A/N: Starting now, Summer is no longer the main character. I may have her POV in this sequel several times but the story is now more centered around Alex and Trey.

Watched my life pass me by
In the rearview mirror
Pictures frozen in time are becoming clearer
I don't wanna waste another day
Stuck in the shadow of my mistakes
I've been dying inside little by little
Nowhere to go
I'm going out of my mind
An endless circle
Running from myself until
You gave me a reason for standing still
Falling faster
Barely breathing
Give me something to believe in
Tell me it's not all in my head
Take what's left of this man
Make me whole once again


Lying Is The Most Fun A Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off

-Trey-

Now that the day in court has passed with enough time for the situation to cool down, I decided to go visit Alex. I wanted to talk things over. The whole reason we broke up in the first place was because I didn't have the guts to tell Alex the truth about how I just stood there, like a coward, watching Ryan kill Chris. I just stood there and watched. I didn't bother even attempting to stop him. I guess I didn't want Ryan to get angry at me again. We were finally talking. But now that Alex knows the truth about what happened, maybe she'll give us another chance.

I pulled into her driveway and got out of the car. I walked up the front steps and knocked on the door. For a minute or two I heard nothing. Then, "Coming coming! Hold on a sec!" Alex shouted. Out of breath, she opened the door, and her face lost its energy when she saw it was me.

"Alex, I-"

The door slammed shut.

I pounded on it harder than before. After about five minutes, Alex re-opened the door, glaring at me, her left hand on her hip.

"Can we talk?" I asked pleadingly.

"Oh so NOW you're ready to talk to me? Trey, I've got nothing to say to you. I can't be with someone that's not honest with me. I have no future with someone who keeps things from me. And I'm not the type to waste time on someone I have no future with. You should know that by now."

"Can I just talk to you? Alex, I'm sorry that I couldn't tell you. I didn't want you to know. I was trying to protect you. And I was embarrassed."

"We have nothing to work out," Alex said like she was rushing the conversation so I'd get the hell out of there.

"Tell me why we can't just talk? Why are you acting so different all of a sudden? Is there another guy or something? Did you find a new boyfriend or whatever?"

"No I don't," she cleared her throat, "Maybe," she said rolling her eyes.

I heard Summer giggle in the living room area. Summer probably knows who Alex's new boyfriend is.

"Okay, I have things to do, you're going to have to leave," Alex said as she started closing the door.

"People to do," Summer snorted as the door slammed shut.

-Alex-

I shut the door once I finally convinced Trey to leave. It's over for him. And yes, I have a new boyfriend! I mean girlfriend.

I walked back over to the couch where Summer was laying, and jumped on her. She screamed as I started to tickle her.

"So," she laughed, "Who's your new boyfriend?"

"I don't know his name, but he really means a lot. He's beautiful. He's skinnier than me though!"

She punched my stomach jokingly and I fell flat over her body. She put her arms around my back and kissed me hard, leaving her lips still in place.

I lifted my head back. "When are you going to read that letter? It might be important."

"I don't know. I'm afraid to. I don't know why," she said frowning, looking in my eyes.

"Well, don't put it off for too long. I'm tempted to just open it and read it myself."

"Okay okay, I'll read it later," she said, pushing my head back down to meet hers with her right hand, and kissed me again.

Disclaimer: I do not own The OC or any of its characters. I do own Chris. You can't steal him unless you want a ghost in your story though. The song is "What's Left Of Me" by Nick Lachey. He owns the song.