Amy felt so many emotions as she sat on her old bedroom and tried to compose herself from what had happened in the kitchen. The craziest thing was that nothing much had happened there and yet she was still a mess. She was ashamed that this whole thing still had such a strong hold on her, even after all these years, because she had thought that it was all behind her now. She had moved on, right? Her life was not like that anymore.

What was her family even thinking about her behavior... She seemed like a fragile spoiled brat - kind of like when she had come back from Europe. It was like she had only buried that version of herself somewhere deep inside and it kept resurfacing unexpectedly as something triggered the memories.

When someone knocked on the door, Amy was brought back to the present. She felt something wet on her cheeks and as she brushed them off, she noticed they were tears and she had been crying without even realizing.

Collecting herself quickly, she cleared her throat. "Who is it...?" she asked.

"It's me, Georgie", the voice from the other side of the door said.

Amy was surprised. She had been pretty sure it was either going to be Jack, who was worried about her response to the plane tickets, or Lou, who would try to pressure her to go because if she didn't, she would seem ungrateful. Amy knew that's how it looked to everyone, but she still couldn't control the way she had reacted or explain herself because it probably would not make sense for anyone else.

"Come on in", Amy said. Her back was toward the door, but she could still see Georgie through the mirror that was placed above her drawer.

Her niece closed the door behind her and stayed close to it, giving Amy room. She was fiddling her fingers nervously, looking down, almost appearing a little sad herself as well. It made Amy wonder what this was about.

"Are you okay?" Georgie finally asked.

"Yeah..." Amy nodded on the edge of the bed. "I just... I needed a moment."

"Okay. - Do you want me to go?" Georgie offered.

Amy looked over her shoulder, weighting her options. "You came here for something, didn't you...?" she pointed out.

"Well yeah, but... I just... maybe you don't want to talk." Georgie was re-evaluating the situation now that she had seen Amy like this.

"It's okay..." Amy said finally. "What is it?"

"Is this..." Georgie stuttered. "Is your reaction to the plane tickets because of your trip to Europe with the team?" she asked, looking at Amy nervously. "Because Jack said something about that..."

Amy sighed and looked down. So, at least Georgie had picked that up. Had the others?

"Kind of", she admitted.

"I'm sorry", Georgie said, making Amy look up again.

"What for...?"

"Well, I just... I feel so guilty about everything that happened after you came back", Georgie confessed. "The video and... everything."

"We've already talked about this, Georgie. It's okay. It wasn't your fault", Amy reminded. "I wasn't - and I am not - mad at you."

"Yeah, but this past year, it has made me see a lot of things differently", Georgie said, walking closer. "The online bullying. This narrative someone else built for me, that I had no control over. It was scary. And it wasn't even something so big scale as your thing was, but it still... broke me. So much so that I ran away, like I always do, even when I thought I had become better than that. I just couldn't handle that people were laughing at me or calling me names."

"Yeah... I get it, though, it's hard", Amy said, nodding a little. "Bullying is bad overall, but when the whole world is in it, whether they even know you or not, it's... even worse. You lose control and your confidence. It's like your life or even your actions are no longer yours. They are just public property, other people's entertainment."

"And the fact that that video is probably still out there, making rounds", Georgie said, feeling sad about it but at the same time she had made some level of peace with it because she had no other choice. "Simply because Peyton chose to make me a target."

"You know it wasn't anything you did, right? She chose to do that to you, not because of anything you are, but because of who she is", Amy wanted to remind her. They had not really talked much about that because Georgie had left so soon after the Fall Finale and maybe back then everything had just been too raw. Now Georgie had more perspective.

"I know it now", Georgie said, coming to sit down on the other side of the bed. "You know that too, right...?"

Amy looked Georgie's eyes as they were pinned on her. "What do you mean...?"

"Well... I was a kid back then, so I didn't really understand what was going on with that video of yours that I saw. I only think I saw something and ran with it", Georgie explained. "My child brain wasn't equipped to understand something like that."

Amy's gaze dropped again.

"And the whole situation; I don't think I really have the right story, even now, but I feel it's different than what I thought it to be", Georgie continued. "Did I somehow... ruin your relationship with Ty?"

Amy shook her head. "No, Georgie-"

"I know you want to say that, but what if by bringing up that video I broke the trust you two had had and that's why you got divorced and-"

"No, Georgie, stop", Amy insisted again, shaking her head. "If we would have really had trust, the relationship would've survived everything that happened - and I thought it did, but... I could still feel something was broken. I just hoped it would get fixed over time, like so many other things. I mean, we got back together and married, but I don't think Ty ever truly trusted me again, even though he wanted to believe he did. And I didn't trusted him enough to think he would stay, even though he promised me in his vows. I was always afraid he'd find a reason to leave me. Like I was just one mistake away from him deciding that that was going to be it. None of that was something you did, it was already in us."

"I'm sorry to hear that", Georgie said. She had been away for the most of last year and had therefore missed everything that had happened between Ty and Amy. She had not heard the full story of that either, but here she was, trying to understand it.

"Well, you should hear it. I don't want you to blame yourself for anything you haven't done", Amy said softly.

Georgie nodded, accepting it as her new angle to this.

"So... how are you? Do you still feel good about coming back home?" Amy wanted to know.

"Well, it's not what it used to be, but I guess that's just something I have to get used to", Georgie said. "Thankfully we only have few weeks left in school, and then I can leave all those people behind me. Or most of the them."

"That's good. You'll get a fresh start", Amy said, smiling a little.

Georgie smiled back at her. "Maybe."

They stayed in the silence for a while, before Georgie continued.

"I know it's totally up to you, because I don't know the whole story, but... what I've learned ever since I came here and became part of this family is that sometimes we get so caught up in the things that we are running from and don't pay enough attention to what we should be running towards. Like, when I was in New York, I realized that by running away from Hudson, I didn't just leave all the bad stuff behind me, I left all the good too. Like you guys. So instead of thinking too much about the bad stuff I had waiting for me here, I tried to think what are the good things I have to focus on. Like my family, my horses, my friends... It makes it worth facing it all", Georgie wanted to share. "It's not easy, but... I guess I just thought that by living in that fear someone else created for me, I was giving them all the power over my life. Like they made my choices for me, robbed me from all the good things I had. And I don't want that. I don't want them to take Hudson away from me. It's such a great place after all. Maybe I don't like all the people here, but... I can learn to live with that. I mean, no one can like everyone, right?"

"That's a good way to think about it", Amy admitted. She was happy her niece had been able to overcome that obstacle and had gained all this wisdom from it.

"I guess what I'm trying to say is that... I know you loved Europe. I could see it in your face from the newspaper and magazine articles and online clips. It would be a shame if you would never see France again just because some stupid prince chose to hurt you", Georgie summed it up.

Amy felt a lump in her throat, nodding a little because she knew Georgie to be right. Most of her trip had been amazing, it was just the ending that had changed everything and almost ruined all the good memories too. And not just the memories, but also her own mind and her personal relationships here back at home.

Amy just didn't know if she had that courage to face it all in her yet. But how would she know if she ever would? It had already been four years and the feeling had not lessened, if anything it had only gotten worse. What if it would only continue to get worse?

Maybe it was kind of like getting back on a horse - the longer you waited, the worse it got.

"Thanks, Georgie", Amy said, feeling emotional. "When did you get so grown up, huh?"

Georgie smiled. "I don't know. It just sort of happens. Maybe having someone like you in my life has helped a lot."

"Well, I'm really proud to be your aunt", she said. "Come here", Amy leaned forward so they could hug.