A couple nights later, Hannah and her parents were at the Jensen's house for dinner again. The group of five was in the den area just talking with the news channel on in the background. Everyone soon became quiet when Matt noticed that the news was talking about the arrest of the supposed sex offender. When the news reporters started talking about it, a mugshot was shown on the upper right side of the screen. As the reporters kept talking, the mugshot was all Hannah could focus on. There were two mugshots - a front view and a side view of Clay Jensen. Hannah couldn't help but notice how emotionless Clay looked in the photos. She also didn't miss the bright orange material of his shirt - no doubt one of those prison jumpsuit uniforms prisoners have to wear while doing time. While she kept staring at the mugshots of her boyfriend, she couldn't help but feel bad for him, because she knew he was innocent, but yet he was having to spend time behind bars. Though Hannah hoped that wouldn't be for very long as Alex had told her that his dad agreed to go check out the warehouse again, and Lainie had talked about recruiting a great lawyer she knew by the name of Dennis Vasquez to help her put together a trial to prove her son's innocence. 
                          
Alex was sitting at his desk in his room, just thinking about what has happened to his good friend - or even best friend - Clay Jensen. The boy couldn't help but think that what happened was his fault - like maybe it never would have happened if he and Jessica hadn't left Clay to go home alone that night. As Alex was lost in his thoughts, he heard the sound of his door being opened. "Hey, I thought we agreed that your door would stay open, Buddy." His dad said as he entered the room. "We agreed on it staying open 30 degrees." Alex said as he turned in his chair to face his dad. Officer Standall didn't reply. The man just sat down on the edge of his son's bed. "There's something I want to talk to you about, Alex." The officer said, glancing down at his lap. "What is it, Dad?" Alex asked curiously. "It's about that boy that got arrested. I know you two are friends and all, but I don't want you hanging out with him anymore." His dad spoke. "What? Why not?" Alex asked, a demanding tone in his voice. "I want you to be safe, Alex. I don't want anything bad happening to you because of him. I don't want you hanging out with a rapist." Officer standall replied. "He's not a rapist, Dad. He's my best friend!" Alex said angrily, defending his best friend. "You don't know that, Alex!" Alex's dad shot back, standing from the bed. "But I do know that!" Alex shouted as he stood up as well. "I don't want you hanging around that boy anymore. That's finale!" The man said demanded. "He's the kindest guy I've come to know. I'm not going to stop being friends with him because of what you say, and I'm certainly not going to abandon my best friend in his time of need. I don't care what you say!" Alex shouted as his dad stormed out of the room, closing the door behind him. Letting the words from the argument sink in, Alex couldn't stop the anger he felt towards his dad. As a way to let his anger out, Alex threw the first thing he could get ahold of to the ground, other objects and items soon following as Alex slightly trashed his room out of the anger he felt. As he angrily threw stuff to the ground, he felt tears well up in his eyes. Alex soon gave up and sunk down to the ground, leaning against his wall as he let the frustrated tears begin to fall. The boy didn't care about anything his dad had said. Alex knew that he was going to be there to support Clay through this tough time no matter what. 
                          
Tony and Caleb were walking down the street together, just talking and enjoying each other's company. A few days prior, Caleb had asked Tony on a date, to which Tony had agreed to. The two were just talking about a possible second date as they had left the Crestmont movie theater a while ago and had just been walking around together and talking. The two boys rounded a corner to the location Tony's mustang was parked. As soon as Tony turned the corner, he stopped in his tracks. What he saw before him was something that enraged him tremendously. His beloved red mustang had been bashed and beaten, with a piece of paper placed on the hood in front of the broken windshield. As Tony was frozen to his spot, Caleb slowly walked forward, reaching for the paper. "This is what you get for being friends with a rapist." Caleb read aloud, becoming shocked, himself. Not knowing what else to do, Caleb made his way over to Tony, dropping the note in the process. Seeing anger build up in the boy, Caleb was quick to turn him around and bring him into an embrace. "Hey, it's ok. It's going to be ok. We'll figure this out, Tony." Caleb soothed softly, feeling Tony lean more into his chest as his emotions took over and he began to let the tears fall. "We'll get it fixed, don't worry." Caleb said. "I don't care about the dang car!" Tony said angrilly, breaking away from Caleb and harshly kicking one of the slashed tires. "I care about my best friend more than a stupid car." Tony said, slightly calming down a bit. "And now this whole town views my best friend as a rapist, when that's not who he is at all." The angered boy rambled. Caleb stepped closer to Tony, placing a hand on his shoulder. "I know. We'll help him. I know I don't know Clay as well as you do, but I can tell he would never rape someone like people think or claim he did. He's a good friend to you, Tony. And any friend of yours is a friend of mine. Clay will need all the support he can get going forward, and we'll be there for him. Along with his other friends, too." Caleb said. Listening to Caleb's words, Tony calmed down again. "I just don't want him being put in jail for the rest of his life for something he didn't do." Tony said, his voice coming out broken. "I know you don't. I don't want that either." Caleb said, pulling Tony into a comforting embrace again. "We'll figure this out." Caleb said quietly. "They'll have a trial. And they'll most likely ask us to testify." Tony said, his words being slightly muffled against Caleb's shoulder. "And we'll answer any questions we can. Make sure the jury knows how kind-hearted and good of a person Clay really is." Caleb said. "I'll be there with you to support him through this whole thing. Until they find him innocent and let him come back home again." Caleb added. The two boys just stood there by the beat up mustang, just staying in each others arms and comforting one another.
                          
Tony knew that his best friend would need him now, as well as his other friends, and the boy knew with every fiber of his being that he would be there to support Clay through this rough time, no matter what. And he knew that Skye, Jessica, Alex, and Hannah would all be there for him to support him through this time as well.