Two days later, school started back up, and Madison and her band had been asked to perform a Welcome Back gig to start off the new year. Bright, a senior, and Ephram, a junior, were roommates once again, but this time lived in a bigger room with one other person, a freshman named Sam whom they hardly ever saw because he always went home on the weekends. Bright and Ephram met Leah and Jess at the campus center to watch Madison and her band perform. The atmosphere was fantastic, everybody was having a great time, dancing to the beat of the music.
One of the last songs, Madison spoke into the microphone, "this next song goes out to all you couples out there" and she winked and smiled at Ephram before the band started. Leah started jumping up and down happily clapping her hands as she figured out that the song Madison was singing was a version of the song Ephram had written for her, "That's amaaaazing!!!!" she cried cheerfully. She looked at Ephram, "she doesn't look too bad either!"

Ephram half smiled, not looking away from Madison, "she's my life…" He turned towards Leah, "how are you doing?"

She breathed heavily, "I'm good. Myka and I talked about the other night, and, after thinking about it for a while, we're going to be friends."
"Is that what you want?" asked Ephram concerned

"For now…It takes me a while to trust somebody…he broke it, so its not like I can just forget about it, you know."
Ephram nodded, realizing once again that Madison was right, cheating is cheating and there is no way around it.

The two decided to dance together as Madison and her band performed for a couple more hours. People started dwindling away as it got later into the night before they finally finished playing. Ephram ran up to Madison as she walked down the steps and off the stage to greet him.

"You were amazing" he said as he wrapped her in his arms and kissed her deeply.

She tilted her head, "I had a little inspiration."

They packed up everything before heading off on their own. Madison and Ephram were walking arm in arm to her car, laughing and joking before Ephram said, "I absolutely love everything about you, Madison" he said as he touched her face, "I couldn't imagine losing you again."
She slightly smiled, "Leah?"

He nodded slowly, "Yeah, I mean, I spoke to her briefly tonight and I could sort of understand what she is going through, you know? Of course, when I lost you it was in a completely different situation, but…" his voice trailed off as he gazed into Madison's eyes. She was biting her lip, trying not to smile, "What time's your class tomorrow?"
He thought for a moment, "I have two music classes, but not until the afternoon…why?"

"Since I don't have class at all tomorrow…" she couldn't stop smiling, "Stay at my place tonight? Jess is working all night and we haven't had a night together in a long time." She reached for his hand and swung it a bit, still smiling.

"I'd love to." replied Ephram smiling, pulling her close, "…You've got my heart, you know that?"
She kissed him sweetly, brushing her fingers through his hair as he pressed his body to hers. They kissed for a little while longer before Ephram opened up the car door for Madison to let her get in. He shut the door then made his way to his side of the car and when he got in, they headed to Madison's place.