In the next month, Nick and I had made up and gotten back together. We still had horrible memories about the two long incidents. I mean, it's not something you can just forget. But right now, we were all on vacation and we didn't plan on talking about it. We were in my mini-van, driving down to Florida for the weekend; even though we were in the middle of a thunderstorm. Nick was driving and I was sitting in the passenger seat. Brian and Kevin were sitting in the back, with Christine between them. "How long is this supposed to last?" Brian asked, looking out the window at the lightning and the clouds. "For another hour I think." Christine answered. "Why? Are you scared?" She teased. "After AJ I don't think anything'll ever scare me again!" Brian answered. When we got to Florida, we went to visit Nick's family. All of us walked into the house and, right away, Aaron came running up to Nick. He introduced me as his girlfriend. "That's your girlfriend…" Aaron repeated, smiling. "Hey," I said. "Nick talks about you all the time." I smiled. "Yeah, but not in the past couple months." Brian said. Nick gave Brian a look, telling him not to bring up the subject. Especially in front of his parents. Aaron walked up to me and smiled. "Hey," He grinned. Nick put his arm around me, "Hey, back off pal." He laughed. "Ugh, fine." He said, walking over to Christine. "Hi," He smiled. Kevin, Brian and Christine sat down in the living room. Nick's parents sat down in chairs across from the couch. "So, where's AJ and Howie?" Mrs. Carter asked. "Well…" "They're trying to kill us," Brian said, interrupting Nick. "What?!" Mr. Carter yelled, surprised. Nick and I sat down on the floor in front of the couch. Aaron was still standing by the door when we sat down. He saw Christine and ran over to her, sitting next to her on the couch, almost on top of her. Just for fun, Christine put her arm around him. "What do you mean they're trying to kill you?!" Mr. Carter asked again, ignoring Aaron, who was grinning at him. "They are… and we don't know why." Christine said. "And they were such nice boys, too." Mrs. Carter said, her voice shaking. Nick gave a half smile and sighed. "I didn't wanna bring this up in front of you." He said to them. "Well I'm glad you did!" Nick's mom said. "Are they still trying to kill you?" Mr. Carter asked. "They're… dead." Brian said, sitting back. "That's a relief," Mrs. Carter sighed, also sitting back. "Not really, they're still trying to kill us." Kevin replied. ~ Brian, Christine, Aaron, Nick and I were sitting in the living room watching movies later that night. Mrs. Carter came into the room with a basket full of clothes, "Aaron, it's time for bed." She said. "K, good night." He said to her, still watching the movie. "Aaron, now." She said. "Man." Aaron said, getting off the couch. Kevin had gone to bed, so had Mr. C. Christine got up and went to bed, too. Nick and I were sitting on the couch and Brian was sitting in an armchair. ~ Ten minutes later, Nick turned around to get the remote from Brian because the movie was over. Brian was sleeping. He grabbed the remote from Brian's hand and turned off the television. Nick and I got up and walked to his room. Him and I were talking on his bed for about fifteen minutes when Nick's closet door swung open and Howie stepped out. "Nick, you really shouldn't do that with your parents in the other room." He laughed. Nick looked at Howie. "Shut up and get out here… What were you doing in my closet?!" Howie rolled his eyes and walked out of Nick's room. He walked down the hallway, looking in all the rooms, as if he were looking for something. When he came to Christine's room, he opened the door and walked in. He leaned against the dresser, watching her sleep. Both Howie and Christine jumped as the clock fell to the floor. "What was that…?" She asked herself, sitting up. "Howie!" She said, surprised. "That's my name," He replied. "Leave me alone!" She said, then added, "I don't like you!" "Yeah you do." He walked towards her. "No she doesn't," Christine looked behind Howie and smiled. Howie turned around to see AJ standing there. Christine obviously never stopped liking AJ because she was so happy to see him. "I should've known it was you who knocked that clock over!" Howie said, walking over to AJ. "Yeah, I know." AJ shoved Howie. Brian ran into the room because he heard the clock fall. AJ kept shoving Howie, "She don't like you Howie, she never did, and she never will! She still loves me!" He yelled, pushing Howie against the wall. "How'd you know?" Christine whispered to herself. Nick and I ran in and stopped next to Brian. AJ turned to us, smiled, and said, "Hi!" Howie punched AJ in the face and pinning him to the ground, grabbed his throat. "Traitor!" Howie screamed. Kevin ran into the room and grabbed Howie. Without looking at Kevin, Howie shoved him against the wall. "I hate you!" Howie continued. Nick ran over to Howie and grabbed his arms. AJ got up and punched Howie in the stomach. Brian went over to see if Kevin was okay, and helped him to stand up. Nick was holding Howie's arms behind his back. Howie reached over his head and grabbed the collar of Nick's shirt, and flipped Nick over; making Nick land on his back. I ran over and kneeled next to Nick. He looked as if he'd just taken a blow to the chest and couldn't breathe. Howie pushed AJ on the floor and turned to Christine. "Christine, I love you." He said. Just then, there was a big burst of white light around Howie, and he was gone. Everyone just sat there for about thirty seconds. AJ stood up and looked at Christine, smiling. Christine jumped off her bed, ran to AJ and threw her arms around him, giving him a hug. Nick looked up at me, put his arms around my neck and kissed me. "Ehem," Nick and I looked up and saw Mr. Carter standing over us, with his hands on his hips. Nick gave him an innocent smile. I helped Nick up off the floor. "What just happened?" Brian asked, still standing where he'd been when Howie disappeared. AJ looked over at Brian, "I guess Howie's unfinished business was to tell Christine how he felt." He shrugged. Christine hugged AJ again.