I laid back in my bed in the pool house, wondering what had just happened. A girl I never met before not only kissed me but is now living with me. If we met under other circumstances, I might have found her attractive and maybe even sexy but under these she is not.

I don't know why but subconsciously I feel like I need to sit up and look out the pool house windows, so I did. And who do I see sitting on one of the pool lounge chairs but her. I kind of feel bad for her

"Donna I will show you your room. Grab your bags and lets go." Kirsten said to her.

"Um Mrs. Cohen, I uh, I have no bags," for the first time she seems human and shows emotion, embarrassment and shame.

I look to over where she is sitting and it looks like she is curled up into a tiny ball and trying to get smaller.

I walk outside and the closer I get to her, I begin to realize she is trying to get smaller and is trembling.

"Hey" I say softly but I still cause her to jump. She looks over to me, acknowledges my existence with a nod.

"What are you doing out here, its like two in the morning."

"I'm scared of the dark." She says in a voice that I barely recognize. It sounds like her but lacks confidence and sounds like she is five years old.

"Oh, I think you should go back inside, you're shivering."

"But I'm scared"

"How did you get down here in the first place then?"

"I…I don't remember"

"Are you sure?" Now I feel like I need to treat her like a five year old.

"Yes, I'm not five, you know. Can you just talk to me, to calm me down, please?"

"Um, sure. Where are you from?"

"I'm originally from Jersey but for the last year I have been living in Chino, with my dad."

"How'd that happen?"

"Well when my parents got divorced, I got to chose where I wanted to live. I wanted an adventure so I chose California."

"I'm originally from Chino, all this Newport stuff is new to me too."

"How'd that happen?"

"Well me and my brother stole a car, my mom left, so Sandy helped me out."

"Sandy tends to do that."

"What did you do to end up here?"

"You know what I realized about the east coast and the west coast?"

"uh…what?"

"East coast has different social groups"

"Huh?"

"Here in the O.C. there are the preps, jocks, cheerleaders, popular, geeks, and the basic TV social groups you know. But in Jersey, there are only two; gangstas and rockers. Those two groups fill up your basic groups, guys with white T's make up the football teams and guys who wear black with chains make up the band. Its weird and we co-exist too. Rockers and Gangstas fill all the sports teams and work together without a hitch. There would be a pitcher who listens to Slayer, while the catcher listens to 50 cent and together they strike everyone out. Crazy isn't it?"

"Yeah"

"It's like we don't care that we look different and have different point of views. People make Jersey out like it's the modern day Gotham City. We have no need for Batman, I'm not saying were a Utopia but Jersey's ok."

I just stare at this girl sitting next to me, it's like she's a completely different person. She is night and day. During the day, she is harsh like the sun but at night she's cool as the moon.

I look over at her and see she is looking up at the sky, I look up too. I look back at her and she is looking at me as well. I can see the moon's light reflect of her eyes, she leans into me as I lean into her. Our lips gently meet and it felt like my world was complete. She pulls away and I can see tears in her eyes, she collapses into me as I pick her up and carry her into the pool house.