The hottest day of the summer; and unfortunately, the last week of the summer. Kneeling on her concrete driveway waxing her bike, Sally sweats as she struggles to keep her mind focused on things around the house to clean. It has been two weeks since the dance, and she hasn't spoken to Lydia or Jay, or anyone else except her folks and old man K. She still hasn't shown up for a Dead Poet's meeting, causing the group to struggle.

Still unaware of the Society, Joshua, or Jay Hoffman, parks his car at the end of her driveway and gets out.

"Sally, can I talk to you for a second?" He asks as he approaches.

However, Sally is silent. Annoyed, Jay sighs, "Look, you can't ignore me forever. We need to talk about our situation maturely."

Still, she doesn't speak, and only picks up a bucket and takes it into the garage. Jay follows her determinedly, "Look, I know I screwed up real bad with you, and I'm sorry. But I'm not leaving until we work things out. I at least want one of us to be able to talk to Lydia."

When Jay says this, Sally turns suddenly, "What?"

He approaches peacefully saying, "She won't talk to me. She hasn't since that night!"

"Good! She's finally wised up to what a jerk you are!" Sally goes back outside, beginning to clean off the wax from her bike.

Aggravated, Jay groans angrily and goes up to her and pulls the bike away, "Sally Perkins, I know that what I did to you was unforgivable! And still, I'm sorry! But you must understand; I've never seen Lydia as happy as she has been this past summer, being friends with you. I know that I'm a jerk; but I'm a jerk who's in love, and that's the honest truth. Just help me make her happy again; I know you're happy with her too. Alright?"

Feeling completely broken, Sally silently nods her head, crying. Finding a faint smile, Jay leans over with his giant arms and hugs the short mess of a girl.

"It's time." Kirsten mutters, getting up from the chair in Matt's room in the hospital. Jamie, waking up from Kirsten's sudden speech, watches her rummage through her purse for something.

"What's going on?" She asks.

"We need the sword." She replies.

"What? No! You can't kill Matt! He'll probably die any time now, you don't need to kill him!" Jamie panics.

Grave, Kirsten simply shows her the bible, "I'm not going to kill him. Just read to him, and pray."

She goes back over to his bedside, and begins to read calmly. Jamie observes her for a while, so confused by the whole situation. And then, Kirsten bows her head, beginning to pray. As she prays, Jamie sees a few tears roll down her face. Not standing it any longer, she snaps.

"How can you do that?" Jamie blurts out.

"What?" Kirsten asks.

"How can you pray and believe in something that doesn't work? Don't you see Kirsten; if God created the world, why doesn't he help? We have murders, poverty, starvation, wars, and things just like this all over the world! How can you bare so much pain and still rely on something or someone that doesn't even answer you!"

Becoming overly emotional, Jamie goes into the corner and sits down, crying. She can't take the pain anymore; her family has been bad, but now this. She feels as though there's nothing good anywhere.

Without a word, Kirsten bows her head once more, in as much pain as Jamie.

"Are you feeling better?" Tacey asks, hugging Kylar as they met on Kylar's porch.

"Yeah, thanks. Thanks for everything; I wouldn't have been able to do this without you."

"Have you talked with your mother?" Tacey questions sweetly.

Sighing, Kylar says, "Yes. I'm still not happy with her, but we've made some improvements. We're all going to see a psychiatrist about our family problems. I hope it helps."

"I think it will." Tacey says, finding her mind wondering off to somewhere else.

"What's wrong? And don't hide it; I know when you're upset about something. You're lips get real tight like they are now!" Kylar states.

"Yes, to be honest. It's Amergin; he told me he loved me."

"That's wonderful Tace!"

"No it's not! Kylar, I almost threw up when he said it! How can he say that to me when he knows I'm not ready for that kind of commitment!"

"Tacey Rosette, that's the biggest load of crap I've ever heard! Ever since he gave you that rose, you've been head over heals for that boy!"

"What no I'm-"

"Every time I say his name, you're face lights up. Every time you two are together, you're actually a confident person! He brings out the best in you Tace, the real you. You can't be scared of the commitment; even if you are, you should embrace it. Otherwise, you'll lose it forever."

After a few minutes, Tacey finally says, "How is it you make things out to be so simple?"

"It's a gift," Kylar says, "You'd better hurry. Amergin's leaving for Theatre camp in twenty minutes."

A great gasp, and then Tacey yells, "What? That's today? Oh my gosh, I've gotta get to the bus station! Thanks Kylar! See you later!"

Jumping down the porch steps, Tacey runs down the driveway and then down the street, heading for the Beaufort bus station.

Picking up her cell phone, Kylar dials a number and listens to the tone, "Hey, it's Sweeny. You won't believe this!"

Tacey's heart pounds as she runs as fast as she can to the bus station, hoping she can find the words to tell Amergin how she feels. Meanwhile, Kirsten is deep in prayer for her poor brother, as Jamie cries with a broken heart staring out the window. Finally, Sally is walking, heart throbbing as she thinks through what exactly she will say to Lydia, hoping for a miracle.

But the miracle isn't just found in Beaufort, it's also elsewhere. Unaware of what's happening, Kirsten's face is in her hands. Miraculously, Matt's fingers begin to move. Slowly, he opens his eyes, and finds them lying on Jamie, whose sitting by the window.

Weakly, he says, "Jamie, you look all grown up."

Shocked, she looks over at Matt, who is awake and feeling better. Kirsten lifts up her head and goes to him, "Matt!"

She hugs him gently, and he says, "Hey sis. Sorry to scare you so much."

Jamie watches them in overwhelmed silence, overjoyed with the fact Matt is better. Kirsten leaves the room to find her parents, and Jamie goes over to Matt's side. Kirsten's bible is placed next to his bed, and Matt looks at it, and then at Jamie.

"It's amazing how God works; the miracles he does when the people you love pray. I'm so glad you and Kirsten came to help me."

He hugs her weakly, and Jamie begins to feel utterly happy. At that moment, Jamie understood what Kirsten meant by having faith in God.

"Have faith, and the words will come to you!" Tacey says out of breath as she approaches the bus station.

She runs through the place, looking around for Amergin. However, there are so many people, she can't see him anywhere.

"Amergin!" She screams.

"You rang?" A voice bellows from behind her. Through the rush of people, Tacey finds Amergin in the station.

"What are you doing here?" he asks curiously, "I thought you hated me and never wanted to speak-"

"Gadsby, shut up," she boldly shouts, "I have a lot to say to you so just be quiet!"

The crowd began to die down, and Nervously, Tacey says, "The night you said you loved me, I was scared. I was scared of putting myself out there and getting hurt, just like my friends had done. But, I can't just wait around all my life and let it pass me by without trying to reach for anything. Amergin, you're the first person that's come along in my life and turned everything upside down! I love that you're goofy, I love that you make me feel alive; and I just love you!"

Not saying anything, Amergin smiles. Then Tacey adds, "And I just wanted you to know that before you went away for the rest of the summer."

Still he says nothing. Finally, Tacey asks, "Why aren't you saying anything?"

He answers, "Because you're just so darn mesmerizing!"

And on that note, he takes her in his arms and kisses her. The theatre group loading onto a bus laugh and cheer. One other person roots them on, but not an actor.

"Way to go Tace!" Adrienne says as she films the couple kissing, "And thank you for the heads up; you've been a real help with this all summer!"

Kylar smiles as she watches the two, "Of course! Anything to make my new friends happy!"

"And that's everything that happened; from A to Z. From being new friends through boyfriend/girlfriend, all the way to enemies. And like I said, he and I talked about it, and I'm going to be honest; I've never heard him say anything that I've known to be honest until he told me how much he loved you. Jay loves you Lyd; and I don't want to ruin that for you, or for him."

Sally finishes her mini speech, hoping Lydia's reaction isn't completely monstrous. Lydia, silent the entire time, sits down on the rocking bench on her back porch, thinking.

Sally sees that she doesn't want to be talked to anymore, and begins to back off from the porch.

"I'm sorry I made a mess of things, and that I didn't tell you. I'll just leave you alone. I'm gone!" Sally turns around, holding her feelings in as tight as a bottle.

As strong as she can, she makes her fists tight and begins to walk away. However, it isn't but two seconds later that her hand is touched by Lydia's and she is in a tense hug with her.

"Sally," Lydia tells her, "That's great about Jay; but there'd be no good thing about my senior year if I didn't have my best friend!"

Stunned, Sally laughs relieved, and says, "Thank goodness, I don't know what I'd do if I couldn't talk to you anymore!"

The two girls laugh, and go sit down on the bench, talking a lot more.