<LYRIQ'S POV>

I ARRIVED TO MY ART CLASS A FEW MINUTES EARLY. I WANTED TO TALK TO EDWARD ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT. I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT WAS WITH JAMES AND VICTORIA. WERE THEY LOCAL KIDS WHO LIKED RUNNING AROUND WITH RED CONTACTS? I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT WAS WITH HIM SHOWING UP OUT OF NO WHERE AND KEEPING ME FROM A EARLY, WATERY GRAVE.

"CAN WE TALK?" I ASKED HIM STANDING IN FRONT OF HIS DESK.

"ABOUT WHAT?" HE ASKED NOT LOOKING UP AT ME.

"LAST NIGHT. I MEAN I CAN'T ACT LIKE NOTHING HAPPENED." I SAID TO HIM. THE BELL RANG AND NOW EVERYONE WAS IN CLASS.

"YOU BETTER TAKE YOUR SEAT." HE SAID LOOKING AT ME. I WALKED OVER TO MY DESK LIVID. I TRIED TO KEEP MY COOL AND SHOW HIM THAT I WASN'T BOTHERED BY HIM AND HOW HE WAS NOW ACTING. I SAT IN MY CHAIR AND STARTED TO WRITE. I LOOKED UP FOR A BRIFF SECOND OUT OF THE WINDOW AND THOUGHT I'D SEEN JAMES. I DROPED MY BOOK, WENT TO PICK IT UP, LOOKED BACK OUT THE WINDOW AND HE WAS GONE. MAYBE HE WAS A STUDENT HERE. ANYWAY I ENDED UP MISSING OUT ON HALF OF WHAT THE ART TEACHER WAS TALKING ABOUT. I HEARD MY NAME.

"LYRIQ YOU WILL BE PAIRED UP WITH EDWARD. PLEASE MOVE YOUR DESK." THE TEACHER INSTRUCTED. THIS COULDN'T BE THE PERFECT TIMING. I MOVED MY SEAT AND SLID NEXT TO EDWARD.

"WHAT ARE THE ODDS OF US BEING PARTNERS IN CLASS?" I SAID TRYING TO MAKE A JOKE OUT OF THE SITUATION. HE DIDN'T SPEAK.

"OK, IF I HAVE TO TALK TO MYSELF THEN THATS FINE. BUT IF YOU DON'T START CHIMING IN WITH SOME ANSWERS, I SWEAR I WILL MAKE A SCENE IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS CLASS." I SAID TO HIM HOPING HE WOULDN'T TRY TO CALL MY BLUFF.

"YOU WOULDN'T DO THAT LYRIQ." HE SAID LOOKING AT ME.

"YOU WANNA TRY ME?" I SAID ABOUT TO GET OUT OF MY SEAT. HE QUICKLY GRABED MY ARM AND THEN LET IT GO. I SLWLY SAT BACK DOWN AMAZED.

"YOUR HAND….IT WAS SO COLD." I SAID STILL AMAZED.

"ITS THAT TIME OF YEAR. ITS COLD OUTSIDE I DON'T WEAR GLOVES SO." HE SAID. IT WAS OBVIOUS HE WAS LYING.