A few days later, Ellie sat on Ashley bed. She glanced at Ashley, who was sitting at her keyboard, playing a few random notes. After a few minutes, she turned to Ellie, glancing at the bandages on her wrist. She smiled faintly and glanced around her spacious room.

"You can't know how great it is to be back in my own room after that stuffy hospital," she said, standing up. Ellie nodded in understanding as Ashley walked over to dresser.

"Ellie…I should have listened to you," Ashley suddenly said quietly. "I just couldn't admit I had a problem. Life had really sucked for me lately, and I didn't know how to deal with it."

"I totally understand," Ellie said quickly. "Cutting can be addictive. But it can be so dangerous, too."

"Don't I know it," Ashley said, holding up a bandaged wrist. "I wasn't trying to kill myself, you know? My mom and dad had just got in this huge fight, and I was really upset. I just kept cutting….I didn't even realize it. Then I…passed out."

Ellie nodded. Ashley sighed sadly and sat down on her bed. "But I'm getting counseling, but I'm not going to go back to school for awhile. I'm going to stop…I just need some help." Ellie smiled and wrapped an arm around her friend.

"Good. An anytime you're feeling down or stressed or something, call me and we can go to a movie or shopping…or anything at all," she said. "Even if it's one in the morning. Anytime." Ashley smiled and hugged her friend tightly; suddenly feeling like everything was going to be ok.

 Sean took his Math textbook out of his locker, and slipped it into his bag. He frowned, preoccupied with thoughts of Gina and Emma. A minute later, he closed his locker, and turned around….and he was staring right at Gina. Sean frowned harder and shifted his feet uncomfortably.

"Hey, babe," she purred, smiling. "Want to skip English? I cannot sit through another boring day of Mrs. Kwan babbling about some stupid book."

"Forget it, Gina. Just…forget us," he said coldly, stepping around her. Before he could walk away, Gina grabbed his arm firmly.

"Wait? What's the matter with you?" she barked out.

"How could you do that to Emma, Gina?" he asked, turning back around. Gina dropped his arm and folded her arms over her chest.

"I don't know what you're talking about."

"Bull. You put something in her drink. Just admit it, Gina."

Gina sighed loudly. "I still don't know what you're talking about, Sean, and I think-"

"Cut the crap, Gina. You're such a liar. Why not just tell the truth? Everyone knows-" Sean began, but Gina cut him off angrily.

"Fine! I did it! But so what, Sean? That little ho was all over you. Not to mention she was the one who totally got me in trouble with Raditch! She deserved it, and you know it," Gina said, narrowing her bright blue eyes. Sean just stared at her in disgust.

"We're done, Gina," he said, turning to walk away.

"You can't break up with me!" she called after him. Sean shrugged and kept walking, not bothering to turn around.

"I just did," he called back, leaving Gina standing by his locker. Now that that's done with, he thought, heading toward English class. I've got one more thing to do.

    "Emma!" Sean said, grabbing Emma's arm to stop her before she went into English class. Emma gasped slightly, and Sean wanted to kick himself for being so thoughtless. Of course she was jumpy. She had been…Sean didn't want to think about it. "Can we talk real fast?" Emma nodded slowly, and the two moved off to the side.

"Emma…Manny told me about what happened at that party," Sean said. Emma blushed and looked away, but Sean shook his head.

"I…I know what happened to you was horrible. But that's not what we talked about. She told that she saw Gina slip something in your drink. I…I guess I didn't see the true Gina when I was dating her."

"Was?" Emma asked, and Sean nodded. Emma sighed with relief. She had confronted Gina about the party, and of course Gina had adamantly denied everything. Emma knew she couldn't prove anything, and realized Gina would probably go unpunished. So Emma was pleased to learn that she had at least lost Sean.

"I broke up with her. I…I care you, Emma. I just…the way you've been acting lately…" he trailed off. Emma nodded quickly.

"Don't worry about that. I'm…I'm not like that anymore. Things have changed…I'm getting counseling. Hopefully, I'll even press charges against the guy. But now I want to focus on moving on and going back to the old me. I guess I'm just going to be old, boring Emma Nelson." She smiled at Sean bravely. Even though she was putting on a brave face, Emma still had deep emotional scars to deal with. She was just glad that Sean was going to be there for her.

Sean smiled back. "Good," he said, taking her hand, and leaning in to kiss her….

    A week later, Craig opened his locker and watched as Spinner approached, his arm wrapped protectively around Paige's shoulder. He let go so Paige could open her locker. Spin then grinned at Craig.

"Hey, buddy," he said. Craig smiled and glanced at his friend, who was still covered in bruises, but was looking much better. "I never thought I'd say this, but I'm glad to be back in school. With Angel and then the "incident", I feel like I haven't been here is forever."

Craig laughed and nodded as he unloaded some of his books. Paige took out a brush and smiled at her boyfriend.

"I'm so glad your doing better," she said, reaching up and giving him a peck on the cheek. "And I'm glad we're back together. Spin, fix your shirt."

Craig smiled and closed his locker. "Glad to see some things haven't changed." Spin made a face at Craig, but smiled.

"I don't know what I was thinking, dating Angel," Spin said, revealing one of his rare, deep-thought moments. "She was bad news, but it's like I was hypnotized or something." He shrugged.

"Let's just be glad that Angel is out of our lives," Paige said a bit bitterly.

"I couldn't agree more," a voice said, and the three turned to see Roxie walking up to her locker. She rolled her eyes. "Apparently she's doing well in Montreal, so maybe she'll stay there for…hopefully, forever." Roxie opened her locker. Paige nodded in agreement and closed her locker. Spin put an arm around his girlfriend, and looked at Roxie. She looked at him, and it was as if they silently agreed never to mention what had happened between them to anyone.

"We're going to leave you two alone," Spin said, and he and Paige began to walk away. He looked at Craig and winked. Craig blushed slightly and just smiled. Roxie watched the couple walk away, and then laughed.

"That was painfully obvious," she said, taking out a few things and loading them into her book bag. "What have you been telling people, Craig?" she teased. Craig shrugged and leaned against his locker as he watched Roxie.

"Oh, you know…that I've scored with you a million times and you're incredibly easy."

Roxie stood up and grinned. "Oh, how I'm going to miss your smart-ass attitude."

Craig began to smile. "You know you love it-wait, why are you going to miss it?"

Roxie's smile faded and she cleared her throat. "I might as well tell you, because your going to find out anyway…I'm moving to Parker Beach. My aunt has been in Europe for a few years, but social services finally contacted her and found out she came back a week ago. She said she'll take me, so…I'm going to go."

"You can't go," Craig said, his face falling.

Roxie smiled sadly. "Great. You've become emotionally attached." She sighed dramatically and closed her locker. "Don't tell me that after all this time you're finally realizing you want to be more than friends?"

Craig looked at her. "What if I am?" That surprised Roxie.

"Well….I guess it's too late," she said quietly, putting her book bag onto her shoulder. "I'm leaving this afternoon. My aunt's coming to pick my up at my house in an hour. I'm really going to miss you." She looked away. "I've already said good-bye to Ash and stuff, but I hope you two are…going to work things out. You two would make a great couple. Ash cares about you a lot." Roxie looked back at him. "I'll call you when I get to my aunt's. Maybe I'll visit this summer or something."

Craig nodded. "Are you sure you have to go?"

Roxie laughed. "Positive. Don't be sad, though. It's kind of like when you left your dad and moved in with Joey. It's a good thing. I need to be someplace where somebody actually cares about me." Craig nodded in understanding, silently thinking that he cared about her.

"Just so you know, I'm not mad about you and Spinner," he said quickly, thinking back on the fight they had had the night that all the shit had happened. After Spinner, Ashley, and Manny, it had hardly seemed important. "I know it was a mistake." Roxie nodded slowly and smiled happily.

"Just so you know, I'm not mad about Manny. Well…not really. Insanely jealous is probably the word. Bye, Craig." She kissed him on the cheek.

"Bye, Roxie." And then she was gone.

Craig looked down at the floor, and saw that she had left her jacket. He picked it up.

    An hour later, Craig hurried down the street to Roxie's house. He had to catch her. He had to give her back her jacket, but more importantly, he had to tell her how he really felt. He had to let her know that he loved her. Craig ran as fast as his legs could take him, but as he rounded the corner into the street where Roxie lived, he saw a blue car pull out of her driveway. He waved his hands in the air, hoping they would see him, but they didn't.

Craig reached her driveway just as the car disappeared out of sight. He leaned over, panting, still clutching her jacket. He shook his head.

"I love you," he said to no one, defeated.

A few minutes later Craig stood up, and glanced at Roxie's house, which was abandoned. He realized how selfish he was being. Roxie deserved to go and have a real family. She deserved to live a happy life. Craig nodded his head, and then looked at the jacket he had in his hands. Roxie's jacket. Something fell out of the pocket.

Craig bent over and picked it up. It was a picture that Jimmy had taken when a bunch of them had gone to one of Dylan's hockey games. It was of Roxie and Craig smiling at the camera. Craig stared at it, and then at the jacket. Then he gazed down the street in the direction that the car had gone.

Then, he smiled.

Author's Note- Thanks for everyone who had reviewed and read my story! I was hoping that if you review the last chapter, you could also kind of review the story as a whole. And even though the stories done, anyone who reads it later can still review, because I love reviews!  Anyway, the sequel Nothing Is Forever, will be up in a few days, so read that, too! It's going to be about basically the same characters as this one, but a lot of new stuff is going to happen. So thanks so much for reading and reviewing! Hope you liked it!