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Beaufort High School's gym, the hot spot for all the activities and dances for the students, now also during the summer, thanks to the inspirational Amergin. All the teens in the town are stirring with excitement for the night, especially today, the day of the Midsummer Dance.

"I can't believe you talked me into this!" Kylar sighs as she helps hand Tacey purple and red streamers.

Tacey smiles as she hangs them high as she stands on a ladder and replies, "Well, we needed all the help we can get today, and I'm glad you could come! Besides, it'll be worth it tonight girl!"

Kylar laughs mockingly and taps Tacey on the foot, causing her to lean over for Kylar who whispers, "I'm soo not going tonight!"

"WHAT?" Tacey yells rather loudly, causing the other girls, and Amergin to look over in surprise that she actually spoke loudly. Blushing, Tacey ignores their stares and whispers to Kylar, "Why not?"

"I have plenty of reasons!" Kylar responds offended.

"Name a few then." Tacey orders.

Kylar narrows her eyes, and humors her, "Fine. One, I don't fit in at dances; I'm always the outcast!"

"You won't be; you have me and the rest of the girls now!" Tacey answers.

"Okay, fine. But also, I don't like rap; I'm a punk girl at heart, it'll be horrible!"

"I've already provided a wide variety of songs to be played, including AFI just for you."

Kylar's eyes grow wide, "Really? That's great!" But then remembers she doesn't want to go, "But another reason I can't go is because I don't have a dress; I never get girly girly for anything!"

"Come over to my place after we decorate then, we can get you out of those black clothes finally! Trust me, you'll like it!"

"Man, you really do have an answer for everything," Kylar thinks, but then realizes something, "However, one thing that bothers me is, no date. I'll end up standing in a corner alone without anyone to dance with!"

"That's not true; you'll have me!" Tacey says.

"Are you kidding? You have Amergin!"

"We're just going as friends; I doubt we'll dance. I bet you we won't." Just as Tacey finishes saying that; Amergin walks past them with a box of decorations.

"Hello ladies, keep up the good work!" After, Amergin smiles at Tacey, who returns it to him.

Kylar watches Tacey gaze, and then slaps her, "See? You guys like each other! I'll be alone!"

"Hey, I'm not the only one going! There also Adrienne!"

"No way, she's busy with her movi-" But before Kylar finishes movie, she remembers that Adrienne told her not to say anything to Tacey or Amergin. All of the other girls know, however.

"What" Tacey asks.

"She's busy with helping out; she told me she had to work around the gym or something," Kylar lies.

"Oh, wait! Jamie and Kirsten!"

"Nope; Jamie has about five dates. And Kirsten loves to dance; she'll find somebody or take one of Jamie's boyfriends!"

"Hmm, Lydia?"

"Jay Hoffman, the big man on campus who's her soul mate, remember?"

"Man, you're right," Tacey sighs and then has an epiphany, "Sally Perkins!"

"Yes?" Sally answers as she ironically walks by as Tacey blurts it out, "Do you guys need help here?"

"Oh no no!" Kylar shakes her head.

"Yeah, just telling Kylar about A Midsummer Night's Dream you were in this past school year; you played Helena."

"I remember, I was there." Sally answers sarcastically but cheerfully, and then takes the decoration box away.

Sally curiously takes it over to Amergin, who she has been helping, wondering about her two friends' conversation. But, she shrugs it off, and puts the box next to Amergin, who's decorating the food table.

"Ah, more purple and red huh?" He asks.

"What else? I got some purple table cloths from Mrs. Stewart; I swear, she has them in every color!"

Amergin smiles as they spread the cloth over the tables. Suddenly, he thinks of something, and looks over at her, "Hey, you've got a date tonight for the dance, don't you?"

Sally looks up at him skeptically and replies, "No; I'm not the dating type Gadsby!"

She goes back to the box, trying to ignore his curiousness. But, he comes over to her and asks, "Why is that? Have you never dated anyone, or did you end your dating experience after the last guy?"

"Why are you so interested?"

"Because Ms. Perkins," he says with a smile, "I am still new to this town, and out of everyone in this room, I know you the least. And it seems, by our interest in theatre, we should be the two who'd be most likely to get along. Will you tell me about it? Please, I'm a good listener and I won't repeat anything! Tell me your story."

Slowly, Sally thinks about his proposal, and then sits down as she messes around with the decorations. Amergin sits down as well; obviously, this isn't a story she tells often.

So, she begins saying, "Before I start, I have an important statement: if you're looking for a happy ending ho-hum fairytale type of story, you won't find that here."

Amergin, somewhat frightened, holds out his hands for her to continue, and readies himself for whatever she is about to say.

"I've never really been in a relationship before; not until I met him was there anyone to actually fall for. We meet freshmen year in the school choir. Jamie, our friend over there, had known him since they were kids. He and she were like brother and sister. The three of us were great friends in the choir. Back then, that boy was shy, at least towards me, but tried so hard to be a gentleman as well. Over the summer, we grew closer as friends. By October in sophomore year, we were official. It was wonderful; everyone called as the inseparable Jack and Sally. And we really were. No one ever made me as happy as he did.

"But when summer came, so did problems. Big problems. I guess you could say we were just like Joey and Dawson off of that show, Dawson's Creek, drama seemed to follow us everywhere. He became very confused, and I became worried. It all finally ended right before school started; the ultimate end."

Amergin waits for Sally to continue, but she didn't. So, he slowly and softly asks, "What end? How did it end?"

"That, my dear friend," Sally looks up at him finally, sorrow filling her face, "Is what I don't talk about. Excuse me."

Gently and quickly, Sally rose and left the building before anyone could see her. Amergin watches her go, worryingly. It's not that he likes her, no; his heart is set on Tacey 100. But, one thing Amergin can't stand is his friends in pain. So, Amergin decides to interview the girls about Sally's past. Because, something was dead wrong.

"Sally? She's always been the 'big star' in town. Everyone loves her. You could say that Jack was her muse, and she was his. They both were very inspirational when it came to the 'class couple'." Jamie tells Amergin in her interview.

"Sally and Jack were my closest friends. They helped me when I thought the world was over. Plus, they'd always be in my movies!" Adrienne says when Amergin asks.

"The one thing that was really cool was that they were big on involvement in our church," Kirsten says, "Even when school started just last year, Sally kept coming, and she still does."

"I didn't really know Jack and Sally all that well, just Sally. We had Algebra II together sophomore year; she was very happy about Jack. He did make her very happy. Plus, he got her into some killer music!" Kylar enthusiastically says to Amergin.

"Oh Amergin, you and you're curiosity," Tacey smiles as she lets Amergin ask her about Sally, "Well, they were very sweet together. I don't know what really happened to wind Sally up to be alone; but what I do know is that after that, she's been really different. But, she hides it well. I don't think a lot of people can see it."

"I'm sorry, I didn't even really know she had a boyfriend; I came junior year. She never mentioned that to me, but I should talk to her. I want to make sure she's doing okay. She's been weird all week." Lydia says in her interview. Suddenly, Jay walks up to them, and hugs her.

"Hey baby! What're you two talking about?" Jay asks.

"Hey Hoffman, could you tell me about Sally? She used to go out with this guy named Jack. Did you know him?"

Jay's happy expression goes from a happy one to a scared one. Softly, he asks, "Jack you say?"

"Yeah."

Lydia looks at Jay curiously, and suddenly Jay speaks, "Lydia, go help Adrienne, she wanted you."

"Oh, alright." Lydia hazily leaves, wondering what was up.

Jay takes Amergin away from everyone and seriously asks, "Why do you wanna know about that?"

"Well, I asked her about her past relationships, and that's the only one she had. She wouldn't tell me what happened in the end, and no one here has given me a straight answer. I asked her how it ended, but she left when I did. I guess the whole ordeal shook her up pretty bad, it sucks. I just wanna get to the bottom of it. So, you knew this Jack fella?"

Jay looks around to see if anyone is paying attention, and then quietly says, "I knew him better than anyone else in the world."

"Oh! You were friends!" Amergin says rather loudly.

"Shh! We shouldn't be talking about this! Listen, I'm gonna warn you; don't get into it! You don't want to know, trust me!"

But Amergin refuses, "No! That girl is in some serious pain; I can see it. Something happened there, and I want to know the story front and back so I can help her. Or, so her friends can. If you won't help me, then stay out of my way; because I will find out!"

And just like that, Amergin walks away from Jay, going to finish for the night's dance. Jay can't stand it; he leaves the gym and goes all the way back to his house. He goes up to his room and looks around. Then, for the first time in what felt like forever, Jay gazes upon a picture that has been lost in his room for quite some time. It is a picture of Jack and Sally at their sophomore homecoming.

Somberly, Jay sighs, "The inseparable Jack and Sally."

"Wow! You're really good with that curling iron Sally!" Lydia says as the two girls sit in her room getting ready for the night.

"Thanks. You know, I'm glad you talked me into this; we should have loads of fun!"

"Yeah we will! I feel bad though." Lydia thinks.

"Why is that?" Sally asks as she sprays Lydia's reddish-brown curly locks that are propped up in a pretty pony tail.

"Because you won't let curl your hair!"

Sally laughs and replies, "I like my hair straight. You don't think it looks good?"

Lydia smiles and says, "No! I love it," she looks at Sally's hair, which is all down and straight with a white clip pulling some hair out of her face.

"I just don't curl it; there's no point. I'm not trying to really impress anyone."

Suddenly, Lydia remembers the awkward thing in the gym between Jay and Amergin. It's weird; Jay had left the gym without saying goodbye to her. He just left. So, she asks Sally, "Uh, Sally, I heard rumor that you once had a boyfriend named Jack. What was he like?"

By this point, Sally is doing Lydia's makeup. Calmly, she keeps applying the makeup and states, "I'd rather not talk about that. Please."

Lydia stays silent for a few minutes, feeling the tension in Sally's voice. Finally, Sally is done with Lydia.

"I think it's safe to look in the mirror now." Sally puts the makeup down and moves aside so Lydia can see herself in the mirror.

Lydia, sitting in front of the mirror, stands up to look at herself. Her jaw drops as she stares at the outstanding makeup job and hairdo. Then, she admires her knee-length white dress with red silk straps drooping on the sides of her shoulders. The whole dress is outlined with red and the waist has a red ribbon going around it, tying in a bow.

"Sally, you're a genius when it comes to makeovers! Jay's gonna knock his socks off!"

Sally sighs as Lydia admires everything, and she whispers, "He's very happy to have you."

Lydia takes Sally's hands and brings her over to look at herself in the mirror. Her dress is

classic as well, in its own way: it's a black and white striped knee-length dress with thin black straps, a silver necklace with a black cross on it, and dressy black flip-flops.

"We'll be the bells of the ball!" Lydia states. She smiles at Sally, who smiles back. The whole time she thinks about it, she believes the dance might not be so bad after all.

The night of the dance was quite cloudy. However, no one seems to notice since everyone is gathered in the school gym. Purple and red balloons, streamers, and many other decorations cover the gym walls. The town's dj, who's only in high school, is playing the latest hits.

Adrienne and Kylar are over at the punchbowl, conversing about the dance which is only just beginning.

"I can't believe Tacey talked me into this dress! I mean, look at me! I feel like a big plum!" Kylar complains as she points to the dark violet dress. It was long and simple, with purple roses embroidered across it.

"I think it fits you very well Kylar. But why didn't you let Tace do your hair?" Adrienne comments as she looks at Kylar's black hat, which is still on her head.

"Hey! I take this hat off for no one! It's my trade mark! Plus, my dress is nothing to yours; even though it's pink, it looks nice!" Kylar states.

Adrienne smiles as she sways in her strapless light pink dress flowing to the floor, outlined with rhinestones.

"Thanks. Hey, look who finally got our scardy cat to dance!" Adrienne points to Amergin and Tacey, dancing to a fast song.

Amergin is wearing on a nice white collared shirt with black pants, and black suspenders, including a top hat and cane. Tacey is in a gentle yellow dress that looks like one from the fifties, and very elegant.

"I need my camera!" Adrienne proclaims and runs off.

Kylar smiles and shakes her head. Just then, she feels someone tap her on the shoulder. She turns to find Kirsten and a swarm of boys behind her.

"Hey! Wow, you look great!" Kylar exclaims as she looks at Kirsten's long navy blue dress. Even though it wasn't poofy like the dresses, it still looks like the classic southern belle dress.

"Thanks, so do you. You should see Jamie's dress!" Kirsten points to the boys behind her. Kylar catches a glimpse of Jamie wearing a short lilac dress with no straps and a slit in the side. She happily laughs and takes one of her dates out to the dance floor. Kirsten and Kylar shrug, not caring too much. Just then, Kirsten gasps and points to the doorway.

Sally and Lydia enter the dance together, arm in arm, smiling as they go. Kirsten and Kylar make their way over to the two, in complete awe of their beauty.

"You guys look beautiful!" Kirsten declares.

"Hey, that dress is stylin'!" Kylar whispers to Sally, who winks at her.

"Thanks guys, so do you! This is so much fun and I haven't even danced yet!" Lydia says.

Suddenly, giant arms come from behind her, grabbing Lydia and hugging her. She laughs when she sees it's only Jay, who's dressed up in a dark blue shirt and black pants.

"Aww, Lydia, you're beautiful. I've never seen your equal!" He proudly states.

Thanks. You know everyone here, don't you Jay?" Lydia asks.

"Sure do! Hey Kirsten, hey Kylar!" However, when Jay says this, Lydia turns back to where Sally had been standing. She is gone.

"Hey, where's-" But Jay cuts Lydia off and states, "Come dance with me darling!"

Hesitantly, Lydia goes, "Okay," still worrying about Sally.

However, Sally is having a good time, serving punch at the tables. Kirsten and Kylar go up to her, after leaving the couple.

"Hey, why'd you disappear back there?" Kylar asks.

But Sally doesn't respond, she only looks at Amergin and Tacey, who head over as well.

"Hey guys! Thirsty?" Sally asks.

"Yeah, thanks." Tacey takes a cup.

Charmingly but goofily, Amergin looks at Sally and asks, "May I have this dance Ms. Perkins?"

"I'm sorry Gadsby, but I don't think so. But I'm sure one of these lovely ladies will!" Sally gestures to Kirsten and Kylar.

Kylar shakes her head no, but Kirsten smiles and says, "I'd love to!" Then, the two go off.

"You've got quite a find there Tace. Don't loose that grip you've got on 'em!" Sally slyly utters.

"What? No, we're just friends!" Tacey surprisingly declares.

Kylar and Sally exchange glances, and Tacey continues, "Seriously, we are! No love interest! None!"

Kylar and Sally whisper something to each other, and then Kylar points, "Well then, you don't mind that the first slow song is just starting, and that Kirsten is dancing close to him. No way, you're a mature lady, you don't care about-"

But before Kylar finishes, Tacey is already cutting into Kirsten and Amergin's polite dance.

An hour passes by, and the dance is still hopping. Sally hasn't danced, except the electric slide. But, that's all she wants; she doesn't care about things like that anymore.

Then, just as she thinks that, Sally is accompanied by Lydia, whom she hasn't talked to since they arrived.

"Hey! So this is where you ran off to huh?" Lydia jokingly says.

"Yeah, you know me, always working on something!" Sally kindly replies.

Lydia looks around to find none of the other girls are there. Then, she asks Sally, "Will you please dance with someone? I want you to have a good time."

"I am," Sally protests, "and I don't need to be with some sweaty pimple faced still-going-through-puberty-boy to have that fun!"

But Lydia refuses to listen, "No, I would never do that to you! But I do have the perfect guy for you! He's tall, not so sweaty, mature, and very cute! You should just dance with him; nothing more, I promise!"

Sally hazily looks at Lydia, who's very eager and confident. So, she obliges, "Fine! Whatever! Who's the monster of the night then?"

"Sally! Be nice!" Lydia says, "I'll introduce you. I don't think you've met."

Just then, Jay comes up and hugs Lydia. Sally waits for them to stop with the PDA, and pulls Lydia aside, "Okay, where is he? Are you gonna bring the guy over?"

"Oh, right! Sorry!" Lydia goes over to Jay and brings him to her, "Sally, I'd like to introduce you to Jay Hoffman, my boyfriend. I know you've both lived here longer than me, but I got the feeling you haven't met!"

Sally and Jay look at each other, and finally, Sally decides to oblige Lydia. She shakes Jay's hand and says, "Hi Jay. Pleasure meeting you tonight."

Jay, frightened, tries to please Lydia too and replies, "Yeah. Same to you."

Lydia smiles happily, and takes each of them by the shoulder, "Now, why don't you be a gentlemen and take my friend out for a dance. I want her to have a good time Jay!"

"Oh, sure baby," Jay puts his hand on his girl's cheek and then stretches out his hand, "Shall we?"

Silently, Sally takes his hand, and they walk out on the dance floor just as a slow song starts. Unfortunately, it's Iris by the Goo Goo Dolls.

"I like your dress; got that Tim Burton theme going on with the black and white." Jay compliments her.

"Yeah, well, a lot of people I know can say I'm big on Tim Burton." Sally says as she looks over at the punchbowl, where Lydia is standing, watching the two dance. Sally sighs and courteously keeps dancing.

Finally, he speaks again to her, seriously, "So, how are you?" Jay asks politely.

Sally ignores him however, not believing what she is doing just to please Lydia.

Jay tries to get her to look at him, but she won't. So, he lifts her chin with his finger and says, "Hey, talk to me. We haven't in so long. You owe me that."

Suddenly, something inside of Sally snaps and she calmly replies, "I owe you? That's very funny Joshua!"

"Hey, I didn't mean it like that. Just talk to me; I hear you've been having it hard lately."

"Yeah, just a little!" Sally sarcastically states.

"Why are you being so mean?" He asks.

Sally laughs shocked, "Me mean? Joshua, I think with you; I've earned that right!"

Jay looks around, and people start to watch because Sally's voice grows louder.

"Would you keep it down please?" Jay tries to soothe her.

"I really don't care about my reputation; unlike you Jay." She lightly pushes him away.

"My reputation? What about yours? Do you remember what you said to me the last time we spoke? That sounded like you cared a lot!"

Sally can't believe he just said that, and yells, "It wasn't my reputation I was worried about! I didn't want to worry anyone Josh! You know my friends mean the world to me; that's the only reason I came tonight, and danced with you, to make Lydia happy. I like her so much and you just-"

"Guys, stop! What's going on?" Lydia comes through the crowd of people, hearing Jay and Sally yelling from the tables.

Neither of them says a word, but Lydia doesn't care, "Tell me what's going on between you two! I thought you never even met before tonight?"

"We did," Jay admits, "We've known each other for a long time."

"What?" Lydia looks at Jay confused, "But all school year you two were like strangers! How could you just not talk to someone you know!"

"Because if you know and trust someone who betrays you, it makes it hard to want to speak to them!" Lydia coldly says, looking at Jay.

"Listen, can we not do this; I don't want her to know!" Jay argues with Sally.

"Know about what? Jay, please, tell me what's going on!" Lydia asks desperately. But, Jay stands stoned faced.

By this time, Adrienne, Tacey, Amergin, Kylar, Jamie, and Kirsten have made their way threw the crowd of people. Jamie and Kirsten try to quietly take Sally away, but Lydia stops them.

"Wait guys! Sally, please, just tell me the truth! Why are you so cold to my boyfriend? What has he ever done to you?" Lydia is so distressed at this point, that she is almost on the verge of tears.

Sally, holding her tongue for almost eleven months, can't stand the lies and deceit any longer. So, she moves out from the girls' grip and moves closer to her, "Everything! He's done everything to me Lydia! Don't you see? Right there," she points to Jay, who is ready to scream in fright, "He was my Jack! He was my Jack."

By now, the room is dead silent. Sally is crying her eyes out, and feels as though she could die any moment. Scared and completely horrified, Sally runs threw the ocean of people and out of the gym into the summer night.

"Sally!" Jamie yells as she and Kirsten and try to follow her; but the crowd is too dense for them to get threw since everyone is interested in what is going to happen between Jay and Lydia.

Lydia, after watching Sally leave, turns to Adrienne, whose standing there. She leans over and asks, "Jack? I don't understand-"

"Jack and Sally," Adrienne answers, "From the movie The Nightmare before Christmas. It was their favorite movie; so she would call him that."

Lydia can't believe what she is hearing. So, she turns back to Jay. She goes up close to him and looks him over. Finally, she speaks, "Tell me it's not true; tell me your not Jack."

After all the grief and torment of the secret, Jay finally fesses up, "I'd be lying if I told you I wasn't."

Shocked, Lydia's eyes grow wide. Jay is about to speak, but Lydia slaps him before he utters a word. She turns around, and begins to cry. Adrienne comes up to her and takes her out from the crowd; walking towards the bathroom.

Tacey is standing watching Jay still, so disappointed in him. All of the girls knew that Sally and Jay were a couple; they were completely in love. However, Sally was so scarred from the incident, she wouldn't hear of it; not till this night.

Slowly, Kylar walks over to Tacey. Quietly, she says, "I knew that they were together, but I didn't know how serious it all was! Man!"

Completely in shock, Jay silently goes to the men's room. He doesn't come out until after the dance ends.

But as the dance does on, the mood becomes lighter again, and finally, an announcement is made. Up on stage where the dj is, Amergin speaks into the mike, "Lords and ladies, may I have your attention?"

Everyone walks over, and he begins to talk again, "I just wanted to thank everyone who donated money for the dance, helped decorate, or just came and had a blast! Also, check the town hall for information on the end of summer bash which I've put together with a lot of help from some good people!"

The students clap, but Amergin quiets them, "And now, boys, find a girl, and girls, look for a boy; it's time for the last dance!"

Everyone begins to walk away, but Amergin speaks again, "One last comment; Tacey Rosette, would you please join me onstage for a dance?"

Shocked and embarrassed, Tacey slowly walks up there as a spotlight comes upon her. She finally meets Amergin on stage, who takes her hand in his and dances with her sweetly.

Kylar, standing at the punchbowl, sighs miserably, "I tried to tell Tacey, but she wouldn't listen. I ended up alone at the dance! Ugh!" She brushes off the pathetic feeling, and smiles suddenly, happy that Tacey has found someone.

On stage, still under the spotlight, Tacey looks up at Amergin, "You know, as bad as the dance was earlier, I'm glad I came with you."

Amergin smiles, and then asks her, "Did Jay really break up with Sally for Lydia? That part confused me."

Sighing, Tacey replies, "When Jay left last summer to work at a kids' camp; he and Sally were having problems. They were very serious about each other, and he was starting to feel uncomfortable with the whole thing. And at camp, he meet Lydia. He decided that it was best to break it off with Sally after almost a year; not realizing it would hurt her terribly. He was ignorant with the fact that she believed he was her true love. And, when it ended, and she saw him with Lydia, she had one last conversation with him. She said to never speak of her to anyone, especially Lydia. When he asked why, she simply said she wanted to forget, and everyone else along with her. Unfortunately, for the both of them, that didn't happen."

Amergin dances still, silent. And then, he looks down into Tacey's sweet blue eyes and tells her, "Tacey, I would never do that to you. I care about you too much."

Overwhelmed with joy, Tacey smiles, "You know, I know you wouldn't."

Suddenly, Amergin can't stand it anymore. He gently lays his hands on her face, and softly kisses her. Everyone dancing below starts cheering, including Kylar at the punchbowl. The dance, by the end, is a beautiful, calm, romantic dream for the pair.

But not outside. After Jamie and Kirsten ran out, it began to rain, thunder, and lighting. Sadly, they couldn't find their friend, and jumped into Kirsten's car.

Now, in the middle of the pouring rain, Sally still runs. She runs far away from the gym, not once looking back. She's completely soaked, but she doesn't care. After so long, she loses the will to go on, and collapses under a white gazebo in the midst of giant green oak trees.

Sally slides down to the wooden floor, leaning against the white wooden construction. She places her face in her hands and weeps. The summer before is very clear in her head now:

A beautiful summer morning, Sally decides to call her Jack at camp. After a few rings, he answers, and they talk. But after a little while, Sally realizes something is wrong.

"Are you alright?" Sally asked, blushing with beauty, but concerned.

"Well, uh, yeah. Don't worry about me. Hey, I just wanted to know if we can talk when I get back on Saturday." Joshua told her. Back then, no one called him Jay.

"Oh. What about?" she asked.

"I'd rather talk about it then." He nervously said.

Sally thinks for a minute, and then, "I see. Joshua, can I ask you something?"

"Sure. Anything." He said.

"School starts next week. Now, I want you to answer this completely honest. Promise?"

After a moment, "I promise Sally."

She sighs, and then, nervously asked, "Will we still be going out when school starts?"

Joshua wanted to talk about it in person, but he promised to be honest to her, "It's doubtful."

Doubtful, the word filled her head completely. After he tries to calm her down, she finally says, "You've met someone else haven't you?"

"I don't want to talk about this now." He told her urgently.

Even though she was consumed with despair, depression, and anger, she sighed and said like a lady, "Alright. Goodbye Joshua Hoffman."

"Bye-" she hung up on him, crying immensely. Not knowing what else to do, she biked to Haven's Hideaway and bought a vanilla shake and a funnel cake, coated in chocolate. After, she wouldn't speak to anyone for three days.

"It's doubtful." Sally says now, sitting outside in the middle of the thunder and flashing lighting.

"I'm so stupid! I can't believe I'd sink so low as to go out with him! I hate him; he's the monster inside of me! Why can't I forget? Why won't these memories leave me be?"

Sally continues to sit outside in the pouring rain under that gazebo for another hour. And in this time, she feels nothing but hate, anger, and depression. Everything is hopeless.