So it followed for the next two months, every day Jackie would have long conversations with Sarah. Jackie would tell her about her world, and Sarah would tell Jackie about the world SHE lived in. Jackie found she liked Sarah more and more and enjoyed every talk they had together. Every night she, Inez, and Matt would each pray twenty Hail Mary's for Sarah, knowing that each one was a step closer to Sarah finally going to Heaven. Matt and Inez frequently came over too. Sarah would tell them all about her adventures. One time her knowledge of Abigail Adams helped Inez write a report on her, another time her tales about John Adams helped Matt to be strong and to stand up for himself when a few bullys were picking on him. The months seemed to pass very quickly, and every day Jackie kept her promise. No matter how busy a day she was having, no matter how often Motherboard needed her and her friends, she always set aside time to talk to Sarah, at least an hour a day. BY the ed of the second month, she began to notice a change in Sarah. Remembering how Sarah's eyes had looked the first time they met, pretty but dark and rather sad, now they were starting to glow and look happier. She wondered if this was happening because she was a few steps closer to Heaven now, or if she was just really happy for the first time in over three hundred years. Either way, she could se why James had fallen so deeply in love with her, she was a very pretty person, and so much fun to talk to and be around.

One day in school about a month later, she heared Inez call out to her. "Jax! Hey, Jax, wait up!" she turned as Inez came running down the hall.

"Inez, what's up?" Jackie asked happily.

"I was figuring something out last night."

"What is it?" she asked, looking at her watch.

"You in a hurry, Jax?"

"Kind of, I'm suppused to go home and wait for Sarah. I promised her I would come home around three o'clock. She promised to tell me more about Thomas Jefferson, and my great-grandfather."

"Well, as a matter of fact, Sarah is just what I wanted to talk to you about."

"You wanna come and see her today?"

"Not right now, I have a Spanish Club meeting. But I was figuring something out last night, and you can give her the good news!"

"What good news?"

"Jax, we're almost done!"

"Done with what?"

"With the prayers, Jax! I've been figuring it all out, and we have only about 300 more Hail Mary's left to say! If we each say twenty per night, that's means we only have about five more times to say the Hail Mary's, and Sarah's debt will be paid! She'll be forgiven of her sins and she'll be worthy of Heaven! Isn't that great news! In fuve more days Sarah's on her way to Heaven, she'll be able to see James again! " Jackie's eyes bpoped open in shock and surprise at this news. Only five more days to go? Just five?! That's IT?! "Jax? Inez asked again. "Jax? You hear me? I said Sarah's gonna be on her way to Heaven soon. Isn't that great news?"

"What? Oh, yeah. Yeah, that's great news..just great." Jackie answered quietly.

"You know what? I tink I might cut the meeting short and go see her after all. We only have five more days with her, we should go and as much time with her as we can."

"Yeah, yeah," Jackie said quietly. "After all..she'll be gone soon. Gone.".

"Yeah, finally she'll be on her way to Heaven. Well I'll see ya later, Jax." Inez smiled and turned away. Jackie slowly walked home quietly, thinking over what Inez had said to her. God, did they only have five days to go? Just five more days, that's it? But,. Sarah was nicer than almost anyone else she had met. She was a nice, swet person, a really good friend. After the prayers were said, she would go away forever. This wasn't even a 'see you later' goodbye, she would never se Sarah again! EVER! Her friend was going away forever! Her feet felt like ten ton weights as she trudged up to her home. She marched up to her rom to wait for Sarah. Suddenly a thought began to take form in her mind, 'Do I really want to do this?' She blocked the hurtful and unkind thought for just a moment, before it came back. She really didn't want to do it, she didn't want to say the prayers! Sarah was such a nice person, why did she have to go away forever! Did she make a friend only to lose her forever? To never see her again? It's not fair! Just then Sarah appeared in front of Jackie.

"Good afternoon, Jackie, how was your day at school?"

Jackie looked up."Oh, it was fine, Sarah. Just great. So, Sarah, you were going to talk about my great-grandfather Moses?" AS Sarah talked, Jackie was hanging on her every word, wishing she could make time stop..so she wouldn't have to say goodbye...forever.