Cece sat on a bench in the park. Autumn had rolled along into Winter, and the cold wind battered her cheeks.

"He should've been here by now." She murmured to herself while digging her hands deeper into her pockets.

Ever since she and Ty had started dating, they had to go to the worst places for their dates. This had to be the worst yet.

"Hey you." She heard a familiar voice call out.

A tingly feeling crept all the way over her when Ty put his hands around her shoulders. It wasn't a scary tingle, it was unlike anything she had experienced before. It felt like a romantic shudder.

"Couldn't wait to get away?" Cece asked.

"Yah, Rocky was getting all up in arms about where I was going." He said sitting down next to me.

"What excuse did you use?" She questioned.

"I told her to get a life." He smirked as he looked at her.

"Nice." She said putting her head on his shoulder.

It was the warmth she needed, and she shuddered as it touched her cheek.

"Cold?" He said handing her a thermos.

"You're no Saint Bernard." She joked as she opened the thermos.

He chuckled as she put the thermos to her lips. He noted that her cheeks were flushed with red.

"What are you thinking about?"

"How our relationship has been so… hush-hush. It's just so exciting. What's in this thermos?"

"Caramel Macchiato." He replied.

"You're so thoughtful." She kissed him, and he returned the kiss, his lips moving in perfect sync with hers.

The cold of the park melted away when she was with him, because when she was in his arms, she didn't care about anything else.

Most importantly, her lips tasted like caramel.

"Hey Cece, you know, since the whole, you making out with my brother thing, I realized that you only did it because you didn't want to be single, so I have decided to set you up!" Rocky said while doing Cece's nails.

"Rocky, you really don't need to do that."

"Yes I do, now that I'm with Deuce, you need someone. I'm also gonna try set Tinka up with Ty again."

Cece stared at Rocky in silence.

"What? Don't you remember the whole speech she gave him about sparkles and denim or something?"

"Yah, but things change, and speaking of change, you should go for Gunter again."

"In the words of Gabriel Iglesias, OH HELL NO!" Cece exclaimed in fear.

"Cece, people can change."

"No, I hated Gunter, and you know that." She said glaring at Rocky.

"What's with the attitude?" Rocky exclaimed.

"Rocky, I don't need to be set up. I can get a boyfriend by myself." There was a pounding in Cece's head.

She couldn't push her best friend away.

"I'm sorry Rocky, set up a date. Hell, make it a double date with us." Cece apologized, trying to sound excited.

Ty would be there. So it would be like going out on a date with the two biggest annoyances in the world.

"Well… That's great!" Rocky exclaimed, setting about looking for the perfect date outfit for her.

"How about we make it for tomorrow! We could make it a triple date!" Rocky said falling on the bed.

"How about you ask Deuce out? I'll stay here and straighten my hair."

"Fine. I needed to talk to Deuce anyway." She said standing up and wiping off the crumbs off her pjs.

"I hope he likes mini cupcakes." Cece snickered and Rocky walked out of the room.

"I heard that!"

"Sorry…" Cece said looking down.

As soon as Rocky left, Cece ran up the fire escape and knocked on the window.

It was eleven p.m so she doubted that his mom would be up, but it was a cautionary point to duck under the window.

"What?" Ty said as he opened the windows.

"Well you're happy to see me. I wanted you to hear this from me first. See, Rocky wanted to set me up with Gunter and she wants to set you up with Tinka, and I snapped, and seeing her sad made me sad so I agreed to a triple date." She watched his eyes bulge out of his head.

"You what?"

"It was the only way I could throw off any thoughts of us."

"Well, that's better than her clinging to us when she finds out."

"When do you think she'll guess."

"It'll take her a while, she's smart, but she's really, really dense when it comes to these things, she won't believe it until she sees it."

"Better enjoy this while it lasts."

He kissed her, and they stood there, awkwardly for a while, but it was a good kind of awkward.

… Knock Knock Knock …

"Muh…" A disgruntled Cece said in reply to the knock.

… Knock Knock Knock …

"What?" Cece said.

She opened her eyes to see that she was at the Olive Pit, the setting for their date the next day.

She saw all of them at a table, but they were older.

"Oh Rocky," She heard Tinka say," If it veren't for you, I vouldn't have married Ty."

She saw him, sitting at the table, sadness in his eyes.

She then realized something.

She wasn't there.

"It's just a shame that Cece couldn't be here." Ty started.

"Yes… I would like to make a toast." Rocky said standing up. "To absent friends."

"To absent friends." There was a collective murmur in the group.

"Cece, we know you're in a better place, and we know you had a great reason to… to take… your life."

She felt her tears stinging her eyes. She had killed herself?

Shadows ensued the room and the floor seemed to collapse in, and she fell…

And fell…

… and fell*

Cece woke up in a jolt. It was such a frightening dream, that she couldn't even scream.

Her M&M Pjs were damp with sweat, proof of the horror of the dream.

Cece: hey ty, u awake?

Ty: yah, cudnt sleep, u?

Cece: nightmare

Ty: ?

Cece: so scary, I cudnt scream

Ty: wnt me 2 come down?

Cece: sure fire escape?

Ty: kay

Cece tiptoed out of the room, avoiding Rocky, who sprawled out on the floor.

Cece's mom was home, and knowing she was a heavy sleeper, and worked late, she wouldn't bother them.

"Hey." She whispered wrapping her silk robe she had gotten for Christmas around her warmth.

"M&Ms?" He asked looking at my PJs.

"Hey, they're comfy." She replied in a stern tone.

"Fine. What was your nightmare about." He said wrapping his arms around her.

"I can't remember all the details, but it was horrible, we had a reunion, you know, you, Rocky, Tinka, Gunter, and Deuce." She trailed off.

"And you?"

"I… I wasn't there."

"Were you busy being an international popstar?" He joked.

"No, um… you were married to Tinka, and… and I was gone gone." She stated.

"I was married to Tinka? Oh God…" He said as if the thought was choking him.

"Yah… I wondered how I died?" Tears brimming her eyes.

"I must have had enough class to preserve my body, so I think it was because of an overdose."

"Come on," He said embracing her," Don't think about that."

"Well, I necessarily wouldn't want to die of mutilating myself. If you bury me, I want to look nice." She said jokingly.

"At least we'll be together tomorrow." He said looking into her eyes.

"I love you, I know I've said it before, but I love you, aw crap, there I go again sounding all mushy." She laughed at her own humor.

He kissed her, but she pulled away.

"Something wrong?" He said, worried.

"We should start our roleplaying."

"Oh… ok, bye Cece." He said nudging her shoulder, walking casually up the fire escape.

"Bye Ty." She said crossing her arms and slumping down on the fire escape.

"If only it were that easy." She thought to herself.

I know that dream thingy was dramatic and crap but that's all could think about.