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Billie's P.O.V.

I sat out side awhile with Frank after coming home from Ali's. We picked guitar for awhile too. Frank said I was gettin' pretty good. I finally got the guts up to tell him that Ali was sendin' me to Liberty for a couple of days to check up on somethin' or other when she said Missouri I stopped listenin' and said yes. I decided that while I was there I would try to talk Zerelda into comin' to Tennessee with me. He figures we should give up on tryin' to get Ali and Jesse together plus I suspected that Cole's got a thing for her. That always ends up the same way. After we finished talkin' I went up stairs at first I was goin' to go to bed then I seen that Jesse's door was open.

" Jesse you in there?"

"Ya, Billie come in." I went in after he said that.

"Jess, I gotta tell you something."

"What is it Billie. Well Alison asked me to go to Missouri with her for somethin' I said yes."

" That's great Billie where in Missouri." He was takin' this better than I expected.

"Liberty." That's when the reality that we were all hidin' inside set in on his face. We all wanted to go home but Jesse most of all.

" Oh. Well you make sure to say to everyone for me."

" Jesse you're not going to ask me when I'm leavin'."

"Well are you leavin'."

" In two days."

"So soon."

"Yeah I won't be gone for more than four days though. Jesse I'm goin' to see her."

"Tell her I… Tell her."

" I know I will. Good night Jesse."

"Good night Billie Sophia."

With that I left and went to my room. I slept fine until some one decided it was nice night to have a thunder storm as much as I deny it to Jesse and anyone else there is nothin' I hate more than a thunder storm. They never got this bad in Missouri. I jumped out of bed with the first clap of thunder. I was out in the hall by the lightenin' everyone's doors were closed I didn't want to wake Jesse up again and frank could sleep through anythin' so I walked down the hall a bit to Jimmy's door. I opened the door slowly to find him sittin' in bad listenin' to the rain.

" Jimmy,"

"Yeah,"

"You're still up." I said standin' in the doorway.

"Yeah and so will the rest of the house if you don't close the door." I step in the room and closed the door and walked in.

"So you're still the same Billie Sophia James that's scared of thunder storms."

"Am not."

"Sure then what are you doing here in ... Well your night-gown."

" I couldn't sleep and I figured who better to go see than the only other person in the house that's awake." I was lyin' through my teeth.

"Sure you did but come here." He said pushing over in his bed. I figured that if I was goin' to stay here for a while I mine as well be comfortable. I climbed in to bed with him. He wrapped his arms around me.

"You're cold."

"Thanks Jimmy."

"Well you are. So tomorrow mornin' are you still goin' to spend the day with me?" He asked.

"Umm…" I laughed. " Of course." I yawned.

" You know we should be sleepin'." That was the last thing I heard before I woke up the next mornin'.