Beth smiled and glanced over at Mike. "Tell us what happened in California."
Mike immediately scowled. "Beth, what the hell?" he asked.
Emily shook her head slightly and said, "It's okay, Mike. Everyone has to find out sometime. It's not like I'm ashamed of it, or like I'm ever going back there."
"I'm sorry," Beth said quickly. "I didn't know it was a bad story, I'll choose a different one."
"It's okay, really. It helps to talk about it, actually."
Everyone was staring at her curious now, save for Mike, who was staring down into the fire.
Emily was quiet for a second. "Well, I moved out to California for school, for those that didn't know that. Mike and I had broken up because I was moving, and even though we both knew we didn't love each other, it wasn't fun being all alone in that
