Spot followed Jack out of the room and into the hallway.

"What the hell was that?!"

"I'm tired of her looking at me like I'm a god damn criminal!"

"In her eyes, you are!" Spot countered, shoving a finger into Jack's face. Slowly the
group who was huddled in the doorway stepped into the hallway to hear the banter.

"I don't get why! It's been... how many years now?" Jack retorted. Raven shoved
herself through the group and stood face to face with Jack.

"See, May, I told ya. She's like a grenade, and that statement pulled the pin..."
Smalltalk muttered.

"You wanna know why!? WHY!? DO I REALLY NEED TO TELL YOU WHY!?"
Raven screamed and shoved Jack backwards.

"Tell me, Raven! Say it! Spit it out! IT'S BEEN ALMOST TEN YEARS, AND
YOU'RE STILL NOT OVER ME!"

"LOOK WHO'S TALKING! YOU'RE STILL CRYING OVER THE GIRL WHO
GOT AWAY!"

"YOU DIDN'T GET AWAY!"

"NO, THAT'S RIGHT, YOU PUSHED ME AWAY!"

"HEY! Guys, calm down!" Blink said stepping between the two.

"IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT!" Raven screeched, turning to Blink. "YOU'RE THE
ONE WHO HAD THAT FUCKING PARTY! YOU'RE THE ONE WHO INVITED
THAT BITCH!"

"Listen it isn't all his fault!" Jack said defending Blink.

"FUCK YOU FRANCIS!" Raven boomed at Jack.

"Oh...the pain...the pain..." Jack said sarcastically and placed a hand over his heart.

At that moment, an all-out screaming war erupted between everyone in the group. No one could hear each other, but no one cared. They simply continued to curse and yell.

"GET OUT OF MY HOUSE, JACK! GET OUT!" Raven screamed, her face beet-red and steam practically coming out of her ears.

"Ya know what? Fuck this!" Jack snarled as he stared Raven down. He stormed over to the front door and grabbed the knob.
SNAP! The lights went out. Darkness immediately flooded the rooms, and all was black.

"No lights... no lights... no lights..." Mayfly chanted to herself.

"Well. That's great," Pie said, letting out a deep breath.

"It's your fault, Jack!"

"My fault?!"

"YES, YOUR FAULT!"

"Okay... Blink... alcohol... now." Pie stated.

"Uno problemo, mi amigo... I don't know where la cocina is."

"Well, fuck."

"No problem," Spot said pulling a flask out of his jacket pocket. He tossed it to Pie who caught it and took a chug.

"Lights are out... someone turn on a lamp!" Smalltalk stated.

"Smalls, there's no electricity," Raven replied.

"Oh. Um.... does that mean the phones, too?" Everyone groaned.

"Pie and Smalls, can you two go upstairs to the storeroom and get the candles for me?"

"Sure," the two answered in unison. Mayfly stood there, staring around the room.

"No lights... no lights... no lights..." she chanted to herself. Blink inched closer to her, just standing at her side.

"Spot," Raven said, inquiring where he was.

"Yeah?"

"Go find me some batteries... they gotta be in the basement." Spot smirked as he decided to point out something.

"Looks like Mayfly is gonna start hyperventilating soon, so maybe Blink should stay with her... the only pair left is you and Jack." Raven and Jack groaned.

"Well, come on, asshole. I have flashlights in the kitchen." Raven grabbed Jack's hand and pulled him out of the room. Smalltalk and Pie took off upstairs. Spot found the basement door and froze. The basement... why didn't I say anything? he thought. He shook his head, opened the door, and began descending the stairs slowly, breathing harder with each step. Running... he remembered running.

Creak!

Spot jumped about two feet in the air. Running... faster... keep running. Spot finally reached the basement and hit himself in the head. Stop it, Conlon. Get a grip, he ain't behind ya. Spot stepped into the basement and sneezed from the dust. Batteries, breathing.... stop it! Fuck off, brain ,and leave me in peace for once!

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"Come here, boy! Don't ever defy me again!" Aiden Conlon screamed at his son. Spot dashed out of the apartment, his little legs carrying him as fast as they would allow. Spot's dad chased him out of the apartment and into the stairwell Spot ran into. Spot tore down the flights of stairs as if flying, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. His father never once pulled back. Spot dashed across the lobby and slid for the basement door. He wrenched it open and tore down the stairs, hearing the pounding of his father behind him.

"YOU'LL DO WHAT I TELL YOU TO DO, BOY!" Aiden slapped Spot across the
face and sent him sailing across the room. Spot quickly regained himself and scurried up against the wall.

"YOU GOOD-FOR-NOTHING RUNT! I'M GONNA TEACH YOU A LESSON!"

"DAD, NO, PLEASE! NOT AGAIN! NO!" Spot's blue eyes widened in fear as his
father stalked towards him.

"DO AS I SAY, BOY!" Spot whimpered as his father grabbed the belt of his pants.

"DAD, LEAVE ME ALONE! NO! PLEASE! STOP!" The tears poured from Spot's eyes as his father unbuttoned his belt.

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Spot screamed from his position against the wall. His hands covered his face, and his body shook in tortured sobs.

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"Are you okay?" Blink asked Mayfly. He sat down next to her on the couch.

"Um... yeah... fine... okay... yeah..."

"You sure?"

"Yeah... just peachy... ball of sunshine..."

"May..."

"I'm flippin' out, okay?! I HATE the dark! The lights are gone! I'M GONNA DIE
FROM... FROM LACK OF LIGHT EXPOSURE OR SOMETHING! EVERYTHING IS
GONNA START MOVING!" Mayfly screamed, twitching.

"Hey, calm down! I'm here, okay?" Blink said softly.

"I can't calm down. When I was six... I had this doll who sat on the edge of my bed. And it was at night, so there weren't any lights. And you know how sometimes shadows make weird shapes? Well, out of nowhere, I'm lookin at her ,and all of a sudden I see this chainsaw going to chop her head off! It was real, I swear to God!"

"May, listen, nobody's gonna chop your head off with a chainsaw!"

"How do you know that?! Blink, what if I die RIGHT HERE by some freaky, evil
shadow monster-thing?!"

"I know you won't."

"How?"

"'Cause I'm here..." Blink stared into her eyes before pulling her into a hug. Mayfly melted into his arms and forgot they were in the dark. Then, they heard the scream.

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"These the stairs, Pie?"

"Smalls, they are the only stairs."

"Oh. I knew that." They began to climb the stairs. "OW!"

"What?"

"You stepped on me!"

"Did not!"

"Did too!"

"Did not."

"Did too." Smalltalk stepped into the upstairs hall and zeroed in on a door. "EEP!
CLOSET!" she shrieked.

"So?" Smalltalk grabbed Pie by the hand and tugged him towards the closet. She opened the door and stared at it in awe.

"IT'S A WALK-IN!"

"Yes, Smalls, I can see that." Pie rolled his eyes before being flung inside the walk-in closet. Smalltalk stepped in after him.

SLAM!

"Uh-oh..."

"'Uh-oh' is right, Smalls!" Pie eater rushed towards the door and tried to open it. He began pulled in on it frantically. "I'M GONNA KILL YOU!" Smalltalk's eyes widened in fear.

"HELP! HELP! HELP! HELP! HELP! HELP! HELP!"

"HELP!"

"HEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLP!"

"HELP!"

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"DON'T touch me," Raven hissed as she lead the way into the kitchen.

"FINE!" Jack trailed behind her.

"Start looking for flashlights."

"Yes, Sergeant." Raven rolled her eyes as they began looking through drawers, once in awhile stealing glances at each other.

"Why?" Raven asked him suddenly, a flashlight dangling from her fingertips.

"Why what?" Jack asked slamming a drawer shut.

"Why did you do it?"

"What are you talking about?"

"Why did you cheat on me!?"

"Raven, I don't know! Okay?!"

"How can you not know why!?"

"BECAUSE I DON'T! SHE WAS THERE, I WAS THERE, AND I WAS DRUNK!"

"THAT AIN'T AN EXCUSE!"

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Jack stood there with a beer in his hand, laughing loudly, the music blaring in his ears.

"JACK!" Blink cried through the crowd a blonde on his arm. Jack continued to laugh with the group he was talking to, not hearing Blink above the music. Blink tapped Jack on the shoulder, and he spun around to face his friend.

"What?" Jack yelled.

"This is Breezey," Blink said smirking. "She saw you from back there and is interested in... talking to you." Jack narrowed his eyes at Blink as he walked away leaving Breezey with Jack. She twirled her dirty blonde hair around her finger and smiled at him.

"Listen, I got a girl," Jack stated plainly.

"Aw, come on... it won't be serious. Besides, how would she find out?" Breezey
giggled and whispered into Jack's ear. A few hours and a few drinks later, Breezey was attached to Jack's lips, and they were stumbling out to his Red Camaro. Jack unlocked the door, and Breezey sat on the driver's seat. She grabbed Jack by his shirt collar and pulled him inside, the car door shutting behind them. Steam rose and situated itself on the car windows.

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"Didn't you even think about me once?!"

"Raven...."

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The group sat in the cafeteria on the edge of their seats.

"Has anybody seen Raven?" Mayfly asked.

"Naw, not since third period. She told me she was going for a smoke," Spot said
lighting up a cigarette himself in the middle of the cafeteria. Anyone who was watching him quickly turned their heads. "That's right, any of you say anything and you're hamburger meat."

"We all know she usually cuts, but she ALWAYS meets us for lunch," Mayfly said, squirming in her seat. Blink shot a glance and her, and she looked down, blushing like crazy.

"Guys..." Pie gulped. "Look no further; the raging bull has just exited her pen." Pie pointed to the far end of the cafeteria where a very pissed-off looking Raven was storming towards their lunch table. Raven locked eyes with Jack's. Jack stared at her and instantly knew what this was about. Jack sent a look to Blink. Lucky looked up from the book she was reading and gulped loudly.

"I'm staying out of this...." she stated quietly and watched Raven, taking everything in.

"What?" Blink said innocently.

"No one will find out, huh?" Jack growled. Raven, at that moment, stormed over next to Jack.

"Hello, Jack, how as the party Friday night?"

"Oh, shit..." Blink said, his eyes widening.

"Shut up, Blink!" Raven snarled before turning her attention back to Jack.

"I don't know what you're talking about, Ravy." Jack sat there, completely cool.

"DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT?! WHAT ARE THESE?!" Raven
pulled out a bright red thong from her jacket pocket. "I DON'T OWN A THONG THIS
COLOR!"

"How did you...." Jack stuttered over his words.

"I FOUND THEM IN YOUR CAR! YOU DRIVE ME TO SCHOOL! I LEFT MY
CIGARETTES IN YOUR CAR THIS MORNING!"

"Ravy, calm down..." Blink said, trying to quiet the girl.

"CALM DOWN!" Raven boomed. Then she stepped on the bench and climbed on top
of the lunch table. "WHY SHOULD I CALM DOWN WHEN MY BOYFRIEND
CHEATED ON ME FRIDAY NIGHT AT YOUR PARTY, BLINK! CALM DOWN?!
I'LL GIVE YOU CALM DOWN!" She returned her rage filled eyes to Jack. "SO HOW
WAS SHE JACK? WAS SHE UP TO PAR? WAS SHE AS GOOD A FUCK AS I'VE
BEEN?! DID YOU SAY THE THINGS TO HER THAT YOU SAY TO ME? YOU
FUCKING ASSHOLE!" A single hot tear slid down Raven's cheek, and she wiped at it furiously, only to allow room for more angry crystalline streaks to down her face. " I
HATE YOU! I NEVER LOVED YOU! I USED YOU, TOO! TAKE THIS PIECE OF
SHIT THONG AND SHOVE IT UP YOUR FAT ASS!" she shrieked between her sobs
and flung the red thong at his face. She jumped down off the table, her tears wracking her body. She slapped Jack across the face and ran out of the cafeteria.

"You dick," Mayfly growled at him. She got up, slapped him across the face, and
strode out after Raven.

"Ditto," Smalltalk hissed and repeated Mayfly's action of slapping Jack in the face and following her out. The cafeteria was silent until Smalltalk placed her last step out the doors. It then gradually went back to its normal volume.

"Did you really cheat on her?" Pie asked.

"I..."

"Jack, so help me, if you cheated on that girl, I will fuck you up!" Spot snarled through clenched teeth.

"Guys, cool it... it was probably her thong. She just needed an excuse to dump him, right, Jack?" Blink said slinging and arm across his shoulder, staring at the other two boys.

"Yeah, that's it. Those are Raven's, and she just needed a reason to get rid of me," Jack said sadly as he turned his head to the door where Raven's hysterical form could be seen through the glass.

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"YOU NEVER TOLD THEM THE TRUTH?!" Raven yelled.

"No..." Jack looked away from her.

"YOU BASTARD! I LOVED YOU, AND YOU CHEATED ON ME WITH SOME
DUMB BLONDE!"

"Do you wanna know why I cheated, Rave?! AFTER ALL THIS TIME, I FIGURED
IT OUT!"

"WELL, THEN TELL ME!"

"I CHEATED ON YOU BECAUSE I LOVED YOU SO MUCH IT HURT! IT
SCARED ME HALF TO DEATH! I WAS ONLY EIGHTEEN AND I LOVED YOU
SO MUCH THAT I COULDN'T BREATHE HALF THE TIME! I WAS SCARED OF
LOVING YOU!" Jack stared at her for a moment. "I still love you..."

"You broke my heart, Jack....."

"I know, and it's been killing me since that day." Neither of them realized that the
space between them had closed to mere inches. Jack was staring down at his high school sweetheart, and Raven was looking up at the man of her dreams. They both realized that they let each other slip away. Jack ran his fingers down Raven's face.

"You're beautiful, you know that? You haven't changed at all," he whispered. He
cupped her cheek with his hand and gently pressed his lips to hers. Raven pulled back quickly with a look of surprise on her face. She smiled and wrapped her arms around his neck pulling him into a deep kiss. The fireworks sent rushes of tingles down their spines as Jack lifted her off the floor. Raven snapped her face away from his and her eyes darted about the room.

"Did you hear that?"

"Hear what?" Jack said still holding Raven in his arms.

"A scream."

"Yeah... shit! Where's Spot?"

"I sent him into the basement for batteries...."

"Raven, the basement?!"

"What's wrong with the basement?" Jack left their embrace and rushed out of the
kitchen. Raven followed close behind with the flashlight. She clicked it on and a glow of light flooded the hallway. She heard Jack running down the stairs and followed quickly.

"NO! DAD NO!" Spot screamed as Jack came into view. Raven hurried in after Jack and stopped immediately when she saw Spot rocking back and forth, almost convulsing.

"Oh, my God," Raven gasped, covering her mouth.

"Hey, Spot... it's Jack... calm down, okay?" Jack went to touch him, but Spot jerked backwards. "Spot, it's okay... Spot.... SPOT." Spot looked up at Jack and instantly recognition flooded into his eyes.

"Jack?"

"Yeah..." Spot stood up slowly.

"You okay?" Jack asked. Spot nodded his head and practically ran out of the
basement.

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SHOUTOUTS!

Cerriweden: Oh Raven and Jack do loathe each other and well as you can see thats only because they LOVE each other lol. hehe

Kawaii Julie Sama: WELL DUH THERE IS MORE hehe. I couldn't help putting some of my balletness into the story. I thought it would be pretty funny having Jack and Spot doing ballet hehe. Spot's name just kinda came into my head and the fact that it is soooooooo Irish lol. Mayfly is totally psycho sometimes I love it when she flips out hehe, like in the dark lol.

Patch: Of course everything about this fic is tricky lol.

Sita Bita!!!!!!!!!: Yea I gets mucho love! I'm so glad you luffle this fic seeing as your my BEST EVER BETA!

Headache: I CONTINUED!! EEP! Yes Jack has the worst balance on the plant! Raven does feel a little quilty, but only a smidge hehe. I UPDATED EEP!

Sapphy!: The flashbacks make the story, it's like a tool into their lives before they separated. Jack and Spot doing Ballet is quite amusing isn't it hehe. The beginning of the falling out was throughly explained in this chappy wasn't it hehe.

SpotLover421: OF COURSE EVERYONE HATES EACH OTHER! Doesn't it make things even more interesting? lol