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Summary:They managed to break free. Now what will they do when somene plots to break them up? Find out as we join Ariella and Lucas for another adventure. This time they are joined by their friends and we'll follow them as they learn to trust their friends and more importantly each other.

Here's the second chapter.

Chapter Four – The Secret Causes An Argument.

Once they were outside the library, Lucas said that it was probably better to go and sit in the grounds where they could make as much noise as they wanted to without anyone telling them to be quiet. Everyone agreed with him and they slowly made their way to the Entrance Hall and pushed the large oak doors open. Sunlight flooded the hall and they all made their way outside leaving Ryan and Boo to shut them. They then found themselves a patch of grass that seemed to be as far away from other people as possible. Lucas sat cross-legged on the grass with Ariella next to him, Dawn sat opposite them, Ryan sat down cross-legged and Boo sat on his lap and Zac and Shells laid down on the grass. The group spoke to each other quietly and said nothing about Shells' secret. She stretched her body and didn't realise that Zac could see her back so when she stretched he got a full view of her tattoo that she wanted to keep a secret from him. Once she had finished stretching, Zac made her turn over so that she was facing him and glared at her.

"When did you get that tattoo done?" he asked quietly.

"When we weren't speaking. I felt like doing something and I got it done. Don't you like it Zaccy Bear?" Shells replied.

"No I don't and while we're on the subject of dislikes, I hate that nickname. It's embarrassing!"

Shells smiled at him then said, "Really? You don't seem to mind it when we're in bed together."

"That's probably because I don't take any notice of what you're calling me or even what you're saying while we're in bed."

Shells glared at him and turned back over to face Ariella. Zac noticed this and looked at her.

"Are you crying?" he asked.

Shells quickly wiped her tears and coughed before replying, "No. Of course not. I never cry!"

"What's wrong then?"

"You said that you don't listen to what I say when we're in bed. Do you really only care about yourself?"

"No of course not. I know that you're enjoying yourself but I don't take any notice of you calling me nicknames."

"Liar," Shells told him as she got up off the floor and walked away.

Everyone else had noticed that they were having a heated discussion and watched as Shells walked away and Zac followed her. Lucas, Boo and Ryan looked at each other then at Ariella and Dawn.

"We'll be back in a minute. There's trouble in paradise because I think he may have found out about her secret," Lucas told Ariella.

She nodded and watched as the three of them followed Zac and Shells. A few moments later Boo, Lucas and Ryan found Shells and Zac stood at the edge of the Forbidden Forest shouting at each other.

"HOW COULD YOU GET THAT DONE AND NOT TELL ME?" Zac demanded.

"I didn't want to! There's a reason as to why it's on my back! And that reason is so you wouldn't see it while we're having sex! I'm not as dumb as people think!" Shells retorted.

"WAS THAT A DIG AT ME?"

"OF COURSE IT WAS! YOU JUST LIED TO ME ABOUT OUR RELATIONSHIP! YOU TOLD ME THAT YOU DON'T LISTEN TO ANYTHING I SAY WHILE WE ARE IN BED!"

"I didn't lie. I meant that I didn't take any notice of the nicknames. I want you to get rid of that tattoo. Cover it up with a charm or something! I hate it!"

"And I hate your hair being black but I deal with that don't I? I don't moan about it do I?" Shells told him sternly.

"Don't lie! You nag me about it and you know you do! Every day you say that you wish I would stop dying it! I happen to like my hair the way it is thank you very much!"

Boo and Lucas had both decided that they had heard enough and stepped in between Zac and Shells. Shells looked at Boo and frowned.

"Stop it. Stop it now the both of you! You're acting like children!" Boo told them both.

"Why are you fighting over a tiny star on her back?" Lucas asked Zac.

"Because I hate it and she knows it."

"Well I hate your hair and you know it but do you do anything about that? I don't think so Zachary!"

"Oh grow up Shells! Until you grow up I'm not talking to you! You can consider this thing we had over!" Zac told her.

He then turned on his heel and walked back up to the castle. Shells wiped her eyes and looked at Boo.

"Are you crying?" she asked.

"No I never cry. I'm going to my dormitory. See you," Shells replied.

Boo knew that she was going to walk around the grounds and probably cry her heart out but knew that it was best not to say anything about. She just simply said goodbye and walked away with Lucas and Ryan. She had only walked away when she knew that Ryan would find Shells later.

Later that evening, Boo found Zac in a disused classroom sitting at a desk and staring at the stone wall in front of him. She pushed the door open and sat down at the desk next to him. Zac looked at her and sighed.

"You know she doesn't mean anything that she says Zac. She loves you and you are her world, she would never say anything mean to you," Boo told him.

Zac nodded along and stared at the girl sat the next to him.

"Why don't you just go and talk to her. She's outside somewhere."

Zac sighed again and stood up. He started to pace the length of the room and once he had done this a couple of times he stopped in front of Boo's desk.

"She won't listen to me. When she's in a mood she never listens to me. No one ever listens to me apart from you Boo," Zac told her.

Boo nodded and stood up.

"Zac just take my advice and go and see her. I know that you love her too," she told him.

Zac nodded. Boo went to walk out of the classroom when Zac stopped her.

"Please stay. I just need someone to talk to."

Boo nodded and perched herself on the desk. They stared at each other for a few minutes until Zac started to move towards her. Boo didn't have a clue what he was doing and just stared at his movements. Zac stopped walking when he was right in front of her and bent down. He pecked her on her lips but when he pulled away he felt a need to kiss her. Zac leant in again and covered her lips with his own. By the time that Boo had registered what was going on she had started to kiss him back. All that was running through her head was that she was technically cheating on her boyfriend and betraying her best friend. Suddenly the door to the classroom banged open and Boo and Zac jumped apart. Boo looked up at the door and saw Ryan standing there with his mouth wide open.

"Rye, it's not what you think! It just happened! It doesn't mean anything I promise!" Boo told him.

Ryan walked into the classroom and shut the door. He quickly walked towards Zac and held his fist back. He then threw all of the hate that he was currently feeling into that one arm and punched Zac. Zac's head flew backwards and he felt a bone breaking in his nose.

"That was for my sister. How dare you cheat on her! How could you Zac?"

Ryan didn't let Zac answer though because he held his fist back again and was just about to punch Zac for the second time when he felt Boo put her arm onto his arm. Ryan looked down at her and saw that she looked very upset.

"Rye don't! Don't punch him! He doesn't deserve it!" she told him.

Ryan got very angry at this comment and punched Zac again. He then looked at Boo.

"ARE YOU DEFENDING HIM BECAUSE YOU LIKE HIM? HAVE YOU BEEN SEEING HIM BEHIND MY SISTER'S AND YOUR BEST FRIEND'S BACK?" he roared at her.

"No I swear. It was just a one off. It all happened so fast! Rye please believe me! You have to believe me!" Boo pleaded.

"Like hell I believe you!"

And with that Ryan swept out of the classroom with his school robes billowing behind him. Ryan quickly walked out of the castle and onto the grounds. His main priority at the moment was to find Shells before anyone else could and tell her about Zac and Boo. He soon found her sat on the edge of the lake; Ryan walked over to her and stood next to her.

"Is this spot taken?" he asked.

Shells gestured for him to sit down and continued to watch the giant squid frolicking on the lake's surface while he did so. When he was sat down Ryan looked at his sister and started to talk.

"What they say about twins is true. We're closer than we think."

"What? Rye you aren't making sense," Shells replied.

"Boo and Zac. I saw them kissing each other. Boo reckons that it was a one off but I don't believe her but I did punch Zac twice."

Shells looked at Ryan then got up.

"I'll kill her! I can't believe that she would do that to me!" she told him.

Shells then ran towards the castle to find Boo. When she found her she dragged her into a classroom and glared at her.

"I guess Rye told you," Boo stated.

"YOU'RE DAMN RIGHT HE TOLD ME! HOW COULD YOU? HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO RYE? HOW COULD YOU DO IT TO ME? I'M YOU'RE BEST FRIEND! BEST FRIEND'S DON'T GO AROUND KISSING THE BOYFRIENDS OF THEIR BEST FRIEND!" Shells yelled at her.

"Shells I'm sorry. I didn't know how it happened. We were looking at each other… No wait… We were talking and I told him to come and talk to you and he just kissed me! I didn't want to kiss him!" Boo told her.

"I DON'T CARE! YOU JUST BETRAYED BOTH YOUR BOYFRIEND AND BEST FRIEND IN ONE GO! SOME BEST FRIEND YOU WERE! IF YOU EVER DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS AGAIN THEN I SWEAR TO MERLIN THAT I WILL KILL YOU!"

Shells then pushed past Boo and walked out of the room not forgetting to slam the door shut behind her.

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