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The sound of my alarm clock pulls me from my sleep, signaling the start of my day. I roll over, slapping the clock to shut it off. I groan as I roll out of bed and trudge my way to the bathroom to get ready for my last day of classes. I can't believe my freshman year at Tisch is coming to an end.

As I'm rinsing the face wash off my phone rings from the other room. 'Hey I just met you and this is craaazy but here's my number so call me maybe.' I grab a towel off the rack and run to answer it.

"Good morning lover." I roll my eyes as my best friend speaks cheerfully on the other end.

"Why are you awake?" I groan and flop back on my bed. I was half way done and now I'm not sure if I'm going to get back out of bed.

"I had some stuff to do." Is her reply.

"At four in the morning?" I question.

"Yeah." She says quickly. "So how happy are you to be coming back to California tomorrow?" She asks and I can hear the smile in her voice.

"Uh..."

"Come on, Spence!" She half shouts. How can she possibly be so up right now when it's only four in the morning there? "On a scale of one to ten?"

"A four." I reply non-nonchalantly, sighing as I glance over at the clock. If I don't get dressed now, I'm gonna be late.

"A four!" She yells. "A frickin' four! Are you kidding me?"

"Lex, I need to get ready for class." I groan, rolling off my bed onto the floor with a loud mmph.

"Did you just fall?" She asks, chuckling a bit.

"I'm leaving now." I drawl out.

"No no, don't leave me." She whines.

"Going, going, gone." I say then hang up before she could reply. As I go to toss my phone on the bed it rings, I look at the caller ID and see Carmen's name. "Great." I sigh out. "Just what I need." I hit the ignore button, toss my phone on the bed and crawl to the bathroom to finish getting ready.

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"Final day of class, are you excited chica?" Madison asks, as we walk to class together. She met me at my dorm after I finished getting ready. I swear on three or four occasions I just thought about skipping, but quickly decided against it, not wanting to hurt my perfect 4.0 GPA.

"Definitely." I reply as I clutch my Art and War, Theater Matters and Visual Thinking textbooks closer to my chest. "How many more finals do you have today?"

She rolls her eyes and shrugs, "Too many." Is her reply.

"No one told you to double major, Madison." I retort as I stop to readjust my load. "Tisch is hard enough without putting that extra pressure on yourself."

"Thank you, mother Carlin." She replies in a sarcastic tone.

"What am I, a nun?" We both chuckle. "But I'm just saying though." I shrug.

"Ladies, ladies." Where are we headed in such a hurry?" Aiden asks as he walks up behind us.

"Class, duh." Madison replies with a smirk as Aiden rolls his eyes at his girlfriend, slipping an arm around her as he bends down and kisses her.

"Enough with the lovey dovey stuff." I make a fake gag sound and speed up my pace.

"Don't be mad at us that you broke up with your girlfriend." Madison tells me as they catch up to me.

"Well she was kind of a bitch." Aiden chimes in. "I'm glad you cut her loose. She wasn't worth your time anyways." He adds with a shrug.

"Thank you Aiden. At least I know I have one loyal friend." I say, cutting my eyes to Madison.

"Oh please, bitch!" She waves me off and rolls her eyes. "You know I woulda cut that hoe if you said go." She adds, causing both Aiden and I to laugh. Madison plays tough, but trust me, on the inside she's as cuddly as a puppy.

"Is that right?" I ask my friend in a sarcastic tone as my phone rings in my pocket. I try to readjust my books to grab it with my left hand.

"Here, let me get those." Aiden tells me as he takes the books out of my arms.

"Thank you." I tell him, letting out a sigh of relief. Those books were heavy. I grab my phone from my pocket. "Hey Lex." I answer and from the corner of my eye I see Madison roll her eyes.

"Hey sexy! I really don't appreciate you hanging up on me this morning! So not cool." She replies. "But moving past that, are you more excited now, what time does your plane land?" She asks and I can hear the excitement in her voice.

"Yeah sure, super excited for the fifth time Lexy. And my plane lands at seven." I say as we stop walking. I turn back to face Madison and Aiden just as Madison rolls her eyes and whispers something to Aiden.

"Did you need me to come pick you up still or..." She trails off, letting her question hang in the air.

"Well duh, you better be there. You're the one that wants me to go meet your girlfriend before I even get a chance to see my family." I reply with a smile. Madison makes a gag face. I shake my head and smile at my friend as I slap her on the shoulder. She mouths an 'ow.'

"Well you get a break, I dropped her off at the airport this morning, she went out of town for a gig and won't be back until tomorrow morning, but Sunday is good."

"A gig?" I question.

"Yeah, she's in a band remember?" Yeah no... I didn't remember that.

"Oh yeah." I nod as if she can see me.

"She can't see you asshole." Madison quips.

"You forgot?" Lexy asks as I flip Madison the bird.

"I mean she isn't my girlfriend Lex. Where's her gig?"

"But that's the best part about her." Lexy replies quickly. "Well that and her amazingly awesome body." She adds. "I don't know where it is. Jersey or something, I think."

"Oh so her brains aren't important then?" I ask with a smirk. Madison motions for me to speed up my conversation. I wave her off and this time she flips me the bird.

"You know what I mean!" She laughs and adds, "But her body is just... oh my God."

"Yeah, I bet." I roll my eyes at my best friend. She's always been like this; body first...brains and personality second. My criteria on the other hand is a bit more sophisticated. "I gotta go Lex, I'll call you after my last class."

"Boo you and your education." She replies playfully. "Love you, Spence." She adds.

"Love you too." I tell her before slipping my phone back in my pocket and relieving Aiden of his guy friend duties.

"Well we don't have to ask who that was." Madison says rolling her eyes.

"Aw, you jealous Maddy?" I question her, poking out my bottom lip and placing a comforting hand on her shoulder.

"Fuck you." She slaps my hand away. "It just sucks that my best friend is leaving New York this summer to go back to some lame ass California to hang out with her high school best friend aka the best friend stealer."

Aiden gasps and clamps a hand over his mouth before dramatically saying, "Oh my God, Spencer you're cheating on my girlfriend with your ex best friend?" I couldn't help but laugh. I swear when I first met Aiden, I thought he was gay. I mean come on... A six foot three, tanned, green-eyed jock that's into art is straight?... one in a thousand.

"Well I feel cheap and dirty." Madison pouts.

"Come on Mads, you knew I was going home this summer. I didn't go home Thanksgiving, Christmas or Spring break. My family misses me and as much as I hate to admit it, I kinda miss them too. What freshman have you ever known to not go home at least once during there first year of college?" I ask with a raised brow.

"The kind that has amazing friends like us where she doesn't need to ever leave New York to go back to California." Madison offers.

"True." I nod and smile. "But, I gotta see my folks. My mom wouldn't get off the phone with me one day last month until I purchased my plane ticket and she checked my itinerary. It's getting ridiculous." I laugh and say. "Plus, it's easier for you and Aiden cause you're both from New York so you can see your family at anytime."

"Fine."

"I promise I won't forget about you." I offer.

"Hey!" Aiden speaks up.

"You either Aide." I add and he smiles. "You two are my absolute best New York friends and I'm sure I wouldn't have made it through this year without you, so thank you."

"You caught that didn't you baby?" Madison turns to Aiden and asks.

"I believe I did." Aiden replies, matching Madison's tone.

"Caught what?" I question, confused.

"You totally just called us your New York best friends and not your best friends in general, I'm offended." She shrugs and shakes her head.

"As am I." Aiden adds, feigning insult.

"You two are crazy you know." I tell them, chuckling a bit.

"You love us." Aiden pushes me lightly and smiles.

"That I do." I reply. "I should get to class. Mr. Martin will not tolerate tardiness, even on the last day of school. You took him last year Aide right?"

"Yeah, the final's easy. It's oral and he's just gonna ask you two questions. Last year we had to just tell him two things we learned from the class."

"Okay, thanks." I say as I turn to walk into my building.

"When you're done come over to me and Aides." Madison yells to me.

"What why?" I ask, stopping on the stairs and turning around.

"Cause we're going to a party tonight, I mean it is your last day here in New York for a whole summer Spencer. You didn't think we'd let you go without showing you what you're gonna be missing all summer did you?" She questions with a smirk and I just shake my head and smile at the pair.

"Fine." I nod. "See you guys later." We say our goodbyes and they head off to class. I turn and head into my building, speed walking so I wouldn't be late for class.

"Spencer." A familiar voice calls to me. I roll my eyes as I skid to a stop, not wanting to deal with her right now.

"What Carmen?" I ask as I turn around to face her.

"You've been ignoring my calls." She says in a soft voice, stepping closer to me. I can see the pain in her eyes. She's been crying. I can tell because her usually light green eyes are slightly darker and there's no visible whiteness...only red. It almost makes me feel bad for breaking up with her...almost.

"I'm gonna be late for class." I tell her in a monotone voice. I refuse to show any emotions around her, she doesn't deserve for me to feel anything when it comes to her. She doesn't even deserve my anger.

"You can't just keep ignoring me, Spencer. I get it, I fucked up and I know that I hurt you but I'm sorry. I'm so sorry and I would do anything to make it up to you. You're this amazing person and I feel like shit for what I did, I do. I swear it will never happen again." She says and moves even closer. Her lips a mere inch away from mine. The lips that I once kissed. The lips that whispered I love you over and over. The same lips that were on another girl."I love you Spencer. Don't let these nine months have been for nothing. We can fix this. I can fix this." She nods and moves in for the kill. I contemplate for a second, deciding if this was all bullshit or if I should take her back. Apart of me wants to take her back simply because she's so damn good looking. Five foot six, green-eyes, a smoking body. It also helps that she speaks four languages, is super smart, has a great relationship with her family and the fact that she's Latina is just the icing on the cake for me.

But I refuse to be the fool.

To be the idiot that takes someone back that cheated on me and then practically rubbed it in my face by showing up to a party with the girl two days after we'd broken up.

No!

I won't be that girl.

Just as our lips are about to touch I put a hand on her chest, stopping her. "I'm gonna be late for class. I'd appreciate if you just forgot I ever existed." I tell her before turning on my heels and walking away. I don't dare look over my shoulder, I'm not sure if I have the resolve to keep walking if I do. She almost had me there...almost. I pull my cell out of my pocket as I reach my class.

'Definitely in need of a great party.' I text to Madison. 'Just had a run in with Carmen.' I add quickly, knowing she would get it.

'Totally! And if you need to make out sess, I'd totally go gay for you Spence and I'm sure Aide wouldn't mind.' Is Madison's reply. I smile and put my phone back in my pocket, shaking my head at my friend.

I really am gonna miss New York for these next three months.