Felicia and Callie, thanks for the reviews. Srry for the long wait. The next few chapters are dull and pointless, and short, so sorry ahead of time.

Chapter 10: If She Only Knew

Craig pulled Manny into a long, sweet, and tender kiss. She sighed into it as Craig wrapped his arms tighter around her slender waist.

"I missed you this weekend," he told her as he continued to smother her with kisses.

"I know, I'm so sorry. It was a spur of the moment thing," Manny assured, before flirtingly adding, "But I should free this whole weekend."

She planted a soft little kiss on Craig's cheek before turning and walking off towards her first class of another long week.

Craig sighed and headed off to his own class. When he got there, he took his usual seat behind Ellie. As soon as he sat down, Ellie turned around and gave him a very intense look.

"What?" he asked her, wondering how he could have screwed up so early in the day. She threw an envelope on the desk, and Craig pulled the contents out. The first thing he saw was "Dear Ellie," and he looked up, puzzled. Ellie gestured him to go on, and he skipped to the bottom.

"Sean?" he whispered loudly in shock.

Ellie gave him an evil eye, afraid that Jimmy would overhear from he seat near the door. "Just read it," she told him.

Craig read the letter with interest, his eyes grower wider with every line he took in. When he finally finished, he looked up at her. "Wow," was all he could manage at first. "Wow," he repeated. "What are you going to do?"

Ellie looked at him thoughtfully for a moment before firmly saying, "Nothing. I'm not going to do anything."

Craig looked startle. "Why the hell not?" he demanded.

"Look, Craig. Sean was a million years ago. I'm with Jimmy now. I can't give Jimmy up for a memory. And I love Jimmy."

"You loved Sean too."

"Why are you saying this to me Craig? Jimmy is your friend too. Just drop it, okay? I'm not doing anything about Sean." And with that, she snatched the letter back out of Craig's hands and turned around.

Craig loved Jimmy, really he did, but Sean had been his first friend when he moved here, and he couldn't just let the guy sit in Wasaga, wondering about Ellie.

During break between classes, Craig went into the washroom and called Sean. Even though Craig hadn't known about that letter coming, he had been keeping in contact with Sean. It was something Ellie didn't know, and he hoped that she would never find out.

After three rings, he heard Sean's voice on the other end.

"Hello?" Sean greeted.

"Hey man, I don't have much time. It's break right now," Craig informed him. "Nice letter though."

"She showed that to you? Man!"

"Yeah, well…"

"What did she say?" Sean asked.

"She doesn't care anymore. I tried to get her to write back to you, something, but she said she isn't going to. Sorry."

"Well, thanks for telling me. And you wouldn't happen to have a spare room, would you?"

Craig didn't entirely understand the purpose of the question, but answered, "Well, yeah, but…"

Sean cut him off. "Great, I'll see you this weekend. Keep it quiet though." And with that, he hung up, leaving Craig standing in slight disbelief.

He struggled with himself, between whether he should tell Ellie or not. Of course, he couldn't, because he would have to admit to having been in contact with Sean. Then again, if she found out that Sean would be at his place this weekend, she would know that he had not only been in contact with Sean, but also invited him back. He supposed that for the time being, he'd keep his mouth shut.

Unable to concentrate in classes the rest of the day, Craig was glad when the final bell rang. He spotted Manny standing at her locker and chatting animatedly with Emma. Manny saw Craig and smiled at him, so he went up to her and grabbed her hand.

"Excuse me Emma," he said. "But your best friend has plans."

He pulled her outside, rather quickly, and she had to run to keep up with him.

"Craig!" she demanded, refusing to move anymore. "What the hell is going on?"

He turned and looked her in the eyes. "Nothing. It's nothing, okay? Let's just go back to my place, okay. Joey is at work, Angie is still at school. We'd have the whole place to ourselves."

He ran his fingers through her dark hair, and her eyelashes fluttered against her cheeks.

"Alright," Manny said, winking at him and pulling him along. "Better hurry or Angie might interrupt us again."

"We definitely don't want that," Craig grinned.