--Chapter 8--

--Lots of Broken Hearts--

By the time Pogue stopped walking around, he ended up on the Brooklyn Bridge. He was looking down at the water, when his phone rang. He took it out of his pocket and answered it. "Yeah, um... hello?"

"Pogue? Where are you?"

"I'm hanging out, Tyler." he paused. "Why? What's up?"

"Caleb, wanted me to call you and see what you're doing."

"Why?"

"Because we're on the way to New York."

"Are you shittin' me, Ty?"

"No... we're going there to pick up Reid and Carly."

"Don't bother."

"Why?"

"I just seen Carly."

"What do you mean, you seen--"

"Shhh... I'm in New York right now, but don't say nothing."

"How did you?" Tyler thought about it for a second, then the light bulb clicked on. "Oh... really?"

"Yeah. I'll find Reid." Pogue took a deep breath. "But the hell with Carly."

"What? Why?"

"Long story... I'll explain later and see you in a few hours." then Pogue hung up. He put his phone in his pocket and sighed, looking out at the water. Heartbroken.

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Carly was sitting on the couch ans staring at her cell phone, debating on whether to call Pogue or not. But if she were to call him, then Chuck would probably find out. She decided to shut her eyes to Use and get a hold of him. "Pogue?" she got no answer, but she knew he could hear her. "Pogue, I'm so sorry. I really need to see you. Meet me at the Statue of Liberty in one hour."

A few minutes later, Chuck walked into the room and said "Carly?"

She changed her eyes back to normal and looked up at him with sad eyes. "What?"

"I'm off to bed... you can either sleep in with me or take the guest bedroom, but sooner or later, you will sleep in my bed with me." she just nodded. "Goodnight." he was about to turn around, but he stopped. "Oh and by the way, if you try to sneak out of here, I have alarms on the doors, so I'll know if you try to leave." she nodded again, then Chuck walked up to his room.

Carly shook her head and sat there till it was time to hopefully meet Pogue. When it was time, she flashed her eyes black to Use and Orb to the Statue of Liberty. She was up in the torch and looking around for him. She waited for about another hour, but Pogue didn't show. Carly slid against the wall, crying her eyes out. She waited another thirty minutes and Used to orb back to Chuck's place. She went into the guest room and cried herself to sleep.

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Pogue sent Reid a text message to meet him at the Palace Hotel. When Reid walked in, he saw Pogue sitting alone with a drink in hand. Reid sat down next to him. "What are you doing here?"

"It doesn't matter anymore." Pogue said, then took a sip.

"What doesn't matter?"

"Everything."

"Care to explain?"

"Not really." Pogue shook his head. "The guys should be on the way, then you can leave."

"What about Carly?"

"Who gives a fuck?" Pogue shrugged. "Carly can kiss my ass and go straight to hell."

Reid sighed. "What happened?"

Pogue drank the last of his drink, put some money on the counter, and stood up. "Like I said... it doesn't matter and neither does she." before Reid could respond, Pogue walked out.

A few hours later, as Reid was sitting in a waiting area as Caleb, Tyler, Chase, Sarah, and Kate walked inside. The first words out of Caleb's mouth was "Where's Carly?"

Reid looked up. "I don't know."

"Have you heard from Pogue?" asked Kate.

"No."

"Wait." Tyler started, then Reid shook his head. "Never mind."

Reid stood up. "Let's go."

"I'm not leaving without my sister."

"Caleb, trust me when I say that she is better off here."

"What do you mean?" asked Sarah.

"That guy she was in the picture with is her boyfriend, Chuck."

"Boyfriend?" Chase started. "She has a boyfriend?"

Reid nodded. "She told me to leave her alone and go back home."

"But why?"

"I don't know, Cal."

"We should stay one night here and see if we can find her." suggested Tyler.

"Good luck with that. You guys do what you want... I'm going home." then Reid walked out of the building.

Caleb got a room for all of them. They were going to stay the night and find Carly, first thing in the morning.

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Carly woke up at the sound of her phone going off, because of her alarm. She opened her eyes and saw Chuck sitting on the bed staring at her. "What are you doing?" she asked.

"Watching you sleep."

"Why?"

"Because you're beautiful."

She gave him a funny look. "Um... thanks."

"Did you sleep well, last night?"

"Sorta."

He nodded, then a few seconds later, then door bell rang. Chuck got up to answer it, with Carly behind him. Chuck opened the door and Carly saw Caleb, Sarah, Kate, Reid, Tyler, and Chase on the other side of the door. "Can I help you?" Chuck asked, in a calm voice.

"Yeah." Caleb started. "I came to take my sister home."

Chuck giggled. "That's not going to be necessary... she's fine where she is." he turned to look at her, with that evil glare. "Aren't you, Baby?"

She swallowed hard then turned to everyone. "Chuck's right, I'm fine. You guys can go."

"Carly, you need to come back home."

She gave Caleb a weird look. "Wait... why do you all of a sudden care about me?" she paused. "You never gave a shit about me before... none of you have." she shook her head. "And now that I'm in a place that makes me happy, you suddenly care?"

"Carly, come on. We can talk about that when we get home."

"No, Cal." she crossed her arms over her chest. "I'm staying right here and there isn't a damn thing anyone can do about it."

Reid looked away to Use, then said in Carly's mind. "What the hell is going on?"

She looked down. "This is serious, Reid... you just need to leave. All of you go back to Ipswich and forget about me. Trust me, when I say that I'll be fine." she changed her eyes back to normal and looked up. She saw Reid slightly shaking his head.

"I'm not going to tell you again, Carly... lets go."

"Caleb, just leave me the fuck alone... all of you." then she slammed the door in their faces.

Chuck looked at her surprised. "That sounded like you actually meant it."

"Parts of it." she sat down on the couch. "It's true though. None of them cared about me and they all had to hear it."

"I'm impressed."

"I bet." she rolled her eyes.

Chuck sat down next to her. "I told you... everything will get better." she just shook her head and looked down.