I DO NOT OWN ANYONE OR ANYTHING IN THIS STORY BESIDES THE OC'S.

Carol's Point of View-

I danced with John until it got to about 1:30 in the morning.

"May we leave, I'm pretty beat." I whispered into his ear as we slow danced.

"Sure, why don't you ride home with Matt?" He asked as he ran a hand through my hair, I lifted my head off his chest to look around the dance floor and club for him.

"Do you see him?" I asked squinting trying to make out people's face in the distance and in the dark areas.

"He must have left when we weren't looking, I should leave as well, I have an early flight." John said as we waved at Jeff and Beth as a signal that we were leaving, they nodded in acknowledgement. "You have fun?"

"Very much so, did you?" I asked as we climbed into his car.

"Yeah, I'm going to miss you."

"I'll miss you too, but I'll see you tomorrow." I said, we were quiet for the ride to Matt's house. "Thanks for the ride home."

"No problem." John said, he walked me up to the front door, I noticed a light on inside.

"Are you flying into Charlotte for the ECW/Smack Down show?"

"Yep, I'll pick you up since your flying in later than I am."

"Okay, well, Matt is still awake and is probably waiting for me to get home." I said looking inside the house trying to see if I could see where he was, but it was a negative.

"Love you." John said as he pressed his lips against mine.

"Love you too and good night John."

"Night, and I'm proud of you." John said smiling as he headed back to his car, I smirked and walked into the house, Lucas ran up to me and I picked him up. I followed the faint sound of Matt's voice to his computer room door, I stood outside the door listening to what he was saying, yes that is wrong on the privacy thing, but I'm nosey.

"Yeah yeah, I know….I know that Carol shouldn't have won….your right, fat people like her are ruining the world and promoting all the wrong things….She did look like a sausage link in that outfit since it was so tight….Lindsey I got to let you go, I have to use the bathroom….I love you too." Matt said, I set Lucas down so I could rub my eyes of tears rolling out of my eyes, I can't believe him of all people didn't believe in me and didn't want me to win. Not only that, but John was right, Matt teases me behind my back. Matt walked out of the room with his phone in his hand, when he saw me his mouth dropped open in shock. "Carol, what are you doing?" He asked.

"What am I doing? The better question is what are you doing? I thought you were my friend, but I was just another one of your jokes. Thanks for sticking up for me, some friend you are." I said finding my keys and heading towards the front door I just came in.

"Carol listen to me, I didn't mean any of it." Matt said following me every step of the way.

"Just fuck off Matt." I said slamming the door behind me, he opened it and ran after me.

"Where are you going?"

"None of your business."

"When are you coming back?"

"Never." I said climbing into my car driving away to the only place I could think, tears rolling out of my eyes like river flow.

Matt's Point of View-

I watched as Carol drove away speeding as fast as I would if I was angry and upset, all I could think and wonder is 'What all did she hear?' I walked back into the house flopping onto the couch worrying that she will crash from the way she was driving. Lucas jumped onto the couch next to me and I was petting him.

"Your dad is a bitch." I said, he licked my hand; I looked at the clock on the DVD player reading that it was 2:45 AM. 'Where would she go at this time in the morning?' I thought, why am I worrying about her? Is it because I caused her to get upset and storm off? I don't even think those awful things about her, then why was I saying them? That's right, to impress Lindsey, why do I even want to impress Lindsey if she doesn't like my best friend and could be so harsh to the people like that, how do I know she isn't rude about me behind my back? Is Carol only a best friend, I seem to get upset, jealous, angry or frustrated when I see her around John, for example at the club tonight, I can't stand seeing them together, is it because I want to see myself with her? Do I possibly love her? I can't love her can I? I do enjoy spending time with her and grown accustomed to her, maybe I do love her, could she love me back? I wouldn't love me back if I did what I did tonight. I heard a car and saw headlights; I got up heading to the door followed by Lucas. "No buddy, it wasn't her." I said, he turned his head to the side just staring at me. I paced around the house watching the time change, I knew she must be tired, she's upset as well, and at this time of night with it being as dark as it is worries me. I grabbed my phone making sure I didn't miss any calls from her since I have tried calling her multiple times with no answer, I don't know why she would call, then I called Jeff, maybe she went over to their place, as it rung I walked over to the computer room to post a blog.

"Hello?" A groggy Beth asked.

"Oh Beth, sorry to bother you, but is Carol over there?"

"No, why?"

"I said a few things that she overheard and she stormed out, I thought she might be over there."

"Matt, I would yell at you but I'm half asleep right now, we'll be over in a little." Beth said hanging up; I got onto my My Space to post a blog to see what others thought of me to help me think of what it feels like.

Beth's Point of View-

Jeff and I got home at 2:30 AM from City Limits, we went straight to bed to try and get as much sleep as possible before we start going on tour tomorrow. At 3:20ish Jeff's cell phone started ringing; I grumpily rolled over answering it for him.

"Hello?" I asked, angry someone is calling at this time.

"Oh Beth, sorry to bother you, but is Carol over there?" Matt asked.

"No, why?"

"I said a few things that she overheard and she stormed out, I thought she might be over there."

"Matt, I would yell at you but I'm half asleep right now, we'll be over in a little." I said hanging up, I rolled over shaking Jeff, "Jeff, Carol's missing, wake up." I said.

"Ugh….what happened?" Jeff asked.

"I'll explain it in the car." I said as we got redressed and got into Jeff's car to drive over to Matt's, I explained to him what Matt told me, there isn't much really if you think about it.

"Matt is so stupid, I knew he would get caught one day." Jeff said.

"He sounded pretty worried and upset with himself on the phone."

"I think deep down he loves her."

"You're calling it?"

"Yes." Jeff said as we pulled into Matt's house walking in without knocking like usual, he was sitting on his couch with his head bent down looking at the ground holding his phone in his hands as if he is waiting for it to ring any moment. "How are you holding up?" Jeff asked.

"I'm freaking out." He said.

"You should be, what's your problem?" I asked.

"Beth, it's not the best time to yell at him."

"I should yell at him, my best friend is out there at 3:30 AM, you know what freaks roam out there?" I yelled back at Jeff.

"You want to know what my problem is, I love her." Matt said, Jeff and I stopped, turned and looked at him.

"What?" We both asked in unison.

"I realized I've been a jerk and pushed her away, but I also realized that I was getting jealous that John was getting all of her attention that's why I was doing those things. I love her and I'm worried for her being out there at this time." Matt said as I could tell he was truly worried and the words he spoke were true, they were coming from his heart.

"You're lucky; I'll save this argument for some other time." I said, I just walked up to him hugging him.

"Have you tried calling John?" Jeff asked.

"No." Matt said, I dialed John's number into my phone as Jeff talked to Matt trying to calm him down some. 'Pick up John, come on.' I thought.

John's Point of View-

I was asleep when I heard my phone ring, and I wanted it to go to voicemail and most of the time they hang up by that time anyway. It got to the third ring and I got this gut instinct it was important, I answered it after the fourth ring.

"Hello?" I asked.

"John, sorry for calling you so late, it's Beth, is Carol with you?" She asked.

"No…" I said looking at the clock, "I dropped her off at Matt's over an hour ago, what happened?" I asked now sitting up rubbing at my eyes.

"Her and Matt got in a little fight and she stormed out, we don't know where she is at." Beth said, I started thinking where she would be.

"Do you have any ideas; I would be willing to go out in search if you want me to."

"I don't know, most of the time she was here at Matt's or out jogging with us, she was always with us or you, do you know of anywhere?" Beth asked, I thought real hard and I thought of the one place that they don't know about and the only place I could think of she could be at, her sister's grave.

"I think I know where she is at, but please let me go alone."

"Wasn't planning on going out tonight to find her, could you at least text to tell us if you find her?"

"Will do." I said.

"Thanks John." Beth said hanging up, I pulled on my jean shorts and a sweater, I grabbed my room key and my rental car keys heading out of the room, I hope I remember how to get there now. I went down to the front desk and asked for a map, they willingly gave me one, most of the time I had to pay for it.

"Right, those roads." I said looking at the map in the lobby for a little while until I found the roads we took, I went out to my car reciting the roads out loud to remember them in order, I took the roads until I saw her car, I'm assuming, on the side of the road and the graveyard was across the street, I parked my car and climbed out, no body was out there, it was kind of creepy, it felt like an horror film. I walked to the graveyard, walking in and saw Carol sitting Indian style in front of her sister's grave, I texted Beth to put them at ease, 'Got a sight on her, she's fine.' I wrote.