"So are you still coming over tonight?" Nickole asked Don over the phone,

"Yeah, as soon as I finish some homework for my Mrs. Brown,"

"That sounds like fun."

"Sure is." Don answered sarcastically, "So, I'll probably be over about seven or seven-thirty."

"Okay, see you then." Nickole said, and then she hung up the phone. It had been a long week; she was very glad it was Friday. Between the fight, finals, and filling out college applications, Nickole felt exhausted. Looking forward to graduation, Nickole had been flipping through the college brochures of all her favorite schools, and later that night Don would be joining her. Nickole was sitting upstairs on her bed, when she looked over at her computer. The instant messenger had popped up on the screen.

aggiedaddysgurl: hey

xxswimchick08xx: hey whats up

aggiedaddysgurl: nm here, just studying

xxswimchick08xx: yeah dons coming over later to study with me

aggiedaddysgurl: sounds fun

xxswimchick08xx: it will be...

xxswimchick08xx: we're also gonna look at college brochures

aggiedaddysgurl: i should do that before graduation

xxswimchick08xx: graduation day is in a week

aggiedaddysgurl: i know, i'm looking around

xxswimchick08xx: lol

xxswimchick08xx: aren't you goin to a&m?

aggiedaddysgurl: i've been accepted but i'm still looking

aggiedaddysgurl: i like to keep my options open

xxswimchick08xx: i gtg

xxswimchick08xx: i need to get ready and fix some dinner for me

aggiedaddysgurl: where are ur parents and the munchkin?

xxswimchick08xx: parents are out of town for till Sunday, and Christine is at Grandma's.

aggiedaddysgurl: nice...well have fun

xxswimchick08xx: u too

Nickole signed off, and sat back down on her bed. It felt strange being alone in a house that was normally full of people. Don would be coming over soon, though. Unlike Don, who wanted to go to HBU, and Ann, who was born to go to A&M, Nickole had no idea where she wanted to go. She had sent in applications and had been accepted to many different schools. The problem was choosing one. Nickole continued flipping through the brochures of some of her favorite colleges. A few hours later, Nickole looked up as the doorbell rang. She ran over to her window and saw Don's truck in her driveway, and then she ran down stairs but stopped in front of the door. "Who is it?" she teased,

"That's a stupid question...it's Don."

Nickole opened the door, "I know!" she exclaimed and then let him into the house. "Do you want anything from the kitchen, water, soda or something?"

"No thanks, I'm fine."

"Okay, well I'm going upstairs to get the stuff. I'll meet you in the living room." Nickole stated. A few minutes later Nickole and Don were sitting on the couch thumbing through all the college booklets. "So we need two piles: schools you've been accepted too, and schools that I've been accepted too."

"Great, let's get started." Don said sitting down on the couch.

"Texas Tech...I didn't even apply...you?" Nickole began

"...applied...got in...I'm still thinking..."

"Okay, that's one for you." Nickole picked up another one, "Um...UT...I applied and got in."

"I didn't apply, so that's one for you."

"…A&M?"

"...applied...got in...Did you?"

"Yeah, I got in. So did Ann."

"I'm not surprised." Don laughed, "Isn't her whole family Aggies?"

"Yep… So any way..." Nickole started, but was interrupted when her phone started to ring. She pulled it out of her pocket and looked down at it, "Great, It's Eddie."

"Here, let me talk to him." Don said as he attempted to snatch the phone away from Nickole.

"No, that's okay." she said holding the phone out of Don's reach. "Just ignore it." she finished and hit the ignore button.

They went back to sorting the brochures, but every five minutes Eddie would call back. Don was ready to answer the phone and yell at Eddie, when Nickole finally turned the phone off. Despite, turning off her cell phone, Eddie continued to call Nickole on her house phone. "You have got to be kidding me!" Don said in reaction as Nickole read Eddie's phone number off of the caller ID. "This is getting ridiculous!"

"You're telling me." Nickole said as the phone continued ringing. "He's too desperate."

"Yeah..." Just then, there was a knock at the door.

"It's probably our neighbor, Mrs. Nelson." Nickole said as she got up to answer the door, "She was supposed to came over and get her mail tonight." When she opened the door, to Nickole's surprise, it was not Mrs. Nelson standing on the front porch but Eddie. "Eddie, what are you doing here?"

"I thought I'd come by; I've been calling for the past hour."

"…umm…really?" Nickole asked, playing dumb.

"Yeah, I called you cell phone and home phone," Eddie explained, and then Don walked into the entryway.

Eddie looked at him shocked, "So this is why you weren't answering. You're with him!" He yelled angrily.

Don took a step toward Nickole, "Go away, Eddie." he said firmly.

"Oh, come on! You really want to do this again," Eddie started, "because, personally, I don't care."

Don start to lunge for Eddie, but Nickole put her arm out to stop him and then turned back to Eddie, "Why don't you just leave?"

"Because… I have unfinished business." Eddie told her, and then he reached out to grab her arm, but Don jumped in front of her. Then Eddie's fist collided with Don, who swung back. Within seconds, Eddie and Don were locked in combat.

"GUYS, STOP!!!" Nickole yelled, but it did no good. Eddie was now on top of Don, and was repeatedly hitting him. Nickole rushed over to help Don, but Eddie, giving Don one final hard blow to the head, grabbed her, stood up, and pushed her up against the wall.

"You know, you could have had me, but you chose him." he breathed pointing at Don, still lying on the floor. "Come on, let's go."

"GO? I'm not going anywhere with you!" Nickole said struggling to get free, but Eddie held her firmly to the wall.

"Yeah, as if you had a choice… See, here's the thing...if I can't have you, nobody can." Eddie forced Nickole out of the house, and into his truck; then sped away, leaving Don lying unconscious on the floor.