A/N: Just a couple things, this is kind of a long chapter hehe. A new character is introduced in this chapter and she is older than Dillon. Thanks again for the comments/feedback. It's very much appreciated.

Georgie slowly walked past the courtyard. There weren't that many students outside since it was snowing. She held her books tightly and slowly made her way through the courtyard. She looked around to see who was sitting outside and to her surprise she spotted Dillon talking on his cell phone. She stopped and watching him for awhile. It had been about two weeks since she last talked to him. They were both completely avoiding each other in class and outside of class. He seemed happy to her. Georgie smiled to herself. That's all she wanted for him. He was a great guy and he deserved the best. He was a great friend to her and unfortunately for her he would be nothing more. She often thought about what it would be like if she wasn't with Ryan but with Dillon instead. What would it be like?

She shook her head and knocked those thoughts out of her head. She smiled again to herself about Dillon and started walking again.

She finally reached the dormitories. Ryan would probably be waiting for her. Nothing had really changed between the two of them. They were still constantly fighting, mostly about nothing. It seemed liked Ryan liked to argue with her even if nothing was solved. And the abuse…well it was only getting worse. Georgie didn't think too much of it though. She thought most relationships were like that. Lucky for her, he hadn't left any marks on her face yet otherwise people would start talking.

She was about to get into the elevator when Brooke Lynn walked out.

"Brooke…hey." Georgie said.

"Hey." Brooke quietly said. They moved aside, away from the elevator.

"How are you?" Georgie asked her former best friend.

"I'm doing great." Brooke said nodding her head.

"That's good." Georgie said smiling.

"What about you?"

"I'm great. Everything is just fine with me." Georgie said giving her a small smile.

Brooke nodded again. "That's great Georgie. It was nice talking to you again." Brooke said leaving. Georgie watched her leave without saying goodbye. It hurt her to know that this is what came of her relationship with Brooke. She wished it wasn't like that but there wasn't anything that she could do. At least she didn't think there was anything.

Georgie finally got into the elevator. She really didn't want to go back to her room. She knew there was a fight waiting to happen.

The only place she ever spent her time now was her dorm room. Ryan forbade her from going anywhere except for her classes. And even those, he had one of his friends follow her around.

Georgie stepped out of the elevator and made her way down the hall to her room. She thought she'd approach him differently today. Maybe more…lovingly.

She opened the door and there he was with his head shoved into a car magazine.

"Hey honey." She said closing the door behind her. He looked up to see her and smiled.

"Hey."

Georgie put her books down on the desk. He was sitting next to the window on their small couch. She went over to him and sat down next to him. She kissed him lightly on the cheek and rested her head on his shoulder.

"Thinking about buying a new car?" She grinned.

"Nah, I'm just looking." Ryan said.

"You wanna go out today? Maybe for lunch or something?" Georgie asked him.

"Sure, why not." Ryan said.

"Really?" Georgie asked surprised by his answer.

"Yeah, it'll be nice to get out a little. Besides I'm hungry and then I have to go to class later today."

"You're actually gonna go to class today?" Georgie giggled. Ryan put his magazine down and faced her.

"And what's wrong with that?" He said with a slight smile on his face.

Georgie laughed again. "Nothing." She kissed his cheek again. "I love you."

Ryan smiled. "I love you too." He leaned over to her and kissed her lips softly. "Where do you wanna go?"

"It's up to you." Georgie said caressing the back of his neck.

"Hmm. How about Jake's?"

"I hate Jake's food. You know that." Georgie said scrunching her nose.

Ryan laughed. "All right. Kelly's? The MetroCourt?"

"Ooh, let's go to the MetroCourt." Georgie said smiling today.

"All right. But first…" Ryan said grinning. He leaned in again and kissed her again. This time more passionately. Georgie fell back onto the sofa with Ryan kissing her. His hands roamed around her body and he kissed her neck hungrily. She closed her eyes tight and for some reason the only thing that she could picture was Dillon.

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Georgie walked into the restaurant area of the MetroCourt, arm in arm with her boyfriend. She dressed up a little in a short black dress that Ryan actually approved of. They looked around for tables and while looking, Georgie spotted Dillon…sitting with a girl. A blonde one.

She didn't want Ryan to know that Dillon was there because then he would come up with some reason that it was her fault.

"Oh look your boyfriend's here." Ryan said sarcastically. Too late.

"First of all, you are my boyfriend and secondly, I don't really care if he's here. Can we please just go eat and try to keep it a peaceful afternoon? Please?" Georgie pleaded.

"Yeah, yeah, let's just go say hi first, shall we?" Ryan said smiling.

"No, I really don't think that's a good idea. Let's just go sit." Georgie said grabbing his arm.

"What's so bad in saying hi? Come on." Ryan said pulling her towards Dillon's table. They walked over to where he was sitting.

"Dillon." Ryan called out. He put his arm around Georgie's waist. "Hey." He said smirking.

Dillon looked up to see them. He looked at Georgie and then back at Ryan. "Ryan. What can I do for you?"

"Nothing. Just wanted to say hi." Ryan said to him.

"Well…hi." Dillon said.

Ryan looked over at the blonde girl. "Aren't you gonna introduce me to your friend here?" Ryan said staring the girl down. She stared back at him.

Dillon looked at them. "Yeah…this is my…this is my date, Megan." Dillon said. He looked over at Georgie who seemed uncomfortable.

"Hi Megan." Ryan said.

"Hi Ryan." Megan said rolling here eyes.

Dillon looked at Megan. "…You know him?"

"We used to date in high school." Megan said sighing.

Georgie looked at Ryan. "You never told me about her." She said.

"There's not much to tell." Ryan said looking back at her. "Aren't you gonna say hi to Dillon?"

Georgie looked at Dillon. "Hey." She said to him. She gave him a small smile.

"Hey." Dillon said back to her.

"It was nice seeing you. And it was nice meeting you." Georgie said to Megan and Dillon. "We're gonna go now." Georgie said pulling Ryan away. They went over to a table far from Dillon's. Georgie took her coat off and sat down without letting Ryan pull her chair out. Ryan sat down across from her.

"There was no reason for that Ryan." Georgie said angrily.

"I thought you might've liked saying hi to Dillon."

"Well I didn't." Georgie said even more angry. She turned away from him and crossed her arms.

"Why are you so mad? Because I never told you about Megan?"

"I could careless about Megan." Georgie said.

"Didn't you wanna say hi to your friend?" Ryan said.

"No! We're not friends anymore Ryan. You're the one who didn't want me to talk to him anymore. And there was no need to go over there and disrupt his date." Georgie said. "And yes, I'm upset. You're not the only one who's allowed to get angry." Georgie said. She turned away from him again. "I hate it when you do stupid things like this." She looked back at him. "We were supposed to enjoy a nice meal together. It's been forever since we went out. But you ruined it." Georgie said looking away again.

"I didn't do anything wrong! I don't get why you're getting so upset." Ryan said. "Can we just order?"

"I'm not hungry anymore."

"Georgie-just eat. I'll order for you." He grumbled.

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Georgie and Ryan came back to their room. She threw her purse on the table. Ryan started leaving again.

"I have class. I'll see you later."

"Can I go to the library?"

"No…why?"

"I just wanna get a couple books."

"Not right now Georgie. Especially after the little stunt you pulled during lunch."

"What stunt?" Georgie asked angrily.

"Getting angry for no reason."

"So I'm not allowed to be angry anymore?"

"Not for stupid reasons."

"But you're allowed to get mad over stupid things? Whatever Ryan." Georgie said turning around. Ryan went up to her and turned around her around harshly.

"I'm not gonna tolerate you talking to me like this." He said. He squeezed her shoulders tight. "I don't appreciate it." He said. Georgie closed her eyes to try to make the pain go away. He had such a tight and strong grip. "You should know by now that I like to be treated with respect."

She opened her eyes and slowly said with heavy breaths, "So do I."

Ryan pushed her onto the bed. He left the room without another word and slammed the door behind him. Georgie sat on the bed but held her cry in. She grabbed a magazine from under her bed and started flipping through it.

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Dillon sat in the lounge with his "new" girlfriend, Megan. He was actually making out with her. Lucky for them they didn't have an audience.

"You know I have a room not too far away." He whispered in her ear. She smiled into his mouth and kissed him. "I'm just kidding. I mean well I do have a room but I know that's moving a little too fast." He grinned.

"Just a little." She said kissing him again and then stopped.

"What, what's wrong?" Dillon asked.

"I was thinking about your friend Georgie. Do you know her well?"

"We're not friends." Dillon said.

"Oh…okay then. Never mind."

"Why?" Dillon asked. Megan smiled.

"Do you know if she's happy? I mean with Ryan?"

"I don't know…why?" Dillon asked curiously.

"When I was with Ryan…never mind."

"No, what? Tell me." Dillon said to her.

"When I was with him, he was kind of abusive. Well not kind of. He was. It didn't start until at least a year after we started dating. But I got out fast. And he got some therapy."

"Do you think he's still like that?" Dillon asked her.

"I don't know. I hadn't seen him since high school ended which was like 3 years ago. He did have therapy and counseling and I'm sure it helped him because he didn't come after me."

"If I tell you something, you promise you won't tell anyone?" Dillon asked her.

"Yeah." Megan said concerned.

"Georgie's told me before that he hurts her."

"Oh God." Megan sighed. "Dillon you need to help her before things get worse. In the beginning he just grabs you and squeezes you. I thought that was all he would do and I thought I could handle it. But then one day he punched me. It wasn't a just a slap. A punch. Who knows what else he could have done to me if I stayed. She needs to get out of that relationship…and fast."

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Georgie walked out of her dorm room and looked down the hall. There was Greg, watching her. She walked down the hall towards him.

"Hey Greg." She said nicely.

"Georgie. What can I do for you?"

"You can stop following me around." Georgie said sweetly.

"How did you know?"

"I'm not stupid." Georgie said scrunching her nose.

"Look, if Ryan finds out…"

"He won't. Look just for this one day, please. I really need to get out. Greg, why are letting him boss you around. I'm sure you have better things to do then follow me around all day. It's bad enough he controls one of us. Please?" Georgie pleaded.

"What do I say to him if he asks?"

"Just say that I was here in the room all day. I'm only gonna be gone for 2 hours at most. I'll be back before he gets home. Just make sure you're back before seven okay?"

"All right." Greg sighed.

"Thank you. I would hug you but Ryan would kill me." Georgie said giving him a wide smile. She walked past him and got into the elevator. She waved to Greg before the doors shut.

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Georgie walked into Ricardo's. She was still in her dress from her lunch with Ryan. She spotted Dillon reading the newspaper. This was the third time she had seen him that day. She secretly just wanted to keep watching him but then decided it against it. She went up to him and sat down across from him.

"Hey." She said happily.

"Hey. You look nice." Dillon said staring at her.

"Thanks." Georgie said smiling.

"Look I know Ryan's gonna be mad if he finds out you're here. I promise I'll be quick."

"It's okay. I've taken care of it. I just-I have two hours so let's spend it wisely."

Dillon smiled. "You want coffee or something?"

"No, I'm good." She said. "But before you tell me anything, I need to ask about this girl Megan." Georgie said smiling.

Dillon laughed. "What do you want to know?"

"When did this happen? Where did you meet? How did you meet?" Georgie asked excited.

Dillon grinned. "Well, I met her about two weeks ago in a bar. And we kind of just hit it off. We were out all night just talking and I asked her out and she said yes."

Georgie smiled. "That's sweet."

"Yeah, she's a nice girl. I like her a lot."

"I'm glad. I'm happy for you."

"I wish I could say same for you."

"Dillon-"

"No look. I know I shouldn't have called you here. Especially with the way we left things. I know we're barely even friends anymore-"

"Hey! Don't say that. You're always going to be my friend." Georgie said getting a little upset.

"Look, I'm really worried about you. Are you sure everything's okay with you?"

"Everything is fine Dillon. You need to stop worrying." Georgie said.

"I can't. Georgie, I really care about you."

Georgie looked him in the eyes. "I care about you too Dillon."

Dillon looked away for a few seconds and then looked back her. "I don't just care about you."

Georgie stared at Dillon in shock of what he just admitted to her. "Dillon…"

"Georgie, I know we can't be together but I want you to be happy. You need to get out of this relationship with Ryan. Look I was talking to Megan today and she was in the same situation you were in when she was dating Ryan."

"Dillon you don't know anything about my relationship with Ryan."

"I know enough Georgie. You can get him help Georgie. But you shouldn't have to be part of this. You deserve better." Dillon reached over the table and held her hand. "Please, get out of this before it's too late." He gave her hand a squeeze. He got up and went over to her side. He bent down a little and kissed the top of her head softly. Georgie closed her eyes trying to savor the moment. Dillon walked out of the café leaving Georgie by herself. He loves me.