I grew accustomed to Horace Green. I made new friends and begun to have a life again. I look and realized how they all grew up so much during middle school and high school.

Katie grew out of her tomboy roughness and blossomed in to a pretty girl, so pretty she managed to finally catch Zack's eye. Zack himself grew into his features and still had his boyish charm and the two started dating our first year of high school. Summer continued to be the all around achiever. President of student council and every other academic club. She was even an assistant to the principal. Freddy became the high school playboy. His charisma and bad boy persona made him the center of attention in the eyes of the entire female student body. Yet he could've cared less. He was still pulling pranks and pissing off Katie, especially when she started going out with Zack. Every day he would tell him "Dude your gonna get totally whipped and then you're just gonna end up like Ned! " And he never stopped bothering me. My cheeks turning red would be the highlight of his day. Freddy would do things like drop his pencil intentionally so I would bend down and pick it up or sneak up behind me and run his finger up and down my spine. He also never gave up the nickname for me. Every single day, I would cringe as he mockingly yelled, "OH JU-LES!" I've learn to deal with it though the years. Like I said, it was just a game.

Once we graduated, Katie and I moved down to the Jersey shore and bought a little beach house. It had been our dream since we were kids and even though we had to take crap jobs to pay for it, in the end it was worth it. The beach was our backyard; every day we were outside sitting in the sand or surfing or hang out on the boardwalk. On weekends Zack would come down from the city and stay with us.

School of Rock had died down. The band was either to busy with work or school. Besides Katie and Zack, I didn't get to see much of them either. Even Dewey was busy. He was offered a job at Horace Green as a music teacher and had recently gotten married. But on a rare occasion, they would get together at Dewey's and jam like old times. Then Zack got a job offer in Detroit and asked Katie to go with him. She was so unsure, it was a big step for them and she didn't want to leave me. But I had convinced her to go. They we're in love and frankly if she stayed, I'd have to put up with her being miserable and depressed. The only problem was that I couldn't pay for the house all by myself, so Kate and me looked for a suitable roommate. It wasn't easy.

Everyone that came by to check the place out either hated the house or hated the location or had some stupid ass complaint. Then one night Katie said she had found the answer to all our problems and came home saying she found the right person.

"Now Juli, I don't want you to freak out or anything BUT, I really think you'll like who I picked out. It may take sometime getting used to but I think you'll really be able to handle it." Something was up, I could read right through her despite what she was saying.

"And exactly why would I freak out? " She just gave me a tight grin. Still I was trying to make her crack and that's when I felt it.

A finger went up and down my spine giving me chills. My eyes widen, I didn't even have to turn around to see who had done that.

"Hey there sweetheart. Miss me? "