Tom drove around for awhile, venting out his anger by leaving tread marks at every stoplight he came across. After 20 minutes of him calming down so he could think clearly, he noticed the digital clock flashed "5:08PM". Shadow realized Tom had calmed down enough so he could think clearly, and turned on the radio, playing a song to help in making his decision. (A/N. I do NOT own "The Great Escape" by Boys like Girls) The rock song blared as Tom started to think...

Paper bags and plastic hearts
All are belongings in shopping carts
It's goodbye
But we got one more night
Let's get drunk and ride around
And make peace with an empty town
We can make it right

Maybe Ally was right. They're my friends and they only wanted to make sure she wasn't another Jessica. 'Jessica" I hate that name now. Focus!

Throw it away
Forget yesterday
We'll make the great escape
We won't hear a word they say
They don't know us anyway
Watch it burn
Let it die
Cause we are finally free tonight

They only want what's best for me, they spied on me for a reason...but they violated my privacy, why couldn't they just leave me to my life?

Tonight will change our lives
It's so good to be by your side
But we'll cry
We won't give up the fight
We'll scream loud at the top of our lungs
And they'll think it's just cause we're young
And we'll feel soalive

They're just looking out for me, but Ally's not Jessica. I doubt that she even has superpowers. I can't stay mad at them forever, they need me...and I need them.

Throw it away
Forget yesterday
We'll make the great escape
We won't hear a word they say
They don't know us anyway
Watch it burn
Let it die
Cause we are finally free tonight

No! I don't need them! I don't need friends who would want to betray my trust like them! Wait a second, what am I thinking? Of course I do...

All of the wasted time
The hours that were left behind
The answers that we'll never find
They don't mean a thing tonight

They're like family to me, if I lost them I couldn't forgive myself...

Throw it away
Forget yesterday
We'll make the great escape
We won't hear a word they say
They don't know us anyway

I should just let it go, they're my friends. Friends stick with each other, they look out for each other...just like they looked out for me.

Throw it away
Forget yesterday
We'll make the great escape
We won't hear a word they say
They don't know us anyway

When I was on the cruise, they included me, they treated me like a true friend. When Jessica hypnotized me, they broke me out of her spell. They're not my enemies...

Throw it away
Forget yesterday
We'll make the great escape
We won't hear a word they say
They don't know us anyway
Watch it burn
Let it die
Cause we are finally free tonight

They're my friends...

Tom realized that just as the song ended. He slammed on the brakes as the W-body muscle car skidded to a halt, miraculously parallel parking itself by the sidewalk. Tom slowly looked where he was. He looked at the building next to Shadow. Tom got out of Shadow and walked in.

3 hours later…

All, but Tom were in Danny's hotel room waiting for Tom to come back. It had been 3 hours since he ran off fuming. Danny had rubbed it in their faces that he was right and they were wrong.

"Where is he?" said Ali, worried

"Maybe he's not coming back. I mean, he WAS pretty pissed." said Tiffany

They heard the click of the door opening. They all watch as Tom, literally, stumbled in.

"Tom, we're sorry! Please, forgive us!" Ali exclaimed. He just looked at her with a goofy smile.

"Hiya banana lady." He smiled. Ali just looked at him in shock and confusion.

"Banana lady? Tom, are you ok?" Insane came up to him, but Tom just grabbed his hand.

"You're very beautiful, miss. Marry me!" He shouted. Insane pulled his hand away in disgust.

"I'm straight! I'm straight!" Insane yelled. Jake came up and looked at Tom in concern. But once Tom saw him,

he headed straight for him, backing the poor angel up against a wall.

"There you are! You're the angel that was supposed to be on top of my Christmas tree!" Tom shouted.

"I...uh-excuse me?" Jake asked.

"You've been missing for 2 years, you...you...monkey pie!" Tom exclaimed.

"What's wrong with him?" Sky whispered to Tiffany, who shrugged.

Tom smiled drunkenly as he put his arms around Ali and Tiffany, bringing them in for a hug.

"I love you guys...Hey! Where's the pink beetle?" Tom said, slurring his words.

Tom leaned his head on Tiffany and started to drool.

"AHHH!! HE"S DROOLING ON ME!" Tiffany screeched, trying to push Tom's head over to Ali.

"Hello miss pretty poofy sparkly pink prince pageant! Are you ready to POP?" Tom said, making it through the tongue twister.

Tiffany smelled Tom's breath. "I think I know what's wrong with him. He's drunk!" Tiffany stated. Spitting out the last word like it was venom.

"Apparently he made use of the lower legal drinking age. Ya know, I'm starting to enjoy this." said Hui Hua as Tiffany sent her death-glares.

"Say cheese!" Everyone was blinded as Jake pulled out a camera and started taking pictures.

"I like PINK!" Tom stated drunkenly before stumbling away from Tiffany and Ali.

"Yup, he's definitely drunk." Dixon said. "Well that explains everything."

Give me that!" Hui Hua exclaimed, taking the camera from Jake and bonking him on the head with it.

"Tom! Tom! Tom! Tom! Tom!" Cubby exclaimed.

"Cubby! Cubby! Cubby! Cubby! Cubby!" Tom replied.

"You know what day it is?!" Cubby exclaimed.

"A day attributed to Green eggs and ham, do I get a cookie now?" Tom asked.

"YAY! COOKIE!" Cubby exclaimed as he watched Tom stagger off, everyone just looked at him in confusion.

"To you guys it might seem like nonsense, but to me, Tom was explaining the basic theory of how the Earth revolves around its axis. ISN'T THAT GREAT?!" Cubby exclaimed to the group, their eyes all widened in surprise.

A knock then sounded at the door, Tiffany then answered it to see Ally standing on the outside. Her smile immediately dropped when she saw that the person who answered wasn't Tom.

"Look, I'm so sorry about what happen today! I promise I'll make it up to you! I know that you want Tom to be ok, but you can trust me. I swear, I would never do anything to hurt him!" Ally exclaimed. Tiffany just stood there smiling.

"I know, it's ok, I trust you." Tiffany told her.

"Wow, it seems that you can really read my mind." Ally said, Tiffany laughed.

"Tell me about it." She smirked; Tom then went up to Ally and stared at her dreamily. Ally just looked at him in surprise.

"Wow, you're pur-ty, you must come from somewhere over the rainbow where the munchkins run all over the place poking each other!" Tom said in a sing-song voice. Ally just looked at him, speechless.

"Wha... What happened to him?" asked Ally obviously confused.

"Well... he came back a few minutes ago... drunk." Tiffany explained.

Ally watched her boyfriend drunkenly stumble around the room, saying random things, pal-ing around, and looking like he was about to collapse any second. Ally fell to her knees and started crying.

"IT'S ALL MY FAULT! I shouldn't have left him at the hot dog stand!" Ally stated as she balled.

Tiffany laid a comforting hand on Ally's shoulder. "It's not your fault. He was bound to take advantage of the lower drinking age here

sooner or later."

"I guess you're right. At least he isn't hurting anyone." Ally stated, trying to look on the bright side.

"You mean physically. I think he mentally scarred Insane earlier." Tiffany said as she pointed to Insane, who was running around screaming "I'm straight. I'm straight!"

"I don't even wanna know." Ally said as she chuckled.

"I guess I'll leave now. You guys better be prepared for when he wakes up tomorrow though." Ally said as she left.

Tom stumbled as he walked around the hotel suite. Tom collapsed on the bed and was soon snoring peacefully; little drool puddles forming on the bed.

"Ya know, he kinda looks cute and peaceful when he's not causing destruction." Dedodakes said as she watched Tom sleep peacefully.

"You think that drool is cute?" asked Ali, confused.

"Not so much..."

They all left and went to their respective rooms for a good night's rest.

The next morning, they were all at the restaurant again for breakfast. They all stared as Tom walked towards the table, clutching his aching head. They were staring because Tom wasn't dressed in his usual gothic manner. He actually looked... normal. He still wore his small silver hoop earring, his two necklaces, and his light blue hoodie was still tied around his waist with the sleeves, but he wore white and blue sneakers in place of his old combat boots, regular blue jeans replace the black ones, and a plain light blue T-shirt.

"Ow. My aching head. What happened last night and why do I feel like I was hit by a truck?" Tom asked as he took his seat.

"You look as though you've been hit by a truck. What happened to your gothic self?" Danny asked.

"I just thought I needed a change of character." Tom smirked. "So really – what happened last night?"

Everyone just smiled innocently, Insane looked at him, still mentally disturbed and scarred as they continued with their breakfast. Tom was left in the dark about the whole incident…until much later.