By the time I was ready the next morning, I could hear Manny and Craig upstairs. Their feet shuffling around on the floor, Manny's high-pitched laughter, and Craig's soothing voice. When I went upstairs, they had finally settled on the couch to watch TV. I couldn't stand to even look at them, cuddled up on the couch. They just went on a date last night and now they're all cozy on the couch like they hadn't even broken up? It was pathetic!

"Hey Em, Craig and I were going to go to the mall today, did you wanna come?" Manny asked.

As I looked toward her I could see Craig was in shock.

"Umm-Uh-Manny—she probably has more important things to do then hang around with us right?" Craig looked over at me with a glare.

"Umm—I—." I began to say but many interrupted.

"It's your day off work! Come on! It'll be fun!" Manny said smiling. "Plus I don't want their to be any weirdness between you two."

Craig and I instantly looked at each other.

"Weirdness? What are you talking about Manny?" I asked quickly.

"I know you guys haven't talked to each other or have been friends with each other since we broke up last." Manny stated. "I don't want things to be weird."

Craig and I sighed.

"Weirdness?" Craig asked. "No way! No weirdness here!"

I rolled my eyes and went back to searching for something to eat.

Craig, Manny, and I arrived at the mall an hour later. Craig and Manny walked ahead of me hand in hand. I followed the rear, hoping this mall visit wouldn't last long. We arrived at one of Manny's favorite stores. Manny practically skipped inside to start looking around, with Craig following close behind. I stayed near the entrance as I watched her pick up clothes and hand them to Craig. She waved me over with her hand in a nonchalant manner. I walked over hesitantly to her side.

"What do you think?" Manny asked pointing to the two items in her hands. "The pink or the purple?"

"The pink." I stated.

"I'm going to try these on, you guys stay right here." She grabbed all the clothes from Craig and dashed off to the dressing room.

Craig and I stood there in silence for what seemed like forever.

"This is weird." Craig stated slowly.

I rolled my eyes. "Really, I didn't notice."

There was another silence. I just wanted to leave!

"How have you been?" Craig asked looking down at his shoes.

"How do you think I've been?" I snapped sternly.

"Okay, you're the one that turned me down." Craig stated in a whisper.

"Well, I didn't want to hurt that girl over there in that damn dressing room."

Craig pursed his lips to say something but decided against it.

"Are you only dating Manny to get back at me?" I asked.

"It's none of your business." Craig snapped.

"Technically….it is." I stated.

Manny came back with a few items on her arm.

"Are you guys okay? You guys look like you were going to bite each other's head off."

"Everything's fine." Craig said smiling at her.

"We were just getting reacquainted." I stated with a smirk.

Manny nodded and smiled slightly. "Well I'm going to go and pay for these---."

"Don't worry about it Manny." Craig said taking the clothes from her arm. "I'll pay for them."

Manny smiled. "Thanks Craig."

She kissed him on the cheek and watched as he walked up to the register.

"He has changed, I can tell." Manny stated looking at me.

"Oh yeah, he has changed." I said.

Later that night, Manny and I sat on the couch alone. Craig had left after our mall trip, saying he had to be home, yeah right. Manny flipped through the channels, trying to find something even worth watching. The phone rang; I looked toward Manny to see if she showed any sign of wanting to answer it, she didn't. I got up and answered it.

"Hello?" I asked.

I could hear someone breathing on the other end.

"Hello?" I asked again.

"Emma?" the sweet soothing voice that had become so familiar to me asked.

I didn't say anything at first.

"Can I talk to you?" Craig asked.

"What's there to talk about?" I snapped.

Manny looked toward me and raised her eyebrow. I waved my hand at her in a nonchalant manner as she had earlier today. Manny rolled her eyes and went back to the television.

"There's a lot to talk about." Craig insisted.

"No there's not." I hung up the phone and returned back to my seat.

"Who was that?" Manny asked.

"Just a prank call." I said shrugging. "Dumb freshmen."

Manny smiled. "Those were the days."