P.O.V Sully

I stayed in late. I was killing myself from the inside out. I hated my own guts. Mike and I were in the locker rooms, everyone else had left and Mike was tring to cheer me up. That was the last thing I was going to be.

"Well, I'm going home. I give up, your destroyed. I can't help you." I only siged at him. "Hey, one last thing befor I leave, Celia's having a party at her house."

"Doesn't she live, like, on the out skirts? By the woods?" Mike was shocked I spoke. I'd been silent for so long, I, myself, didn't think I'd ever talk again

"Yeah. You coming?" I thought for a second but ultimatly shook my head. "Well, you should." I shrugged and he left. I sighed again and walked over to the wall. I started to softly bang my head on the wall.

"I'm. So. Stupid. I. Hate. My. Self. So. Much." I said as my fore head touched the wall. I did this until I had a slight head ache. "What am I going to do?" I walked around the factory. It was completely empty. Then I heard something. I stood still and listened closely. It sounded like singing. I heard the words, "Running," ,"My own," and, "Can't take," I walked towards the sound and it was comeing from the Scare Floor. I walked quietly and heard the rest clearly. Finally I saw who was singing, Nicky.

"If I only saw the signs,
If could have saved them,
Could've even saved... myself" It was silent for a few seconds then I spoke up.

"That was beautiful." She jumped in her chair and gahsped slightly. She spun around then fround when she saw it was me.

"Oh, it's just you. Come to splash me with more water?"

"No, no, of course not. Hey, did you just make that up? It was realy good." She looked a little confused but it was quickly covered with embaresment and fear. Now that confused me.

"Um, yeah. How much did you hear?" Nicky sounded like I was listening to top secret government stuff.

"Just the end. What's it about?" She looked scared that I wanted to know.

"Nothing. Just a song." She said that much to fast to be true. I looked ather with a face that said, "I want the truth." She cracked "personal stuff. That's all." I figured she was n't going to explain any further.

"It's pretty late. Are you walking home?" I asked her. She losened up just a little bit.

"Yeah, why?" I was hoping I wasn't going to screw this up.

"Well, I thought I could walk you home. I'm walking to my house, so I don't mind." She looked at my then at her desck. "Paper work?"

"Yeah. Can you hekp me?" I was dumb founded. Did she really just ask me to help? I must be hearing things. "hello? can you help me out? I don't know what exsactly I'm doing."

"Sure! Of course I'll help." She turned around and I had a silent celibration. She turned back around and I pretended nothing happened. "Helping, that's what I'm doing, er, gonna do." She smiled slitly and turned once more. It took about an hour and a half to finish. But we got it done.

"Finally!" Nicky darted up and something fell on the ground. I picked it up and handed it to her. It looked like a braclet.

"I think you dopped this." She had that same worried look she had a while back.

"Give me that." She snatched it and put in on her ankle. She then hid it with her jeans.

"Why hide it?" I asked.

"Uh, just cus. Hey look at the time. Let's get outta her." She seemed eager to drop the topic, so I did. We walked out the front doors of the factory.

"So, I heard you and Randall are... uh, going on a date." I tried not to sound wierd.

"What? No, of course not. I mean he's a good friend, but I don't like him, at least, not like that." I was shocked, but i wasn't going to complain.

"Really? well someone said you two were in the hall and you smiled and even gave him a hug."

"Right. 'Someone' told you. Well, truth be told, he did ask me and we did talk in the hall. I told him sorry, but no and gave him a smile that said that. A pitty smile. I hugged him, but more of a ,just friends, hug." I was over joyed! He failed! I tried not to show so much exciment, but i also failed. She laughed and I smiled a toothy grin at her. Once again she laughed.

"So, Nicky, uh, Celia's having a party. Are you going?" She seemed to hate me a lot less, so I asked.

"I don't know. Maybe."

"Well, if you do, do you mind if I take you there?" She thought and what seemed like ages, answered.

"Sure, Sully. But you're only escorting me. Okay?" She smiled slightly.

"Yeah sure." I hadn't notice we had made it to her aparment buliding. "Uh, so thid is wher eyou live." She shrugged.

"Yeah, so, I heard it's on fiday which is tommarow. The party I mean. So, pick me up at seven thirty?"

"Yeah, that'd be perfect!" She smiled. Her eyes were so blue in the moon light.

"Okay then, see ya then. Hold on, I'll give you my phone number just wait here." She started to walk up the steps. they sort of spiralled to the second floor. She walked into a door and left it open. I caught a glips of Rose. She waved at me and I waved back. Nicky came back out and wrot on a slip of paper. "Here." She said and let it float to the floor. I picked it up and gave her a thumbs up. She waved good-bye and closed the door as she walked in.

"Yes! Yes, yes, yes! I had a little caelibration. I finally left to my own house and was smiling like a fool the entire way there.