A/N: Thanks to all who reviewed. My computers being a bitch and this is my tenth time just trying to write the A/N, Disclaimer, Summary and chapter title. So hopefully this time it wont happed. The last chapter up was my second longest chapter yet right after Chapter 11. Woo hoo! Lets try to make this one as long!

Disclaimer: Same as last time.

Summary: Ryan spends a week in San Diego making sure MJ is ok, Justin questions the true meaning of love and comes clean to the girl he loves and Stephanie ponders if she's making the right decision going out with Ryan.

"Oh, mirror in the sky, what is love?" - Landslide, Pisces Iscariot

Oh, mirror in the sky, what is love?

Point Place, Wisconsin

February 21, 1997

11:57 PM

Stephanie Kelso's Bed

Ryan and Stephanie lay in her bed in the empty house. Under the covers the two were naked and Stephanie had her arms wrapped around Ryan's chest with her legs around his waist. He smiled at her and kissed both of her boobs. She giggled. "That tickles." she giggled.

"More the reason to continue." Ryan said. He continued to kiss her boobs over and over again. She moaned loudly.

"You know that only turns me on." Stephanie moaned. She pulled him closer so her spot was next to her favorite thing to "play" with.

"I know." Ryan said. He slid down under the covers and started to kiss her there.

"I NEED YOU RYAN!" she moaned in pleasure. He pulled her under the covers and they started to make love.

Many hours later the two got out of her bed and started to walk off the Ryan's house. They walked through the cold February morning. Ryan kissed her lips tenderly. She smiled at him and kissed him back. Ryan wrapped his arm around her and pulled her up against him with her head resting on his shoulder as they walked through the streets. Ryan sighed and thought. "What is it Ryan?" Stephanie asked.

"Nothing." Ryan said. "Just thinking."

"Whatever you say." Stephanie said. The two walked as the sky started to get grayer and grayer. Ryan looked up and tiny little white flakes started to fall from the sky. "Looks like God's got some dandruff." The two laughed and Ryan kissed her.

"Good one Steph." Ryan said. The bright white flakes landed in her bright red hair. As the wind blew they were blown out of her hair. Minutes later they walked down the steps into the Forman basement. Utter silence. Nobody was there. Ryan sat down on the couch and turned the TV on. Stephanie sat down beside him on the couch. "Ah MTV. The bringer of music."

"Not to mention high quality programming." she added.

"True." he replied. He yawned and Stephanie slid over closer to his and sat on his lap. She smiled at him and moved her head closer and the two friends started to kiss. As he slid down on the couch so she lay on top of him someone started to walk down the stairs. Quickly the kiss broke and they sat on the couch staring at the TV. MJ came down the stairs crying. She hadn't been the same since what had happened on her birthday. She had been constantly crying and locked herself in her room.

"What's wrong MJ?" Stephanie asked. MJ's sobs stopped a bit.

"Well, due to what happened six days ago I have to go back to Moniker Marquette." she sobbed. She sat in the lawn chair with her knees up against her chest and her head up against her legs. "I can't go back there. Life sucked when I went there. I hate boarding school." Ryan got up and moved towards the stairs. "They assign friggin' boatloads of homework!" She ran back up the stairs.

"Well that was quite easy." Ryan said. Stephanie shook her head.

"It must really suck right now in her life." she muttered.

"Most likely." he replied. He walked back up the stairs and into the kitchen. Jennifer sat on one of the stools by the counter.

"Hey." she said. He sat down on a stool beside her.

"Hey." he replied. "So how have you been?"

"Good." Jennifer said. "Except Luke has been stalking me."

"What a surprise." he replied. "That's Luke alright."

"Yup." she replied. "So it's sad about MJ."

"No shit." he replied. "Always sad when things like this happen. Even worse when it happens to your sister." Donna and Eric walked into the kitchen. Justin, and Tyler opened the sliding glass door while Stephanie came up from the basement. MJ walked in behind them.

"Oh great." Eric said. "Now all the kids are gonna hear." Donna punched Eric on the arm.

"Deal with it." Donna said. Eric gulped and Donna sat down on the counter.

"This is just freaky." Tyler said. "It's like, we've gone back in time."

"Maybe we did." Christian said.

"Holy shit!" Eric exclaimed.

"Don't mind me." Christian said. "I'm just a friend."

"A friend who appears out of nowhere." MJ sulked.

"Well I guess we mine as well say it already." Donna said. "First, Ryan. You'll have to stay with your sister for a few weeks to make sure she's ok."

"What!" Ryan exclaimed. "Maybe there's a reason they have psychiatrists and councilors."

"Just be quiet." Eric said.

"And secondly," Donna started. She held her breath and Christian jumped up onto the edge of the counter and opened up a small bag of M&M's. "I'm pregnant." Christian fell off the counter.

"I'm ok." he said.

"Ok?" Ryan said. "What the hell?"

"Damn it Eric I told you we shouldn't have tried again." Donna muttered.

"Well sorry Miss "Let's Have Another Kid"!" Eric retorted.

"I'm out of here." Ryan muttered. He left the kitchen and headed down to the basement.

San Diego, California

February 23, 1997

11:57 AM

Moniker Marquette Academy

Ryan sat on the couch in MJ's dorm. He plucked a string on the guitar he held in his hands. He shook his head and scratched out the words on the paper. The door to the dorm turned and it opened. A girl about 14 or 15 entered the dorm. She had brown hair that went down just below her shoulders and sparkling green eyes. "Uh. Who are you?" she asked.

"I'm the ghost of Christmas freakin' past." he replied in a sarcastic tone. "Jesus. I'm MJ's bro." She looked at him again.

"Uh huh." she replied. "Then what the hell are you doing here?"

"After MJ being-" he started. "How can I put this? After her virginity was taken away our parents forced her to come back and I'm stuck here for a few weeks."

"A likely story." she replied. Ryan shook his head.

"God prep school girls are always so stubborn." he muttered.

Point Place, Wisconsin

February 23, 1997

12:57 PM

Point Place High

Stephanie sat in English class thinking about whether or not to break up with Tyler or if she didn't want to be with Ryan. I wonder where Jennifer is. She thought. She hadn't seen her since the big news about Donna being pregnant, and in a few months who knows what the hell she'd be like. She sighed and the bell rang. She'd have to make up her mind by the end of the month or else something bad was bound to happen.

Point Place, Wisconsin

March 2, 1997

5:57 PM

Forman Basement

Ryan walked down the basement stairs for the first time for several weeks. The boards creaked slightly and Stephanie was the only one sitting down there. He sat down in the lawn chair next to the couch. "Hey." she said blankly.

"Hey." he replied.

"We need to stop the relationship Ryan." she said.

"Ok?" he replied. Jennifer walked down the stairs and sat on the couch. She looked different than the last time he had saw her. She had a black hooded sweatshirt and a pair of skin tight jeans. "Holy shit."

"Hey Ryan." she said in a slightly tired tone. She sat down on the couch next to Stephanie. The room stood eerily quiet for many minutes until Justin walked down the stairs. He sat down on top of the dryer and pulled a Popsicle out of the freezer. He took the wrapper off and reached for the remote and turned the TV on. He changed the channels every five seconds and finally stopped of FOX. The Simpsons played as Ryan and Stephanie looked each other in the eyes. Jennifer stared at the TV blankly in a somewhat bored manner.

Point Place, Wisconsin

March 10, 1997

5:57 AM

Forman Basement

Justin's eyes slowly opened. He reached next to the table and put on the purple tinted sunglasses on. A question buzzed in his head. What exactly is love? he thought. He shook his head and started up the stairs. He had been living in the Forman's basement for the last three months of his life. He hadn't seen Jimmy in ages, and Gwen was now as quiet as hell now that MJ was gone. He walked through the kitchen and into the living room and out the front door. He closed the door and sat on the stoop of the house. It was still fairly dark out, but the first rays of dawn started to filter through the sky. A lone car drove past the house. He shook his head, and stood back up. He opened the door and closed it once again. He started to walk up the stairs. He walked down the hall, and into MJ's room. It was a blinding pink. There were lone scraps of paper on the wall. He noticed a lone letter sitting on her pillow. He walked over to her bed and picked it up. He opened the letter and pulled the paper out of the envelope. He sat down on the bed as he read it. It read:

To Whom it may concern,

You are the one who has found this letter. I planted it here on March eighth of 1997. How could I have done this you may ask? To put it simply, I have gotten myself expelled from Moniker Marquette Academy in San Diego, California. How I did this I will not tell. I am living somewhere in secrecy. I have left five clues to help find me. They are:

1.It is dark and cold where I am.

2.The creatures of the night have been known to run around it at nights.

3.The friend of Eric and Donna Forman, Jackie Burkhart, Steven Hyde, Fez, and Micheal Kelso died after falling off of it

4.It looks like it's giving you the finger when you pass by it

5.It supplies a needed resource to Point Place

It ended after that. Nothing else was written. He thought for a second. "God could she be more obvious." he muttered. He closed the door to her room and she slid down the banister of the stairs. Ryan lay on the couch downstairs staring at the ceiling, and muttering something to himself. "Hey. We're going to go get your sister, so get off your ass and in the car." Ryan looked over at Justin and laughed.

"You? Drive?" he laughed. He started to laugh extremely hard and fell to the ground while laughing.

"Shut up Forman." he replied. "If you think you can drive better be my guest." He stopped, and got up. He strolled into the kitchen and Justin followed him. Ryan picked up the keys to the ancient Vista Cruiser. They slid open the glass sliding door and walked into the open garage. Ryan unlocked the door and Justin slid in through the window. He put the key in the keyhole and turned the ancient car on. In moaned quietly, and Ryan put the car into reverse. It lurched back slowly until it was at the end of the driveway.

He shifted again and pressed down on the gas pedal slightly. The car started to lurch forward. "Damn it Forman go faster!'' Justin exclaimed.

"Well we have to look normal." he replied. "We're not in Millwaukee!" He shook his head. "Where the hell are we going anyways?"

"Water tower." Justin replied.

"You mean the one where-" he started.

"Yup." Justin replied. "That water tower." They continued down the road. A shadow darted further up the road. Ryan squinted his eyes and drove towards it. As they neared it the thing walked out of the bushes. "Get in the car." Ryan shook his head. The person got in the back and sat back there. "What are you doing out here Jennifer?"

"Well I saw you guys driving off, and I wanted to be a part of it." she replied. "And unlike you two I have a permit."

"A student drivers permit." Ryan added.

"Whatever." she replied. "I'm still old enough to drive."

"With a legal adult." Justin added.

"Just shut up." she replied. The ancient car pulled up to the water tower. Ryan pushed down on the brakes. Nothing happened.

"Damn it." he said. "The brakes aren't working." The car somehow picked up speed. The three jumped out of the car right before it hit the tower. The engine of the car started on fire. There was a loud creak that came from the tower. Justin started to look around the water tower until her saw the dark ruby red hair. He crouched down and shook her shoulder.

"Just five more minutes Mom." she moaned. He shook her shoulder again. "Fine! I'll get up!" She turned onto her back and opened her eyes. The first rays of the sun grew greater. She looked up at Justin and into the purple tinted sunglasses. She smiled slightly. "So you found me."

"Hell yeah." he replied. She sat up and looked at Justin again. She hadn't looked into his eyes for quite sometime. He sat down next to her. As he looked into her eyes he knew he had to say it.

"Uh MJ," he started. "How can I say this without sounding like an idiot?" He sighed and looked into her eyes. "Well, I uh, love you." MJ looked at Justin and laughed a bit. "What? I mean it! I'm not kidding!" She continued laughing and then stopped. She put her hands on his face. She removed the sunglasses from the teens face. She stared into his sparkling blue eyes, and smiled. She put her hands behind his head and pulled him into a kiss. Justin was shocked at first, but then eased into the kiss.

Point Place, Wisconsin

March 14, 1997

12:07 PM

Point Place High School

Ever since MJ had came back, and kissed him Justin had been a little different. Just a bit more happy. He was constantly staring into MJ's eyes. The seven friends sat at a lunch table in the cafeteria. MJ shook her head as she ate a slice of pizza. "I swear." she said. "The food here gets worse everyday."

"You can say that again." Christian added. He took a sip of some fruit punch.

"Dude, why are you drinking punch?" Tyler asked.

"It's just punch Tyler." he replied. "Is there something against drinking punch?"