"Lucy, uh . . ." my former best friend said to me. "Um . . ."

"What? What did you want me for?" I knew that I was being a bit cold to her, but she left me! Plus, if you think that's cold then you haven't seen cold from Lucky Hamilton. She looked a little taken aback.

"I just wanted to talk to you."

"Talk."

"Okay . . . Um, how've you been?"

"Oh, cut the crap, Solange. Just spit out what you want to say."

"!" she blurted it all out so fast that I missed half of it. All I got was, 'Nicholas has been missing', and, 'Such a mess!'.

"What, now?"

"I said, Nicholas still loves you. I still do, too, Luce! We only left because it wasn't safe for you and Kieran! Not for us!"

"Are you planning to go all Twilight-Edward-Cullen-Leave-You-To-Save-You on me? Because, if you are then I suggest you leave," I snapped. She looked hurt, but I didn't want to take it back at all.

"It's true!"

"NO, it's not, Solange!"

There was a moment of silence, and I stood with my hip cocked to the left, hand on it and glaring at Solange. She had her head wandering the halls and doors and I was as bored as hell. I started to leave but she caught my arm.

"Wait . . . How's Kieran?" she asked in a low voice.

"Kieran? Really, Kieran? That is what you wanted to talk to me about? Kieran?" I yelled, outraged that she would even dare go there.

"Yeah . . . Has he moved on?"

"Moved on? Solange, get this trough your thick skull: You left us. My parents got attacked. They died. Kieran was there for me. We cried. I became a Helios agent. Kieran stopped moping and got over it. It's been TWO years!"

Solange POV
Jeez, I was only asking.

I suddenly wondered if Lucy and Kieran had been anything more than just friends, but then remembered that Alex that she was talking about earlier.

"Anything else?" she asked, like she didn't just have a random crazy outburst.

"Yeah, what's happened to you, Luce?" I asked her honestly.

"Nothing important. I just realised what I can do. When I was with your family, I was always 'not allowed to do this, no allowed to go there', blah blah blah. I can actually do what I like and want here! Tell me that you wouldn't like to do this."

"I wouldn't want to do that."

"Oh, come one. Honestly! Well, if you've not got anything important to say, then I'll be off."#

This time I didn't try to stop her, I just let her go off to her 'new best friends'. I was left alone in the hallway, wondering what the hell had happened to my best friend.

Nicholas POV

"I can tell that I hate that Alex guy, already," I said to my brother Quinn.

"Because he's dating your ex, by any chance?"

"No," I said, defending myself.

"Yeah, you are. Typical case of jealousy."

"Uh . . . When that Hunter girl walked past you seemed pretty interested!" I said.

"Stop trying to change the subject."

"Was not," I muttered, sounding a lot like a teenage girl. I let it drown out and looked over at my sister, who was heading our way.

"Hey, how'd it go?" I asked her.

"How'd what go?" Logan said, walking up to us.

"Nicholas made me interrogate Lucy," she said, looking at me. "Not well. She's changed a lot and I think that she really, really hates us." Solange shook her head, and I saw a silent tear trickle down her paper white cheek. She pushed her black hair away from her eyes, lightly brushing away the tear on it's way. "And I know that Kieran's over me, too."

Quinn clenched his fists and I saw his eyes shoot a strong glare towards the direction Kieran had gone.

"C'mon, baby sis. You know he's not worth it," Logan encouraged, lightly smiling at our sister.

"As good of an actor you may be, Logan, that wasn't very believable," Isabeau laughed as she walked up to my brother's side. He grinned and grabbed her hand, and I felt a pang of jealousy shoot through me like fire. They had it perfect; didn't have to leave each other because it wasn't safe; didn't have to worry about anything other than pretty much one of them getting staked.

I stopped my mental ranting, reminding myself that I should be happy for my brother. He had asked Isabeau to marry him about a week ago, and she had said yes and squealed numerous times.

"Come on, then, Nicky. Stop day dreaming," Quinn called from the car. When did they move?

"Where are we going?" I asked.

"Home."

A/N: Hey guys! Sorry about this crappy excuse of a chapter but I have put most of my other stories on hiatus for now! I'm going to my friends now, and going ice skating again tomorrow with Hunter Agnes Wild and then a party on Sunday, so my weekend is booked, but I'll update when I can!

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Ellie