"What is wrong with you today?" I asked Rose in frustration, tired of trying to figure out her problem

"Nothing," she replied again

"Rose. I know something is wrong. Now tell me what it is," I said

"We'll be late for our class if we stand here and continue talking," she said ignoring my question

"But-" I was about to say

"I want to go to the washroom first," she said and closed her locker and turned around to head towards the washroom

Like a spinning wheel, she turned around and said, "You know what. Let's just go to class. I'll go to the washroom later,"

I narrowed my eyebrows at her. Quite surprised by her behavior.

"Rose. We are not moving until you tell me what is wrong with you," I stated

"How many times to I have to tell you that nothing is wrong," she replied, stressing on the word nothing

"Did you fight with Jake?" I questioned, trying to guess a possibility

"Well. Yes," she said, weirdly

"About what? And when? And why didn't you tell me?" I questioned, confused

"I didn't want to bother you with it. And neither did I want it to affect your equation with Austin," she replied

"What did you guys fight about?" I questioned

"Nothing big. Just a small argument," she replied, "What class do we have now?"

"I have Social Science and I think you have Math," I replied

"Social science? You alone in that class?" she asked as her facial muscles tensed

"Yeah. What's wrong with that?" I questioned

Just then a teacher walked past us

"Don't you kids have class?" he asked

"We do sir," I replied

"Then go right now. Don't get yourself late," he said

"Yes sir," we said in unison and left for our respective classes

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As the bell rang, I came out of my social science class holding my books on my left arm looking through a paper that had my test results on, absorbed in my thoughts. Just then I banged my head on something hard and muscular and all the books I held a second earlier scattered on the floor along with my test paper that ended near a black shoe standing tall in front of me.

"Ouch!" I exclaimed, rubbing my head ruefully, and without looking who I just bumped into, I immediately bent down to gather my books.

"Still going strong with the A+, aren't you?" said a familiar voice

I looked at the figure standing in front of me. Standing 6 foot tall with chestnut, straight hair hanging a few inches below the ears revealed a fresh face with perfectly carved lips above his chiseled jawline. His expressive brown eyes, set sunken within their socket, looked right into mine.

I took a step back in shock and surprise. My hands began shivering. My legs went numb, unable to control the weight of my body. My brain stopped functioning and my heart thudded in my chest, threatening to pop out any second.

As tears began rolling down, I tried to call out a name. A name that I had buried deep down in my heart and never wanted to pronounce again. Neither my mouth nor my voice supported me. Despite my attempts, not a single sound escaped my lips.

I started taking my steps back with my eyes glued to the figure in front of me. Unable to digest his presence. I had to get away, my brain managed to say. So, I ran to the safest place I could think of- the washroom.

I stumbled on the sink as I neared it. My blood pounded in my ears, hands were still shivering. I looked at the mirror in front of me but my vision, by now, was disfigured. I felt like I was stranded on an island. I clutched the top of the sink. My hand wrapped so tightly that my nails dug into my palms. Breathing was hard. Extremely hard.

Tears flowed like a waterfall. I cried harder, my chest grew tighter as bile rose in my throat. I fell on the floor unable to gather strength to stand up again. Everything around me blurred. Memories and voices echoed the room. Soon, everything turned black. Not a voice. Not a vision. Not a memory. Just darkness spread all around.

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