When Eliza awoke, the back of her neck felt wet with sweat. She tried to move her arm but couldn't because someone with incredibly strong arms was holding her tight. She sighed and smiled slightly as she remembered the night before, although as she was only half awake she could not remember why he had led down with her. He had one arm over her neck and holding her shoulder, the other was on top of her hand. How had she been able to sleep in this position? She shook off the feeling of claustrophobia as the cloud over night before started to part.

She remembered Knox's face in the moonlight, the boy's in the snow… Neil. Fresh tears started to sting her eyes. She felt sick. Eliza started to sob loudly and heard Charlie whisper, "Shh it's all going to be OK." He couldn't keep the despair out of his voice however much he tried. Eliza unwrapped Charlie's arms and turned over she looked into Charlie's dark eyes briefly before pressing her head into his chest.

He held onto her tightly for a while. He smelt her hair, it wasn't as irresistible as the night before but it was still good. He could feel a lump in his throat but would not allow her to see him cry. "I have to go see Todd." She whispered, "He's needs us." She pressed her lips against Charlie's and clambered over him, he stayed staring at the wall in case a tear fell down his cheek. She stuck on her jumper and wig and kissed his forehead, "You can stay here if you like, it's up to you." She smiled sadly and walked out of the room leaving Charlie to weep on his own.

Eliza appeared out of her room and looked at the clock in the corridor. It was 11 o'clock, she realised that she had missed two lessons already. She opened the door to Todd's room. He was led, fast-asleep, fully dressed on top of Neil's quilt, wet, from the snow, and shivering. She walked to Todd's bed and sat down on the edge. Todd's eye's burst open and stared at her for a minute before he stood up. She was quite shocked when he did. He wobbled a bit and Eliza dived towards Neil's bed and pulled back the covers.

Todd sat back down. "Neil." He half whispered, half chocked. Eliza nodded and he led back down on the bed. She pulled the quilt over him. He let out a sob and clinged to the blanket and pillow. He sniffed the pillow. He was trying to take in as much of Neil as he could. He fell asleep ignoring Eliza. She had curled up into a ball and was crying on her hand. It was the most horrific thing she had ever seen. Todd's look of realisation then bereavement had shocked her and made her feel worse than she had done. She never wanted to see that expression again or feel what he was feeling.

She watched his face relax as he fell asleep. It calmed her. She lent against the wall and stared at him. Todd was an attractive boy she could see why Neil loved him… Neil. She had a strange feeling that Neil was going to walk through the door and ask everyone why they looked so sad. It was hard for her to think of the vibrant young man as dead.

She heard a very soft knock at the door and Charlie poked his head around the door. Her tear stained cheeks and blood-shot eyes compelled him to her. He sat next to her and held her hand. "He'll be OK. He'll get over him." Eliza turned to look at Charlie. She raised an eyebrow, "So how fast would you move on if I died?" He opened his mouth and closed it again. "I didn't mean straight away. I meant in like a year or two."

Eliza watched the sleeping Todd and wondered if it would take him even longer to get over Neil. He would never forget him, she knew that much. "Come on. Let's leave him in peace." Charlie almost dragged Eliza out of the room.

He didn't let go of her hand as they walked down the silent corridor. Knox and Meeks suddenly appeared out of their rooms. Their cheeks were stained too. Eliza took one look at Knox and almost ran to embrace him, he smelt of unclean boys but she didn't care. They both started lamenting. Meeks came up behind her, he decided to put aside their differences. She turned to look at him and threw her arms around his neck whispering "I'm so sorry Meeks." He replied, "Me too." Into her shoulder. Pitts and Cameron then appeared out of nowhere and for the first time she hugged both of them too. Pitts had left all sense of embarrassment behind him.

"I think we should all go and see Todd. Together." Eliza announced and all the boys nodded in agreement. She walked back in the direction she came and opened the door to find a sobbing Todd. They all crowed around him and tried to comfort him. The biggest comfort for him though was that he had so many friends who cared about him.

They sat together talking about all Neil's funny moments and how amazing he was. It did not stop the crying but made them all feel better. Some of the stories even made them laugh. Everyone was sat around the room, mostly on Todd's bed. Todd was the only one allowed on Neil's.

They eventually left Todd in peace. He sniffed the pillow again, imagining Neil telling him that he loved Todd. "I love you too, Neil." He quietly whispered and fell into a light slumber.

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I know a lot didn't happen in this but they never showed how the boys were the next day.