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Chapter Eleven

It was half ten when the group finally reached the town centre. It wasn't quite in the city but with the number of students who also came from the school, the town centre was a popular place for students from all schools to go to afterschool, weekends or during holidays and half terms. No one knew why. It could have been the kind of shops around the place that interested the students. It could have been the large number of fast food restaurants and coffee shops that seemed to be crammed with students. Or, in favour of the group, it could have been the large park that sat next to it.

The way the girls spoke of the park Adrian wanted to go see it badly. It sounded so beautiful and relaxing. But first was several hours of exploring the town. The large shopping centre that sat in the middle of the town caught the girls' attention and somehow they managed to persuade the guys to go in and go clothes shopping. At first the girls were comparing different kinds of outfits together while the guys roamed around, glancing at the odd t-shirt while keeping an eye on the girls.

However it all changed when Adrian walked over to the girls to see how they were doing. Mason, Eddie, Christian and Dimitri stared at Adrian, as if time slowed down for them all. Eddie opened his mouth to try and call Adrian over to him, but Mason held him back. It was too late.

"Hey, Adrian, come here for a second!" He was captured by the woman. Before he knew it Adrian had an armful of men's clothing in his arms while being dragged towards the changing rooms with Lissa and Rose either side of him. The woman who stood outside the changing rooms glanced at the trio, and smiled when she saw Lissa. "Good morning!"

"Hello Miss Dragomir, Miss Hathaway."

Normally the changing rooms were separated for men and woman to go into separate cubicles. But when Adrian was dragged further down the corridor it was as if he was being dragged into a private, unisex cubical. The way the woman outside knew them so well, talking to the duo with respect, it confused Adrian. Then he remembered why she would have spoken to them like that.

Lissa's family were like his'. They were in business. In the state they were living in America, there were twelve families who were famous in the business world. The Ivashkov side of business was into computers and technology, Adrian had discovered when he asked his mother during a phone call home. The Dragomirs were specialised in fashion. That was why the woman outside knew Lissa and Rose, as well as Jill being so interested in the fashion world. And the Ozeras were interested in the art world. That was why Tasha was not only an art teacher at the school but was so fascinated by Adrian when he came to the school.

"Get in here." Rose dragged Adrian into the large cubicle with her and Lissa. "Raise your arms for us." As he rose his arms in the air, he heard his belt being unbuckled. His shirt was pulled upwards without the buttons being undone, his jeans were pulled downwards.

"WHAT THE HELL?" The others didn't need to see what was going on, they knew it. The boys had been through the same experience Adrian was going through right now, and all they could do about it was laugh so hard their sides began to ache. Jill and Sydney were standing with them outside the changing rooms, and with an evil glint in their eyes they grabbed the nearest boy and dragged him in to. Unfortunately, the boy happened to be Dimitri, causing Mason and Eddie to lay on the floor in hysterics while Christian bent over, trying hard to get his breath back.

By the time the girls were done with the two unlucky boys in the changing rooms they had both gone through several outfits, but were forced to show Mason, Eddie and Christian a pair of suits they were wearing. The suit that Dimitri was wearing was pure black; the shoes, trousers, blazer and the waistcoat. But his top was white, and the tie was stripy with the colours black and grey mixing together. Adrian however managed to pull off the grey suit that was identical to Dimitri's, with the same white top and tie.

"What do you guys think of these outfits?"

"Why are you showing us?"

"Because these are the ones we want to buy for you." Adrian turned and looked at Lissa in shock.

"These suits are Giorgio Armani! Buying all of us a suit each is going to cost you so much! Plus, why are you? There's no point wearing these suits at school."

"I have a special Dragomir discount in all the shops as long as I show this card." Lissa pulled out a card from her purse and winked at Adrian. "And plus, the reason why we're buying these suits is because we can't trust you guys to buy your own for the end of year party we'll have at the end of the school year."

Adrian tried to argue that there wasn't any point in buying clothes for something that wasn't for another three months. Mason told Adrian there was no point in trying. The girls used any excuse they could to buy clothes for each other. Then Eddie cheekily commented that this was the only time that the guys got their own clothes.

After what seemed like years wandering from shop to shop the crew finally grabbed some late lunch and took it over to the park. Adrian was excited to go to the park. And when they finally got there he was almost speechless.

The park itself could had held at least two football fields. There was a huge water fountain in the middle of the park that had water shooting in different directions. Children that had come to the park for the day were taking the advantage of the water on such a hot day were running around the outside of the fountain for water to hit them. The odd child managed to get into the fountain before their parents ran over and got them out.

Trees were scattered everywhere providing a lot of shade for the group to sit underneath to enjoy their lunch. But the selection of trees that caught their eyes was the selection of weeping willows that stood right next to a beautiful pond with ducks and swans swimming in it. Another fountain was on the other side of the lake that just like the large one was shooting water everywhere. The statues that were scattered around the park just gave it a more historical look to it, and the collections of flowers just added the colour and beauty the park needed for a final finish. It was beautiful. And a perfect scenery for Adrian.

In his day bag he brought along a sketchpad just in the case of them sitting down somewhere for lunch and spending a few hours in the same location. Right now after the group ate their take-away McDonalds Rose and Jill took the advantage of the fountain being across from them to go for a little dip and cool off their hot bodies. Eddie and Mason grew bored sitting on the grass so eventually stood up and joined the two girls in the fountain. Lissa and Christian were leaning up against one of the tree talking to each other, giggling and kissing each other. Somehow Dimitri had ended up offering his back to Adrian so the two were leaning against each other in the shade, with Sydney resting her head on the artist's lap. She was so focused in reading a science book she was unaware of position she was in. And everyone so was focused on their own little things they were unaware of what everyone else was doing.

It was only when Adrian heard a page turn he looked over his shoulder to see Dimitri was also reading a book. He could tell what Sydney was reading by the diagrams in the book and the scientific words he could pick out. Well, he could pick it out, but now Sydney had grown tired and fell asleep along with Lissa and Christian. Mason, Eddie, Rose and Jill were still mucking around in the fountain with their screams and laughter being heard. But Dimitri was reading a proper story book.

"What are you reading?"

"All The Pretty Horses." Adrian was ashamed of himself for knowing the title of the book. It was one of many books his mother had in her collection of books that sat on the shelves in almost every room in the house. But he was even more ashamed that one of his best friends, actually, his overall best friend, was reading it.

"Why are you reading a western novel?"

"You know it?"

"Don't even get me started on it." Dimitri chuckled and glanced over his own shoulder to see Adrian's drawing. He still couldn't believe that Adrian could draw with both hands, as his right hand was still in a cast and was holding the pad while his left hand had the pencil in it. All Adrian had on him was a couple of pencils, a sharpener and a rubber along with the sketchpad. The drawing was pretty much finished, of the view Adrian could see of their friends in the fountain, the flowers surrounding them and the trees that were surrounding them. There was just some shading that needed to be finished. "That's amazing."

"Do you want it after I'm finished with it?"

"That painting you're giving me is enough. I can't accept any more of your work." Adrian could feel his eyes growing heavy. He let the pencil slide from his grip and moved a bit so that he could easily rest his head on Dimitri's shoulder. "Tired?"

"Yeah, hard semester."

"I'm glad everything went okay afterwards. It doesn't look like Jesse or Ralf will try and get you again." His eyes were closed but his hearing was still aware enough to listen to Dimitri. "I'm also glad we found you before any more happened."

"Thanks for finding me."

"Hey, what are friends for?"

"More like best friends." This made Dimitri chuckle again. He adored his friends. He would put his own life on the life to protect them. He would call them all his best friends.

But even though he had only known Adrian for about two months, he felt as though he had known him for longer. Maybe it was because Adrian was someone he admired a lot, or maybe it was his cheeky and friendly personality. Whatever it was, Dimitri felt a lot closer to him than his other friends. He could really consider Adrian his best friend. And that was something he hadn't ever experienced properly in a long time.