Bedford Falls, South Carolina

Freddie, in surprise, caught Rosie's attention. He stammered a bit, and then smiled "Hello Rosie, I remember you," he laughed slightly, remembering why he remembered her. She was the one he accidentally threw a ball at in high school, way to impress the girls Freddie.
He looked around at the group, remembering names and faces. It had been such a long time. He was also obviously overwhelmed by how much the group had grown, pretty and handsome.
His attention turned to Alex, they didn't really talk much at school and he was afraid he would be intruding. "Bridge jumping? Ah...well..." heights wasn't his thing, not that Fredrick minded but he would've preferred not to jump off a bridge if he could help it. He looked at Rosie and shrugged. "If I am not intruding, I wouldn't mind watching...not too sure about doing it myself though." he gave a nervous laugh.

Alex gave a friendly grin to Freddie, speaking his words with a fake cocky attitude. "Little nervous, champ?" He said, chuckling slightly. He never really understood fear of heights. So you get dizzy when you go up too high. Doesn't everyone? Doesn't everyone's knees wobble, sweat start to run, but once you have completed the height activity required, don't you still go back for more?

Adrenaline junky, he thought, remembering the word from the past few times when he had shown how insane he really was. Then his ears seemed to catch up, remembering what Evelyn had said. He wasn't one hundred percent on what happened last time, but he did believe it had something to do with sneaking out and skinny dipping. He turned to Evelyn, giving her a big ol' grin. "Care to elaborate? Refresh our memories before we make some new ones."

"I flew in less than an hour ago" Bill responded to Alex's question is if flying back home were as natural as driving a car or riding a train. For Bill it really was that natural.

"We should go bridge jumping."

"Dare I remind you what happened last time we did that?" Evelyn asked in an amused way. "On second thought that, sounds fun, I'll bring a food hamper. So y'all in?"

Austin quickly agreed to the adventure and Freddie agreed to come watch, though not participate.

"I got put my stuff away, but I'm game." Bill said simply. He'd never been bridge jumping before, whenever the opportunity arose in high school he had declined, but college had relaxed him a bit, made him a little more willing to try new things.

Evelyn smirked at Alex's grin and instantly knew what time he was referring "Care to elaborate? Refresh our memories before we make some new ones." letting out a short laugh she shook her head.

"Not thattime darlin" she spoke with a slight roll of her eyes as her mind recalled the memories from that night senior year, she had never been as adventurous as she were that night, to tell the truth it was quite thrilling. "I was talkin' about the time you convinced Robbie Jones to jump and he busted his leg on that rock?" she relayed with a humorous gleam in her eye. Granted at the time it was not funny at all but looking back she could now see the funny side to story.

"I got put my stuff away, but I'm game." Evelyn smiled at Billy fondly "good" she smiled with a smile "Yeah I gotta get these guys home and see my folks, shall we meet by the creek in and hour or two?"

Alex grinned at Evelyn's reply, happy to see the familiar eye roll she gave him. "Hey, not my fault he jumped in the wrong place. Never was that bright." He said, smiling in his cocky way, a small laugh escaping his lips. He remembered the time well, and yeah, it really was his fault, but he would never admit that. And besides, it had been pretty funny, after Robbie's leg had been fixed that was. "And sure. Sounds like a plan?" He said, glancing around to check with everyone else as well.

Bill nodded decisively. "At the creek in two hours. I'll see you guys there." Bill turned around and headed back to his family's new place. For those not familiar with Bill the abrupt departure might have come across as very rude, in fact people who know him well might still think that, but it was not intended to be. A course of action had been decided upon and in Bill's mind there was nothing else do be said. Grabbing his bags we headed into the small store front, remembering at the last minute to turn and wave at everyone.

Inside he was met by a very tidy, well kept dress shop. His mom made decent business making dresses for the ladies of the town. In the back he could here the rumble of machinery, undoubtedly his mother's mechanical washer, dryer, and other things of that nature.

"Hey Ma, I'm home!" Bill shouted to the back of the house.

"Your bedroom's just upstairs, second door on the right," Came the muffled reply from the back room. "We'll have to talk over dinner, work's busy today."

"Not a problem Ma. I'm going to take care of some stuff at Mr. Sanders place, then I'm going to go out with some old schoolmates."

"Make sure your home for dinner by 6. Sorry I'm not in a better position to chat."

"Not a problem Ma. I understand," Most kids his age might have felt a bit disappointed by this rather lackluster welcome, but Bill didn't mind to much. Mother had work to do and he had things to do, so they might as well wait for a more convenient time for the both of them before they talked. Hauling his bags up the flight of stairs tucked away on one side of the store front Bill quickly found the room that had been allotted to him and began unpacking.

"Good" Evelyn smiled as the group agreed that they would meet up in an hour or so, she waved to Bill as he left to go into his moms shop and suddenly felt the need to see her own family, as her excitement grew in the prospect of soon seeing her parents and brothers a smile grew on her pretty face "well I'm gonna get going also" she spoke, hugging Alex once more along with her other friends "okay I'll see you later" she smiled and began to walk back towards her car, her dogs turnings her walk into a soft jog.