Cody walked out of the open, searching for Squib. She knew she had to tell Squib about what Nate said, she just had to do it in a way that wouldn't send Squib out to beat Nate up. Not that he didn't deserve it; because he did. He totally did. But Cody didn't want to be the reason Squib got into trouble.

She approached his dorm, hoping practice had let out. There was no answer, yet she could hear someone moving around inside. She knocked again, harder this time.

"Squib?" She called.

"Squib?" He heard her call from the other side of the door. There was no way he was opening it, though. It was his own fault, he thought, he should have known by now not to open up to people. His parents ignored him, Ryan left him, why would Cody be any different?

"Squib!" She called again. He sighed and moved toward the door, figuring it was better to just get it over with.

"What?" He snapped as he opened the door. She was shocked at his angry expression, but walked into the dorm anyways.

"Why are you so angry? Bad practice?" She asked.

Oh, so she wanted to play it that way, did she? "No, practice was fine."

"Well, I have to tell you something," she started, looking nervous.

"Oh, really?"

She hesitated for a moment at his harsh tone, but continued anyways, "I was sitting in the open doing homework, when Nate came over."

"Oh, Nate, go figure!" Squib shot.

"Look, I know you didn't want me to see him, and I told him to leave…" Cody said quickly but Squib cut her off.

"Oh, I'm so sure!" He yelled sarcastically.

"I did!" Cody insisted.

"Cody, I saw you!" He yelled at her.

"Saw me what?" She asked, confused.

"On the couch, with Nate! It sure as hell didn't look like you were asking him to leave! He had his arm around you and everything! And don't even get me started on what he was saying to you!"

Shock appeared on Cody's face, followed closely by realization, "Oh, Squib! No, you don't understand! I did ask Nate to leave! He sat beside me on the couch and started saying all that stuff, but you must've walked in at just the wrong moment! Right after he said that, I left to come find you!"

"Save it, Cody. How stupid do you think I am?" He hissed.

"Squib, you can't possibly…"

"I don't want to hear it," he cut her off, "just get out!"

"Squib," he voice shook with hurt and shock.

"I said leave!" He yelled. She looked at him with a mix of pain and anger before she fled out the door.


"Hey, kiddo, you okay?" Mr. Myers asked, knocking on his daughter's door. She had returned home 20 minutes ago and ran straight into her room. He hadn't gotten a good look at her, but he was almost certain she had been crying.

"Yeah, Dad," the soft, strained voice in which she answered him confirmed his suspicion. He tried once more.

"You sure?"

"Yes, Dad, thanks," she said quietly. Hartley Myers sighed. If he knew one thing about teenage girls, it was that you had to give them time. He decided he would come back around dinner and see if she was ready to talk then.


"Something wrong?" Cameron asked Squib.

"No, why?" He answered.

"You just seem a little down, that's all,"

"Cody and I broke up," Squib said calmly.

Cameron froze in shock, "What? Why?"

"I saw her with Nate…"

"Oh, man, I'm sorry, that sucks," Cameron said, making a mental note not to bug Squib about his laundry for a few days.

Squib shrugged, "Yeah, well, nothing I can do about it now."

"You coming down to dinner?"

"Yeah," Squib sighed, closing his book and following Cameron out the door.


"And I wasn't with Nate, I swear!" Cody sobbed to her father. He had finally gotten her to open up, and she was slowly telling him the whole story, "But he just won't listen! And he's so mad!" She clung to her father and cried like she used to when she was a little girl.

"Hey, sweetie," he said, causing her to lift her face and look at him, "don't worry. Give him tonight to cool off. You know Squib's temper; he does things without thinking," Cody nodded, "I'm sure if you talk to him tomorrow, he'll be willing to listen and you can explain that it was just a misunderstanding."

"Thanks, Dad," Cody said in a soft voice, cracking a tiny smile.

Dr. Myers smiled at his daughter, "You want to come down and eat with me?"

"No," she shook her head, "I'm not hungry. But you go ahead."

"I don't want to leave you here like this," he said.

"It's fine Dad, honest. Go down to dinner," she assured him.

"If you're sure?" She nodded, "Okay, kiddo, I'll be back later," he kissed the top of her head and left.

Only a few short minutes later, Cody heard a knock at the door. She opened it to find Adena and Tannis standing on the other side. They rushed in quickly, both talking at once.

"Guys, slow down!" Cody exclaimed.

"Is it true?" Adena asked.

"Is what true?" Cody said, even though she thought she had a good idea of what they were talking about.

"You and Squib!" Tannis said, "Did you two really break up?"

"Yeah," Cody said slowly.

"Were you really with Nate?" Adena asked.

"No!" Cody shouted.

"We knew it!" Tannis said triumphantly, "As soon as Cameron told us, we left dinner and ran up here to see for ourselves." Cody gave her two friends her version of events, only stopping once due to tears.

"What a jerk!" Adena exclaimed when she was finished.

"Who," Tannis asked, "Nate or Squib?"

"Both!"

"Well, you're in luck," Tannis smiled at Cody, "because we've got some chocolate in our room, just for occasions such as this. Plus, we rented some chick flicks last night, so we're all set." For the first time that night, Cody let a little laugh escape her lips.


"Nate!" The next day, Nate turned around at the sound of his name being called and saw Adena walking toward him, looking none too pleased.

"Yes?"

"I hope you're happy!" She yelled angrily.

"About what?"

"You broke up Cody and Squib!" Nate remained silent, but a small smile formed on his lips, "Stop that, you jerk! Squib saw you with Cody and he broke up with her! You have to fix this!"

"Hey, it's not my fault if he messed up," Nate replied cheekily.

"He didn't, you did! Don't you get it? Cody's never going to be with you! She loves Squib!" Adena said.

"You don't know that!" Nate defended himself.

"Maybe they haven't actually said 'I love you' to each other," Adena explained, "but we all know they do. And now you've come between them," Nate remained silent, although this time he looked a little ashamed, so Adena continued, "Nate, you and Cody will never be together. But if you fix this now, at least you give her the chance to be happy with someone else." With that she turned on her heels and left for class.


"Coming," Squib called as he heard a knock on his door later that day. He opened the door and was shocked to see Nate standing on the other side. Before he even had the chance to tell him to get lost, Nate spoke.

"We need to talk."

This will all fall down like everything else that was
This too shall pass and all of the words we said
We can't take back

Now every fool in town would've left by now
I can't replace all the wasted days
The memory of your face - can't help thinkin'

Maybe if we ever coulda kept it all together
Where would we be
A thousand lost forevers
And the promises you never were giving me
Here's what I'm thinking

It won't be the first - heart that you break
It won't be the last - beautiful girl
The one that you wrecked - won't take you back
If you were the last beautiful girl in the world

Tell me one more time
How you're sorry about the way
This all went down - you needed to find your space

You needed to still be friends
Needed me to
Call you if I ever couldn't keep it all together you'd comfort me
Tell me but forever
And the promises I never should have believed in
Here's what I'm thinking

It won't be the first - heart that you break
It won't be the last - beautiful girl
The one that you wrecked - won't take you back
If you were the last beautiful girl in the world

It's over now - and I've gone without
'Cause you're everyone else's girl
It seems to me - you'll always be
Everyone else's girl
Everyone else's girl

This will all fall down
Like everything in the world
This too must end
And all the words we said
We can't take back

It won't be the first - heart that you break
It won't be the last - beautiful girl
The one that you wrecked - won't take you back
If you were the last...

It won't be the first - heart that you break
It won't be the last - beautiful girl
The one that you wrecked - won't take you back
If you were the last beautiful girl in the world

The last beautiful girl in the world
You are the last beautiful girl in the world
Beautiful girl

-Matchbox 20 'Last Beautiful Girl'

This chapter is especially dedicated to Arwen51, who hurt her poor head! Hope you're feeling better!

Oh, and to Chubby Pony, because I now feel your pain. Right in the middle of writing this, my mom made me go clean my room!