Chapter 16 (Emily's POV):

I woke up and looked at the watched. It was eight o'clock. I looked at Riley's bed and she was still asleep. Last night must've been pretty… Strange. I wasn't use to see her like that… Drunk. I got up and dressed myself quickly. Then, I went to the cafeteria, hoping to find Nate.

"Nate!" I called, approaching him. He was alone and I sat next to him.

"Good morning, Ems." he greeted, smiling. I rolled my eyes.

"Don't use that tone with me. What happened yesterday?" I asked, trying to glare at him. And, apparently, it worked because he lowered his head.

"We were at the bar and an old of friend of mine showed up. She pulled me to a corner and we started to talk. Riley didn't like that at all, so, she stayed at the counter, drinking. Then, she was going to leave with a guy, but I stopped her of leaving with him and brought him back." he said. I stayed in silence, shocked with what he told me. He raised an eyebrow, like he was waiting for a reaction. "Emily?" he called. I shook my head.

"I knew it! I knew it!" I said, almost yelling. He looked scared.

"What did you know?" he asked.

"That she was in love with you!" I said. He raised an eyebrow, surprised with what I said.

"'Morning." I heard Riley say, approaching us. I didn't answer, unlike Nate who said 'good morning' immediately, with a huge smile on his face. She made me the silence treatment and I just got arrested. She almost went out with a stranger and that could've been pretty nasty. I stared at my plate, without saying a word. "Ems?" she called. I remained in silence. "Oh, you're giving me the silence treatment. Very well. But, you know, I didn't do anything wrong. You, on the other hand, got arrested." she replied. I rolled my eyes and left, without saying anything.

What the hell…? I didn't do anything wrong… I just went to that closed damn, with Kyle… I knew she didn't like him, but we really didn't do anything wrong… We were just sightseeing… And that did have an amazing sight… Yeah, we shouldn't have gone there. It was a forbidden area, and I knew it, when I saw the lock. But I couldn't say no… I liked him and I just couldn't say no to him. Specially, because we weren't doing anything wrong.

I went to my room and picked up my guitar. I decided to go to the soccer field and sat under the benches. Since no one was there, no one would hear me. I looked at the guitar for a while. I didn't know what to play. Everything was too confusing in my mind. I grabbed my guitar and my fingers sled through the strings, making a melody.

"Sing for me one more song… Play for me one more time. I can feel you though you're not here. Your voice whispers in the breeze and you are near. Through everything around me I find comfort in you. Through trials and the heartache, your words, they speak the truth. Lay me down to sleep now, you'll still be on my mind. If I die before I wake, you'd still see through the lines" I sang. That didn't make any sense, but it didn't matter.

I thought about Kyle and the events that happened in these last days. In my head, things were just too confusing, but I was sure of one thing: I loved him and he loved me back. Then, I picked up my guitar and started walking, towards the studio.

I walked slowly, enjoying my loneliness. Riley would kill me if she dreamed that I was near Kyle again. But I couldn't stay away from him… I spent so much time not knowing what love was… But now, I knew… I felt it. I loved Kyle. I got to the studio and I heard the sound of a guitar and someone singing, from inside. It was the voice of someone I knew and I smiled when I heard it.

"Is it wise enough to say… that I'm better off without you. Is it cool enough to fake… Cause all that I've been breathing is about you. Is it wise enough to flow… From my head until my toes… But somehow I don t really know… All that I've been doing is without you. Is it you inside my head… Is it you inside who says… That become someone else. And on and on my head keeps saying. This is not what I believe in… This is where it ends. And on and on my mind is made up that… That is why it never stops. Alone again, alone again… Is it you inside my head… Is it you inside who says… That I become someone else" I heard him sing.

As I heard him singing that, I felt my eyes being filled with tears. I realized he was talking about me. Did he think that we were better off without each other? Didn't he want to be with me anymore?

"You know you can come in, right?" I heard him say, and I understood he knew I was there. I got up and cleaned my tears, entering the room with my head lowered.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to interrupt you." I said, staring at the ground. He laughed and approached me, hugging me. He kissed my forehead.

"How are you doing?" he asked. I shrugged my shoulders.

"I'm fine. You?" I asked. He sighed.

"Now that you're with me, I feel better. Was your sister too harsh with you?" he questioned. I shook my head.

"She'll kill if she finds out I'm here with you." I said. He sighed.

"She'll kill us both." he said. I nodded.

"What are we going to do now, Kyle? We can't be together…" I said, feeling my voice get lost in my throat. He hugged me tighter.

"We'll continue seeing each other in secret… I mean, if you want to, of course… I'm not forcing you to be with me… Your sister's right, I'm not a good influence to you." he said. I rolled my eyes and kissed him.

"I love you, Kyle. And she's not right. I know you didn't mean to do that." I said. He smiled.

"Yeah, I didn't. I just wanted to be with you, in a nice place." he said, kissing my forehead.

"And you did it. That was beautiful. It was just too bad that the policeman showed up." I said. He laughed.

"It was, actually. It would be good for us to have enjoyed it a little longer." he said. I laughed.

"I sure know what you want." I joked. He teased me with a smile.

"And what do I want?" he asked. I smiled.

"This." I said, kissing him. He kissed me back and, then, laughed.

"You're so clever…" he said. I punched his arm.

"Don't mock me." I said, upset. He laughed.

"I'm not mocking you." he said, kissing me.

"Hum, I should go back, before Ri sees I'm gone." I said, releasing myself from his arms. He nodded and walked me to the door.

"Meet me here, at night." he said. I nodded and kissed him. "I love you." he said, letting me go. I smiled.

"I love you too." I said, leaving the studio backwards, to look at his smile. I ran to my room, smiling, and lied on the bed, smiling at the ceiling. And then I realized that I had forgotten my guitar there. I must be going crazy… Now, I always forgot my guitar around him. I just laughed there, by myself, continuing to think about him.