Okay, I may, or may not, have made Rocky a complete bitch in this chapter. My bad, guys. Still, a lot can change in 2 years, and there is a lot of pent up aggression in that girl :/

"And I've lost who I am
And I can't understand
Why my heart is so broken"

Cece stood, just staring; watching him talk to the other dancers. He was smiling and laughing as if nothing in life had changed at all. Life was still on the same track it had always been – no alteration of dreams, no clouding of thoughts. Eventually, it burned just to look at him – to see him joke as if no life had been ruined.

Blinking away tears, Cece tried to regain concentration and tune into what Rocky was saying. They were talking about the last dance that Gary had been telling them about. They would all be paired with somebody of the opposite gender and Rocky was excited about it. Somehow, all her words were blurring into one and Cece found herself glancing back at him every so often.

"Okay, lets get the partners together!" Gary's voice rang before he started calling names together. Cece and Gunther!"

Cece was relieved, there was no doubt... she would not have to be with him! A part of her also felt guilty for she knew that somebody would. Maybe she was overreacting? Did she not just make the whole thing up? After all, her memory of the night wasn't exactly entire... She should stop worrying about it because she couldn't handle that as well as her life spiralling out of control.

Gunther stood staring at her. They had just been rehearsing for twenty minutes and was startled when Cece asked to suddenly stop. He thought she loved dancing above all other things.

"Why have we stopped again?" He asked, tapping his foot on the ground impatiently. All throughout their times rehearsing the dance she had been spacey.

"I just need a minute, okay? Geez, stop hassling me! I have much bigger things to worry about than simply dancing!" Cece exclaimed, turning from him quickly, blinking away tears. She took a swig of water and tried to mentally calm herself.

"Since when? The only thing you have going for you is dancing!" Gunther sniped harshly, still irritated by Cece's lack of dedication. Somehow though, it caused such a silence which astounded him. Why wasn't Cece fighting back – giving a big description of all other fruitful endeavours. Tension hung thick in the air and he swore he heard her sniffle slightly as she drank more water. Guilt washed over him. "Look, I didn't mean it like that... It is just you have never had a particularly bothered attitude and you only ever really care about dancing, why is this any different? It isn't like you have started to lose your sister!"

Cece turned to look at him then, hoping he would overlook her water eyes so that they could focus on his pain instead of hers."What do you mean?"

"Tinka! She has not been herself, spending more time around boys and such. Just look at the fact that we aren't partners! She asked Gary to put her with somebody that isn't me... We're best friends, why would she do that?" Gunther, with his ridiculous accent, looked so vulnerable and sad that Cece momentarily forgot about her own struggles.

"Lets get back to rehearsal, we'll talk about this later, okay?" Cece told him as she walked over to him and held out her arms for him to take.

"Gunther was asking about you earlier!" Rocky told her. Cece didn't know when she started to class Gunther as her friend but she was aware that she was spending time with him; attempting to forget her own troubles as she listened to his. A trust opened between them when the two started to share secrets with one another so much so that she even told Gunther about her dyslexia.

"Oh, okay..." Cece didn't really know how to respond because she could feel the tension between her and Rocky.

"What is that meant to mean? When did you even start hanging out with Gunther? I mean, other than dancing what do you have in common? He is just some weirdo... you always said so! What changed?"

"Rocky, why are you angry with me? I started to get another friend, is that really so bad? I mean, I haven't stopped spending time with you or anything. Besides, Gunther has always been there for me, he never just leaves me."

"Oh, so we're back to this again? Why can't you be supportive of me and David? When will you stop being so selfish?"

"Rocky, that isn't fair-"

"No, you know what isn't fair? You being my best friend because time and time again I support and help you! I am always the one there for you but as soon as I get a boyfriend, you feel like you can stab me in the back. You are self-centred to the point that even if I am happy, if you aren't it doesn't matter."

"Of course it matters to me if you are happy. I didn't say th-"

"I didn't replace you with David. You are replacing me with Gunther. It is so stupid! What do you think will happen? Just because Tinka has stopped hanging out with him as much you think you two have anything in common? Does he even know you? No! Because at the end of the day, you don't really like him and he doesn't really like you."

"Rocky, that isn't tru-"

"It is true. If he really knew you then why would he like you? You just stab your best friends in the back! You are selfish, vain and a horrible person because you just can;t find it within you to support others!" Rocky finished with a glare before storming off to her next class.

Cece found herself just letting the tears flow down her cheeks freely as others in the corridor looked at her, shocked by what they had seen. Many would not disagree with the opinion stated by Rocky Blue, but they certainly still thought it was extremely harsh.

"She didn't mean it..." Deuce started as he approached her.

"We both know she did, that is why she said it..." Cece said what they were both thinking.

"All this time spent in vain
Wasted years
Wasted gain"

Song = Shattered – Trading Yesterday