After losing Gale to cancer (Jan/3/2007), the Faulkner’s try to cope with their pain in different ways. Their mom, Diane, is heartbroken and breaks down, unable to continue working at the same school her son walked around in. She goes into a severe depression, is careless with the rest of the family, and practically disowns them. Their dad, Mark, tries to help her, but she neglects it and him. He takes time off work to take care of the kids, especially Julianne, who’s only 11. After an overdose, Diane moves out to live with her mother, Maggie, in Plano to get physiological help on her own. Mason and Julianne finish the school year in Dallas before their dad decides to move them to Plano in order to be closer to their mom.
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When she says she does, he replies saying there’s something they have to do, tell her parents. Aria’s parents, particularly Aria’s dad, don’t let Aria see Ian and he even threatens Ian, saying that he’ll go to the police. The pair is forced to take a break from their relationship (January). Aria leaves Ian a voicemail saying that if he still wants to be with her, she will be waiting for him at a certain time. He eventually listens to it and decides to meet Aria, signaling that he wants their relationship to continue. They kiss in the rain. Aria says she has a plan on how they can continue to see each other, which is to see each other when she goes on her “dates” with Hayden, her pretend boyfriend (late January). Mason plays a song to someone, his mom, for the first time. He sings ‘Yellow’ by Coldplay on his dad’s old acoustic guitar. Later Mason breaks up with Serena (May) after believing she cheated on him with someone else. He later learns the truth and how she did not cheat but he is tired of her keeping secrets from him and Mason ends the relationship completely. Drew and Taylor break up after he decides to go out of state to California for college (August). Although they try to maintain in contact, the two drift apart quickly-- not seeing each other for the next 5 years. Over the summer, while his parents are away, Freddie and Emily finally sleep together-- the first time ever for the both of them. Mason occupied himself by having continuous dates throughout the summer, with Serena still on his
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When she says she does, he replies saying there’s something they have to do, tell her parents. Aria’s parents, particularly Aria’s dad, don’t let Aria see Ian and he even threatens Ian, saying that he’ll go to the police. The pair is forced to take a break from their relationship (January). Aria leaves Ian a voicemail saying that if he still wants to be with her, she will be waiting for him at a certain time. He eventually listens to it and decides to meet Aria, signaling that he wants their relationship to continue. They kiss in the rain. Aria says she has a plan on how they can continue to see each other, which is to see each other when she goes on her “dates” with Hayden, her pretend boyfriend (late January). Mason plays a song to someone, his mom, for the first time. He sings ‘Yellow’ by Coldplay on his dad’s old acoustic guitar. Later Mason breaks up with Serena (May) after believing she cheated on him with someone else. He later learns the truth and how she did not cheat but he is tired of her keeping secrets from him and Mason ends the relationship completely. Drew and Taylor break up after he decides to go out of state to California for college (August). Although they try to maintain in contact, the two drift apart quickly-- not seeing each other for the next 5 years. Over the summer, while his parents are away, Freddie and Emily finally sleep together-- the first time ever for the both of them. Mason occupied himself by having continuous dates throughout the summer, with Serena still on his