Chapter 7

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Claire's P.O.V.

I sat on my bed. I had just gotten home from school. Everyone was busy. Anita was out with Ivan, Chelsea was at practice, Angela was taking cooking lessons from Chase, Molly is trying to be healthier by running, and that leaves Gray. I picked up my phone and called him.

"Hello."he answered

"Hey Gray!"I said happily

"Hey Claire." he said

"So what are you doing?"I asked

"Nothing much."he said

"Same here."I laughed

"I want to ask you something."He said

"Yes?"I asked

"Um..Do you want to go out sometime soon?"Did he really just ask me that? My heart was racing

"I would love to!"I said

"Great..."He said

"Yeah..."I said. There was an awkward silence.

"How does six sound?"he asked

"Great."I said

"See ya."

"See ya."I hung up the phone.

"YES!"I screamed jumping up and down.

"Claire why are you screaming?"My dad said running in

"Gray just asked me out!"I yelled

"Well...okay...good for you."He said leaving the room

Chelsea's P.O.V.

I sat at practice waiting for Vaughn. He had been late everyday this week. I got up and walked to the door. I looked out and saw him running down the hall towards the drama/music room.

"Your late again!"I said

"Just be quiet."he said

"Tell me why!"I demanded

"We have to practice."he said

"You are the reason we don't practice enough!"I said

"Do you want to keep Mrs. Johnson waiting?"He asked

"She is working with the choir today."I said

"Fine. I will tell you."He gabbed my hand and pulled me to the back of the stage where no one could hear us.

"What?"I asked

"This is very personal, you have to promise not to tell. Only Chase, Gill, Ivan,Gray and Denny know."He said

"I promise."I said

"Okay well you see, my dad is not the best guy in the world and he..he used to drunk a lot. He would come home and take his anger out on me and my older brother, Skye. One day we weren't there and he did terrible stuff to my mom. I-it left her paralyzed. Once he saw what he had done he killed him self. Not because he couldn't bare what he did, but because of what might happen to him."He said. I just sat there in shock. "When we got home. W-what we saw was t-terrible. I couldn't tell even if I wanted to. It was horrible. Ever since then Skye and I have done everything to keep her safe. Skye dropped out of school and got a job, and I have been working at my aunts. That is why I am always late."He said

"I-I-I'm sorry."I said. Got up and gave him a hug. After a few moments he put his arms around me.

"I used to be so afraid of you."He said

"Thanks."I said with a hint of sarcasm. I looked up at him. He was smiling at me. I had never seen him smile like this. His teeth were showing. I smiled and turned around and sat back down on the floor. Vaughn sat down closer to me than he would normally be. I looked up and noticed him looking at me. He turned red and pull his hat over his eyes.

"I don't think so."I said getting up and grabbing his hat. I put it on my own head. He got up and smirked. He walked over to me and gave me a peck on the lips. I stood there in shock. He took his hat and walked out into the classroom.

Angela's P.O.V.

"Angela! The pot is boiling over and the the fried chicken is burning!"Chase yelled at me. We were at his house and he was trying to teach me how to cook. Why I agreed to this I will never know. He barely ever talked to me in school, the only time we have ever even spoke to each other in school was at luch. But today he asked if I wanted cooking lessons and I said yes.

"Sorry."I said

"Sorry!"He said mocking me

"I-I-I..."I tried to talk

"Just shut up and try to do something wright."he said

"sorry."I said quietly as I tried to clean up the mess I had made.

"My parents will be home any minute!"he said

"I will help you clean up."I said. Just then the door opened. Chase ran off.

"Chase! Were home!"a woman said. She appeared in the door way. "Chase..Oh hello! I'm Anna, Chase's mom."she said coming over a shaking my hand.

"I'm Angela. Chase was just teaching me how to cook. It didn't go so well."I looked at her face. She looked nothing like Chase. She had smaller brown eyes and black hair, she was short and had a face that said she was happy. A man came walking in and, he to, did not look like Chase. He was also short and had dark brown hair. There was no way theses were his parents.

"John, this is Angela. Chase was giving her cooking lessons."Anna said to her husband

"So your the Angela Chase is always talking about."John said

"Where is Chase?"Anna asked

"I don't know. He ran off down the hall."I said. She went sown the hall to find him.

"Will you stay for dinner Angela?"John asked me

"I would love to, but my mom wants me to and my sister to go and see a movie with her tonight."I said .

"Oh, well some other time?"he asked

"Of course."I said. I left. There was on possible way that those were his real parents. I was going to find out if it was the last thing I did. But how will I find out? I guess I will just have to earn his trust and ask him.

Molly's P.O.V.

I ran down the street. I was heading back home when I saw Gill he was sitting on a bench crying. Gill and I started talking about 2 weeks ago and we have become pretty good friends in just that short time. But ever since Owen asked me out two days ago he hasn't even looked at me. I said no too. I walked over to him and sat down.

"Are you okay Gilly?"I asked

"Y-yes and d-don't call me that."He said

"You are obviously not okay. Tell me please."I said

"Shouldn't you be on your date with Owen right now?"He asked.

"I said no. Is that why you are upset?"I asked

"No it's not that."He said

"Then please tell me."I said

"It's the anniversary of my mom's death."He said

"Oh."I said

"You wouldn't understand."He said

"My dad died in the war three years ago."I said

"Oh."he said

"It's tore my family apart. My mom started acting weird and has ever since and Angela has not been the same and never will be and I tried to get everything back to normal, but they never did."I said.

"My mom was in a parking lot when she was shot and killed."He said.

"It feels good to talk about it with someone who understands."I said. He nodded. "I've got to go. I'll see you at school."I got up and left. I didn't want him to see me cry.

Anita's P.O.V.

I sat underneath the tree in the park. Ivan sat next to me. I was looking at the clouds.

"Ivan?"I asked

"Yeah?"he said

"When can I meet your parents?"I asked

"Oh, um I live with my aunt and uncle."He said

"Why?"I asked

"My parents are dead."He said

"I'm sorry."I said

"Don't be. How about we go and get some ice cream and then we can go to my aunt and uncle's?" he said

"Okay."I said getting up. I hope I didn't upset him. I wonder what happened to them?

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