A few years passed, Amaria was about 8 years old. Kelly decided to put working in the office on hold to spend time with her daughter. Kelly lost interest in working at the office-she now works as a jeweler at a local jewelry store the hours work out better for a woman with a baby. She still visited her office friends. Some of them helped to babysit Amaria. That way if she ever had a business meeting, she knew she was safe with people who were like family. Amaria grew into a smart ,creative and adorable kid. Kelly secretly wished Ryan was here with her to see Amaria.

Kelly thought to herself, "Who cares about him right now?..He is a bum!

June meant summertime. It ,also, meant today was Amaria's last day at her school. Both Kelly and Amaria were in front at the opened school gates, Kelly was wishing Amaria to have a good last day that made Amaria smile,

"Love you.", said Amaria sweetly

Kelly thought about what Amaria said. The two words,"Love you." The word, love, broke Kelly's heart inside. She still thought about the love that she and Ryan shared, or ,she THOUGHT they shared. Now, she saw the reality now in relationships, and, promised herself to never love another man again.

That did not mean she she was unable love her daughter. She loved her daughter. Her daughter is more important then some man.

"I love you so much.", answered Kelly.

The mother and the daughter both embraced in a hug before Amaria goes running off. Kelly watched her, "Please, be nice to her..",pleaded Kelly.

Later In The Afternoon~

It was recess at Amaria's school. This which meant reading time for Amaria. Amaria loved reading. Reading was one of her favorite hobbies during recess. She is not interested in sports. She finds sports too active and wild. Reading is more of her thing. It is more quiet than playing with some ball to shoot it into the hoop. Amaria sat on a bench reading a book called, "Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone".Amaria loves the Harry Potter book series J.K Rowling, the author, her f-a-v-o-r-I-t-e book authors,inspired her. She hopes to be like J.K. Rowling one day. When she's old enough, maybe, write a fantasy novel like ,Harry Potter!

Out of nowhere, while reading, she got hit in the head by a ball.

"Ow!",she shouted.

The glasses she was wearing fell off. She struggled to put her glasses back on. Finally, she turned around to see two boys that were taller than her standing there.

"Hey, Book Worm, can we have our ball?", said one of the boys.

That made Amaria roll her eyes, of course. Everyone thought her nickname was perfect for one that loves reading as much as her.

"Ha ,ha real funny guys.",said Amaria.

She was feeling annoyed about much she hates the nickname.

"Ha,ha ,real funny indeed! Now give us back our ball, Book Worm.," demanded one of the boys.

Amaria picked up the ball and handed it to them. Then, she went to pick up her book to go back to reading.

"Wait...",shouted one of the boys, as Amaria stops at her tracks, "Do you wanna play ball with us?"

Nobody had ever asked Amaria that question. She had no friends and considered herself as a loner.

Her mother always trys to encouraged her to make some friends but she ignored that advice because being alone is the way she liked it. Amaria hated sports. Why would they ever asked her to play ball with them in the first place?..

"No thanks.",said Amaria.

"Why, is it because you got your nose into that book,like always!?", shouted one of the boys.

That made Amaria go silent. She turned to go.

"I'm Jackson.", one of them introduced himself.

"I'm Sebastian.", the other said.

"Alright,Jackson and Sebastian , well, I don't think you know me well enough or what a"bookworm" is, when you see one! You two go on and play with your sports or whatever and leave me alone.", said Amaria.

One the boys, Jackson, grabbed Amaria by the arm, and ,threw her on the ground. He was hoping to see if her glasses could break. Amaria got a bruise on her cheek from the attack.

"Ow.", she whimpered.

"That is what you get for being a bookworm, you book worm!",shouted Jackson as he bursts into laughter.

He and Sebastian both walked away, Amaria sat there and cried until a school staff member came by to see what's wrong.