Three days before my birthday and I still haven't told anyone.

Paul probably knows but he's on a business trip for three weeks. I haven't even told Isaac.

Speaking of Isaac, we've been spending a lot of time together lately. Not that I'm complaining, I love it. It just seems odd.

I was on my laptop watching some YouTube when Skype made that weird bubble noise that lets me know someone is calling me.

I look at it to see that it was Brittany. We haven't talked in a couple days but other than that we do talk a lot. Almost every other day. Danny and I talk less frequently but still a lot.

"Hey!" She said enthusiastically

"Hey! What's that?" There was a foot next to her on the bed.

"Danny she sees you! Great going." She started pouting as Danny came into view of the camera.

"Hey Abby!"

"Hey Danny!"

"How's England?"

"It's great! Oh and did Brittany tell you?"

"Tell me what?" I looked at Brittany and she looked confused and then her eyes went wide and she shook her head.

"I-um-I have to go to the bathroom." Brittany said because she knew I would want to talk to Danny alone.

"What is it?" Danny asked a little worriedly.

"Well I um- I have a boyfriend."

"Really?"

"Yeah, I didn't want to tell you right away just in case it didn't work out but we really love each other."

"I'm happy for you."

"Do you remember what you made me promise at the airport?"

"Of course I do."

"Well I'm trying really hard to keep that promise. One day I'll take you guys around the house and introduce you to everyone. They're amazing people."

"And they're treating you right?"

"Yes, they treat me like family."

"How many kids are there again?"

"Eleven children, then the cook Lianne, the nanny Helena, and the dad Paul."

"Wow. That seems like a crazy house."

"Well it sure is big enough."

"I got the picture you sent me, it's beautiful."

"I really miss you guys." I started to choke up but I don't think Danny noticed.

"We miss you too." Brittany came back in and sat down next to Danny. "It isn't the same without you."

"Sometimes I feel homesick."

"How is the anxiety going?" Brittany asks

"It's good, I guess. I'm down to just one pill a day and I go to a doctor a week after my birthday to see if I can go off of the medication completely."

"That's awesome. Have you had a panic attack since the thing with Alex?"

"No not really."

"That's great Abby." Danny says. There was a knock on my door so Brittany and Danny became quiet.

"Come in." I call, Isaac and Chris walk in.

"Is this a bad time?" Isaac asks

"No, actually it's a great time, I want you to meet my friends."

"You're friends?"

"Who's that?" Brittany asked excitedly

"Don't be weird." I told her with a pointed look.

I motioned for Isaac and Chris to come and sit on the bed bedside me and I think Brittany about wet herself.

"OH MY GOODNESS!" She squealed to where Danny plugged his ears next to her.

"Isaac, Chris, this is Brittany and Danny."

"Hey." They said in unison and then gave each other strange looks.

"HI!" Brittany continued to squeal. "WAIT! Which one of you is Isaac?" I blushed profusely and Isaac laced his fingers through mine.

"I am." He said

"Alright. Well one you're completely and very undescribably hot. Two- you better not hurt my best friend or I'll come all the way to England to kill you slowly and painfully. Three- wow you're hot. Four- I like your accent. Okay I'm done now." She took a deep breath and then sat there staring at us with a content look on her face. "What?"

Danny and I broke out laughing followed by Isaac and Chris.

"Well thank you, I won't hurt her, thank you, and thank you? Is that all?" Isaac said with a smirk on his face.

"I think so." I told him

"Don't worry, Brittany, he won't hurt Abby while I'm around." Chris said

"And why is that?" Isaac asked

"Because I'm playing the big brother role."

"Awhh!" Brittany said loudly

"Why would you play the big brother role if I have four more brothers that are actually older than me." I asked

"Because I just want to. And technically you have five counting Drew."

"But I haven't met Drew yet."

"Oh shut up." We all laughed again

"So you're Abby's boyfriend?" Danny asked Isaac.

"Indeed I am."

"Take good care of her."

"I will most definitely do that."

"Wait. Why did you guys come up here in the first place?"

"Oh! Lianne wanted to know if you wanted pasta or chicken for dinner." Chris said

"What kind of chicken?"

"I think baked with potatoes."

"Chicken."

"I'll go tell her." He got up and left my room.

"So are you guys going to visit here?" Isaac asked

"We were planning on coming up for winter break."

"Is that like your holiday?"

"Yeah." Danny said

"Awesome, I can't wait to meet you guys in person."

"I can't wait to meet all of you guys in person." Brittany said with a creepy smile on her face.

"I said don't be weird."

"You're the weird one." She stuck her tongue out at me and I laughed at her childishness.

She looked behind her towards her door and shouted, "Alright!"

"What is it?"

"My mom said the food is done and hi and she loves you."

"Tell her I said hi and I love you too Ms. Nancy."

"Will do."

"Alright we'll talk to you guys later. Bye."

"Bye, nice meeting you Isaac, tell Chris we said the same thing." Danny said

"Nice meeting you guys too." Isaac said then the video screen disappeared.

"They're really nice."

"They are."

"What do you want for your birthday?"

"How did you know it was my birthday coming up?" I laughed

"Because Mr. Meyers told Chris and Alex not to forget to get you something and they told me. So what do you want?"

"I don't really want anything."

"Oh come on, you have to want something."

"Not really."

"Do you play guitar?" He asked when he happened to look at a picture of me and my old guitar.

"Yeah but I had to leave my old one at home."

"That stinks. Oh I meant to ask you, do you want to go to the cinema today with Misha, Chris, Alex, Tommy, and I? If not then we can just hang out."

"What about Harry?"

"Misha and him broke up."

"Why?" I asked incredulously, they seemed like such a happy couple.

"I guess Misha told him she just lost feelings and it wasn't working out. Harry said he agreed with her only because she's been kind of pulling away the past couple weeks."

"Wow, that really stinks."

"Yeah, they're still going to be friends though so that's good."

"Well why isn't he coming then?"

"His mum said he couldn't. So do you want to go?"

"Yeah, what movie?"

"I have no clue."

"As long as it's not scary."

~°~°~°~°~°~

"Of course it's a scary movie." I said as we all got our tickets.

"The ratings said it wasn't that scary." Alex said

"Still." I pouted and Isaac wrapped his arm around my shoulder.

"You'll be fine. I'll be right there." Everyone started gagging and I saw Misha make a face. It almost seemed like she was mad but I just blew it off.

We all took our seats in the theater. Chris sat on the end, Tommy was next to him, then Alex, then me and Isaac and fially Misha on the other side of Isaac.

When the movie started Isaac held my hand and every time a scary part would come on I would bury my head in his chest and hold back my shriek.

About halfway through though Misha asked Isaac to come with her to refill her drink. I assumed she asked Isaac because it was them two on the end so it would just be easier. Isaac looked at me as if to get approval and I just shrugged. Sadly I let go of his hand just as a scary part happened so I squeezed Alex's arm. He started laughing so hard he accidentally knocked my popcorn off of my lap.

"I'm going to go get another one." I whispered

"I'll come with you."

"It's fine, Isaac and Misha are already out there." He nodded and I made my way to the concession area. I didn't see Isaac or Misha so after I got my popcorn I made my way over to the arcade to see if they were in there.

The arcade was mostly empty. I looked around and saw some people standing in the corner but they were hard to see so I started walking that way.

"Isaac is that y-" I stopped dead in my tracks.

There was my boyfriend and Misha kissing.

"Isaac?" He moved as soon as I said it and a look of pure horror flashed across his face.

"Abby I-"

"Isaac I thought you said she wasn't coming out." Misha deadpanned

"I didn't say that! I didn't do anything! Abby this isn't what it looks like, I promise. I would never do anything like this."

"Yet here you are doing that exact thing." I was crying now. Misha went to open her mouth but I cut her off before she could say anything.

"Don't say another word, I thought you were my friend."

"I am your friend Abby. He kissed me." She stood there with a look on her face to where I couldn't tell if she was lying or not. Either way, I couldn't take it anymore, I ran out of the arcade before anyone else could say something. As I ran through the theater I could hear Isaac calling my name but I didn't care. I ran outside and down the street towards the way we came until I didn't know the way anymore. I took out my phone and called the first person I could think of.

"Hello?" Kenny said as soon as the phone stopped ringing.

"Can you come pick me up?"

"Where are you? What happened?"

"I don't want to talk about it and I don't know, I'm by the pizza place on the way to the theater."

"Alright, I'll be there in about five minutes."

"Thank you Kenny." He hung up and I sat down on the cool grass.

I knew it would happen, I thought this was truly going to be different. I put my head in my hands and cried, it was daylight still so I probably got some really weird looks, but I didn't care.

Isaac kissed Misha, or Misha kissed Isaac. Either way I didn't care because it still happened.

My first boyfriend cheated on me, that has to be some sort of messed up achievement.

A car pulls up in front of me and I look up to see Kenny get out. He comes over and sits next to me.

"What's up?" The car was blocking us from view of the rode so I put my head on his shoulder and cried harder.

"Isaac and Misha kissed."

"What?! I'm gonna kick his bloody arse!"

"I knew this would happen, I knew something like this was going to happen but I let him talk me into it anyway. Kenny I loved him and he hurt me. It hurts so much."

He wrapped his arms around me. "It'll be okay Abby."

"It's not okay!" Of course at this moment I choose to remember my oh-so-messed up life. "This always happens! I thought this would be a good change for me! I didn't anticipate Alex being a complete arse to me and then I finally thought I found someone who loves me and won't leave, but he left! He kissed Misha! Someone I met here and I thought 'oh maybe I will be able to make friends here and I completely overreacted getting all nervous to come here!'" I didn't remember standing up but now I was pacing back and forth with hot tears streaming down my face. I don't know why, but I started laughing, probably because of the irony of it all.

"Why are you laughing?" Kenny asked incredulously.

"Because its hilarious! I can't catch a break Kenny!" I sat back down on the grass.

"Are you done now?" I shook my head up and down slightly so he stood up and pulled me to my feet.

I got into the passenger seat and Kenny started the car back up and pulled back onto the rode silently.

"Do you realize how many people will want to kick his butt if he actually cheated on you?" He said after a couple of minutes.

I was tempted to feel sorry for him.

~°~°~°~°~°~

I woke up with a really bad headache because I had cried myself to sleep.

As soon as Kenny and I had gotten back to the house I had gone straight to bed and locked the door so no one would bother me.

I checked my phone and had twenty-two missed calls and fifteen messages. A couple of them were from Alex and Chris and the rest were from Isaac.

I got out of bed and went downstairs without even looking in the mirror. I prayed to God that Isaac, or anyone really, wasn't in the kitchen so I wouldn't have to explain myself.

"Abby?!" Sadly I wasn't so lucky and Alex crushed me in a hug. "I have to talk to you! Isaac told me what happened and he-"

"And I don't want to talk about Isaac." I snapped with more attitude than I had intended.

He had a moment of shock but didn't let me go. "Abby-"

"I said I don't want to talk about Isaac!" I yelled. I wriggled out of his grip and stormed off into the kitchen.

Chris was there and for once since I'd gotten here I didn't want to talk to him.

"Abby I need to-"

"No!" I grabbed a tub of ice cream and a spoon and stormed back out of the kitchen. I ran into Kenny and he held my shoulders in his hands.

"What's wrong?" He asked softly, I didn't realize I had started crying.

I gently pushed passed him and as I was climbing the stairs I heard him and Chris yelling. I slammed my door and collapsed on my bed. I hadn't taken my medication yet and I was tempted not to but I didn't want to have a relapse.

So that was the rest of my day- having my own pity party by myself because I have no friends.