Second Chances for Tyler Landry

*Hits Play*

"Hey, it's Mackenzie. If you are getting these video tapes you probably already know what happened to me. So, Tyler, watch your tape. Mom and Dad watch yours. And I'm warning you now don't swap tapes."

Tyler sobs quitely. Hearing her voice. Why didn't he treasure that voice everytime it spoke?

*Ejects tape and puts in one marked Tyler*

"Tyler. First off let me just say this wasn't to spite anyone. Okay, no matter what anyone says, alright? You know me better than I know myself. Or so you thought. There was one thing I never told you. But, now that I don't have freedom of speech anymore," she grins at the camera. "I suppose I have to tell you." she blushes and smiles coyly.

*Pauses*

Tyler stops and stares at the screen. Analyzing every pore, every detail of her face. Her smile, her eyes that glimmered with humor at the sarcastic yet completely cute abd witty joke. Her blush that spread across her cheeks because something she was about to say involved an intense emotion.

Wipes away stray tears.

*Play*

"Tyler Landry, I love you. I know I have said that more than one can count. But, what I really meant, ever since the first time I saw you, was that I'm in love with you. You don't understand what 5 years of seeing you with multiple girls did to me. It was like a stab to the heart everytime. And I could only bleed for so long. I did this to escape the pain and to maybe go somewhere where my heart wasn't always broken. Being with you was heaven. But, when someone else who had your affection was there, I felt the most lonely. God, the loneliness. It was unbearable. You're my best friend and all the teen fiction novels I've read since we were 13 said you were suppose to fall for me too. But, I got tired of waiting. And I realized when I stepped out of the universe that revolved around you, that I had absolutely nothing. Yeah, I know that I could have told you. But, risking losing you was worse than death. I love you Tyler. And not even death can take that away." she smiled, the forced smile that he would look past when he was with another girl.

That same pained smile that he thought was just everyday.

But, now he saw what a terrible best friend he had been to her. He remember that she had always been there since they were 13.

Tyler has always thought that she was better than the girls he dated. That she was out of his league because she was so good.

And he didn't realize what he put her through. The fact that she stood strong for so long amazed him.

He would have quit in 6 months.

And now he had the biggest hole in his heart since he was 12. When he was young, he was into a lot of shit.

But, than he met Mackenzie. And she had saved him from his worst enemy.

Himself.

Now that she was gone, he began to feel more alone and lost than when he was that young. All he wanted was for someone to tell him all of this was not real. All of this was pretend. But, no one did.

Now he was back to the beginning.

Now he understood how she felt.