OMG I AM SO SORRY!! I AM SOOOOO SORRY! I will try to NEVER do that again!!

This is the LOOOOONG-half-a-year-awaited chapter 3 of my story. PLEASE FORGIVE ME IT TOTALLY SUCKS. .

Please read and review, thanks

DarkShadow97

The rustling started up once again. Eva breathed a sigh of relief. She was trying her hardest to make Ed believe she was sleeping, but every time she shifted or moved, she knew he would stop whatever it was he was doing and stare at her.

But how was she supposed to sleep with so much on her mind? After everything Ed had told her… She felt so bad. Besides his name, and a couple other things, he didn't remember anything. And here Eva thought her problems were bad. A tear trickled down the bridge of her nose, and she sniffled.

The room went dead silent. Eva held her breath and closed her eyes tight.

"You're not asleep, are you?"

CRAP! He knows I'm awake! Eva sat up tentatively. She heard a long sigh and then the light click off. Ed's footfalls were barely audible in the thickening darkness. Eva laid her back against the stone wall and tried to breathe evenly. Suddenly everything was quiet again.

Something cold pressed against Eva's bare left arm. Her head shot up in that direction, and she gave a little gasp as, once again, those beautiful golden eyes penetrated into hers.

"Ed," she breathed, placing her hand on her chest to slow her beating heart, "You scared me."

"So you are awake…" Ed grumbled and crossed his arms, looking away.

Eva was confused. This guy had so many mood swings, it was like a maze with nothing but dead ends. She just wanted to melt into the ground.

"Yeah… Sorry." Eva had no idea what made Ed so mad. Why would he care whether or not she was awake? It's wasn't as if he was a criminal, right?

"Eva, please," He said, interrupting her thoughts and making her jump, "You need to bare with me, ok?".

Eva looked up at Ed. His face was resting in his hands. She had never seen him this way, not once in the time she'd known him.

What is going on in that head?

Hara sat at the table with her head laid on her arms. She stared at the wall, not caring to look at the questioning looks from students passing by anymore. After all, it was after school on a Friday, and no sane person would be sitting inside that jail cell after the final bell rang.

But the feeling of her whole world collapsing would not leave her alone.

With what happened to Eva's parents only a day ago and with Eva missing, probably oblivious everything… Hara just didn't know what to do. Her life was a spinning vortex that kept getting deeper and deeper. Not only that, but she had no idea if her best friend was even alive. For all she knew, she could be in a ditch somewhere in the middle of nowhere beaten and bloody.

"Hara?"

The voice sounded as if it came from inside her thoughts. Her mind was playing tricks on her. Eva would not just come up behind and say "Surprise! Had you worried, didn't I?" No. That wasn't possible.

Hara opened her eyes. She had closed them and stuffed her head into her arms in vain, trying to get the image she had just conjured of Eva out of her head. She felt the moisture on her cheek, and could tell she had been crying.

"Hara, are you okay?"

This time it came from beside her. The voice was high, but masculine. She lifted her head slowly, her hair falling in front of her face. Usually Hara would blush, having someone see her, especially a guy, in this state of I'm-crying-for-no-real-reason-but-you-caught-me-anyway, but she was too far gone to really care. With all that was in her head, she just gave him a blank stare.

Mark pulled a chair up and sat down. Hara looked away, going to put her head down again. She stopped when she felt something touch her arm.

"What's wrong?"

Mark was in most of Hara's classes. He was in the 'popular' crowd at school, and he never – let me repeat that – never talked to someone like Hara about anything. He was tall and skinny, his crimson-blonde hair fell around his perfectly chiseled face. That face was now etched with concern.

"Nothing." Even as she said it, her eyes weld up with tears.

Mark was silent. His hand was still on her arm, and he made no move to take it off. His eyes just stared at the back of her head, and several minutes passed. Finally, she turned back around.

"What do you want?" Hara said angrily, wanting him to just leave her well enough alone. His hand fell away, surprised. "Go away."

When he didn't answer or make any move to listen to her second sentence, she turned away. Stupid people! Always prying, never leaving you alone. If only Eva were here. She'd sure teach him a less– At the thought of Eva, Hara let out a little yelp of pain. Her tears overflowed and she started to sob quietly. Stupid Eva. Where did you go?

She had totally forgotten about the presence of the boy beside her until she felt a hand gently lift up her chin. Mark's face was only inches away from hers, his eyes stern. Hara blushed now, more out of shock that she had forgotten him there than his proximity.

"Hara," He said, his voice the same as his eyes. "Obviously something is wrong." She didn't need him to say anything more. Her tears had already started to flow over.

"Hey Ed?" Eva stared at his slumped over form in the back corner. Her eyes were used to the dark now.

"Hmm."

"… Never mind." Eva turned around and curled up, pretending to try to go to sleep.

Ed obviously wasn't in a good mood. "What do you want, Eva?"

Eva turned back around. She debated whether or not to go over to where he was. She sat put. "…What'cha up to?" It wasn't her real question, but she hopes it would satisfy him enough to not ask.

Ed looked at her, and for a moment Eva was frightened. Had he seen through her lie?

"Just looking at something." He turned away again.

Eva was curious now. "What is it?"

"Go to sleep, Eva."

"What? No! What are you reading?"

"Yes."

"Not until you tell me what you're reading!"

"GO. TO. SLEEP." Eva flinched back at Ed's sudden anger. He was on his feet in a second, staring at her with a huge fire burning in his eyes. She felt very small.

Then Ed turned away. His braid whipped around at the speed of it. It bobbed when he sat down with an audible THUD.

He was huffing and cooling down for the next 10 minutes. Eva stared at him the whole time, still in utter shock.

I guess I did push it a bit far… Eva lay down on the hard concrete, turned away from him, and closed her eyes.

It was quiet for a long time. The only sounds were the wind blowing softly against the structure, and the silent whoosh it made as it wound around the corner.

Eva's even breathing added to the mix after a while. There were a few quick thumps and then a soft falling sound. Ed knelt beside Eva's curled up form. "I'm sorry."

But she was already asleep.

Definitely not what I had in mind for this chapter, but it works for me, even if it's super short (sorry). Sorry again for the SUPER SLOW update… I had totally put this story on Hiatus (along with everything else non-school related) after Christmas break. School was stressful.

Anyway, hopefully (not gonna promise anything), hopefully I'll get the next chapter up soon. I'm still wanting it to flow into something, but it won't happen for a bit. ttyl!