I don't remember how long I wallowed in the Senior Highrise. I remembered Grams asking me if I wanted to see someone.

"Do you want me to call one of those psychologist people? Anyone?"

"No way," I grumbled.

"Well you have to do something! You can't just stay here and mope!"

I decided not to respond.

"I think you just need to get out. Can you run to the grocery store and pick up some stuff for me?"

"Sure."

When I got back to the apartment from the grocery store, Grams was talking on the phone with someone. Great. I guess she figured out that it had been unplugged for 2 days already. I dropped the groceries on the counter and laid on the couch again.

"Sammy? Marissa's on the phone. She wants to talk to you."

Marissa? In the spur of the moment, I wondered if she had found out.

"Marissa?" I asked into the phone.

"Sammy! I heard what happened! Listen- Casey didn't cheat on you. He was set up! I've been trying to call the apartment nonstop the past 48 hours and-"

"I saw him! There's no way HIM KISSING CARRIE was a mistake. I'm hanging up now."

"Wait, Sammy, hear me out! Just come over! I can explain!" She seemed so desperate.

"Ok, fine, but I have stuff to do, so I can only stay for a little while." That was a total lie. I had nothing to do here except for "stay here and mope" as Grams would put it.

"Awesome. Don't worry, Sammy, you won't regret it!"

Click.

Oh, what had I gotten myself into?

I skateboarded to Marissa's like a truck. Seriously. Pedestrians were walking faster than me. I realized that I hadn't skateboarded since the… incident. That must have been a record for me.

But whatever. I got to her house. It was already dark. I remembered that she told me that none of her parents were home. Mr. and Mrs. McKenze had left Marissa and her brother at home by themselves for a short business trip.

"Marissa?" I called.

"In the back!"

But when I got there, I didn't see anyone. Only a picnic blanket, a bunch of candles, and a picnic basket near the McKenzes' pool.

Ok, this was officially weird.

"Sammy?" a voice called. A very familiar voice.

Casey.

When I heard Casey's voice, I ran for the McKenzes' french door. There was no way I was talking to that two-timing creep again.

But then the door slammed. Marissa. I thought. She's going to pay for this.

So I turned around and faced Casey. He was smiling, his warm chocolaty eyes twinkling…

Wait, Sammy, hold on! You can't think that! He cheated on you!

So I raised my hand to slap him, and suddenly his eyes got wide.

"Sammy! Please! Let me explain!"

"Explain what? I SAW you. How could you do this to me, Casey?"

"I told you! I was set up!"

"By WHO?"

"I don't know! Just let me explain!" I waited. He continued.

"I got a note from you on my front porch telling you to meet me at the mall near the elevator at 1:50. I went over there, and Carrie started talking to me and she kissed me! Just kissed me! And then you came and you saw and I tried running after you but Carrie pulled me back, but by the time I got loose, you were gone! And then I called your house a million times and sent you a thousand emails but your phone was disconnected and your email said it was shut down. So I got the phonebook and called Marissa and she told me she'd get you here so I could apologize! And I'm so sorry for everything!"

He said this really fast and for a few seconds, I was speechless.

But my wit came back soon enough.

"And you think I'm just going to believe that?"

"I don't know. I-I just like you a lot Sammy and I… I don't know what happened. I understand if you never want to talk to me again, but, I don't know," he stammered.

And then something unexpected happened.

A single tear came down his cheek.

I stepped forward. More tears. I, in all my life, have never seen Casey Acosta cry. And here he was, more tears coming down his cheeks as I stepped forward again.

"Casey? Are you crying?" No, duh.

"No, my eyes are just… irritated." And then he seemed to change his mind.

"Yes," he admitted. He looked at his feet. I started to feel really bad, despite all the pain he put me through. Then, a reflex came to me.

I leaned over, tilted his chin up with my fingers, and kissed him.

It was a nice, long and passionate kiss. His lips were unbearably soft. I felt like I was floating, floating out of the McKenze's beautiful backyard and on to Cloud 9.

We pulled apart, our heads still close.

"Sammy… I love you. And losing you was the most devastating thing I'd ever experienced," he said to me, his brown eyes connecting with mine.

And suddenly, in my heart, I realized I'd felt the same way.

"I love you too, Casey. I'm sorry for running out on you and not giving you the chance at first," I admitted.

"It's alright. I'm just so happy that I finally have you back." He smiled that cute smile that never failed to make my heart go crazy.

"Me too." And with that, I leaned over and kissed him again.

Finally, a long chapter! Too mushy? Too weird? Review! More chapters coming soon!

UPDATE 6/21: I'm thinking about getting a Marissa pairing in. What do you guys think?