“Danielle telephone! It’s Bright.” Ashley called.

“Tell him I died.” Danielle replied.

“That’s what I told at 4:00.” She said.

“Oh. Then tell him I joined the circus.” Danielle said.

“Cause that’s believable.” Ashley replied.

“This is Bright were talking about here.” Ephram added.

It had been a few days since Danielle had last talked to Bright. He had been calling quite frequently, but she didn’t answer the phone. Danielle wasn’t really mad at Bright, just disappointed that he didn’t stick up for her…that he doubted her.

“Come in.” Bright said.

Amy walked into his room.

“Hey, Colin and I are going to get some ice cream. Want to come with?” she asked.

Bright shook his head. “Nah.”

“You can’t just sit around here and mope you know.” Amy said.

“Just go away Amy.” He said.

“No, I’m not going anywhere. I don’t understand what you’re so upset about. She’s not worth it.” Amy told him.

“Yes, she is worth it. And you had to go and screw everything up. Now please go away.” He said.

“Give me one good reason why she’s worth it.” Amy said.

“Because everyone thinks I’m just some big screw-up, but she actually cared enough to take a closer look. It’s hard to find people like that.” Bright said. “And now, because of you, I lost her.”

The doorbell rang.

“I’ll get it.” Ashley called out to no one in particular.

“Hi.” Amy said.

“What are you doing here?” Ashley asked.

“I need to talk to Danielle.” She replied.

“And I need a hole in my head. Go away, you’ve already caused enough trouble.” Ashley said starting to close the door.

“No wait. I came to apologize.” She said.

“EPHRAM!!!” Ashley called out rather loudly right next to Amy’s ear.

“What’s going on?” he asked walking into the room.

“Quick! Get the camera! Amy is going to apologize to Dani and I want this documented.” Ashley explained.

Ephram rolled his eyes.

“Come on Ashley. Let Amy go talk to Dani.” He said ushering her out of the room.

“It’s the third door on the left.” Ashley said.

Amy walked up the stairs and paused before knocking on Danielle’s door.

“Come on in.” Danielle called out.

Amy took a deep breath and opened the door.

Danielle’s eyes narrowed. “What do you want? Who let you in?”

“Danielle I came to…god this is harder than I thought…I came to…” Amy stuttered.

Danielle laughed. She liked watching Amy squirm.

“I came to apologize. I knew what you really said the other day. I just kind of twisted it around when I told my brother.” Amy said.

“Why?” Danielle asked.

“Because I’m threatened by you.” Amy admitted.

“Threatened by me?” Danielle asked with confusion in her voice.

“Well, yeah. You and Colin seemed to take to each other and then you and my brother.” She said.

“Colin and I are just friends…believe me he spends half of our conversations talking about you…and Reese Witherspoon, but that’s beside the point. And it’s not like if I date Bright he’s not going to be your brother anymore or something.” Danielle said.

Amy looked down at her hands. “This all seems kind of stupid now.”

“I can’t refute that statement.” Danielle said.

“So anyway, I’m sorry. You can be mad at me forever but Bright is pretty upset right now.” Amy said.

“He is?” she asked.

“Yeah, he looks worse than the day my dad took down the swing set.” Amy replied.

Danielle laughed at a mental picture of Bright on the swing set.

“I’ll give him a call.”

“Okay, thanks for letting me explain.” Amy said heading out of the room.

“Sure.” Danielle replied.

The second Amy left the house Ashley and Ephram rushed into the room.

“So? What happened? She wasn’t crying…so I’m guessing you didn’t hit her.” Ashley said.