Nothing lasts forever
For all good things it's true
I'd rather trade it all
While somehow saving you
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Finally it was the weekend. It really bothered AJ seeing all the girls at school literally throwing themselves at Dean. He didn't seem interested in them though, which made AJ feel a little better. Although, she did fear that that might change over time.

"AJ, you want to go out and do something today?" Kaitlyn asked, tying her purple Vans.

"Nah, I'm not really in the mood to do anything." she answered. "I just want to say home."

"Wanna go swimming?" she suggested. AJ shook her head. "You can't let a measly break up keep you down forever." Kaitlyn commented before leaving the house.

AJ sighed and jogged downstairs to their home theater. When she entered she saw Jimmy watching 'Little Nicky' on the big screen.

"Oh I love this movie." she said, sitting beside him.

"Same." Jimmy agreed, "You can finish watching it. I gotta go do something."

"Ok."

"Do you have Carmella's number?" he asked. AJ nodded and punched her number into his phone. "Thanks."

Jimmy got into his red Hummer and called her. "Hey, Carmella. It's me Jimmy. Do you know if Bayley's home?"

"I'm not sure." she lied. "If she is I don't think she wants any visitors. She told me she's really sick. That's why she wasn't at school all week."

"When did she tell you that?"

"She called me on Monday."

"How come she called you and she hasn't answered my phone calls?" he asked.

"Her phones broken." Carmella tried covering up to not make it sound like Bayley is ignoring him on purpose.

"Wait, if her phones broken then how did she call you?"

"Uhhh."

"Carmella, I got one question for you. Why the fuck you lyin?!"

"Jimmy, I can't tell you. I swore to Bayley that I wouldn't say anything."

Jimmy rested his head against the steering wheel. "I didn't want to do this, but if you don't tell me I swear to god that I will make your life hell." he growled. The last thing Jimmy wanted to do was threaten his friend but he had to know what was wrong with Bayley.

"She's staying in room 180 at the Sea Shell motel." Carmella finally confessed. "From what I know, she's been there all week. And the only time we talked was this weekend before her mom shut her phone off and on Monday when she called me from a pay phone."

"Thank you." he said. "Sorry for threatening you by the way. I just had to know."

"I know. Sorry for lying." She apologized then hung up.
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Dean was at home helping his mom clean around the house. "How come you haven't invited AJ over? You barely even talk about her anymore." Maria commented.

"We kind of broke up. AJ was having some issues and we needed time alone for a little while." he explained.

Maria hugged her son who clearly wasn't really in the mood. "Aw, I'm sorry. I hope everything's okay." She tried comforting him.

"Mom, please let go."

"Sorry." she flattened out her black dress. "I'm gonna go grocery shopping. Need anything?"

"NyQuil."

15 minutes after Dean's mom left he heard a knocking at the door. "Nikki? What are you doing here?"

"Can I come in?"

"I guess." he moved out of the way so she could step inside.

"It's been a while since the last time I was here."

"Yup. I remember that night perfectly." he said sounding a little uncomfortable. "The only thing different is that you didn't bring Brie with you this time."

Nikki giggled, "True. But lets not talk about Brie. Let's talk about us." she placed her hand on his shoulder.

"Us?" he moved her hand, "Nikki, there is no us. Plus, I thought you and John were going out."

"We are but... I like you better." she leaned in to kiss him.

Dean backed up, "Look, I don't like you like that. Just because AJ and I aren't together doesn't mean we're going to go out."

Nikki's jaw dropped, "Are you serious? What's so special about AJ? If you ask me she's just a-"

"Well guess what. I didn't ask for your opinion so you can leave now."

Nikki grabbed her purse then slapped Dean across the face, "You don't know what you're missing out on." she stomped out of the house and slammed the door behind her.

Dean threw his hands up in the air, "¡La mierda esa perra!" he cursed in Spanish. "I gotta stop watching telenovelas when I'm upset."
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AJ was sitting in their home theater alone until somebody joined her. "What do you want Synyster?"

"Just to see what you were up to." He said drinking a glass of tea.

"Nothing much."

"I know you don't want to talk about it but-"

"Then don't ask."

"C'mon AJ."

"No! I told you guys that I won't talk about what happened. Just drop it. And I know Paige put you up to this, so next time you see her, tell her that I said to mind her own damn business!" she retorted.

After AJ left, Syn took his cell out of his pocket, "Welp, I tried." he told Paige who was on speaker phone the entire time.

"Ugh! Could it really be that bad that she won't even tell you guys?"

"Possibly." he sipped his tea, "But that's none of my business."

"Shut up, Kermit."

"Bye. Miss.Piggy."

"Hey!"

Syn laughed then hung up.
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Jimmy pulled up into the parking lot of the motel. He found the room number she was staying in and knocked on the yellow door. Bayley opened it then tried to immediately shut it. Jimmy put his foot in the way, "Whoa, what's gotten into you." he forced his way into the room.

"I wasn't ignoring you Jimmy I swear. My mom turned my phone off and-" Bayley tried explaining in a panic.

"It's okay. I'm not mad or anything. I was worried about you."

"How'd you find me here?"

"Carmella."

"She promised!"

"I forced her into telling me. So if you're going to be mad at anybody then be mad at me." Jimmy looked around the room and saw all of Bayley's necessities shoved into a back pack, "Why are you staying here?"

Bayley's eyes started watering, "Jimmy, please. It hurts to talk about it."

He wrapped his tattooed arms around his shivering girlfriend and let her cry onto his chest. "You'll be okay. I'm here." he comforted her the best he could. "If you don't want to tell me then you don't have to."

Bayley wiped her tears away. "You know my moms boyfriend Donnie right?"

"The only thing you told me about him is that he's a drunk pukesicle."

"And remember when I used to cut myself?"

Jimmy looked down at her lightly scared arm, not wanting to think about her self harming again. "Yeah." He answered.

"Donnie was the main reason for that."

"What happened?"

"My mom was working late on Saturday and he came into my room. He was completely wasted." she started crying again. "Usually he'd just be mean to me and... sometimes hit me... Or hit on me." When Bayley admitted to all of that Jimmy balled his hand into a fist. "This time he... he..." Bayley sobbed into her hands.

Jimmy hugged her trying to calm her down, "You don't have to say anymore."

"My mom walked in and I was shouting for her to help me but she closed the door. After he was done, Donnie broke up with her and my mom blamed me for him leaving." Bayley tried catching her breath, "That's why she kicked me out."

"How come you didn't say anything? Or call the police?"

"I was scared! I didn't want anybody to know that happened to me. The only person I told was Carmella. I thought that if I told you, that you wouldn't want anything to do with me."

"Bayley," he moved her hair out of her tear soaked face, "Don't ever think that again. You can tell me anything and I will always love you." Jimmy kissed her softly, "Get your stuff and you can stay with us."

"Are you sure?"

"Hell yeah." he helped grab some of her bags, "Where does this Donnie guy spend most of his time?"

"Jimmy I don't want you to-"

"Bayley." he said in a stern tone, "If you won't tell the cops about this then I'll do something about it."

She gulped, when she realized that Jimmy was dead serious.
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Matt and Becky had just left the doctors office for another one of her appointments. She found it hard to look at Matt and think back to what Marshall told her. Could what he said really be true? Becky debated if she should tell Matt about running into him on her way to school.

"You okay, Bex?" he asked.

"No I'm not."

He gave her a concerned gaze, "What's the matter?"

"On Monday there was this guy following me when I was walking to school." she admitted. "I sprayed him with mace."

"Nice! You showed him."

She scratched her head, "Yup."

"Is that what was bothering you?"

"No. He said that he was going to get me back for macing him. The other day he was following me to school again but he didn't talk to me that time."

"I'll walk with you to school and if you see him I'll beat his ass for threatening you."

"Thanks." She squinted her eyes tightly when she said: "His names Marshall."

Matt slammed the breaks to his truck making them both fling forward, "Excuse me?!"

"What?" she asked, acting like she didn't know why he freaked out.

"Did you say anything else to him?"

"That I had a boyfriend that will kick his ass if he kept messing with me."

Matt sighed in relief, "Okay good. I thought you brought my name into this."

"He actually asked for a name..." Matt put his hand on his chest, "What are you doing?"

"Checking if I'm still alive."

"Why?"

"That guy used to be my foster brother."

"I know." she mumbled.

"How do you know?"

"When I said your name he told me the same thing. And some other disturbing stuff."

Matt leaned closer to her, "What other stuff?"

"It's nothing."

Matt had a firm hold on her forearm, "What did he tell you?"

She sighed, "That there was a kid he used to pick on and how he made him dress like a girl."

Matt leaned back in the drivers seat. For years he kept that a secret and tried forgetting about it. And he managed to erase it from his life. Now everything was finally coming to the surface. "You weren't supposed to know that."

"I didn't want to know that."

Matt felt embarrassed to admit that if Marshall kept messing with Becky, that he wouldn't be able to help her. He was still scared of him. "If he doesn't leave you alone just call the cops."

"He really screwed you up, didn't he?"

"Because of him, that's why I am what I am. And I hate that." He slammed his fist against the steering wheel, "Fuck! First me, then AJ, and now you? It's like the torture never ends!"

"What did he do to AJ?"

Matt shook his head making it clear he wasn't going to talk about it. "Marshall made my life hell and I was always too scared to stand up to him. And now he's back."

Becky held his hand making him look up at her, "He can't control you anymore."
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Dean was lying down on the couch watching 'La Reina del Sur' until he heard knocking on the door. "It's about time that pizza guy got here." he got up and answered it, "You're 10minutes late. My orders free." he stopped when he saw that the person at the door wasn't the pizza guy.

"Hi Dean."

"Another one? Alexa I already told your little sidekicks that-" he stopped himself when he noticed that she was wearing a black silk robe, "What's with the getup?"

She giggled, "You like it?" she asked, opening the robe up slightly, showing that she wasn't wearing anything underneath.

"Unholy father of sin." he backed up. Alexa followed him inside. "Uh, my mom is gonna be home soon so... uh..." Dean started stumbling over his words. He backed away into the living room, trying to get away from Alexa. "La Reina del Sur is on and it's the season finally so I would appreciate it if you leave me be." he bit his lip anxiously trying not to get turned on by Alexa. Who could blame him though? The chicks hot!

"Shut up Dean." she put her manicured finger on his lips. Alexa dropped her robe and Dean's jaw nearly hit the ground. She pushed him on the couch and literally shoved her tongue down his throat.

Dean had his hands placed on her waist then snapped himself out of the lustful trance. He basically had to knock her on the floor so she'd get off of him. "Yo, you really gotta go home. Like right now."

Alexa scowled at him, "Dean, are you serious?"

"I already made it clear that I'm not going to go out with you or anybody else."

She picked up her robe and put it back on, "You're being ridiculous. Sooner or later you're going to have to get over AJ."

"Maybe that's true. But I won't get over her right now. Now please, go." he pointed to the door.

Alexa scoffed and stomped back home.

Dean scraped his hand through his hair, "I actually kicked her out and didn't break my promise to AJ. Damn I'm good. This whole things giving me a headache though." Soon after she left Maria came back home, "Ma! I need that NyQuil right now!"