I was amazed by the glass building in front of me, trees were everywhere, and I could see little things moving inside. It was a garden, and it was beautiful. I stepped a little closer and saw that the little things were butterflies. Neo knew I had a thing for butterflies. I looked at Neo and smiled,

"Did I mention that you are the most amazing person ever?"

"I knew this would make you smile" Neo said

"How did you find this place?" I asked

"Well, I think it's called the newspaper" he said laughing

"Did this place just open up?" I asked

"Actually it really opens tomorrow, but there having a midnight viewing, and seeing that its 12:04 I thought I'd take you" he said

"Your way too nice to me, you know that?" I said "C'mon lets go"

I went over and grabbed his hand and ran to the garden. We burst through the doors and looked around. There were butterflies everywhere, so many colors, it was mesmerizing.

"Hey Nina, come back to Earth" he said poking me "Earth to Nina, please come back"

"Sorry, it's just so amazing. Thank you" I said hugging him

"Maybe I should do this stuff more often" he said laughing

"Maybe you should" I said, winking

I awkwardly looked around and then a butterfly landed on my shoulder. I watched the butterfly make its way on top of my head, I moved just a little bit but it flew away.

"So now that I've totally shown my feminine side, are you ready for a horror fest?" Neo asked

"Ok, let's go" I said moving towards the door. I pushed at the door, but it wouldn't budge.

"Umm… Neo?" I asked. "The door won't open"

"Let me try it" he said pushing against the door, but it still wouldn't heave.

"Crap" I mumbled.

Then Neo threw himself into the door, but the door was still closed.

"I swear this door was unlocked when we came in" he said rubbing his shoulder.

"Did somebody lock it when we came it?" I asked

"I don't know, but we need somebody to get us out because there's no one else here" Neo said

I took out my phone and dialed Jon's number and I gave the phone to Neo. He gave me a confused look.

"I'm not talking to that boy, you talk to him. He's the only person that would be available right now" I said crossing my arms

"I know that, but what if he's drunk? That could be dangero—"Neo said to me, then Jon picked up.

"Hey Jon, its Neo… Can you do me a favor? Nina and I are stuck at the Garden, someone locked us in… No you don't have to talk to her, just come and unlock the door…. Thanks" he said and hung up.

"So I take it he doesn't want to see me right now?" I said angrily" Because I don't want too be some sex toy?"

"Well he didn't say that…exactly" Neo winced" he just thought you would go screaming if he touched you, something about being prude"

"He is so immature" I said "When he gets here, he's going to see "Prude Nina" fist in his face"

I swear I was seeing red; Jon never made me this angry before. I felt like Jon had just put up with me all these years just to wait now to forward things. After all these years, it came down to this, us fighting... again. The word prude had always ticked me off, ever since 8th grade.

All the girls in my gym class were talking about their first kisses while I changed my clothes as fast as I could. I still hadn't felt ready to get kissed yet, so I always avoid the subject. Then all the girls in my locker row turned towards me.

"So Nina, how was your first kiss? I bet it was Jon who kissed you right?" one of them asked

"Oh, umm…. Well" I started

"Are you saying you and Jon haven't kissed yet? It's been four years!" Another girl exclaimed

I fell silent not knowing what to say. The girls seemed to have dropped the subject, so I went to the gym. When all the other girls came out of the locker room they were all huddled together. I watched them nudge each other and whisper. When I walked over closer I made out the words "Nina is a prude"

The news of my non existent first kiss spread through the whole school. Soon I had the whole 8th grade whispering, besides my friends. But the word always stuck with me.

I suddenly heard the exit door open and I saw Jon quickly look in. His eyes settled on me and he quickly darted out. I ran out the door and ran after him,

"Jon you better listen and you better listen well" I shouted

I watched Jon hesitantly turn around, his eyes looking at the ground. He may not be looking, but he was listening.

"Jon, being prude and being smart are two different things. I choose being smart and actually not taking a risk for once. I'm honestly just not ready for that next step. If all you want from me is to be your little sex toy then…then I don't know if this will work out" I said coldly

I saw Jon's eyes widen and his jaw drop.

"Nina, is this all because I want us to be even more together? Is that was this is all about?" he stated

"To top it off well, your drinking is out of control! I hardly ever see you sober anymore, if you don't stop your going to..." I started

"Just finish it Nina" he interrupted, his jaw clenching

"You're going to end up like your father"

Jon's eyes suddenly filled with rage.

"I WILL NEVER BE LIKE HIM!" he yelled "I'm not going to be so drunk that I hit my family, and the ones I care about. I'm not going to pass out every time I come home and I will never be him" he said coldly

I hesitated then said "Why don't you take a look at yourself now?"

I saw Neo over by the sidelines, his faced covered in shock. I motioned over to his car; Neo instantly got the message and headed over to his car. When I heard Neo's engine running, I ran over to his car. Before I jumped in I looked over my shoulder at Jon, I saw that he didn't even turn around.

"C'mon Nina, we need to leave" Neo urged.

I quickly got in the car and Neo drove off towards his house. The whole ride home was silent, because I think we were both still in shock, not knowing what to say. I know I was. We finally pulled into the Neo's driveway and quickly got out and entered his house.

The first thing I did when I entered through the door was go to "my room" I carefully closed the door and threw myself onto the bed, totally forgetting about my bandaged shoulder and arm. I cried out in pain. I heard Neo quickly come up the stairs and open the door.

"Are you okay?" he asked, putting his hand on my knee

"I just can't believe I said that, I don't know what came over me. No one has talked to him that way before" I whispered

"You did what you had to do, Nina. Don't turn back now" he said

"Then why do I feel so bad?" I asked, tears filling my eyes.

"You always feel guilty when it comes to Jon, you and I both know that" he said brushing my tears aside" this will be over soon, you guys never fight long"

"Neo, you don't get it, its always going to be like this" I muttered "He's always going to want more"

"I wish I knew more about being with someone, but I don't. I want to be helpful for you but I feel so useless" he said and sighed

Neo has never had a girlfriend, never been kissed, nothing. I just never realized that until now how lonely he must be. Maybe I should bring up Abby now I thought

"I'm just waiting for someone meaningful" Neo said looking at the floor

"Well did you ever think… did you ever think about... Abby?" I asked nervously

I watched him hesitate before answering me,"She's great, but she's just not what I'm looking for. I just need to find somebody who understands me, you know?"

"That's too bad, you two could work" I choked out

"Are you okay/" he said laughing

"Yeah I'm fine" I lied

"So now that we are in a lighter mood, you ready for a all-night horror fest?" he asked

"I'm up for it" I said grinning

We sat down on the couch and started watching Texas Chainsaw Massacre for the ninth time and we both fell asleep.

I woke up to someone yelling in my ear.