A/N: Hey guys, sorry I didn't leave you an AN last chapter. Yeah, I hope you guys are enjoying my story. Please leave a review if you ever get the time to, I would love that so much! –hugs all around- Thanks.

Emma was still shocked from the ordeal that she had experienced previously that day. Sean had come to visit her and confessed that he still had loved her. What confused her about this was the fact that Sean was acting differently from the Sean that she knew. A feeling welled up in her body, something wasn't right about him coming here, alas, it was only a feeling. It faded away quickly as she got up from her bed and headed over to her computer that she had gotten during the summer. Although it had been ages since what happened to Emma when she was younger, her parents were still iffy about her meeting people on the Internet.

But there were no worries; Emma learned from her mistakes and only spoke to people she knew were her friends in real life. There was a screen popped up already, as if the person had already read her mind. It was a message from Manny saying that she was on her way, from where, though? Emma had forgotten that Manny had left earlier that day for something, but what, she didn't know. She headed over to her dresser and found a cute blue skirt that she decided to wear with a white spaghetti top. As she changed, she yelled out to Spike and Snake, "I'm heading out to the movies with Manny! We will be back before midnight!"

"And not any time after that, Emma!" yelled Spike from the top if the stairs. Emma smiled and looked herself over in the mirror. She didn't think she looked hot in anyway, but this will do for the time being. Emma had had very low self-esteem ever since what happened to Rick. The shooting affected everyone, but she thought that it affected her the most. Emma wished that she did have someone that she could hold onto like she did so very long ago. Her mind flashed back to what had happened with Sean. Yes, she did say that she was with Chester, but that was only a lie to get him away from her.

The window to the basement opened up and she spotted her best friend leaning over and looking in. "Well, are you ready?"

"Almost..." Emma looked herself again in the mirror and sighed. Hanging out with her best friend was the only thing that kept her from thinking too negatively about herself. Biting her lower lip, she fixed her hair just a tad bit and then turned around, heading towards the window. She climbed out of it and propped herself up, hugging Manny tightly.

"Where on Earth have you been all day?" Emma asked, worried.

"I've been at the library all day researching a career in acting. I'm so happy that I have found something that I want to do with my life."

"You've had me worried sick. Thank God you sent me a message and said you were on your way."

"Sorry about that, Emma..." Manny looked at Emma for a moment, "Wait a minute...What's wrong?"

Emma told Manny what happened to her earlier that day. Manny stared at her with a weird expression on her face.

"Wow, I can't believe he tried to kiss you! But, you're saying that he wasn't himself?"

"Yeah, something's not right about him. He's not the same Sean that I knew so long ago."

"I'm glad that you're safe now. That's all that matters."

So, they continued walking towards the movie theatre plaza. Manny didn't know what she was going to find there, nor did Emma, but it seemed like an adventure all waiting to happen. It was the movies, after all.

"What's wrong, Ellie?" Craig asked her as he grasped one of her hands in both of his. "You can tell me anything." He saw that a tear was sliding down her cheek as she continued staring at him.

"I'm so afraid to tell you...I...I...don't know how you're going to react." Whimpers stifled from her lips as more tears trailed down her cheeks. She turned away from Craig, staring off into the distance. This wasn't the right time to tell him, but she knew she had to, she had already put herself up for it.

"Ellie, I'm worried, please, tell me?" Craig came up from behind her and held her tightly in his arms, cradling her tightly. Ellie stepped forward and turned around, looking at him.

"It's about Sean..."

"Sean? What about him, he didn't hurt you, did he?"

"No, well, kind of..." Ellie looked at the ground and shuffled her feet.

"What do you mean kind of? He either hurt you or he didn't." Craig yelled loudly.

"Craig, don't yell, please."

"Sorry, I was just overreacting. I really care about you, I just don't want to see you hurt, and you know that."

"I know, Craig, I know. I have to tell you what happened though, but promise me, please don't get too upset and do something irrational."

"I promise. Now what happened?"

Ellie took Craig's hand and led him over to a bench that faced away from the movie theatre and all the people passing back and forth. They sat down and Ellie stared at the trees swaying slightly with the wind.

"Last night, after practice. I was walking home and Sean attacked me. He...umm, kissed me..." Ellie looked at Craig and she could tell that he was very upset about this, but was trying very hard not to explode. "That was the most drastic thing that happened. I fended him off and he eventually left me on the ground."

"He didn't rape you, did he?" Craig placed his hand on top of hers and squeezed tightly. He wished that didn't happen, it would be the worst of all cases.

"Oh, no. Thank goodness that didn't happen." Ellie replied with a little relief in her voice. "That's not all, though. He said good-bye to me and I could hear this sadness in his voice, something that I would have never heard from him. He's not himself...it just, confuses me..."

"I'm so sorry that happened to you Ellie...umm, what are you doing?" He noticed that she was lifting up her skirt on her right hand side. He spotted the red gashes wounded into her skin and his breathing got heavier. "Ellie, oh my God, why?"

"I had to...there was nothing else I could do."

"You could have at least called me or something..."

"I couldn't, it was so hard to keep myself from doing it. Craig...my dad's been cheating on my mom and now he's left her because of it..."

Craig didn't know what to say. He placed his right hand on the scars on Ellie's leg and traced them one by one. She flinched slightly from the pain as more tears fell down her face. She didn't want to tell Craig any of this, but she had to, she made a promise to him. Chewing on her lower lip, she looked at him. "Craig?"

"I don't know what to say. I wish you could have called me and talked to me about it..."

"I'm sorry, I was too flustered. I didn't know what to do. My mother started drinking again and I thought about the last time that she had and how cutting myself was the only way to get away from the real pain inside."

Craig pulled Ellie closer to him and hugged her very tightly. "Never ever do that again. I don't want you hurting yourself. There are better ways, I know of it."

"I won't. I will try not to." Ellie pressed her lips against his and looked him in the eyes. He wiped away her tears.

"Now come on, we have a movie to see." He smiled as Ellie put a smile on her face, "You know I will always care about you."

"I know."

The two of them got to their feet and headed in the general direction of the theatre. Ellie was still upset about telling Craig, but she knew that it was all for the better. Her eyes spotted two girls heading towards the theatre, as well. One of them was wearing a rather risky outfit whereas the other was a bit more decently dressed, Manny and Emma. Craig noticed them, too, but ignored them, somewhat as he and Ellie walked by, heading into the movie that they were going to see. He spotted Manny out of the corner of his eye that she was looking at him with those brown eyes that reminded him of a time so long ago. No, he was with Ellie and he was happy, or was he?