The next day Sherri invited Summer over. Sherri was an absolute mess. She'd spent most of the night crying. Summer made them some tea. She brought Sherri hers.

"Thanks." Sherri said.

"How are you doing?"

"Really bad." "Ordinarily John and I would be upstairs having sex right now." "Instead I'm contemplating whether or not to make this separation permanent." "It hasn't even been a full day yet and I already miss him so much." She said starting to cry a little.

"I know."

"I thought John was the one Summer, I really did."

"Do you think you guys would've eventually got married?"

"I'm not talking about that." "I'm talking about us growing old together." "White hair, wrinkles, all of it." "Now I have no clue." "I do know one thing for sure." "I can't stay here." "I thought I could but I can't."

"Just move in with me like you originally planned."

"I think I'm going to temporarily move to LA."

"LA?"

"Yeah." "That's where Dancing With The Stars is shot, that's where Restless World is shot, it makes sense." "Plus I won't have to stay in hotels anymore when I go there."

Sherri was in the shower.

"Maybe I should've never signed on for Dancing With The Stars." She thought. "Maybe this is my fault."

Two days later Sherri was at the rehearsal studio with Artem. They'd just finished practicing.

"You did a really good job today." Artem said. "Is there anything wrong?"

"Is it that obvious?"

"You just don't seem like yourself."

"John and I have recently separated."

"Oh, I'm sorry to hear that." "What happened?"

"He thinks there's something going on between us."

"Like what?"

"Like that we're sleeping together."

"What?" He said shocked. "We've never done anything even remotely close to the kind."

"I know." "He's making me pay for Nikki's mistake and I got sick of it." "I didn't do anything." "It sucks because I know we're having problems but I love him but I also refuse to be blamed for something I didn't do."

"Well if you need anything let me know."

"Actually, do you know of any apartments around where they're willing to work with a month-to-month lease?" "I'm thinking of taking up temporary residence in LA."

"I can make a few calls."

"Thanks."

By the next week Sherri and John had agreed to go public with their separation. They only communicated through texts. Sherri had found an apartment willing to work with a month-to-month lease. She was packing her things and getting ready to leave the house. She looked back at it from the doorway knowing that this could be the last time she ever saw it.

Flashback

Sherri and John had been together a little over a year. He'd just gotten home.

"Sherri, come here." She went over to him. "I just got the call." He said happily. "They accepted our offer." He said smiling.

"They did?"

"Yeah."

"We got the house?"

"Yeah." They hugged and kissed.

"I'm so happy." "Our first house together."

End Of Flashback

Sherri text John. It read.

I'm leaving now. I left the keys on the kitchen counter. – Sherri

Ok. I hope you come back someday. I miss you. – John

She got tears in her eyes but didn't respond.

Later that day John had just gotten back to the hotel from the set. He wasn't due back for a few hours. His cell phone started to ring.

"Hello?" He said.

"What's up man?" Randy said.

"Not much."

"So, what's up with you and Sherri?"

"I really fucked up Randy." "I blew it." "I think it's over and it's my fault."

"Why?"

"Make sure you're sitting down, there's a lot to tell."