Chapter 3 A week had passed since Cory and Topenga had spoken. It was the same day that Topenga was leaving for Europe with her aunt. "Cory! Come down stairs please!" Cory's mom yelled from the bottom of the stairs. Cory ran down stairs. "Yeah what?" He asked her. "Are you going to go see Topenga before she leaves?" She asked him curiously. "No not really mom. We broke up remember? I don't want her to go. I don't think that I will be able to handle it while she is gone. I shouldn't go say good-bye." Cory looked down, and thoughts scurried about in his head. "Well Cory you wouldn't be saying good-bye. Your going to see her again. She'll be back in three weeks. She got her aunt to shorten up the time. I think it would be nice for you to go see her. She doesn't leave for another five hours. Common go." Cory's mom gave him a stern look. "Tell me one reason why I should go?" He demanded. "Because you love her Cory. She has been crying ever since you guys broke up. Her aunt called me yesterday telling me that." Cory walked towards the couch, about to sit down, but then he stopped. "Mom, what does Topenga do when I feel down?" Cory spun around to face his mom. "She always tried to cheer you up. Either by flowers or a ride around town. I don't know, why ask me this?" Cory's mom said. "That is what I should do for her." "Wait, what did I miss?" Cory's mom was confused. "I love Topenga, and since I'm not going to see her for three weeks, I should make the last couple of hours that we have together, great." Cory grabbed his jacket and bolted out the door. Eric had just pulled up in his PT Cruiser. "Hey! Can I take your car?" Cory grabbed the keys out of Eric's hand. "You crash it you die!" Eric screeched in his normal screechy voice. Cory got in the car and took off towards Topenga's house. When he arrived in her driveway her aunt was outside putting things inside of their car. Cory jumped out of the car, and rushed over to her. "Where is Topenga?" Cory asked. "She should be inside." Topenga's aunt smiled. Cory ran past her. When he got up to the door he stopped. He placed his hands on the doorframe, and leaned his curly head against the pale white door. "What am I doing?!" He said out loud. "It should be unlocked!" Topenga's aunt shouted from her car. Cory turned his head to face her. "Yeah thanks, I know." Cory smiled back. Cory let his arms drop to his sides. He stepped a step back. He was confused. He paced around the door for 2 minutes, until the door opened. He stopped moving. He put his hand on the back of his neck. He looked at the door. The person coming out of it was looking down at a magazine article. It was Topenga. Her hair was freshly brushed, her face was smooth looking. Her big puffy lips grasped together. "Topenga." Cory said softly. Topenga looked up from her magazine. Her eyes red and puffy from the tears that she had shed. Cory's eyes opened wide. Topenga shook her head no, and went back inside. Cory stood outside for a moment, but then rushed in the house. Topenga was no where to be found. He walked up the pearly white stairs, and down the hallway. When he reached her room, the door was closed. He touched the door handle, not sure if he wanted to open it, or not. When he finally made up his mind he turned the door handle, and went inside. On her light pink carpet, laid two boxes. They were small of coarse, but it was enough for Cory to started crying. Tears slowly streamed down his face. Topenga laid in the opposite direction of Cory's face. She hugged onto a pillow, and sobbed. Cory closed the door quietly and walked over to Topenga's bed. He wanted to hold her so bad. "Be with me." Cory, said to her. Topenga slowly turned her body over to face him. "What do you want Cory?" She choked up. "I want to be with you." He said. "How convenient, that is so selfish of you. You wanted to break up and now look. Here we are broken up, its what you wanted. You insisted. Were over remember?" Topenga sat up and cried. Cory sat on the edge of her bed to face her. He put his hands on her weak arms, as they clung to her light blue pillow. "Please don't cry. I love you so much. My mom said that I should come over here to say good-bye." Topenga lifted her head out of the pillow and looked at Cory. "But Topenga, I don't ever want to say good-bye. I'd rather die then say that. Seriously, you're whom I live for everyday. These past couple of days have been a living hell, because my heart was missing. You are my heart, and you were missing." Topenga scooted closer to Cory, and they sat there for two hours and held each other.