A/N: howdy doody people! I only got 2 reviews for the last chap :( (a big thanks to you two by the way) well It wasn't that much anyway…I think its cuz Kim is outta town, anyways…I think its really really gonna go somewhere from this chap on…oh and if any of you are Dawson's Creek watchers you might find this plot similar to the episode "Reunited" well, that's cuz its where I got the idea…

Oh, and i'm not sending Jimmy to basketball camp, it ruins my whole plot

Ok yeah, the story…

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It was Wednesday, and there were only two days left in the school year. And in two days, Dean would have been gone for a week. Despite the way she acted Paige wasn't doing any better. She still saw Dean everywhere, and now she wasn't sleeping.

She was putting away her books before lunch when Spinner came up behind her and tickled her sides like he did almost everyday. She jumped about a mile into the air and then ripped his hands off her, "quit it Spin!" she said harshly without even turning around

"Woah" spinner said, "backing up now" he took a couple steps away from her

She sighed and turned towards him, "i'm sorry spin, lately I've just been a little-"

"Edgy?" he finished for her

She slammed her locker, "wow, thanks Spinner" she rolled her eyes and walked away. Normally he would have definitely chased after her, but he was a little scared of her at this moment.

Paige huffed down the hallway unsure of where she was even going. Spin was right, she was really edgy, and she had no idea why. Actually she was really jumpy too, and kind of paranoid. On her pointless walk she passed by a familiar door, one she hadn't entered in awhile, she turned and opened the door.

Ms. Souvez stood up from her desk, "Paige? Wow, haven't seen you in awhile. So why are you here? We don't have an appointment"

Paige didn't even speak; she just rushed over to the chair where she normally sat. Ms. Souvez got the hint and sat back down.

Paige then went on to tell Ms. Souvez about Dean's accident, her episodes with seeing him, her nightmares, her temper and everything else that seemed to be going on lately.

"Well Paige, I think that you're experiencing complicated grief." Ms. Souvez explained

"And what does that mean?" Paige asked her

"Well it's a kind of anxiety that occurs when someone loses a loved one"

"Dean was not a loved one" Paige snapped

"I know Paige, but his death has upset you a great deal, right?"

Paige nodded, and the bell rang

"Well you need to get to class, I realize school is almost over, but you have my home number so I want you to call me if anything gets worse alright?"

"Thank you" Paige said quietly, she turned to leave, but changed her mind, "Ms. Souvez? Am I ever going to get better?"

She smiled, "Yes, we'll get there, I promise"

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For the next few weeks Paige tried her best to get things back to normal. She went to the year-end dance and despite all the things that went wrong she had the best time she'd had in awhile. When she was dancing with Spin outside the school with the fire trucks all around she completely forgot that she might very well be losing her mind.

So one Saturday morning she woke up around noon to the sound of her cell phone ringing. It sounded like it was coming from under the bed. She flung herself over the side of her bed and popped her head under; she saw her purse halfway under it. She reached her hand out as far as she could and she couldn't reach. She tried one more time and obviously over-extended herself and flipped off the bed and landed loudly on the floor. After her fall, she was definitely awake, she grabbed the purse and caught her phone just in time, "Hello" she laughed silently as Dylan flung open her bedroom door. He had obviously heard her little slip, she motioned to him that she was fine.

"Paige, it's Spin"

"Oh hey Hon" she said cheerfully

"Did I wake you up?" he asked

"No, I've been up for hours. Like i'm that lazy?"

"So point is, Jimmy's havin a huge party tonight, you wanna go?"

"Definitely" she said immediately getting up off the floor and running to her closet for something to wear

"I thought maybe I'd come get you a little early and we can take a long walk"

She smiled, "sure, sounds great"

"Ok I'll see you at 8 then"

"Bye Spin"

After she had hung up the phone she proceeded to tear her room apart for something to wear.

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at 7:45 Paige emerged from her room in a shiny blue tank top, and some tight dark wash jeans. Her hair and makeup were flawless; Paige Michalchuk took parties or any social events very seriously. She had a reputation to uphold.

She came into the kitchen, her mother was unloading the dishwasher, Dimitri was scooping ice cream into bowls and Dylan appeared to be daydreaming at the kitchen table. When he saw her he whistled

She smiled, "thanks Dyl"

Her step dad turned around and asked, "Would you like some ice cream Paige?"

"No thanks" she said, "I'm on my way out actually"

Her mother put the last stack of plates in the cabinet and turned towards her daughter, "oh really? And where are you going?"

"Just to Jimmy's for a little while" she said acting as if it was no big deal. But really it was the biggest deal; it was Jimmy's first party of the summer and from what Hazel had told her earlier that afternoon, the best one of the summer.

"I expect you home by one, and Hazel can spend the night if she wants to" just then the doorbell rang

"That's Spin, I'm outta here" Paige said turning towards the door

"Have fun! And behave yourself!" her mother called from the kitchen

Paige walked quickly toward the door and opened it to see Spinner standing on her steps; he looked up from his feet and at her, his mouth dropped when he saw her. "Wow, Paige you look…really good"

She smiled and kissed his cheek, "thank you" she closed the front door behind her, "now let's get out of here"

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aww, I feel bad, I intended on having the party in this chap but my brain went a little overboard so it will have to wait til tomorrow…

oh and I got a review when writing this from Sh0rTy003, and it was the best one ive ever read, haha so thanks for that

Review!! It makes me write faster…like on Mario when you eat stars and it plays that music and you can run like really fast