Author's Note: Do not start reading the update here as I've posted three chapters tonight. If you haven't already go back to Chapter 3 and start there. Thanks a ton.

Chapter 5:

Five days after Jason moved into his dorm, Courtney stomped around her room cleaning. She went back to school in a few days, and her parents had decided it was a good idea for her to clean everything in her room. The fact that before he started school every year, whether it was PCHS or as it had been for the past few years PCU, Sonny had always done this. It made sense for the time he had been attending PCU, as he wasn't living at home and had to bring everything he wanted with him, but when he was still in high school it made no sense. The only conclusion she could come to was that her brother was just plane weird. Why Carly wanted to marry him was beyond Courtney's comprehension.

Despite her anger over the task at hand, her mind continues to think happy thoughts, as it continually drifted back to Jason. It wasn't anything unusual though; her mind seemed to be doing that a lot lately. They hadn't seen each other in six days, but they spoke at least once a day. Although she was adjusting to life with out Jason, she couldn't help missing everything from his presence to the feel of his lips like crazy. The time they spent talking on the phone was by far the highlight of her day.

She stood at the entrance to her closet, putting stuff of hangers or shelves, as she searched her closet for backpack, which was somewhere on the closet floor. Since she only had a few more days of glorious rest and relaxation, she decided it might not hurt to put it back on the nail on her bedroom wall. Courtney was standing on a chair trying to put something on the top shelf when she lost her footing and fell. Somehow Courtney managed to land in a sitting position.

Downstairs Janine heard the crash and yelled, "Is everything okay up there?"

"Yeah," Courtney called down. She wasn't lying; aside from the fact that it would hurt to sit down for a few days, she was fine. When Courtney found her backpack, she was surprised to see that there was still a binder in it. Glancing at the trash can by her desk, she noticed it was full so Courtney decided to stuff the binder in one of her desk drawers. The drawer Courtney chose was pretty full, but she didn't think the binder would cause a problem.

"Damn it," Courtney said when she noticed the drawer would only open an inch. Nothing was going right today. She attempted to pull papers from the binder out of the drawer, hoping the binder would close enough to open the drawer, take the binder out, and stuff the binder somewhere else, but she couldn't stick the her finders far enough into the drawer. What she needed was a pair of tweezers. Unfortunately, the tweezers were down in the kitchen, where Janine was. The last thing she needed was for her parents to find out she was cheating on the room cleaning. 'Guess I'll have to be creative,' Courtney thought.

Ten minutes later Courtney was still trying to open the drawer when the phone rang. She picked it up only to be greeted by Jason's voice. Finally something was going right.

"How are you?" Jason asked.

"Awful," Courtney answered. She then explained everything that had gone wrong that day and Jason attempted to cheer her up. In Boston, Jason was thinking, 'this would be much easier in person.' Once Jason had succeeded, the couple talked about anything and everything until Janine threatened to take away Courtney's phone privileges if she didn't finish cleaning her room. Left with out a choice, Courtney and Jason regretfully said goodbye.

Author's Note: Sorry if it was boring, but I needed a filler involving Courtney to show how she was holding up. Don't worry, things will start heating up soon.