A month after the death of Chloe, Jude was sitting on the beach with Alex and Noah. He looked at them and rolls his eyes.
"I feel like the third wheel" Jude said.
"But your not single" Alex said. "Your boyfriend is just grounded. But it's the last day of summer so you'll see him tomorrow at school."
"I can't believe summer is almost over" Jude said. "This summer has been so intense. With losing Chloe and the funeral. I just can't believe it."
"Yeah" Alex agreed.
"I'm having a campfire tonight" Noah told Jude. "You should come. Me and Alex are celebrating my switch to Anchor Beach."
"it's going to feel good seeing you everyday" Alex told Noah.
Noah smiled at him and they kissed.
"Fine I'll be there" Jude agreed. "But there better be some food there."
"There will be food" Noah promised.
"Have you heard from Leo?" Alex asked Jude. "Me and him aren't exactly friends so it be weird if I checked up on him."
"He's fine" Jude told Alex. "He still misses Chloe obviously but I think he's doing better than he was. But he still hasn't been out much."
Alex nodded. Noah put his arm around Alex.
"God babe" Noah whispered. "You are so damn sexy."
Alex bit his lip and they kissed.
That night, Jude sits at the campfire with Alex, Noah, Taylor, Daria, and Ethan.
"Stacy should be here soon" Ethan said.
"You don't have a problem with that do you Jude?" Alex asked.
"No its fine" Jude said. "I know you and her are friends so I figured she show up."
"Okay" Alex said.
"So have you talked to Jake since he moved?" Jude asked Alex.
"Yeah" Alex replied. "Me and him are still friends. He told me he's hoping to meet a cute guy this year."
Jude nodded. Stacy walked over to the group.
"Sorry I'm late" Stacy said sitting down next to Ethan. "Did you miss me?"
"Always do" Ethan smiled.
Jude stares at Stacy.
Leo sits on his couch watching TV and Craig enters the room.
"Why haven't you answered my calls?" Craig asked Leo. "I've been so worried."
Craig sat down next to Leo.
"We should go out on a date" Craig said. "It's been so long since you've been out. So why don't you get ready and I'll take you somewhere really fancy?"
"I don't want too" Leo answered.
"Come on babe" Craig tried. "It'll be fun."
"NO!" Leo shouted standing up. "I'm staying here. I am not going out. I'm not going anywhere. Are we clear? Just leave me the hell alone!"
Leo stormed off. Craig got up and went off upstairs and entered Leo's room. He sat down next to Leo on the bed.
"I know it has to be hard for you" Craig told Leo. "It has to suck that she's gone. But it'll get easier. Okay? It will get better."
"How is it going to get easier?" Leo asked. "How can losing my best friend get easier? Craig this sucks. Did this happen because I'm such a bad person? Is that why she's dead? Because I don't deserve for someone to love me."
Craig touches Leo's chin.
"You are not a bad person" Craig told Leo. "You did not deserve this. Neither did Chloe. Leo, I love you and km not going to let you blame yourself for Chloe dying. It's not your fault. Okay?"
Leo wipes away his tears and pulls Craig into a passionate kiss. Leo needs Craig to help him forget about Chloe dying. He needs to be protected. He needs to feel safe again. He needs Craig.
"I love you."
At the campfire, Stacy stands with Ethan, Noah and Alex.
"So that was your first kiss together?" Stacy asked smiling at Noah and Alex. "And you two got caught? Oh my lord."
Alex laughed.
"It was super romantic" Alex said looking over at Noah.
"Yes it was" Noah agreed.
They kissed passionately. Jude walked over to the group.
"Stacy" Jude said. "Can we talk?"
Stacy looked at the others.
"Sure" Stacy said. "I'll be back."
Stacy follows Jude and they stop.
"So what do you want to talk about?" Stacy asked. "If I did something to upset you I'm sorry. Is it because I came tonight. Cause I can leave."
"I'm not mad that you came tonight" Jude told her. "Look your obviously making an effort and maybe I should be too. I need to stop hating you."
"I did treat you horribly" Stacy pointed out. "You have a right to hate me."
"Everyone deserves a second chance" Jude told Stacy. "And I am so tired of hating you, Stacy. I would really like to start over."
"Really?" Stacy asked.
"Yeah" Jude smiled. "I would like to be friends."
Stacy pulled Jude into a hug.
"Thank you" Stacy said happily. "You have no idea how much this means."
"I think I do" Jude giggled. He pulled away. "So when we go back to school no drama."
"Drama free senior year" Stacy smiled.
Jude laughed.
"Sounds good to me" Jude smiled.
"HEY JUDE!" They looked to see Alex smiling. "I got a surprise for you. And it's the perfect way to end the summer."
"What's that?" Jude asked amused.
Alex then whistled and Connor appeared and smiled at Jude. Jude and Connor ran to each other and passionately kissed.
"Oh my god" Jude said. "I missed you! I thought I was never going to see you again!"
"I missed you too" Connor smiled. "This summer has sucked without getting to see your face every day."
They kissed passionately again.
"Don't ever get grounded again" Jude warned. "Oh my god how are you even here? Does your Dad know?"
"Yeah" Connor said. "He said summer is basically over so I'm officially ungrounded."
Jude smiled at they kissed again.
The next morning, Jude entered the school and Alex rushed over to him.
"I can't believe it" Alex said happily. "Summer is over and we are officially seniors. It feels so unreal to me."
"I know" Jude agreed. "This is our last year of high school. Oh my god soon we'll have to apply to colleges and figure out the future. This is insane."
Alex laughed.
"Wow" Alex said. "You know we have come along way since Freshman year. We've really grown up."
"Yeah we have" Jude agreed. "Senior year here we come."
The two friends rushed over to Connor, Noah, Daria, and Taylor.
Senior year would be crazy. And Jude was ready for it.
