I backed up into the wall. I slid down it. I sat on the floor with my knees to my face. I hugged myself tightly trying to make sense of it all. Then I realised they would be coming out of the room soon. At that thought I picked up my bag and began to walk away slowly. What worried me more was the fact that I had no idea when all of this was going to happen. I knew that I needed to tell Katria but I also knew I couldn't tell her. I didn't want to worry her. Also, in my premonition me and her escaped with cuts and bruises. If I told her she could panic and end up broken or worse… I didn't know what to do anymore. I sat on the wall where Gaara had left me. 'How could he do this?' I thought to myself. 'What's worse is he promised me he'd never do anything like that again after the argument we had before' I thought. I heard the bell ring. I couldn't be bothered to move. I was too deep in thought. I saw crowds of people walking past me but yet I couldn't move. It was as if I were glued to the wall I was sat on. "Shico!" I heard a voice call. 'Please, please, please be anyone but…' My thought stopped there and speech came instead. "Katria" I sighed in relief. I jumped up and hugged her holding back the tears. "Whoa. What's wrong Shico?" I heard her ask. I couldn't reply I was too busy focusing on not letting the tears leak. She gave me a tight hug. "Come on, let's get to class you can tell me there" She comforted whilst pulling away from our hug and beginning to walk.
When we arrived in class we sat down. I watched the window intently. I could see Katria staring at me through the corner of my eye. "Are you okay?" I heard her ask. "Fine." I replied quickly without redirecting my vision. I sat the same for the whole lesson. At the end of the lesson I realised I had not been sat in the same place I was sat in my premonition. All I had to do was not sit there and then it would not come true. That was it. I had solved the problem. I walked out smiling. "Hey beautiful" My smile quickly faded. "What are you doing here?" I asked sourly to the red headed boy in front of me. "I'm always here after your lesson?" He replied confused. "Well don't bother anymore…" I mumbled. "What?" He asked confused even more. "I said don't bother" I stated clearly. Gaara's expression turned to worry. "Why not? What have I done?" He asked. My anger came over me and I saw my flat hand heading for his cheek. By the time I saw it, it was too late. I heard myself slap him hard across the face. I was shocked at myself. "You know perfectly well what you're going to do!" I shouted and I ran.
I sat on the wall outside. I couldn't believe what I had just done although, I was proud of myself as he deserved it. I was angry at myself for trusting him in the first place and sharing secrets…I had a flashback. "Have you ever been in love before?" He asked. I faced forward. "Well put it this way…I've never felt this way about anyone before…" I sighed. "That's not what I asked…" Gaara informed. I turned to face him again, He was staring at me intently. "Once. Only once before." I sighed. "Oh…What happened?" He asked. "We broke up." I sighed. "Well I knew that but I mean why if you were in love?" He asked. "Things change." I informed coldly.
I hugged myself thinking of the past. "So who was it?" I heard a voice say it made me jump. I turned. It was Gaara. "What are you doing here?" I asked. "Well believe it or not I was worried about you…" He informed. "Great. Well I'm fine, just leave me alone" I told him. He sat next to me. I sighed wishing he would just leave me to my thoughts. "Who was it?" He asked again. "Who was what?" I asked. "Who was your first love?" He asked. My eyes widened. "What?" I looked at him shocked. "Stay out of my head!" I shouted. "Huh?" He looked confused. "Ohh, haha no you were talking to yourself…" He said awkwardly. "Oh…So you weren't reading my mind?" I asked. "No. I can't do that" He laughed. I awkwardly giggled with him. "It doesn't matter…He's long gone." I sighed. "What do you mean…long gone?" He asked. "It's a long story. Maybe some other time…k?" I asked standing up. He stood up also and gently held my arm. "Wait…" He whispered. "Don't go…Please…" He continued holding my arm. "Are you going to tell me what I did?" He asked. I sighed. I turned to face him. "I'm sorry about your cheek…I didn't think I had that in me…" I apologized. "I didn't think you had it in you either…" He awkwardly laughed rubbing his cheek. "You deserve it though" I frowned. "Why do i?" He asked.
"Look Gaara…I know the truth." I sighed. "What truth?" He looked confused. "I know that you and your siblings are going to try to blow up the town." I sighed. "Haha What?" He laughed. "I heard you talking in the class room earlier about it. Your siblings threatened you to keep my mouth shut…If I ever found out that is…When exactly were you going to tell me?" I asked. "Truthfully?" He asked. I nodded. "I wasn't…" He admitted. "Why not?" I asked. "Wait, wait you've got it all wrong!" He informed. "Look, what you 'found out' wasn't us blowing up the town it was us being ninjas and trying to protect the village. We were reading a letter sent from the other village. That's what you heard…" He informed. "Ohh…Wait? You're a ninja?" I clicked. He chuckled. "Yeahh…But I'm sure that's believable with all the stuff I've told you about my past, sand and killing people" He chuckled. "Yeahh it is" I smiled. "So I'm forgiven? No more slaps across the face?" He asked rubbing his cheek again. "You are and no I'm sorry" I kissed his cheek. "Well atleast I know you can take care of yourself" He chuckled. I just smiled cutely at him as he held my hand.