Ellie was sitting in her room staring blankly at herself in the mirror. Her eyes trailed down to the red gashes on her legs that she had created the night before. An utterance escaped from her lips as she dropped her black skirt to the ground. It was a bit flowy, but it would do since she was going out on a date. Ellie looked at her face, she didn't even think of herself as pretty anymore, not that she thought she was pretty before, either. Biting her lower lip, she turned around and took a seat on her bed.

Many thoughts rushed through her troubled mind. Was she going to tell Craig tonight that her dad had left her mom for another woman and that he was never going to come back? What about Sean? Was she going to tell him that he nearly raped her last night? Ellie didn't know. A part of her wanted to tell him, yet another part didn't want to tell him. She knew that he would probably flip out if he heard the story about Sean. All those cuts, all those scars from the night before were indeed towards the two things that did happen.

Outside, the sun was setting into the horizon, a glow of red tinting the night sky with its luminous rays. There seemed to be very little wind this night, but a cool chill permeated through the room hitting onto the back of the redhead. She turned her gaze towards the darkness that lay outside. Craig should be coming soon, hopefully now. She didn't want to stay cooped up in this house anymore. Ellie decided she needed to leave now and just wait outside for him. So, she got up and headed out of her room. Mrs. Nash was lying on the couch, her hand holding another bottle of that evil liquid which she despised so much.

Shaking her head, she spoke out loud, "Mom, I'm going out now, with Craig. I'll be home by eleven..."

"Uhnnn...be care...ful..."

She could tell that her mother was already drunk enough to slur her words. Ellie traipsed faster towards the door and opened it and to her surprise she could see Craig standing there, just about to ring the doorbell.

"Oh Craig!" Ellie clasped her arms around him and held him tightly. A single tear fell down her cheek as she closed the door behind her. Craig caught a glimpse of her mother lying on the couch and drinking some Jack Daniels. He cocked a brow and then held Ellie tighter, knowing that there was something wrong. He wasn't going to make mention of it to her now, but he was going to ask later on as the evening did progress.

"Well, it seems that you're ready to go! One night of fun coming right up!" Craig laughed a bit, and so did Ellie.

"I've been waiting all day to see you. I wish you could have come earlier, but it was nice to sit and reflect about stuff that has been happening." Ellie trailed her fingers through her hair and led the way to Craig's car. He had finally gotten his silence during the summer and she was so glad because of it. They wouldn't have to walk everywhere they were going, instead, he would drive.

They got inside the car and sat down. Craig turned on the engine and started driving. Ellie looked over at him and smiled, "Craig, how was your day?"

"Well, I finally got Joey to change his mind about lying on the couch all day long." A smile formed on his lips, a bit of a grin, maybe, but Ellie could tell that he was happy about this. But then, a frown appeared on his face and Ellie cocked an eyebrow.

"Craig, what's wrong?"

"It's Ash..."

"What about her? Please don't tell me you still love her..." Ellie clenched her fists tightly; she could feel the blood pulsating through her veins. What did she have to worry about, she was still in London and not here.

Ellie lost her respect towards Ash a long time ago when she decided to cheat on Craig with that Alister person that she met. How could she have been so thoughtless and not tell the guy right away, instead putting a burden on her and making her not tell him. It was going to leak out anyway. Well, Ellie lost her best friend after that ordeal happened and she hoped that she wouldn't have to talk to her or see her again.

"She dropped by my house today..."

"WHAT!" Okay, so Ashley was here, but why on Earth would she be coming back to Degrassi and visit Craig? Was she still in love with him? Ellie was so confused now.

"She came to apologize. I was pretty upset that she came in the first place, so I slapped her after she mentioned something about my meds. I'm glad that we're through because I seriously did hate how she talked about my Disorder like it was a disease or something."

"Craig, I'm so sorry that she had to come back here."

"Ellie, it's okay. I think she went back to London, maybe I was the last stop before she had to leave...I hope so."

"I want to make a promise to you, Craig."

"Ellie? What promise?"

"I promise that I won't ever keep anything from you and I hope that you will do the same?"

"I promise I won't keep anything from you. Why are we doing this, though?"

"Well because I don't want you getting hurt and vice versa. I think it's best that we don't keep anything from each other, you know?"

"I agree." Craig stopped the car as the approached the movie theatre. He smiled at Ellie, glad that he was finally with her. Other than the Joey thing, his whole day was probably as boring as hers. 'We're here."

"Yay! I can't wait until the movie starts." Ellie jumped out of the car and headed to where Craig was standing. She looked him in the eyes directly and spoke, "There is something that I do need to talk to you about, though..."