"Wisdom begins in wonder." -Socrates

It's late at night of tomorrow when Jamie returns. I didn't sleep until she did. Carrie didn't. And we've been wondering where on earth she's been.

"Where have you been, Jamie!?" I ask bluntly. "It's been forever!"

"None of your business, Norma." Jamie says, then starts taking her shoes off. "I'm going to sleep."

"No you aren't!" I snap. "I wanna know what's going on! I know that Howard has something to do with this, and you need to tell me everything!" I don't mean to be so rude, but sometimes you just have to stand up for yourself.

"Howard?" Jamie asks, shocked. "Where'd he come out of this?"

"Right before he disappeared, he came here almost everyday!" I say.

"I don't remember that." Carrie says. We both look at Jamie.

"We had a thing, alright!" Jamie yells. "We were...'together', for a little while, but I realize it was stupid, okay!" I gasp.

"Liar!" I yell. I can feel the tears welling up in my eyes. I'm tired of Jamie being dishonest with me about this. "I don't know what's going on, but it's certainly not that! And if you're going to just flat out lie to me like that, then I'll figure out everything on my own!" I head for the door, sick of staying somewhere so pointlessly. Melvin can help me figure all this out.

"I'm starting a rebellion." Jamie says in a quiet voice. I turn back around. Carrie is dismayed by the fact that Jamie's just revealed this, and my jaw has dropped. "Howard was helping me. He knew Emmett Klaga back when he just worked for the police, and Howard worked for a news station. Howard went missing, and there are things he left behind that I have to figure out myself if I want to do this." I try to find words, but I can't. "Klaga used to walk around town like some sort of big shot, now he doesn't. One day he just disappeared. And then his right hand man- or, woman, Gorgol, took the stage. Something is wrong with this place we live in. And I want to fix it." Before I can even say anything, Carrie walks over to Jamie.

"You can't just dump this information on a young girl like this, Jamie." She says. "Do you realize how much danger she could be in now?"

"D-danger?" I say, hands shaking.

"Don't worry, I've got it handled." Jamie says, ignoring my fear. "We weren't going to sleep another night here, anyway. I've already got somewhere we can stay."

We start packing things, I tie a lead rope around Timberlake's neck, and Jamie and Carrie each pick up a bag of things.

"You guys ready?" Jamie asks. I nod quickly, and Carrie just holds on tight to the strap of her bag. "We're heading north."

A/N: I apologize if Jamie/Idol is getting a bit out of character. And I know it was really short, but I haven't updated in a while and I feel like I owe it to you guys. Also, if the quote doesn't seem to apply to the chapter, just think really hard. It makes sense.

...i think