Mako's Message:I am SEVERELY tempted to make use of this as my own blogg-y-type-thing, but I really shouldn't let myself get into a habit of that. Instead I'll sum up the decline in updates as "life sucks" and move on.

Next, I want to apologize to in advance to anyone I might have used the words "cute or "fluff" to describe this chapter to. It didn't go that way.

And finally I want to share a short but funny story. Of sorts. Some of you who recently started reading and those of you with long memories(and face it, with this fic you need one) will remember that chapter 60 was the end of "ActI". At the time, I had apparently been drugged and delusional because I thought I'd finish "ActII" by this point. That is not the case. "ActII" will begin sometime around Mindy's 14th year. For those of you not keeping track, I haven't covered ONE year since then, let alone two. Funny huh? But what can I say? Their lives just keep getting busier.

Oh, and there was some confusion about the bet Marty mentioned last chapter. It was originally mentioned in Ch106 and was stated to be: "How many more guys will Mindy destroy before she goes out with someone?"

Bonus qualifiers after the chapter.


Sometimes I don't know why I do things. Or don't do things.

I felt completely drained this morning. I didn't get out of bed when I woke up. I just laid there and wrapped the blankets around me. Marcus came in to talk to me. He asked if I'd gone out with Dave after coming home, since I'm usually out of bed by eight when I don't and it was almost eleven.

I didn't know what to say.

Then he asked me if I wanted to talk about the dance.

There was so much I wanted to say about the dance, but I didn't say any of it.

Then he asked me if I was okay.

I didn't answer that either.

Before he left he opened the curtains, but the sky was completely fucking overcast which just made me want to stay in bed even more. It was nice that he cared though. Unlike some people. But then, I suppose I can't really blame him. He was probably still curled up in bed with Riley.

I did eventually crawl out of bed though. But when I did I ended up just staring at my phone for a half hour.

I ended up calling Dillon. I'm still not sure why I did. I guess I figured that if there was anyone who might feel the way I did it'd be him. I asked him if he'd like to meet me at this playground on the way to each others house and he said he'd love to, so I said I'd be there as soon as I could.

I almost didn't shower.

When I pulled up on my bike he was already there. Guess he didn't have to get ready or anything like I did.

I didn't say anything to him at first. We just kind of walked around for awhile. Eventually I asked him if he'd brought his camera. He said, "Yeah." So I leaned up against one of the crawling tubes and asked him to take my picture.

And we did that for awhile.

We didn't talk much, just him suggesting different poses and me asking if I was doing it right.

It wasn't until I was sitting on a swing and he was taking pictures of me from the one next to me that I finally apologized for last night.

He said, "It's not you're fault it sucked. I realized it was a stupid idea before we even walked through the door."

That almost made me laugh.

So I told him it was my fault for not being there for him.

He said, "You don't need to apologize for that. I didn't expect you to act like my girlfriend."

I said, "But I could have at least acted like I was there with you, instead of trying to impress someone else."

All he said to that was, "Dave."

I shouldn't have been surprised, Dillon isn't stupid and I did kind of make a bee line for him. So I said, "Yeah." And after a moment of silence I said, "Tell anyone and I'll break your neck."

He laughed. Once. And said I didn't need to worry about him telling anyone.

We just sat there on the swings, rocking back and forth for awhile before he finally said, "Sucks, doesn't it?"

I smiled a little at that, and after a second said, "Yeah. It does."

For awhile there was silence, but I think he was trying to work up the courage to ask what he eventually did, "Is there any chance you might change your mind? About me?"

I smiled and looked at him for the first time since we sat down and I said, "I really doubt it. Dave is-" And it took me a moment to figure out what Dave is. Something that I could actually tell him at least. I finally settled on, "One of a kind."

Dillon said, "So are you."

I smiled and thanked him, then said, "You are a great guy you know. If I didn't have my heart set on someone else, I'd have gone out with you."

He said, "Thanks. I think."

That's when I decided it was time to get going, so I told him it was time for me leave and got up and started for my bike.

Then, for some reason I stopped, turned around, walked back to him, and then leaned over and kissed him on the cheek and said, "Find another girl. Then at least one of us can be happy." Then I went straight to my bike and rode home without looking back.

I don't know why I did that. Any of it. From staying in bed all morning to kissing Dillon. It's not like any of it made me feel better. I just...

I don't know.

Fuck my life.


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