Jeremy lays under the Christmas tree at the house, surrounded by the gifts he bought for Raine weeks ago. At the time he bought them, things weren't going all that great between them, but Jeremy had hope that things would get better. He always had hoped that things would get better. But then they didn't get better. They just kept on getting worse and he couldn't take it anymore. He couldn't stand to keep on hurting and worse than that, to keep on hurting Raine.

His eyes fill with tears. The lights turn into a fuzzy blur above him. They remind him of what he thinks the universe must look like from above. And that reminds him of a time when he and Raine got along and had all these great conversations all the time. What happened to that? Jeremy is sure that he knows. It's all his fault for pushing too hard. In this moment, Jeremy hates himself for wanting too much. For wanting things that Raine couldn't give. Jeremy feels like he's destroyed Raine and that makes him hate himself even more.

The hate builds inside him until he cries out with it and swipes at one of the ornaments, sending it flying across the room. He cries hard and wishes that things were different. He wishes that he were different. But he knows that wishing is pointless now. It's over. It's really over and he has to learn to accept that he was the one to pull the plug. He's the one that ended it. He's the one that ended the relationship with the love of his life. His heart feels crushed by the weight of it all.

He gets up and goes into the bedroom to grab some more of his things. When he's done packing, he comes back out by the tree. His hands shake as he reaches up to take off the talisman. He hangs it up on one of the branches of the tree. It's no good around his neck. He's tainted everything it stood for. He stares at it for a moment, then turns to walk out the door, back to his parents' house.