"Milhouse will be free to go tomorrow night, no more drinking and driving right Bart?" The nurse said with a smile as she led us to Milhouse's room. That wasn't necessary since we already knew where it was but after I took a glimpse at the nametag did I figure why she did this. A childhood friend or foe? A teenage friend or foe?

"I'm sick of that stupid girl, she thinks she's so great just because she got to jump a grade or two…" I tell Milhouse, my eyes glued to the red headed, know it all. Just ask Lisa what I think of nerds.

"Well I have an idea," Milhouse said. I was shocked, Milhouse had an idea? It must be the new glasses…

"What?" I ask.

"We should cut her hair… I mean, that would be so funny… we'll sneak into her house and shave her head." Milhouse said.

"Okay, the problem with that idea is, that it isn't mine… which means it sucks. Still I suppose we could do that… you know where she lives?"

"Yeah… I uhh might have followed her home one day… uhh just so we had some preliminary information you know." Milhouse said turning slightly red.

"Alison… Alison Taylor… you're a nurse?" I ask stunned, she was around Lisa's age and just like my little sister, excelled in almost anything she did.

"Yeah, well I'm doing this as a part time job and hands on experience. I'm doing medicine at Springfield University, oh yeah they combined the old two universities into one… What are you doing back in Springfield anyways?" She asked.

"That's a good question…" I say as Lisa walked into the room.

"So uhh you and Lisa still friends?"

"Of cause, its funny… we remained friends because of you." She said with a smile.

"What do you mean?" I ask.

"Well at first it was because we both hated you, we would uhh talk about all these cruel things but as time went on, well we both started to miss you. It's good to see you again." I doubt that's true at all, I mean why would they remain friends just because of my absence?

"It's good to see you too, also… its nice your fiery hair back." I said with a smirk, slowly progressing into the room

"Dude, what happened to my car?" That was the first question Milhouse asked when I walked into the room. Guiltiness was something I was so used too, but I never experienced it because of Milhouse. I never did anything that bad to him, he was my best friend and now I had smashed his car.

"It's ridden off, I'm sorry dude."

"Meh, I actually got two other cars… you'll be surprised how much cash you earn when you work with your dad at the cracker factory." Milhouse said with a smile.

"I thought your dad was fired because your family split up,"

"Yeah but it's not like he didn't remarry, I got a half sister… that uhh lives with me. Dad and his new wife don't want her."

"Right… that makes sense… anyways I ran into Jessica and Martin." I say taking a seat next to Lisa. She hasn't said anything at all.

"I told you, let it go… you were talking with Alison, she's still pretty cute… go fall in love with her." Milhouse said with a chuckle. Is this a completely new Milhouse or just a slightly more matured one? Maybe he is still feeling the aftershocks of the crash.

"It's not about looks dude, she was mine... she was in a democratic relationship that was filled with love not dominance." I said.

"Milhouse is right, Jessica is gone… there is nothing you can do about that. She belongs to Martin, seriously you haven't seen how they really are together. It's kind of sad but Jessica seems happy, well sometimes…" Lisa said. I can't believe this, Lisa and Milhouse are both against me on this?

"But…" Ring-Ring! Lisa's phone rings and she leaves the room to answer it. Just as well cause I have no counter-argument to theirs. I don't know Jessica anymore, I loved her once but I just had to go and screw everything up.

"Dude, what's with Lisa… why is she all quiet?" Milhouse asked.

"I don't know, she was talking a lot in the car, maybe too much for her to take in right now."

"Man, is she still single?"

"Shut up man, that's my sister." That's my sister. When I left, we weren't siblings, we were enemies. Now I have a sister again. Or do I? Has she forgiven me or is she trying to pretend like what I did to her, everything I did to her, never happened. Do I really have a sister again?

"Yeah dude and you just smashed my precious RX-7"

"Yeah and that's a valid reason to make a move on my sister…" I say bluntly. Too be honest, I never really objected to the whole Milhouse and Lisa thing. I mean Milhouse was a good friend and Lisa was my sister. I have been gone for so long now that it's hard to tell who these people exactly are. I can't even explain what it feels like to see all these familiar yet different faces again. It's like running into a childhood friend multiplied by a whole town. This is one confusing equation.

"So Bart, where are you going to go now?" Milhouse asked.

"I came here to redeem myself but haven't done a single thing yet. I'm going to a place where I have done so much damage it's not even funny… the people there always loved me but I never showed them any love…" I say, nodding a good bye. Its going to be hard to redeem myself with this household of four but I have to try…