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After that incident in the garden my day went by in a blur. A very stressful blur. I have so much homework and it's only the first day of school. This is crazy. After my last class of the day I went to my locker and filled my bag with the books I needed and finally it was time for hockey practice. As I sat on the bench lacing up my skates listening to the bozos on my team talk about the "epic party" that was going to be held tonight at someone named Drew Torres' house.

"You going, Saunders?" Luke Baker, one of the head idiots on the team, asked me.

"Um no I don't think so. First night here gotta spend it with my billet parents" Lie. "I also have a lot of homework so..." Truth.

Luke rolled his eyes and went back to talking to the rest of the team, which was fine with me. I popped in my headphones and headed out to the ice hoping I'd make a good impression on the coach and the team.

After my semi successful practice I went home. Well as close to home as I'm gonna get. My billet mom made chicken for dinner, which was quite dry but good enough to satisfy my hunger. We made minimal conversation during dinner and to be honest it kinda disappointed me. It made me miss my loud family dinners where everyone would take turns asking and answering random questions about their day. I quickly excused myself because even so much as thinking of my family makes me cry and I don't think I want my billet family to see me cry just yet. I went to my room and decided to do homework for a little until I got bored of checking Google for answers I didn't know (which was most of them). Deciding that a chocolate shake would be the only thing that could make me feel better I asked my billet parents if I could go to a local restaurant called The Dot. After reminding me that my curfew was 11 o'clock they reluctantly let me leave with the land rover. When I pulled up to The Dot I could tell I would love it here. The smallish café like place was just perfect for me. After I was inside I could tell my theory was correct. I was immediately in love. I sat in a booth on the far right side and looked out the window, waiting for a server to come and take my order. When one finally arrived I ordered a soda and some fries. While waiting for my food I decided to look around to see what else was around this quaint part of town. Few shops lined the façades of buildings. There weren't many people which was a plus. I preferred my space anyways. Unfortunately I was brought back down to earth when someone cleared their throat behind me.

"Here's your food, sir" The waitress who looked as if she was in her mid twenties said

"Thanks" I said which I assume she didn't hear because she was already on her way to the next table.

After I was done picking at my fries I looked at my phone which was filled with texts from the hockey team telling me I should be there. From the pictures they sent the party did look kind of fun, and I couldn't help but notice Maya in the background of one of those pictures so I decided to go. I texted them back and paid my bill before leaving my new favorite hangout. When Luke texted me the address I was off. No going back now.

When I got to the party I could tell I made the wrong decision. You could literally smell the booze from down the block but I was dumb and insisted on finding Maya. Walking into the party I immediately saw the team chugging beer from a giant trophy meant to symbolize our soon to be successful season. Deciding against going over to them I kept on my quest for the only person I came here for. On my search for her I spotted her boyfriend, Miles, grinding with some girl in the middle of the room to the beat of a Katy Perry song. Fed up with all of the bullshit I went outside and sat on the back steps. After about a minute or two I heard the door slam and the next thing I knew the girl of my dreams literally fell on top of me. My excitement ended when I realized she was crying, mascara dripping down her face. I guess she saw Miles….

"Maya?" I asked trying to scoop her into my arms

"I am so so sorry" She said fighting my efforts

When I finally pulled her into my arms she broke down crying. I felt so bad. My empathy soon turned to anger making me want to kill the guy who made her cry with such intensity.

"You saw Miles and that girl?" I questioned while rubbing her back

"Yeah.." She stifled out amongst her sobs.

I wasn't sure if rubbing her back was weird considering I didn't really know her but I really didn't care. It made me feel good and I imagine it's doing the same for her.

"He doesn't deserve you, ya know?" I said trying to lighten the mood and I'm guessing it worked because she stopped crying long enough to laugh.

She didn't say anything after that and neither did I. We sat there, with me rubbing her back, for about a half hour before she finally spoke up.

"Could you drive me home? If you can't I totally understand I'll just get a ride with-"

I cut her off by putting my finger to her mouth.

"Shhh Maya of course I'll take you home."

She croaked out a thanks as I helped her up. As we walked back to my car I was thanking my lucky stars that she might be single. After she gave me her address the ride back was silent. When we reached her house she finally turned towards me as if to say something.

"Look Cam I really appreciate this. I don't know what I would have done without you." I was about to respond when she shoved her phone in my face "I'd like your number…"

After I put it in she opened the door and got out. But before she closed the door she spoke again.

"Thanks again" and with a smile she left me sitting there in the car.

As I sat in my car wondering what to make of all this I felt my phone vibrate in my pocket. A text from Maya.

It read: I can still see you sitting outside of my house, weirdo :P