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As I walked into school ALONE I felt every eye on me. First I had English so I dropped the stuff I didn't need in my locker. I had 15 minutes before class started so I went out side to get some fresh air before the bell. I sat down at one of the tables after I got a coffee and read to kill a mocking bird. With 5 minutes until class started so I reluctantly dawdled to class not wanting to be late and directly spoken two by Ez… I mean . I walked into the room being the second, I sat down and prepared myself for what was to come. I told myself not to look into his eyes or talk to him this whole lesson and everything would be fine. As each person walked in and sat down in the usual seats I felt them glance towards me Hanna, Emily and Spencer. When the bell finally rang was already writing the daily objectives on the black board. After he put the last full stop on the board and turned around I flicked my eyes down to my not pad and my head flowed quickly, this is where they were to stay for the reminder of the lesson.

When we started to read to kill a mocking bird he called on me to read but I shook my head and barley whispered "no". He cleared his throat so I pulled my head up but kept my eyes down trying to look a little more lively. He called on me a few more time trying to get me to answer questions I shrugged and shook my head. The bell rang and everyone got up to collect their things. I tried to as fast as I could not wanting to have to stay after class and talk to him. But he got in first…

" will you please stay behind?"

I dumped my bag on the ground and took my seat again. He watched everyone stumble over each other to get out of the class. I new what he would be thinking, is my class really that bad? The rules still applied here not looking in his eyes and keeping speech to a minimum.

"Aria?" he tapped the desk in front of him signalling for me to sit there. I got up and grabbed my things and walked over to the desk in front of him with my eyes at my feet. I sat down and put my bag on my lap but kept my eyes down.

"Aria are you okay?"

"Fine" I mumbled so low I didn't think he could even hear me.

"You seem out of it today? You usually have your hand up first… you didn't even speak to Hanna or anyone for the whole lesson?"

"I'm not aloud to…" I spoke guarded.

"Why? What happened? Are you okay?" he spoke in a muddle, it kind of came out like word vomit. Tears starts to well up in my eyes but I Continued looking down. I new he had seen that I was about to burst into tears, he reached out to hug me but I looked up and steeped back while pushing his shoulder back.

"Aria you can tell me anything any time you know that right?" he was not doing a very good job at hiding his feelings. I tried not to look into his blue eyes again. I nodded and shook my head and looked up into his eyes. There where tears running down his face. I felt bad at how venerable I made him.

"Not right now Ezra" I used his first name. As the tears started to stream down my cheeks as well. We stared at each other until the bell ruined the moment and I left him standing there while the tear still ran down my cheeks.

I didn't feel I could pull myself together enough to get thru geography so I went to hide in the bathroom. I sat in one of the cubical and thought I was right I should not have looked into his eyes. Now I felt bad!

I sat in one of the stalls when Hanna burst in loudly whispering "Aria! I know you're in here." She knocked on the stall door. I let out a whimper and unlocked the door. She pulled me out of the stall into a tight embraces. She let my cry on her shoulder for ten minutes patting my back and speaking comforting words. When I was finished crying I pulled back and she finally spoke "what did he say?"

He… he said I could tell him anything an…and when I looked up at his faces h… he was also crying.

I let out a loud huff and Spencer and Emily snuck in. Hanna pulled me in for another tight hug as I cried and Hanna explained what happened. I spent the hole of lunch cleaning myself up I.E reapplying make up and doing my hair again.

We all left the bath room and went our separate way since we weren't aloud to talk to each other… or be seen talking to each other. The rest of the day went by in a blur and it came time to go home. The last place on earth I wanted to be!

I slowly walked down the dirty path to the car park. When I rounded the corner there was a tall figure standing next to my car, as I got closer the figure turned around… it was Noel Kuhn.

"Noel?" I questioned.

"Oh hey." He replied.

"What's up?" I asked sceptically.

"I saw you stumble out of 's class room crying and you didn't show up in Geography? I wanted to see if you were oaky?" he spoke with concern. I had never really seen this kind, caring side of Noel it was kind of nice in a surprising way.

"Yer I'm fine," I said in a small voice not really wanting to talk about it. I looked up at him and gave a small reassuring smile.

"What happened?" at that question my smile quickly vanished and I felt the tears spring to my eyes. What was I supposed to say? I couldn't tell him I was going through a bad break up with our AP English teacher!

"Um I got a disappointing grade and we were just trying to figure out what I could do about it." WOW I didn't know I could lie so convincingly!

"Ohh" he seemed surprised probably because he new I love English "did you figure something out?"

"Ahh yer… listen I kind of have to go. I'll see you later, okay?" I walked around him the to drivers side of my car as he said

"Uhh yer sure, bye."

I left the car park and drove home. The word home was an over statement my brother disappeared every night and my parents just fought. It was starting to feel like a shell, just a shell of memories. I walked into the house. All the lights were off down stairs but I could hear my parents upstairs yelling, crying and slamming doors. I made some tea and grabbed my earphones running up stairs to my room.

I got into my room placed my mug of tea on my window seal plugged myself into my earphones grabbed my note book and a pen. I loved the rain, I loved sitting on my window seat writing while watching the rain fall out side. I had a writers block so I decided to continue knitting squares for the blanket I had been making since I found out about Jackie.

It got to about 7o'clock and I decided my brother was not coming home tonight and that the fighting would go all thru the night. I grabbed a bag with a few days worth of clothes in it, make up, purse and phone in hand. I walked out of the door to find my parents fighting outside my bedroom.

"Aria? We didn't know you where at home." She mumbled trying to hide the fact that she was crying. I didn't say anything I just hurried past them both, grabbed my keys and ran out the door into the pouring ran. I didn't know where I was going but I had to get out of there.

I ended up driving circles around the park for an hour before my car ran out of fuel. I got out into the pouring ran and slowly pushed my car to the side of the road and took the keys out of the ignition. I walked over to a small café and brought a take away coffee. And walked over to the park. I followed the path for over and hour. It was pitch black since it was now around 9o'clock pm. The rain became heavier and heavier. I fell over some uneven path but thru my tears still managed not to spill searing hot coffee all over me.

Ezra POV:

It was after class when I was driving home to get ready to go out to a bar with Hardy. It was raining cats and dogs outside so after I had a shower, did my hair and got dress I grabbed my rain coat of the hat stand and left to meet Hardy at Holis bar. When I got there Hardy already had a beer in hand. "Hey"

"Ohh hey man. Where Aria?" he got up to shake my hand an give me a guy hug.

"Umm well she… she arrr…" I was lost for words Hardy looked at me handed me a beer and frowned.

"Are you guys over? I'm sorry man! What happened?" he apologised.

"No well I hope not but she found out about Jackie and thinks that she is a threat to our relationship. I talked to Aria today after class but I don't know. I'm crushed I don't know what to do when she not there we would be having dinner now and talking and…" I was starting to cry! While I was talking hardy kept cheeking his watch, what was that about?

"I'm so sorry man!" he cheeked his watch once again.

"Do you want to go play some darts?" I questioned already knowing the answer.

"What? Oh um sure." We walked over to the dartboard and played a few games of darts. This was starting to take my mind of things. But why did he keep cheeking his watch? It was starting to get on my nerves.

"Man what is with cheeking the time every three seconds?"

"I was meant to be going on this date with this amazing girl but I thought you needed me more. And I kind of didn't tell her I wasn't going to be able to make it." He spoke so fast that's all I heard of what he said.

"Dude what have I told you? You can't just stand chicks up like that." I really wanted to be selfish today I wanted Hardy to stay hear and have fun with me but I had to let him go…

"Get out of here man!" I put on my best smile and fake laugh.

"Gee thanx Ezra!" he hit my shoulder as he ran past and out the door.

I finished of my beer and headed home. Everything in my apartment reminded me of aria. The paper bags we used when we took our first picture as a couple, the couch where we ate on almost every night and the kitchen she used to cook up dinner in. I went to my room and changes into some running gear and decided that running would help take my mind of thing.

I left the apartment block steeping out into the rain. I made my way to the park where I could just run the dark lonely tracks. I was wrong the running wasn't helping take my mind of things it was giving it time to think about thing… think about everything that had gone on with Aria.