Trance opened her door slowly and quietly. She looked around to see that the house was empty, and then turned to Harper.

"Ill see you tomorrow…" She whispered, loud enough for him to hear.Harper nodded and waved before turning and walking away, his hands in his pockets. Trance sighed and closed the door, she flicked the lights on and crept quietly down the corridor and up the stairs. She was about to step into the room when she felt a hand on her shoulder, she turned around and her mouth fell open.

"Trance, where have you been!" Her mother screamed

"I- I..I- Ive been out…"

"Its almost 10:30 at night!"

"I k-know…B0but…i…" She stuttered

"No Buts young lady!"

"Bu-"

"I said NO buts!"

"I just…I w-wanted to..t-to, I met some new friends and…"

"That doesn't give you permission to stay out till 10:30!"

"I- I…MUM!" Trance screamed

"You had me so worried Trance…so worried. I almost rang the police, Ive had the school searching for you!"

"Why mum? WHY? You don't care if im not here! You don't pay attention to me! You don't even love me!" She shrieked, leaving her mother speechless.

"Don't…ever…say that. Again!" Her mum said after a few moments of staring at Trance.

"But its true…you don't listen to me any more! Ever since Dad died you havnt even looked at me properly! You cant look at me in the eyes…and say that you love me any more." Trance felt the tears stream down her cheeks. She turned form her mother and walked into her room, slamming the door behind her. She collapsed onto the bed and began to cry into her pillow.

The next day, Beka was the first person into the class room. She sat with her head down on the desk and sighed. She tapped her hands on the desk. The next person in was Harper, he came in with his usual cheerful face on.

"Hey Beka, what happened after…ya know?"

"I don't wanna talk about it Harper."

"Why not? Did ya-"

"I said I don't want to talk about it Harper."

"Okaayyy, take it was something bad then."

"Clever." Beka said sarcastically.

"Fine then. Don't tell."

"Don't worry, I wont. Anyway. What did you and Trance get up to after me and Rommie went?"

"Well we talked, and walked. She went home. I went home." Harper replied, thinking back. Leaving out the details that he had told her about what had happened between Rommie and Dylan AND Beka and Dylan. He wasn't a good secret keepers.

"Well that sounds fun." Beka said, once again being sarcastic.

"Sounds like we had more fun than you and Rommie did. And looks." Harper said, Beka looked at him in a confused fashion.

"You look like you've been dragged through a bush backwards."

"Oh well…." Beka said

"Hello Beka, isn't this…You have bags under your eyes!"

"Oh…well…"

"You look like a pig! You're a stupid doofus! Your dumb!" Harper shouted, trying to get her to hit him or for him to at least chase him.

"I cant be bothered to Chase you Harper. And im not in the mood to insult or hit you." Beka said simply.

"Whats wrong with you?" Harper asked in a desperate voice.

"I said im not in the mood! Now go away ya little dweeb!"

"A-ha! The real Beka's shining through."

Beka sighed and turned away from him, she was about to open her mouth when the door opened.and Rommie strolled in.