alright here it is! disclaimer: i do not own the characters or story blahedy blah.

I slammed the car door shut, headed up to the door, and rung the bell. Macey's mom answered the door. She looked surprised, and slightly flustered, to see me.

I smiled widely at her, "Good evening Ms. Queen."

"Oh – it's nice to see you Jason. What can I help you with?" Ms. Queen courteously asked.

"I was hoping to speak to Macey," I answered her calmly, hoping that she didn't see my inner struggle with my building anger.

"She's upstairs getting ready for a party. You could wait for her in the living room if you'd like," she replied.

"Thanks."

I walked towards the back of the giant house, surprised at how familiar I was with it. I was even more surprised by how calm Ms. Queen seemed. She used to be the busiest and most flustered person I knew. Even Macey's mom had changed.

In the distance, I could hear Macey be told that I was waiting for her in the living room. Then I heard her footsteps get louder and louder as they approached me. Next thing I knew, she was standing right in front of me. Whoa. She looked gorgeous. Her clothes showed her off better than I ever remember.

"Um…um…" I stammered, "I was hoping to hang out with you. I mean as friends. I kind of got that you didn't want to go out with me anymore."

She blushed and I was kind of worried that I had offended her, "Oh… that's great. You can come with me to a party I was going to meet my friends with."

I smiled, "That would be great!"

She nodded and took in a breath, "Well then, let's go in my car."

I nodded, and followed her outside. We walked back through the house and got into her car. The air suddenly seemed tense and awkward. She started driving, and we spent a good ten minutes in silence. I started feeling really panicked because I couldn't see the clock because it was blocked by a stack of C.D.'s. I knew it would be rude to move the C.D.'s, and in this situation I sure couldn't ask her to do it. I also knew that it would be even worse to look at my watch, so I just sat there, silently suffering.

I finally got the courage to start talking, "So, how have you been. I haven't seen you in forever."

"I've been great! How about you?" she replied quickly.

"That's nice. I've been alright. Who have you been seeing?" I hoped I wasn't being too nosy.

"This guy named Wes. He works with the Wish catering crew with me. He's a great guy," she answered.

I gulped; this would be hard to say, since she seemed so happy mentioning his name, "You know he was in jail."

She giggles, "Yeah I know, but he's different now."

I looked at her shocked, "How did you know that?"

"He told me. We know everything about each other from a game called Truth," she replied casually.

"And that doesn't bother you?" I blurted out.

She gave me a weird look, "No. Why would it?"

I didn't say anything after that. What happened to my Macey? I wanted her back. I suddenly could feel my world spinning around. I knew my life was out of control. I thought it was, but really I was never in control of everything. Then right there, in front of Macey of all people, I started to cry. I wasn't making any noise, but I could feel tears rolling down my eyes. To make it even worse, as soon as I started p with crying, we pulled into a driveway full of cars. No matter how much I wanted the tears to stop, they wouldn't.

Macey got out of the car and turned to me. Something about it made me feel that she completely understood me.

"I'm sorry. You can drive my car back to my house. I'll get a ride."

I just nodded. Then she turned around and started walking away. a bouncy girl came up to her giggling. Then I could recognize Wes walking up to her. They hugged each other, and then they walked off, hand in hand. She seemed happy, and surprisingly that made me happy. I walked around to the driver's side of the car, got in, and started the engine. I drove away ready to start a new life and let go of the old one. I was ready to learn about how to live my forever. I looked back once, and smiled. Then I drove recklessly ahead.