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Ana's Point of View

"Are you ready for this?" Mia asked.

"Um…No, not really. I wish it was summer still." I stared up at the bug building, seeing how it hasn't changed. I really did wish I wasn't here. This year is going to be so different now that Christian isn't here. We won't be able to go to our secret spot anymore, or we can't sit together at lunch. He can't walk me to my classes or give me a ride home. The past month it felt so weird not having him around. The bathroom was always so clean, his room was empty and at dinner time the seat next to me was non vacant. A part of me felt empty and I cried myself to sleep the first few nights he was away.

"I can't believe how summer went by so fast. It was so much fun, just the two of us." Christian, Mia, and I spent a lot of the summer with the house to ourselves during the day. Grace and Carrick have been working overtime lately and Elliot was taking summer classes at the local college. But then Christian left and it was just Mia and I. "I am strongly dreading this."

"You and me both." We watched as the students went through the school doors. Mia and I were still outside, leaning against her white Honda civic coupe not wanting to go in. "Come on." We had to go eventually and there was only five minutes until we're late.

"Isn't it exciting that this year we have four classes together?" Mia looped her arm through mine and we headed off to the school's entrance.

"That's the only good thing about this year." I said as a matter of fact. "I wish Christian were here." I sighed.

"And I wish Adrian was here." Her sigh matched mine. "Why did we have to pick seniors to date? Why not someone our age?" She rolled her eyes at herself but then laughed.

"Why are you laughing?" I asked amused.

"I really don't know." She opened the door and entered just like the many other kids who seemed overly excited about the day. "But what I do know is that we have Environmental Science AP together." She breathed in heavily. "I still don't know why you chose a college credited course. Or better yet why you made me sign up for it too."

"Oh, come on Mia don't be so ugh. If we pass that and take the test we can earn three credits for college, which means we would need to take a science class our freshman year. And also, I heard we get to take three field trips. And one is the zoo!"

"Huh, that's actually awesome. I like the zoo! Oh and aside from that how is it that you don't have to take a math class? Not fair." We walked down the senior hallway and took the stairs to the second level, entering the second to last class room. The teacher greeted us at the door and told to find our seat. Mia and I immediately discovered that the seating was in alphabetical order and we silently did a little dance because we sat next to each other. The first day of class was starting to feel a little better already. We took a seat our seats and waited for the class to start. The class was pretty much filled except for a seat next to me.

"I don't have to take a math class because I already took my senior one last year and I passed it." That class was truly easy, but difficult to concentrate on when I had Tyler and Adrian next to me. Tyler. I missed him. He was, aside from Mia, one of my best friends. I saw Adrian often due to him dating Mia. He and Adrian are practically joined at the hip. They went to the same college Elliot did, not wanting to be away from home. I was surprised when he told me he was going to college. He always complained about not liking school. But he was smart and had so much potential. I need to make myself a note to call him and see how he's doing. "I'm ahead of the game."

"No, you're an over achiever." She sighed and look to the side of me. "Who sits there?"

"I don't know." I said.

"Well why don't you look at the name?" She said as if I should have known.

"There's no reason too." I said nodding my head in the direction of the door.

"Well this should be an interesting year." Mia smiled and I gave her a look of warning. "What? I didn't say anything…yet." She giggled to herself.

"Hi Mimi." I smiled at her and she smiled back. We came to an understanding at the end of our junior year and we even talked in the hallways a couple of times. She was a really insecure girl in so many ways and she wasn't that much different than me. I just didn't project my lack of confidence in a mean way. She and I became acquaintances and I have come to know that she wasn't so bad. Mia on the other hand wasn't as forgiving as I was.

"Hey, Ana. How are you?"

"I'm good and yourself?"

"Same." She took her seat. "Hey Mia."

"Hello Mimi." It was a descent start.

"How was everyone's summer?"

"Too short." I replied with a short laugh.

"Yeah, it was." She said, pulling out her notebook.

"Good Morning class. My name is Ms. Riley and this is Environmental science. If you are in the wrong class then you might want to skedaddle." She said jokingly.

I looked at Mia who looked at me and mouthed 'skedaddle', scrunching her face together. I guess she didn't like that word or at least thought it was weird. The class didn't laugh at her comment so she covered it up with moving on to something else. Mia and I noticed so we laughed.

"Is something funny ladies?" Ms. Riley asked.

The class turned their attention on us. "Oh, no, nothing at all." Mia said sarcastically. "Please continue." I had a feeling we might be getting into some trouble in this class.

"Hey babe." His deep voice enveloped me. It was lunch and I had the need to call him. I didn't know if he was in class or really remembered his entire schedule, but I needed to talk to him.

"Christian!" I squealed.

"I miss you."

"You don't even know how much I miss you. School isn't the same. Lunch isn't the same. Nothing is and I really don't like it." I took a seat outside on one of the benches.

"I'm sorry sweetheart. I wish it was different." He sounded sad and I didn't like it. "How is your first day going?"

"For starters, I have four classes with Mia."

"Well that can't be good." He chuckled. "You two are just asking for trouble."

"We aren't that bad. Mia is but I balance her out."

"Right, because you two didn't sneak out at midnight to go to that concert."

"That was one time." I scoffed. There was a rock band concert playing at one of the parks and Mia was dying to go. Of course Grace said no because it was too late, but that didn't stop her. I tagged along because I didn't want her getting into trouble. Christian covered for us and helped us climb up the window when we got back at four in the morning. It was a wild experience, something I couldn't particularly enjoy since I was worried about getting caught.

"Yeah well it proves my point."

"Ha. Ha. Ha." I laughed sarcastically. "So how's the college life?"

"It's okay." He said.

"You don't sound very enthusiastic about it. Everything alright?"

"Yeah, maybe I'm just a little home sick." He sighed. "I want to hold you."

I smiled at his words. "I'd give anything for you to hold me." I said. "I can't wait to see you in November."

"You know, before you showed up in my life, I couldn't wait to go to Harvard. It's always been something I wanted to do. And now…" He sighed heavily and I listened attentively. "Now I wish more than anything that I was home with you."

I wanted to cry. My heart started to ache for the way he was feeling. It was weird how I seemed to feel his emotions, literally. I felt so much more connected to him and could feel as if his presence was near. Is that weird? Or is it just me? "I know but you need to be there. There is a lot for you to learn, you know."

"There is a lot for me to learn, but there is also a lot I already know." He said. "I've been studying the aspects of business ever since I was a freshman in high school."

"You are so intelligent, Christian." The side door opened and Mia popped out. 'The pizza is here' she mouthed. I nodded my head in acknowledgement. She ordered a pizza and had it delivered. "And devoted. You'll be okay."

"I love you, Ana."

"And there will never be a day where I wouldn't love you." I said. "Are you going to be doing anything right now?"

"No. I'm walking back to my dorm. I finished all my classes for the day."

"Great. Can you text me? Mia ordered a pizza for lunch."

"She did what?"

"Yeah, she ordered a pizza. She said something about, not wanting to die the first day of school because of the cafeteria food." I laughed.

"Wow." He chuckled. "I'll text you when I get there."

"Alrighty. I love you."

"I love you too."

I hung up the phone and then looked at my screen saver. Christian was smiling and his eyes looked dark, wild. He was leaning against one of the trees, shirtless, in our secret spot. I smiled at the sight and then quickly went inside before Mia could yell at me for taking too long. "I think the food is cold." She said.

"Oh, don't be so dramatic." I said with the roll of my eyes as I took my seat.

"How's Christian?" She asked, opening the pizza box and grabbing a slice.

"He's good, a little home sick."

"He's not homesick. He's Ana sick." She said with a smiled, showing all her pearly white teeth. I raised my eyebrows and laughed. "It's true and you know it." I said

I shrugged my shoulders, not answering her statement. I grabbed a slice of pizza and shoved into my mouth, loving the way the grease and pepperoni tasted. "Hey, are you planning on doing cheerleading this year?" I asked.

"Yeah, I might as well right? I mean it's our senior year. I can't just do nothing."

"You wouldn't necessarily be doing nothing. Remember we have a photography class."

"Another class, you forced me into."

"I did not. You volunteered to do it with me."

"Yeah, well you persuaded me."

"I asked you one time if you wanted to do it with me." I took another bite of my food and said, "Don't blame me. You might enjoy it."

"Well it's the beginning of football season which means I will be staying after school for class to practice, which also means you will be staying with me and watching."

"I don't mind." I said. "Is Elena still the coach?"

"Yeah, she is." She replied. "She's really cool."

No, she's a cougar. "Yeah…" I dragged out. "When are you starting this whole after school thing?"

"Next week."

My phone vibrated and I quickly took it out of my back pocket and looked. It was Christian.

*Hey, I made it back to the dorm and I still miss you.

"I'm guessing that's Christian." Mia stated.

"What makes you say that?"

"Oh I don't know. It could be that big ass grin that's on your face."

Ignoring her, I resumed my texting.

*Okay, I'm eating pizza with Mia and I miss you.

*You better.

"Ana, keep eating, I can't finish all this by myself." Mia said, working on her third slice.

"Alright, calm down." I grabbed another and began to eat, pausing during bites to text back Christian.

Christian's Point of View

I walked into my dorm and saw Jose having a make out session with that Raine chick. I texted Ana before coming in the building that I made it back. Hearing her voice was exactly what I needed to get through the rest of the day. Hopefully being away from her will get easier as the weeks pass, but I will be counting down the days until I see her again. "Woah! Sorry, I'll come back."

Jose and Raine stopped there groping and moved away from each other. "No man, don't worry about it, we're finished. She has to leave anyway for class."

"You sure? I could come back…"

"No, it's okay Christian." Raine said, getting off the bed and straightening herself up. "I'll just be going."

"See you later, babe." Jose gave her a kiss and she returned it more forcefully. I looked away, feeling a little bit awkward with the situation. "I'll call you." They started dating a few weeks after they met. They were definitely a thing, but Jose was kind of a flirt and both mentally and verbally fondled other woman. Raine didn't seem like the innocent type so I figured she was doing the same thing.

"I'll be waiting." She replied, walking out the door.

"Sorry about that." Jose said once she was gone.

"No problem." I flopped onto my bed and lied there with my phone in my hands, texting Ana. "So are you two, like, official?"

"Um, sure, I guess. It's serious or anything."

"Yeah I figured that much out already." I laughed. "You have no problem openly checking out other woman and saying how much you'd think she'd be good in bed."

"Dude, I'm in college, I really don't want a serious relationship, causes way too much problems."

"Not if you have the right girl." I countered, looking at Ana, who covered my home screen. She was biting her lip and looking at the camera innocently. She was being shy, here, but it was so her. Her hair was thick, long and wavy, her eyes bluer the sea and skin was flawless. She was simply beautiful.

"You, my friend, are whipped." Jose laughed. "But I must admit, your girlfriend is definitely gorgeous."

"That she is." I smiled.

"I used to have a girlfriend. Like a serious girlfriend. Man, she was everything, had the looks, she was smart and strong…." He trailed off, making me look at him. He was staring at the ceiling, lying in his back with his hand over his chest. "She was perfect." He sighed. "She had beautiful blonde hair. It was so blonde it almost looked white. She had skin, fine like porcelain and her eyes were big and light brown."

"She sounds very beautiful." This was the first time I have ever heard any real emotion coming from him.

"She was. We were together for three years…"

"What happened?"

"She died." Oh, shit. "In a car accident. She was pregnant, too." Oh, double shit. I had no idea what to say. "I was so happy. I thought we would have been a family. I was only seventeen but I would have done anything for her and that baby."

"Dude, I am so sorry…"

"Don't be." He waved his hand like it didn't matter. "I found out a month later that she had been cheating on me for about five months. I don't know if the kid would have even been mine."

"That's got to be rough." I said.

"It was at first, but I'm over it now. I won't be getting into another relationship like that for another decade. I don't think it's for me, right now."

"I completely understand."

"Anyways, what do you say we go to another party tonight? The Beta's are throwing a mixer and I would very much like to get drunk and find some pussy to bury myself in."

I couldn't help the laugh that came from my mouth. That was a dramatic change it subject, but I welcomed it. It was starting to get so fucking depressing in here. "I'll go to the party but as for the second part you're on your own." I grabbed my bag and pulled out the homework I had to do for the day. It wasn't a lot, but I wanted to get started on it so I didn't have to worry about it later.

Sending Ana one last text before her lunch period was over I said…

*Btw, I have a crazy ass roommate.

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I am having Kate make an entrance in the next chapter but I want to know if you guys would like to see her as a friend or foe? I think both could be interesting and I already have some exciting ideas for the two different scenarios. I'm just not sure which I want to do!