Taylor
				Chapter Nineteen
				    Renaissance
	I held the necklace in my hand, my heart shattered. I had to have a
rebirth, a renaissance. I had to rebuild my life, with out Callie in it. I had
blown it, ruined it, totally messed up Callie's life and mine. I felt so terribly
guilty. I couldn't stand to wait for a ride so I started back on the long trek to
my house. I knew I would be in trouble, but at this point I didn't give a damn.
I was hurt and I needed to be alone.
	I slowly walked, slipping the necklace into my pocket. I wasn't scared,
after all I was a mature fourteen year old. It wasn't until I noticed the the
sound of footsteps behind me that I got frightened. The sound of the shoes
hitting the wet pavement stirred feeling of terror inside me. I just hunched
down in my jacket and prayed that everything would be alright. I kept
walking as the footsteps got closer. When I could feel hot air being breathing
down my neck I felt the firm hand on my shoulder. I stopped and turned
around. I sat there staring at a beautiful young girl with tears streaming down
her pale face, her feature were crumpled from crying, it took me a moment to
realize this delicate angel was Callie.
	"I...I, what do you want?" I asked.
	"I feel so bad, I didn't want to hurt you, but this just wasn't working out
but I felt like something had been, I don't know killed inside me. I still love
you, it's just I don't know, I still want to be friends with you, you're my best
friend, I didn't mean for it to be this way," she sobbed.
	"I know, it wasn't meant to be. Maybe someday when we're older we
can persue something together, but not know, I still love you as a friend
though."
	"Me too."
	"Would you still keep this?" I asked as I took the necklace out of my
pocket.	
	"Yes,' she whispered as I clipped the clasp together and let it fall down
gently into place on her neck. I hugged her tight as she hugged back. I kissed
her gently on the nape of her nack and then she left. Parting to go on our own
separate ways in life. Walking down down to two different highways of life.
					The End
		
Note to readers: Now if you are an intelligent reader you would have noticed
the pattern of the point of view the chapters follow. Callie, Zac, Taylor, and
Ike. You may be wondering why Ike doesn't end it. In truth he does, the
problem is that this last chapter is really a preview to my next story, which is
about Zac's adventures with Billy the Kid.