Still with Chris and Monica. They were making out. Monica was straddling Chris on the couch.
Chris pulls away, "I want you to know, I love you more than any other girl. You're not a hoe, you're an incredible women."
"Thank you. I just still feel insecure." Monica shrugged.
"There is no reason for that. I fell for you. I don't care that you had boyfriends before me. I care about me and you."
"Boyfriends? What does Jordan have to do with anything?"
"Nothing. Just, he mentioned the reason you're a slut is because you went from Jordan to me."
"I didn't go from guy to guy to guy."
"Of course not. You stopped driving a Honda to drive Mercedes." Chris smiled trying to make her laugh.
"Okay. You know what to say to make me smile." Monica smiled.
"I do. Because I love you." Chris smiled kissing her.
"I love you, too." Monica smiled hugging him. As she was hugging him, her cousins walked in.
"Oh dear God. I'm sorry." Sara said cover her eyes as Tony covered Anthony's.
Monica got up, "It's okay. Nothing was happening."
"We should have knocked." Sara said as Anthony walked over and sat next to Chris.
"No, it's fine. We weren't doing anything. Chris, this is Sara and Tony, my cousins. This is my boyfriend, Chris."
"Hi." Chris smiled shaking their hand.
"Hi." Tony said giving him a fake smile.
Chris stood up and picked up Anthony, "Hey, buddy."
"Daddy." Anthony said hugging him.
"Are you hungry?" Chris smiled.
"Yeah." Anthony nodded.
"What do you want?"
"Pizza."
"Alright. You go play and I'll get some pizza." Chris said putting him down and he runs into his room.
"Have fun?"
"Yeah, how about you?" Tony said never looking away from Chris.
"Tony." Monica raises her eyebrow.
Tony nodded and looked away from Chris as Sara spoke, "Everything okay?"
"Yeah. Chris is fine." Monica said looking at Chris.
"It was stupid." Chris announced.
"Did you sit in the same cell as Daren?"
"Yeah. And some drunk."
With Jared on the phone with Ashley.
"I'm really sorry, Jared." Ashley said sympathetic.
"It's fine. I'm just pissed. Why couldn't she have just told me?"
"I know. I'm sorry. Do you want company?"
"No. I'm going to Chris's."
"Oh. What about after?" Ashley asked.
"I'll call you."
"Jared, you really liked her, huh?"
"Yeah. Apparently she didn't like me the same way."
"She wasn't the one."
"I don't want the one. I want an honest one."
"Yeah, I know."
"You know she dated Brent?"
"What? When?"
"Around the same time you were." Jared confessed.
"He's a loser and so is she."
"Dequain's the biggest."
"He's nothing." Ashley clarified.
"Do you know him?"
"Not exactly. I mean he used to hang around our sophomore year."
"Why?" Jared asked mad.
"Vanessa."
"Oh. He had sex with Vanessa on graduation night."
"No way."
"Yeah. He told Chris."
Jared stops at Chris and Monica's.
"Hey, Jared. Come on in." Monica welcomed.
"Thanks, Chris home?" Jared asked.
"Yeah. Are you okay?" Monica asked.
"Yeah, thanks." Jared said following her into the kitchen where Chris, Sara, and Tony were.
"Hey, man." Chris announced.
"Hey. Do you know she cheated on me with two other dudes." Jared gasped leaning against the cabinet.
"Damn. Sorry."
"Ashley was right."
"You talked to Ashley?" Chris asked.
"Yeah. Right after I found out you and Brooke slept together. She told me that she's not the kind of girl I think she is."
"Who knew Ashley was right." Chris laughed a little.
"I broke up with her, Brooke, I mean."
"Good. Did she apologize?"
"No. She texted me after I left and told me a bunch of reasons, none of them were sorry."
"I'm sorry, dude." Chris told him.
"It hurts." Jared said as Anthony came in.
"Hey, Jared." Anthony said as Jared gave him a low five.
"Hey, what's up, buddy." Jared smiled.
"Wanna come and play in my room?"
"I will in a minute, okay?"
"Yeah. Hurry." Anthony told him going back to his room.
"Wow, he made me feel better." Jared smiled.
"Yeah, that's why we keep him around." Chris joked receiving a hit from Monica.
"Mind if I take him to get me something to drink?" Jared asked.
"Uh, fine with me. Monica?" Chris asked.
"Yeah. If he wants too."
"Thanks. Keep my mind off of things." Jared smiled.
"Got the afternoon with him." Chris smiled back at him. A half an hour later, Jared is at the park with Anthony as him and Ashley are talking.
"So you okay?" Ashley asked.
"Yeah. I'm getting there."
"Good. You're too nice to be hurt."
"Thanks. I hate that I tried to make sure she and I was on good terms and she was screwing around on me."
Ashley grabs Jared's hand, "Hey, this isn't about you. She's the one who is insecure."
"Thanks. I wish that I didn't feel horrible. I'm not sad that I broke up with her. I'm sad that I was betrayed."
"I didn't make you feel that way, did I?"
"Not really. I was hurt but I wasn't hurt to the point where we couldn't do this." Jared gave a half-smile to Ashley.
Ashley smiled and looked at Anthony playing in the mulch with some other kids, "Chris is lucky."
"Why?" Jared chuckled.
"Because he's got an amazing little boy who loves him no matter what he did in the past."
"Don't forget Monica."
"Yeah. Monica seems like she only loves Chris for who he is now, not who he was." Ashley smiled.
"I like Monica." Jared admitted.
"Me too." Ashley smiled.
"You still want kids?"
"Yeah. After college." Ashley giggled.
"Me too." Jared smiled at Ashley.
Chris, Monica, Tony, and Sara, were outside. Chris and Tony were shooting the basketball and Monica and Sara were talking on the steps.
"He's nice." Sara nudged Monica.
"He is." Monica smiled at the thought of Chris.
"You two look happy. You look happy."
"I am happy. He's happy, too."
"Good. I don't remember you being this happy and smiling for this long. And you did live with me." Sara smiled.
"Not until I met that man, again." Monica motioned to Chris dunking the basketball.
"You guys are cute." Sara hugged Monica.
Chris broke them out of their hug, "Hey, Mon, why don't you come over and show me how a ball is shot?" Chris smiled.
"You're going to wish you never asked." Monica said making her way over to them.
"You're going to wish I took it easy on you." Chris chuckled as she snatched the ball from him and shot making it.