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"I got to get out of here." I said running my hands nervously over my hair and then I bolted. I cracked under the pressure from the mess I made. I hurt Macon, who in fact I did have really strong feelings for and I ran away. I didn't try to apologize or anything. I just saw the door and ran for it.

I ran to no where in particular but I ran just far enough to not hear the music anymore. I seemed to run a lot usually from parties like the New Year's party at the beginning of the year. Parties and me just don't get along very well. I should've learned the first time. You're supposed to learn from your mistakes, not keep making them over and over again.

"Hello?" The hushed voice answered after the second ring.

"Scarlet, I messed up real bad." I cried into the phone.

"Halley?" Scarlet whispered.

"I don't know what to do Scarlet." I sobbed harder. I didn't know how things got so out of whack. Macon and I had been flying smoothly and then it just fell apart.

"What happened?" Scarlet sounded all motherly. I guess having a baby does that to you.

"Macon," I pause recomposing myself, "He told me he loves me."

"I knew it!" Scarlet said happily, "What's the problem then?"

"Love Scarlet?! I can't dress myself sometimes! How the hell am I supposed to love someone?" She would never understand. She didn't go through half the things I did this past year. It just wasn't fair sometimes how I got all the bad things put on my plate, like all the brussel sprouts or something equally disgusting.

"You don't pick who you fall in love with Halley." I could see the smile on her face through the phone, "They pick you."

"That's in the movies or on TV Scarlet; that stuff doesn't happen in real life okay?" She was so naïve sometimes. She fell in love and look what happen he died and she was left alone to be a mother.

"You're blind Halley if you can't see that you love him!" Scarlet always hated talking to me about things because I almost always fought with her about it.

"Then I'm blind and deaf and dumb but I can't do this anymore." More tears began pouring out of my eyes, "I hurt him so bad Scar."

"What'd you do Halley?" Scarlet asked knowing if I messed something up that I had to do it really big.

"I went out with another guy tonight and Macon saw us." Just thinking about the night made me want to throw up.

"Halley!" Scarlet yelled and then I heard Grace wailing in the background, "Look what you made me do now! I'll never get her back to sleep."

"Everything's always my fault!" I yelled through my tears.

"Halley calm down. Macon loves you. He'll understand your fears and all. Just give him a call and smooth things over." Scarlet said struggling with Grace in her arms.

"I don't know if I want to smooth things over Scarlet." I didn't know what I wanted anymore. I just didn't care anymore.

"You're just saying that because you're upset right now." Scarlet fumbled in the background, "Calm down and just keep breathing."

"What'd I do to deserve you?" I smiled. Scarlet's right, this wasn't the end of the world; all I had to do was keep breathing.

"Listen Halley, I got to go. Call me if you need anything else." And she was gone. Just keep breathing I kept telling myself over and over again as I walked back towards the road. Bad choice on my part.

"That dick of a boyfriend of yours almost broke my nose." Mike said his nose black and blue with pieces of tissue stuck up the nostrils trying to stop the bleeding.

"Excuse me?!" I whipped around.

"You heard me." Mike unlocked his car from where he was standing.

"If I ever hear you talk about Macon like that again you'll have more than a broke nose." I clenched my fist, digging my nails into my palms. God, what was with me tonight. There must be a full moon or something.

"Yeah whatever." Mike said walking towards his car.

"You better watch it." I said stepping in front of him.

"What is with you? First you don't want me, then you do and then you don't anymore." Mike shook his head, "You know what you are?"

"No but I'm sure you're going to tell me." I sure knew how to pick my guys didn't I?

"You're just a small town slut." Mike pushed me aside and proceeded to his car.

"A small town slut? Is that all you can come up with?" I wasn't going to let him get away with that, "First of all I never wanted you. Besides I prefer to be called keeping my options open."

"It's all Greek to me." Mike said staring at me with disgust, "You're dirty either way."

"You sure have a lot of talk and no action, you know that?" A voice said from behind.

"Not you again." Mike held his hands up in defeat.

"You've really made a good impression on us you know. You've been excepted in the inner circle." Macon said sarcastically.

"Just what I've always wanted." Mike opened his car door, "I'm out of here."

"You better run." Macon yelled as he drove away trying to be tougher than he actually was. He looked down at the dirt and kicked some rocks around, his hands shoved in his pockets as if he was waiting for something.

I had no clue what to say. I've never done this whole mess up and then grovel for forgiveness; not my style. I was more of the forgivee not the forgiven.

"So," He said seeing I was not making the first move.

"Look Macon, I like you. I really like you but I can't do this love thing. Not yet at least." I focused myself anywhere but him, "I really never meant for any of this to happen."

"You know what, I think you did," Macon looked over at me. His bangs fell over his eyes, "But the funny thing is I really don't care. You know what they say?"

"What?" He was making this so easy for me.

"The best part of fighting is the making up." He said with a smile, "And that's what we're going to do."

"We're going to make up?" I asked. Did I really want to make up? Was this whole mess my heart's way of telling me to end it.

"I'd love to make up with you." Macon said with a smile.

"God Macon! Grow up. We have a real problem on our hands and you keep playing that little game of yours." He frustrated me so much sometimes.

"Halley don't be like this." Macon said pushing his hair off his face, "What happened to the old Halley; the one that liked having fun and just goofing around. I miss her."

"Good question."