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"Uh, s-sorry again." I said with a look of embarrassment on my face.

"It's fine ." Andrius said so blankly

Thinking of a excuse to get out of the situation I just blurted out

"I have to go to the uh, bathroom" I rushed out in a hurry to leave

The bathroom was empty, so i took this chance to give myself a pep talk.

"Why did you get so scared??? Keep your act together. You have never acted like this before. Why now?" I said to myself

I rinsed my face and headed back to the theater room. But then unexpectedly i bumped into the same guy from before.

The look he had on his face was not happy. And before i knew it i was on the floor again.

"You don't have your little boyfriend to protect you now do you"

I was frozen in place and had no clue what to do, but then in the blink of an eye i had a sharp pain on my side. He had kicked me . I screamed, so loud that people started pouring out of the theater rooms. Soon enough I saw his face. Andrius was there. He had ran over and punched him in the face. From what I saw the man was on the floor knocked out with blood coming from his lip.

Security came and took that man away, and Andrius had picked me up and brought me to a theater bench.

My face was wet with tears, my side was throbbing, and all i could think about was going home. I wanted to leave as soon as i possibly could. Because not only did i just get beat by a stranger over a shirt, but i also am so disappointed in myself that i froze with fear. What kind of person can sit there and not defend themselves. Me, i'm that kind of person.

We got up from the bench and started walking to the bus stop. Soon enough we were there and on our way home.

When we got to the apartment i immediately ran to my room. I cried myself to sleep that night.

The next day when i woke up i smelt a aroma so delicious i immediately got up and into the kitchen. Eggs, bacon, toast, orange juice, and biscuits all on the table. A breakfast i have not had since 6th grade. To bad the rules apply, i have to make my own food, not take his.

"Mornin'" Andrius said

I walked over to the cabinet to grab a box of cereal I packed with me, and then Andrius stopped me and said

"For today you can eat what i made, today only though" he said to me with a mouth full of food

I know he was only doing this out of pity but i thanked him anyways. It tasted amazing. How could such a simple breakfast be such a delicacy ?

Off to school we went after, sitting in separate seats like strangers again. When we got to school i hoped that Zoey wouldn't notice i was upset. At least not for today.

It was already gym class and i did not want to participate. So i told the gym teacher and showed her the bruise and she asked why and i had told her what had happened. Well excluding the part about Andrius.

During lunch time Zoey asked why I missed school because i never have in the past, so I told her how I slept in because i stood up to late doing homework. She also asked why i didn't play gym so i told her a lie, that i wasn't feeling so good and had a stomach ache.

It was finally art class. I could finally take my mind off of what was happening and only think of art. Then i remembered, i was partnered with Andrius and he had to draw me today.

I watched as he sketched. Pencil stroke after pencil stroke, the lines, the shading, the erasing, everything about what he was doing was so relaxing, so calming. I felt at piece at that moment.

But then it was over. He was finished. And it was one of the best pieces of art i had ever seen.

"Andrius that's amazing, I didn't know you could draw like that"

"Well you haven't known me long enough to know anything about me now have you?" He looked me into my eyes when he said that. And i was so caught up in those eyes, that I couldn't stop thinking about them for the rest of the day.