I stood on stage singing. People were screaming and shouting my name.

I was trying my best. But my mind was full. Of who? You guessed it. Him.

Things were going fine. I was famous. I lived a carefree life and I didn't have to think about my past at all.

But Noooo. The gods just couldn't leave me alone to enjoy my new life. They had to send in the one person I never wanted to see again. And seeing as he was dating my boss's daughter. I would be seeing a lot of him. Whoever's up there has it in for me. Big time.

I finished the first half of my show and walked off stage.

"What was that?!" My boss practically screamed at me the moment I was in hearing range.

"Singing?" I guessed shrugging.

"No" My boss said, "That was horrible!" She waved her arms dramatically.

There was no way I was putting up with this right now.

"No!" I snapped back, "You know what's horrible?! Having your ex-boyfriend suddenly appear at a ball and having him remind you of everything you abandoned!" I snapped.

"Am I interrupting?" A girl asked from behind me.

Chloe.

I whirled around to face here and naturally, he was there too.

Crap! How much did they hear?!

"Sorry" Chloe said walking over to her mum, leaving Riven standing there in front of me. His face was blank, making it impossible to tell what he was thinking or feeling. And that scared the hell out of me.

I brushed the bangs of my hair back and walked to the other side of the stage and pretended to talk with the stage manager until they left to go back to their seats.

My boss walked over. "We'll talk about that after your show" She told me.

Sure we would. She'd just feed me some bull about it being a coincidence and I should just forget about it. Yeah right. It's very easy to forget about it when it's staring you in the face. Not.

I went back out on stage and finished the concert. And yes it was the worst concert I've ever held. But the fans seemed to think it was ok.

I left pretty quickly, not wanting to bump into Riven again.

At my house…

I dropped down on my bed and looked up at the roof. I refused to give in.

But not for long. I got up and reached under my bed. I pulled out a big cardboard box and blew the thick layer of dust off the top. I hadn't opened this in…was it four years now?

I pulled of the lid and dug through the stuff inside. I couldn't find it. I picked the box up and dumped the whole contents onto the floor. I looked through it all. There were lots of photos. Mainly of me and my friends.

My friends…I sighed.

I picked up one of the photos and looked at it. We were all at the lake. All of us smiling for the camera, we had no problems and no cares.

Then the guys came in. That's when the problems started.

The girls all found guys. So did I, for that matter. Suddenly they were a huge part of our lifes. We depended on them and loved them.

I put down the photo.

I kept looking. I unconsciously began to sort them into groups.

Photos of friends in one pile. Photos of me and Riven in another.

Memories were hitting me like a train. But I couldn't stop.

The pile slowly got smaller. I still couldn't find it.

I had to find it. Even if I spent all night.

I sorted the last photo…It wasn't there…

The piles of photos were huge. But I didn't care about them. I angrily knocked them over sending them skidding across the floor.

It wasn't there. The words echoed in my head.

"Michelle!" My boss yelled from downstairs.

Michelle…My new name on earth.

"I'm home!" She continued.

So? Like I cared.

"So get down here!" She yelled up.

I banged my head on the side of my bed from where I was sitting on the floor.

"Now!" My boss yelled.

I got up and opened the door.

"Alright! I'm coming!" I yelled back.

I walked downstairs and dropped down on a couch.

"Now" My boss said sitting down on the opposite couch from me. "About Riven…" She started. I raised an eyebrow at her.

"I'm sure it's just a coincidence" She said.

I knew it.

I closed me eyes and tried to drone out her voice. Luckily I was saved by the door bell.

I got up and went to answer it. I pulled the door open without checking who it was. And boy, did I regret that.

I stood there staring in shock…