The next couple of days were pretty uneventful. I studied hard to distract myself, my final exam was on Wednesday afternoon. The exam came and went but instead of feeling relieved I still felt anxious. It was ridiculous, four days ago I'd seen someone who reminded me of Sid and now I was a mess. What was wrong with me? I was with Liam, I loved Liam, this shouldn't be affecting me so much. I stopped walking suddenly when I realised I was standing in front of the Walkers old house. I hadn't meant to come here. Now I was standing here I couldn't stop the flood of memories that hit me. I remembered the days when Sid, Indi and Dexter had first arrived, the easy conversations with Sid and the fights with Indi. But Indi had become my friend and Sid? Well I thought I'd loved him. I remembered the intensity of his blue eyes and the set of his mouth when he was annoyed with me, I couldn't help being swept away in the memory for a moment. I shook my head, trying to clear it, him, away and then I remembered Indi's face the night she had caught me kissing her father. She'd looked so hurt. I was startled from that bittersweet memory by the ringing of my phone. Liam I thought but the caller ID said Sid, I panicked and dropped my phone, staring at it in horror until it stopped ringing. After several minutes of silence I picked the phone up, erased Sid's call from the call register and deleted Sid's number. On the walk home my thoughts ran wild and I started to wonder if I'd been rash, maybe Sid needed to tell me something about Indi. I hoped she was okay.
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The next time Sid called, yes I recognised his number, I was with Liam. It was lunchtime the following day. I hung up on the ringing and lied that it was Aiden who'd called. Liam knew I was angry with Aiden, so he never questioned it. That night I couldn't sleep and I wondered if I should call Sid back. What if it was about Indi? And even if it wasn't my happiness was slipping away anyway.