head. "No, it won't… Please go, Dean, I can't deal with this right now," She said, and he tightened his jaw.
"Julie," He sighed. "I don't want to go; I want to be with you."
She looked up at him, and cried. "I don't want to be with you." She told him, though she wished she did not have to. "Please leave."
He nodded sadly and left. Julie shook her head and dug her face into her pillow, crying.
Connie watched as Guy slept in his hospital bed. The doctors had just told her that Guy's condition was getting better but there was still a chance that it would be fatal. She shook her head. Why was this happening to her?
She quickly stood up and headed for the coffee machine, she had tons of homework to catch up on due that week and she did not want to risk failing.
She spotted a young boy, around her and Guy's age, sitting on the sofa next to the coffee machine and immediately felt herself blush when he stared at her.
She began making herself a coffee but the boy was unable to stop staring at her.
She shook her head. "My boyfriend's in room 401A," She told him and he nodded, laughing. "I haven't seen any other teenagers around… What are you here for?" She asked.
He looked at her. "Just a checkup," He said and Connie nodded. "I'm Jack, by the way."
"I'm Connie Moreau," She said, smiling, as she shook his hand. "Mind if I join you? Guy's asleep and I'm kind of bored…" She said and he nodded.
She sat beside him and took a sip of her coffee.
"Guy would be your boyfriend?" She nodded. "What's he here for?"
"He, um… he has Leukemia." She said, looking away.
"I'm sorry to hear that," He said, Connie nodded, unable to keep her eyes off his. "I had Leukemia too, a couple years back," She looked at him. "That's why I'm here, to see if it's all gone."
"Wow, you survived it…" He nodded and she sighed, almost relieved. "Then Guy does have a chance!" She said. "I thought all this time he would for sure… but you survived and so can Guy, right?"
Jack shrugged. "It's not all that simple, you know," She looked at him and he shook his head. "Just because I survived it, doesn't mean your boyfriend will… I mean, I wouldn't want to give you false hope… I've been known to do that." He said, and she looked away.
"Sorry," She mumbled. "I just thought that if you, a healthy looking teenage boy, could survive it, then so could he." She shook her head. "That was stupid wasn't it? I mean… everyone's different."
He shrugged. "You never know," She nodded. "Well, I have to go." He said, getting up. "See you around, Connie Moreau."
She smiled and watched him go.
Anna frowned as she watched her father loading up the huge truck. She could not believe that this day had arrived so quickly, the day she and her father would be moving out of Casey's.
She walked over to Charlie and hugged him. He looked at her and smiled. "Don't be sad, Anna," He said, but she could not help it. "You'll always be a sister to me, OK?" She nodded. "I love you." He reminded her and she looked up at him.
"I love you too," She mumbled, hugging him again.
"OK, Anna," Scott said, walking over to her. "Let's go."
Anna frowned. "Do we really have to?" Scott gave her a look and she sighed. "Fine!"
They said their goodbyes and headed for Vanessa and Livvie's. Once they arrived, Anna saw Vanessa sitting outside, but Livvie was obviously nowhere in sight.
"Be nice, please." Scott said. "I love Vanessa, and we're all going to make this work," Anna rolled her eyes. "This is your family now."
She shook her head. "Whatever." She said, angrily. She got out of the car and walked over to Vanessa. "Hi," She said, with a fake smile.
"Hi, sweetie," Vanessa greeted her with a warm hug and Anna was surprised that she was so welcoming. "Livvie's inside, she's ready to help you unpack!" Vanessa said, and Anna snorted. Scott glared at her and she rolled her eyes.
She smiled, walking into the house. Livvie sat on the couch, her arms folded, and a frown on her face.
"Yay, you're here," She said, sarcastically and Anna rolled her eyes. "I'll go get your boxes; we're sharing a room, by the way."
"What?" Anna shouted.
"Yeah, our parents think it will help us 'bond' or something," She said, rolling her eyes as the two girls walked outside. "That's disgusting." She said, as they watched Scott and Vanessa share a quick kiss.
"You got that right," Anna said, grimacing. "This sucks." She said, as they walked up to their room.
"That's your bed," Livvie said, pointing to the bed closest to the window. "Please don't go threw or touch my stuff."
Anna glared at her. "Yes, sir!" She joked and Livvie rolled her eyes. "Look, I'm not happy about this either, but… I'm not down for fighting 24/7," She said and Livvie looked at her. "We can either be civil with each other or I'm moving out."
Livvie raised an eyebrow. "Bye!" She said, sitting on her bed.
"Ha-ha, you're so hilarious," Anna said, sarcastically. "But seriously, can we make this work?"
Livvie looked at her and sighed. "Fine," She said. "But we're still not friends."
Anna nodded. "I know, I know, you hate me, whatever." She said, sitting on her new bed. "But I bet you don't hate Luis anymore,"
Livvie looked at her. "That's none of your business."
Anna shrugged. "You two looked pretty comfy at lunch yesterday," She said. "Isn't he dating Julie now, though?" Livvie sighed and looked away. "Sorry… that was mean."
"You think?" Livvie said, opening a box.
"I guess I'm just pissed because Adam-" Her cell phone ringing interrupted her. "Ugh, hold on!" She said, walking over to pick it up. "Hello? Hey, Charlie… What? What do you mean? Is he OK? OK, OK, I'll be right there!" She hung up the phone and headed for the door.
"What's wrong?" Livvie asked.
"Adam was in a car accident," Anna told her. "Um, do you think you can drive me to the hospital? The bus will take too long and I don't have a car yet…"
"Yeah, of course!" Livvie said, and the two girls rushed out of the house.
