* Kat Point of View *

The class went by fast. I felt Chris and Gordie staring at me the whole time. The bell rang and everyone ran out, but I was last to leave. I walked out of the room, Chris and Gordie stood on both side of the door looking at me.

"Hi" I said.

"I knew it was you," Chris said.

"What,"

"At the market yesterday, you ran into me," he said.

"Why did you come back Kat," Goride asked me. The question startled me.

"I had to," I said walking down the hallway.

"Have you seen Vern, Mel or Teddy yet," Chris asked.

"No,"

"Well you will soon…"

The day finally ended and I made my way out of the school building. I had seen familiar faces, but none of Teddy, Vern or Mel. Three faces I was dieing to see. Then suddenly someone came running into me. We both fell to the ground.

"What the hell are you blind," I yelled. I stood up and so did the other person. I looked at them and it was Vern.

"Kat, Kat Johnson is that you," he said. I looked at Vern and he looked the same as he did a year ago.

"Kat…." He asked again.

"Hi Vern,"

"O my god, you came back," he said grabbing my arm.

"Where are we going," I asked.

"To my house, everyone is there…"

Vern dragged me the whole way to his house. I saw Chris and Gordie, sitting on the step looking at me. Mel was also there. Then I saw Teddy his back was towards me talking to Mel. We walked closer and Chris smiled at me.

"Teddy...." but he kept talking to Mel. "Teddy….TEDDY,"

"What," he said turning around looking at Vern. Teddy had changed, he was much cuter, he had his glasses still but not the big black ones he had a year ago.

"Someone here wants to see you," Vern laughed. Teddy looked at me for a while, not realizing who I was.

"O my god, Kat," he yelled jumping down the steps of Vern's house. He ran over to me and gave me a hug. He let go and looked at me.

"What…what are you doing here," he asked.

"I decided to come back for a while…"

ADDED SEPTEMBER 25TH 2002

"I can't believe your back," Mel said as she sat down with her ice cream in a booth.

"Yea it has been to long, I was starting to miss everyone," I said sitting across from her.

"Yea things where getting pretty boring,"

"So what have you been up to," I asked.

"Same ol' stuff before you left. Teddy has been talking about you non stop since you moved. He really likes you," she explained. "How are you, Sky and your dad,"

"Things….things are better…" I said.

"Hey lets get out of here," Mel said and we left the ice cream store. We where stopped by Ace and Eyeball.

"What do you want," I yelled.

"To have some fun, we never got to finish up from the dance," Ace said grabbing my arm.

"Let me go," I yelled but he didn't. Eyeball grabbed Mel who was trying to run away.

"Where do you think your going," he asked her.

Ace tried to pull me into his car but didn't. I kicked him and he let go. I saw Eyeball push Mel to the ground, Ace punched me in the eye and I fell hard to the ground. The two boys ran into Ace's car and took off. I looked around me, no one was around. No one had helped me like before…this time I was on my own.