According to Kieran, a person can find anything on Google, so with the help of this search engine he is sure they will find a way to stop this going-in-circles continuously. He cannot bear it anymore that Heather has never reached the age of seventeen. Her life always stops at sixteen. Her soul must be so tired by now, and the only way Jayden could possibly make his decision of not convincing her to love him worthwhile, is to make sure she ends up happy. History has proven again and again that she will not choose him, so what would the use be of trying?
He walks through the village and then he starts to cross the pedestrian bridge toward the modern mall on the other side of the river. He imagines he sees her, but he dismisses the idea. How many times before has his mind fooled him with a vision of her? He continues looking at the girl walking toward him, and then as she comes closer, she looks at him for a brief moment. Immediately he recognizes her. She looks different, but he recognizes her eyes-the windows into her soul.
His eyes light up and a grin tucks at the corners of his mouth. He stops and holds onto the railing of the bridge. As she walks past him, he turns and leans with his back against the barrier. He watches her walk away and a small smile curls his lips amused. She looks pretty with her black hair-do. He wonders if Kieran even recognized her with that pink jacket and midnight black hair. Her grey-blue eyes are still the same though, and her rosy cheeks are flushed from the cold wind.
He wants to follow her. He wants to start a conversation with her, the urge so strong it pushes him away from the railing. He takes a few steps and then he remembers that he is not supposed to do this. He is not supposed to get in the way of Heather's future, the possibility that this time she could eventually turn seventeen. He made a promise to Kieran.
He starts to feel as if he is losing against fighting to go after her, so he breathes in deeply, and no longer in the mood to buy anything, he walks back the way he came through the centre of the village and he goes home. He has always only endured his existence in the times when she has been somewhere else other than living.
When he gets home, he climbs up the stairs to his room. Irritated, he looks around the room. Typical of Kieran to choose the bigger room and now Jayden is stuck with the box room.