It had been over a year since the horrific incidents that happened when Howie pushed AJ into a killing spree. Christine and AJ had gotten closer over the past year, but nobody knew what happened. All we knew was that Howie had blackmail on AJ and that was why AJ was trying to kill us. Kevin, Brian, and Nick were always hanging out now. Everyone hung out once in a while, but I almost never saw Nick. Usually just talked on the phone.
Nick and I had broken up almost 8 months ago. Obviously what happened with Howie and AJ only broke us, and didn't make us stronger as a couple. Nick said that he wanted to be single for a while. Which was a total lie, because almost every weekend he had a different date.