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***Lewis POV***

It's been two weeks since I started dating Quincy; Two weeks since I dumped Cleo. Things had changed a lot. I haven't talked to Emma or Rikki, and I've been wondering if they're ok. I seemed to be the glue that held their secret together. Ok, so I was the one that led Charlotte to them and almost got us killed... but that was the worst of it!

"Lew, Ready?" She asked, knocking at the door. I checked my tux one last time, tousled my hair, and opened the door. Quincy was dressed in a pink and brown dress, her long hair looked like the ocean was on her shoulders.

"You look..." I said, gesturing to her.

"No less for my first dance in America!" she said, excitement filling her eyes.

"Shall we?" I asked, extending my elbow

"We shall." she took my elbow and we walked out the door.

***

"I'll grab some punch." I said as the song ended. Quincy kissed my cheek and went to talk to a friend. I was surprised at who I saw by the punch bowl.

"Zane hey!" I said, giving him a man hug.

"Haven't heard from you in awhile." He said, reaching for another cup of punch.

"Are you here with Rikki?" I stupidly asked. Zane looked curiously at me and nodded.

"Yeah...she is my girlfriend." He gestured to the left and I walked over to her.

"Rikki! Hey!" I said, smiling happily. She took one look at me and turned a fiery red.

"You..." She growled.

"Me!" I smiled.

"how are you just going to come up to me after what you did to Cleo!" She shouted, people started staring and I gave apologetic glances.

"Rikki, listen...things have changed." I said slowly. This only made her angrier.

"You're right, things HAVE changed Lewis! Emma and I haven't spoken to Cleo in weeks. She hasn't swam with us or by herself as far as we can see. She's isolated herself from us Lewis! You've ruined our friendship and possibly Cleo's life!" I was taken aback by her anger. Rikki was known for her fiery personality, but she's never gotten this bad.

"I didn't want." I said quietly.

"It doesn't matter what you want! It's what you did! Cleo's been absent from reality for weeks. She's Depressed Lewis, and it's all your fault." with that she stormed off to Zane. I was frozen with shock. I knew that Cleo could get emotional. She ran away once because the pressure got to her; but depressed? I didn't think it was possible. Cleo was always so happy and fun to be around. No, this wasn't true, Cleo was fine and Rikki was overreacting. A slow song started and I quickly found Quincy. She smiled and put her arms around my neck. The entire time I couldn't help thinking about Cleo. I would call her tonight, and settle this once and for all.

**Cleo POV**

The dance was tonight. I should be there, dancing and having a good time. Instead I'm laying in bed while listening to my new music. I had been crying for the past few days but recently, I haven't been able to cry anymore. My tears had gone and now I don't feel anything. I closed my eyes and tried to loose myself in my music.

***

I was awoken hours later by my phone ringing. Normally I wouldn't pick it up, but nobody had called for a week, and I was curious. The screen read 'Lewis' as much as I wanted to throw my phone across the room I picked it up.

"Hello?" I said quietly.

"Hey, Cleo. I know things have been weird between us, but I thought I would come check up on you. How have you been?" Horrible.

"I've been pretty good, I'm working really hard on a school project and I bet I'll get the best grade in the class. I've been working on it all week." I haven't started it yet.

"Oh, well that sounds great!" I heard someone calling his name in the background. "Sorry, Quincy's calling, I'll talk to you later."

"Bye!" I said happily. As soon as I hung up I flopped back down on my pillow, to exhausted to move. I didn't know why I was so tired, but I did know I wanted to sleep.

**Lewis**

"And Rikki thought she was depressed. She sounded fine on the phone, I have nothing worry about." I laughed. Quincy looked at me with an angry glance.

"Can you stop talking about 'Cleo'." She said her name as if she was a bug.

"It's just, I've been worrying about her lately-"

"You've been thinking about Cleo..."Quincy said, looking away.

"Not like that, just as a friend." I consoled. Putting my hand on her shoulder.

"It's just." She said, turning to face me. "I feel like I'm not good enough, that the only person you'll ever love is Cleo." she said, tears forming in her eyes. My heart dropped and I wiped away a tear.

"Quincy, I love you." I said, looking straight into her eyes. She jumped into my chest.

"me also." she said, my arms curling around her body. She lifted her head up and I kissed her softly. I couldn't help but remember my first kiss with Cleo. This was just as magical, but this time, with Quincy.

**Cleo POV**

I woke up way later. I wasn't sure how much time had passed, but I had homework. I dragged myself over to my backpack and pulled out a geometry book. My head spun at the surface area problems and I couldn't even look at the algebra problems. I put it away and thought about my conversation with Lewis. Why did I lie to him, why didn't I just scream out that I needed help. I've been like this for too long. I finally looked at the clock, it read 11 at night. I pushed the books off my bed and crawled under the covers. Maybe tomorrow would be better; It was Saturday. I closed my eyes and let my mind wander...but I fell asleep thinking of Lewis.

**Lewis POV**

"Night." I said, kissing Quincy for the last time before bed.

"Night." she turned around and closed the door. I put on my Jim jams and turned my alarm clock on. Closing my eyes I remembered the kiss. Not with Quincy, with Cleo. I remembered the way she would come to me when anything was wrong. Now she's doing just fine without me, and I think thats what hurt the most. I loved being the one the trio could turn to, the reliable one. Now I'm just the jerk that hurt Cleo. I remembered all those times Cleo and I spent together, we didn't have to be all romantic or anything; just friendly. I took a deep breath in, and let It slowly out. I couldn't imagine living without the girls; but I could. I was living that life right now. Every second I was here Cleo, Rikki, and Emma were all hurt. I should try to talk to Emma, she was the only sensible one, she'd be able to fix this all up, and with that thought I fell asleep.

Dum dum duum! what will Emma have to say to him, after the last time they talked i would think Lewis wouldn't ever want to talk to her! So yeah, R&R or i'm not going to continue, i have other stories, go check them out!

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