Ashley woke up the next day, exhausted. This mainly had to do with the fact that she kept thinking about what happened with Craig the day before and barely received an ounce of sleep because of it. All she kept thinking was what she was going to do the next time she saw him. She knew things with Craig needed to be settled, but she wanted to take care of something else first…Jimmy. No, she did not forget about the kiss or the way he looked at her afterward. She called Jimmy and asked him to meet her at The Dot so they could talk. He agreed.

She was running a bit late, so she assumed he would be there waiting for her. She was right. As she walked into the door, she was caught off guard. Craig was there in the back with Manny. Figures, she thought. She didn't want to make things worse at that moment, so she pretended not to see him and walked right over to Jimmy. She bent down to give him a hug, but was surprised. Jimmy grabbed her face and pulled her in for a kiss. And we're not talking the "on the cheek" variety either. Ashley was so shocked that she pulled away as fast as she could, but it was far too late. Craig had already seen. He crumbled up his napkin into a ball, threw it on the table and stormed out. Ashley ran after him. Manny looked around and then covered her face in embarrassment.

"Craig, wait!" Ashley pleaded.

"For what? So you can make out with someone in front of me some more?"

"That was just Jimmy being…friendly," she explained.

"Oh ya, and what about yesterday? Was that just you being friendly too?"

"What? I don't know what you're talking about?"

"Whatever Ash, whatever." And with that, he walked away with Manny chasing after him.

Ashley was getting tired of him continuously walking away from her. She hoped one day he'd actually stop and listen to what she had to say, but for now, she had to go explain things to Jimmy. She had to get one thing accomplished today.

She walked back in and saw Jimmy getting ready to leave.

"Hey, where are you going?" she asked.

"Ashley, it's OK. I think I pretty much get why you asked to meet me here today. I mean, it is pretty obvious now, right?"

"Jimmy, I'm so sorry. This is so not fair to you; you really don't deserve this."

"It really is OK, Ash. I read into things more than I should have. You were just being nice. I get that now. Honestly, I don't know what I was thinking really. Everyone knows you love Craig and always will. Heck, I think even Manny knows. You guys will always be drawn back to one another. I told it to him that one day in the hospital and I'm here telling you now."

"What? No, it's not about that. Craig has nothing to do with this. I just…I just don't feel that way about you. I just want to be friends."

"I can handle just being friends with you Ashley," he said shaking his head. "But do me a favor OK? Don't pretend like it's not about Craig. It's always about Craig and you know it."

And with that, he left. What was it with everyone "walking out" on her lately?

Back in Craig's garage.

"Craig, what is wrong with you? You wouldn't even talk to me the whole way here," Manny asked.

"Oh Manny, I really just don't want to talk about it."

"You never want to talk about anything anymore. You wouldn't tell me why you stormed out of graduation yesterday and now you won't tell me why you stormed out of The Dot…"

It was then that Manny FINALLY put the pieces together. Maybe she had thought it before and was in denial. Who knows. What she did know is that both of those incidents had one thing in common. Ashley. Manny sat down.

"It's her, isn't it?"

"What? Who?"

"Ohmigod, Craig. Don't play dumb. Who is it always about? Ashley, I'm talking about Ashley!"

Craig was tired of arguing with people, so he just sat there in silence with his hands covering his face.

"Oh, so you're just gonna sit there? You're not even going to try and deny it? That's just great." She stood up and walked over to the table grabbing a stack of papers covered in lyrics. "Ya know, I've put up with a lot of crap Craig and for some reason, I thought this time would be different!" Her voice was beginning to get louder with every sentence. "Look at these songs," she yelled holding up the papers. "All of them, every… single…one; they're all about her! Aren't they?"

She didn't get a response, but she knew the answer anyway. So she just continued.

"You never did get over her. You pretended to. Hey, you even had me fooled for a while. But no more Craig. I'm through. I deserve a helluva lot better!" And with that, she threw the papers up against the wall and walked out the door. She didn't bother slamming it; she just walked right out and didn't look back.

"I'm sorry," Craig whispered.

Ashley went home thinking how extremely well everything went with Jimmy and how horrible things had gone with Craig. And what was Jimmy talking about, anyway? She wasn't in love with Craig…she wasn't. She just wanted him to be able to forgive her for last year. That's all. She wanted to be friends again. Though, they never were truly just friends. But whatever, doesn't mean they couldn't be now.

Ashley had had enough excitement for one day, but she decided she was going to take charge and get Craig to listen to her…tomorrow that is.