Eventually it was time for lunch, Ellie took her usual seat next to Ashley while Marco sat down across from her. They began discussing Gravedigger, a recently released horror film that they were planning to see. Ellie's mind wandered from the conversation, thinking of all her worries, with midterms, her mother and all the work Caitlin had been giving her she was having a hard time focusing on anything.

Ellie blinked, her mind once again returning to the present. She found herself staring at her arm, craving the feeling of something sharp cutting into it, the pain that would follow. She'd feel better, she knew she would, her worries would temporarily leave her, it seemed so easy, she had a razor, in her bag, she always carried it, just incase... Ellie began to reach over to her bag, but paused halfway towards it. Her mind kept telling her to cut, just once. But she couldn't, she had already gone a week without it, she couldn't quit, she had to be strong and make it through. Everyone was counting on her to stop, Ms. Sauve, Sean and even Paige, even though she couldn't care less about what Paige wanted.

She sighed, taking one last look at her bag before bringing back her hand and putting it under the table and beginning to snap at the elastic band on her wrist throughout the duration of lunch while she returned to the discussion of the movie with Ashley and Marco.

Sean spent lunch in the library. He had originally planned on joining Ellie and her friends for lunch, but right now he needed to clear his head. So much was going on in his life, he knew that if he went to lunch with Ellie she'd know something was wrong. He didn't want to have her worrying about his burdens, when they were better left buried inside of him. He sighed, leaning over the table and resting his head on his arms. He felt so tired, but he just couldn't grasp the thing he had been lacking lately; sleep. Insomnia seemed to have added itself to the list of problems currently causing Sean Cameron's life to be very similar to hell.

Sean glanced up at the clock, which read 11:27 am. He only had to get through three more hours and he'd be home and since it was a Friday, he'd have the whole weekend to sort out his problems. Maybe even invite Ellie over to watch a movie and order a pizza, like they'd done in the past. For the next few minutes Sean pondered other things to do over the weekend, mainly stress relievers, but he finally decided that his original idea sounded best. He took out a sheet of paper and a pen from his backpack and scribbled a quick note to her.

Ellie,

I was wondering if you wanted to come over this afternoon, watch a movie and order a pizza. If you want to, meet me out front after school.

Love,

Sean

The bell rang as he finished folding the note. He grabbed his bag and stuffed his pen in a pocket before heading off to class. He stopped by Ellie's locker on his way, feeding the note through one of the slits towards the top. As he pulled away to head back to class, someone called out to him.

"Hey Cameron, wait up." Sean turned around to face Jay, who walked over to him. Sean sighed as Jay continued, "Just wanted to let you know, there's gonna be a party at my house tonight. My parents are leaving town again, so I'll have the place to myself, there'll be plenty of booze. You should come..."

"Remember what happened to Amy at the last party? She.." Jay cut him off before he could finish.

"Man, that stuff happens at parties, it's no big deal. Besides, Amy's fine now."

"Yeah, now she is. Besides, I'm busy this weekend...." Sean muttered, coming up with an excuse so he wouldn't have to show up.

"Fine, it's your loss Cameron. Drop by if you want to." Jay pulled his sunglasses down in front of his eyes and turned around, heading back down the hall where Alex and Towerz were waiting for him.

Sean hoisted his slipping backpack further up on his shoulder and turned to head back to class. "Why's he suddenly talking to me, it's like he wants to be friends again or something" Sean thought. He and Jay had ceased being friends after Amy had been taken to the hospital on account of alcohol poisoning, they hadn't spoken to each other since, except a for a quick talk about how Amy was doing. He shrugged it off and turned to head off to class, when he got there Kwan got onto his case for being tardy.

"I have an appointment later today, so I'll see you after school on Monday Sean. Now take your seat." Kwan said as she handed him a detention slip, giving him her famous, 'I'm disapointed in you' stare. He sighed and went to sit down.

"Could this day get any worse?" He questioned himself as Kwan began a discussion on Greek plays in the early 1400's.

Another chapter done. A quick thanks to those who reviewed, I appreciate it. :)