Two things: First, Arobynn Hamel did not keep his promises. And second, he was madly in love with Ianthe - it seemed to be the only sort of commitment he made.

He stared at all of the midterm tests he needed to grade. He also hated teaching. Arobynn was tempted to just look at the names and give the grades varying on how many of his nerves that student got on. But he'd already received enough complaints from the office, plus the job at the school paid handsomely. And as far as he knew, his money was the only thing that kept Ianthe following him around. And that was alright for him. To have anyone on his tail, that was something new, strange, and lovely.

He yawned, he was in desperate need of sleep. It was one a.m. and he wasn't through a sixth of the tests. And since coffee didn't do much to his system, he was left to be a grumpy ball of negativity. He looked down at the most recent victim of his grading. It was smothered in red. As if he'd killed someone and the blood splattered all over the packet. He smirked. He picked up a pack of cigarettes and lit one. No one was around to see him, so screw that he was doing it inside the building. In a short span of time and 10 tests later, he reached in to find another cigarette, only to find that his new packet was now empty. Rolling his eyes, he pulled another packet out. And soon, the cycle continued. Grading, yawning, smoking. And before he knew it was five a.m.. Yikes. He needed to stop. His vision was already quite blurry, and though he didn't know it, the little reasoning he originally had was gone with the smoke and the toxicity of the chemicals that came with it.

Just as he began to rise from his seat, his cell phone buzzed.

"Eh?" He slurred.

It was a message… from that.

It read: I need that now.

He looked around, as if someone was watching him. And then replied: Just wait till the year ends."

It buzzed again: Your time is ticking.

Arobynn rolled his eyes and left the room.

Aelin had the best time, now that she knew her hours were complete. She set down the volunteering log in triumph. She looked at Rowan. She squealed and threw her arms around him.

He gave her a laughing smile, "What should we do to celebrate?"

She paused, "Let's go to a fast food place. Let's gorge on everything."

Rowan followed without hesitation.

When they got there, Aelin walked up to the cashier, "I want everything on the menu."

The cashier paused, "I'm sorry, what?"

"You heard me. Everything." She turned back to look at Rowan, "Actually, make it double everything."

The cashier scratched her head, "I'll try."

Aelin was making a face at Rowan, when she heard 'I'll try', her head snapped back., "You will not try, you will make it happen. Got it?"

The cashier nodded. Fearing the glint in her eyes.

They sat by the window and talked about everything. Aelin's favorite thing about Rowan was that she could just sit down and talk with him. For hours. It was something that she kind of experienced with Aedion growing up. But when she met Rowan… their spark was entirely different.

Aelin laughed a little as she looked at the window. Another truck had to come in and give supplies. They didn't have enough. Rowan gave her a scolding look, but Aelin could see the mischievousness in his eyes.

And so they ate, and they fooled around. It was all fun and games. Which was good.

Especially considering it wasn't going to last much longer. Things weren't going to stay the same.

Well: I'll just come out and say it. I've lost inspiration for this story, which sucks because that's what propelled me to really become a writer in the first place. It's kind of like learning to ride a bike with two wheels and then being forced to ride one with training wheels. I appreciate and am grateful for the training wheels, but it's now uncomfortable and I'd rather just not.

I'm still going to continue just to finish, because it is unfair to my past self and the story. I've grown as a writer a lot since I first began writing this (over a year ago). When I read the first chapter, I cringe really hard.

It's important to note that when I write this, I'm not putting my full effort. This will become a sort of breather for me. Still, I appreciate any review, even when the things I'm currently being challenged aren't working, this wonderfully remains an awesome web of positivity.

Over the past year, I've created my own story. It's set in a fantasy world and if you would like to check it out send me a private message. It's updates every Friday and I'm proud to say that I've never missed a day... yet (lol).

Basically:

- this is now become something I do purely for fun, which means the updates won't be consistant

- I currently have bigger projects that take the topmost of my writing priority (if you would like to check them out send me a private message via this site

- thank you readers for staying positive and being awesome

and like always: Review!