Things went on as normal for the next few days after Aliyah's discussion with Neo about Ricky's death and her argument-turned-reconciliation with Raz. Aside from a couple of random calls from the mayor--which she ignored--Aliyah and Neo had their usual evenings together, and Aliyah actually spent one night with Raz. They had a girls' night where they ate a lot of food, watched some cute movies, and talked about boys. Aliyah didn't talk too much about Neo because she knew how Raz felt about him. It made her a little sad to not be able to talk about him freely and openly, but she didn't want to rush it. Hopefully, with time, Raz would come to accept Neo. Raz didn't, on the other hand, have any trouble at all gushing about Connor. They had kept talking after they'd met at the lake, and t

