Sometimes, people are not lonely because they enjoy solitude and hate people. It is simply because they have tried to fit into society before and been kicked out . At some point loneliness affects everyone, sometimes loneliness affects those we least expect. Sometimes loneliness can be solved with understanding. Unfortunately understanding is not available when there aren't any people.

Alfie and Chantelle both had to leave the other. Alfie was heartbroken because this could destroy his relationship with Rosie while Chantelle was barely holding on because of the pain of letting go of the one man she felt truly understood her. They both headed to their respective homes and just sat on the first thing they could find. The floor. Tears were shed but not because of what they had lost but instead because of what could be gained. Chantelle was not only going to get an absolute bollocking from her mother and whoever her new father was but she could also be put on educational blacklists across the country. Alfie was going to gain a reputation that could put him out of teaching and destroy his chances with Rosie. Neither of them felt like just sitting down and taking the punishment that their cruel lives had inflicted on them. They felt like taking their break from normality to experience something unique, something special, something to take their mind off of what they had lost and the future that lay ahead. They wanted to forget.

Alfie.

Alfie was completely torn up by his suspension. It didn't just affect his relationship with Rosie but it could also lead to him losing his only source of income and put him out of the teaching industry forever. Being a teacher was the only thing that Alfie could do, the only thing he had trained for, the only thing he was mentally and physically prepared for. Sure working at B&Q was fun as a part time job but it couldn't lead to a sustainable future for him and his future family. So to help himself forget about his exceptionally dire situation Alfie decided to do something he very rarely did. Alfie decided to go out. Not to a bar or sport club like most adults would in this situation. Alfie wanted to, for one night only, absolutely destroy his body so he thought that the best and easiest way to do that would be to go clubbing. Alfie got into his tightest clothes, because you never know if this will be your night to get lucky, laced up his nicest trainers, whipped on the only hoodie he could find in the pile in the corner of the flat he shared with his dad and headed out towards the Oceana, the best local bar, for the night. He left a note on his pillow though just to tell his dad what was happening because despite all the issues that they had between them Alfie couldn't bare the thought of his dad worrying. After all, Alfie was still a little kid at heart.

Chantelle.

When Chantelle entered her home and slammed the door in frustration, she just fell to the floor and started to weep uncontrollably. There was no anger and no joy left in her body. She had spent the first half of her long walk home feeling anger that she had been suspended since students were always being encouraged to be themselves and not be afraid of society's boundaries yet she was being judged and punished for trying to express her feelings and emotions which resulted in her destroying as many flowers as possible on the way. Then she realised that she no longer had to go to school for the short term future and this filled her with ideas of how to waste away the days and how many men she was going to hook up with. She was even making a mental short-list of potential candidates.

Then she arrived home and realised the one thing she had kept buried the whole time. She was going to be lonely for the entire duration of the month. She realised that her short-list of men wouldn't even last her a week and that the rest of the suspension would just be her sitting at home wishing she was at school just to get some human comfort because she knew that was one of the many things her immediate family couldn't do for her. She realised that the suspension would lead to her losing the only understanding man in her life, besides Stephen, and it finally hit her that she had gone too far. This caused the waves of guilt to fly over her and this only made her cry harder. She did get some respite though from her mother not being home though as she knew that this type of emotional show would cause her mother to turn 100 shades of angry and that wasn't something she felt she could really deal with and she didn't want to have to deal with the problems of her suspension with her mother today either so she did the one thing she really knew how to do. She decided to go strapped on a small shirt that showed off her midriff and trousers that stuck to her like glue, grabbed her fake I.D that was practically worn out from the immense amount of use it had gone through, put on so much make-up that she was barely recognisable and headed towards the Oceana, knowing she would probably be back before her mum anyway.

At school.

Despite the immense amount of action that had occurred that day, it was still an early school day so Fraser decided to temporarily take over Form K and try to explain the situation so that the students would actually understand the delicacy of the situation. He also had to try and explain that there could be no contact from them towards Alfie and Chantelle which would be hard due to their close relationships with Joe and Stephen respectively. Naturally Mitchell was the first to comment " So what if they're going at each other like a couple of wild rabbits, Dickers ( Mitchell's charming nickname for Mr WIckers ) only has to learn that he is bound to get a virus and how he is going to sort that out, apart from that who really cares". This led to Stephen trying to send an insult back by saying " Well at least they're not going to be spending their time stuffed into a caravan 'cause their parents can't afford anything better". " Guys lets just leave the situation for now since bickering is not going to actually get us anywhere, anyway I'll just call up Alfie later and I bet that there is nothing happening between them and this is all just a big understanding" Joe said, just loud enough for the class to hear since he seemed to share Mr Wickers' social fear, as he tried to calm the situation. " Actually any communication between you and the suspended parties will result in an immediate suspension for you as well so I would not recommend that" Fraser said very quickly trying to get the issue out of the way but the statement only caused the rest of the class to explode into arguments about who was in the wrong as it was clear that the two people in question would not be providing answers any time soon.

Inside the Oceana.

As soon as Alfie arrived at the Oceana he knew that he hated it. He hated the music, he hated the pungent smell, he hated the people and most of all he hated the prices. However Alfie came to drink and he was going to do that one way or another. So he bought a beer and seated himself on a stall near the bar hoping to find a lady that was sober enough to have an actual conversation but the rotten smell of vomit suggested that that wouldn't be happening tonight or indeed any night.

Chantelle had also just arrived at a club which, coincidentally, was also where Mr Wickers was trying to drink away his misery. She walked up to the bar and ordered the first of ,what was probably, many shots for the night not paying any real attention to the strange bearded gentleman she saw staring at her from across the bar as that was not an unusual look around her. After all she was a very attractive women and she certainly knew how to show off and her tight shirt and jeans wasn't hiding anything so she just embraced the small bit of attention she was receiving while getting a strong feeling of recognition about the man but she was already being grouped around by multiple strangers so she quickly pushed him out of her mind.

Alfie Wickers was completely stunned into silence when he saw the strange woman enter the club. He felt that he knew her but she was clearly too attractive for him as within a few moments of her arrival she was already being bombarded with people more desperate than him. He was sat there in a hawaiian shirt, tight vest and casual jeans. He certainly wasn't dressed for the occasion but he didn't really care as he was there to get drunk and forget about the cruel mistress that was his life.

Two hours later Alfie had only just finished his drink since he had spent the entire time thinking about the strange woman that he felt so closely connected to. On the other hand Chantelle had barely thought about the strange man from earlier in the evening and had instead focused on drinking everyone around her under the table. Alfie headed out in order to get a cab home as he was bored of thinking about others and he was also a little disappointed that his plan to get drunk had failed but he was glad because, in hindsight, it was an awful plan. Chantelle also decided to head home and they both hailed a cab at the same time. Like the gentleman he was Alfie decided to let the clearly very drunk woman he had spent the night thinking about get the first cab. After taking more than a fleeting glance at her though his feeling of recognition returned but he wasn't popular anyway so he probably just recognised someone he had seen the previous day on the street. Chantelle entered the cab that the strange man had let her take and as soon as she got in and looked back she immediately knew who it was. She let out a quiet "Alfie" before passing out on the back-seat.