Things really escalated during lunch break, there was still a lot of tension remaining and an unpleasant aura could be felt from the group. In the end I ended up listening to my mother, I took her advice and stood up for Ash. The others clearly have no respect for him, they just kept forcing questions onto him.

That is until I stepped in and dealt with it. I scolded them because they weren't doing the right thing. But of course, for every action there are consequences. And my consequence was revealing my true colors to the group about Ash. I never hated him like they did, I was tolerant enough of him to get to know him at least a bit.

As a result of my tolerance, I got a million questions my way from the group. They were all in shock at how I defended the boy that they all despise. I still couldn't understand why, it's not like he ever did anything directly to us. He just hasn't been the most friendly person ever, and seeing his reaction about Calem assuming his past really clears things up. There is something bothering him. Something that he can't let go easily.

My current location is the math classroom. After the encounter with Ash and the group questioning me, I really didn't feel like staying. Instead I simply went to my next class, I was fed up with everyone and didn't want to speak to any of them. They must have had mutual feelings, because once they entered, each one of them avoided me and sat somewhere else.

I glanced at their expressions, they all made a face when looking at me. All of them either with anger or some with confusion. Calem seemed to be the worst of them all, and really I'm not surprised because during the break, when I was getting asked too many things, he snapped and started yelling at me.

Once he began, I couldn't hold in my thoughts anymore. I shouted at him because he took it too far getting into Ash's personal life. If he knows nothing, then he shouldn't be judging in the first place, maybe if he want's to know more try actually talking to the guy. I'm not going to make any assumptions until I have a proper conversation with Ash.

While we were staring at each other, he stood up all of the sudden. Calem walked over to me while his expression turned upside down. His face showed regret, but what is because he was in the wrong, or because of something else?

"Listen, Serena." He started and I didn't want to hear anything he had to say to me "Please, could we talk for a moment" Calem tried again but didn't succeed

"I will hear your words, but that doesn't mean I'm going to listen" I said under my breath while looking away from him. I could tell he felt relieved when I said that, but then he changed up the tone of the talk.

"Even though, I know for a fact I don't see what I did wrong, I'm sorry" What kind of apology was  that, he first said that what he did was the right thing to do, and then he says sorry to the wrong person. Calem couldn't of pissed me off more, his intention with this conversation wasn't because he regretted his decision, but because I'm mad at him.

"What kind of apology is that Calem? You just told me that you literally see nothing wrong with what you did and why are you apologizing to me, I'm not the one who got forced into a uncomfortable conversation. You must be one dumb person to think that I would accept that apology" I snapped at Calem who was thrown back by my comment

"I-uh-uh..." He tried to say something, but couldn't.

"We're done talking. I'm done talking. Go back to your seat" I commanded him, he frowned and slowly but surely made his way to where he had his things. On the way there he kept trying to look back, with sadness in his eyes. I knew it was fake, he was just trying to make me feel pity. I ignored him and looked forward to the board.

With that being done, the teacher walked in and began his lesson. It was too much for me, I really needed this day to end. Unfortunately for me, there was still plenty of hours to get through in order to reach my deadline. 

Ten minutes into the lesson I noticed Ash wasn't back yet. I really hope he doesn't stop going to school because of that incident. Right at the moment of my thought the door opened, and revealed it to be Ash. A smile formed on my face.

The teacher didn't even notice Ash's presence and continued on the board. Ash was looking around for a spot to sit in. I saw his head scan the room, until his eyes stopped near me. He then proceeded to walk to my location and took a seat next to me.

'Did he just sit next to me? Willingly?' I froze now that Ash was here, I felt completely nervous. But I still squealed mentally at the though of Ash choosing to sit by me, instead of by himself.

The lesson felt all the better now that Ash was near me, I don't know why but I get this strange feeling whenever I'm around Ash. I can barely talk around him let alone avoid looking at him. Each time I try to take a peek at him, he always seems to notice. Each time, I my cheeks would flare up out of embarrassment.

Halfway through the lesson I needed to go to the bathroom. I raised my hand letting the professor know and made my way out of the room. I walked down the empty hallways and reached the bathroom entrance. While I was in there I got the chance to breath properly, I was heavily panting as I looked at the mirror.

I put my right hand on my heart, and could feel it beating extremely fast, but now the speed seemed to be dying down. 'It must be because I'm nervous about the gang' I sighed, maintaining my vision on the reflective material.

I then proceeded to continue with my business in the bathroom, and was about to leave when I heard someone outside, but I was confused because the voice belonged to Ash. From inside the bathroom I could make the phrase 

"I wonder why professor Sycamore wants to meet us at his laboratory, he said it was urgent" 

Although it was heard at different levels, because Ash was running, he seemed to be in a hurry for something. I opened the door to try and stop him to have a conversation, but once I did the halls were empty. 'I was too slow' I thought to my self, now disappointed that I missed the opportunity to get some information out of him.

I made my way back to the class, opening the door I could sense there was something wrong  with the atmosphere. As I made my way back to my seat, my eyes were stuck on Ash's stuff on the desk next to mine, he didn't even bother packing up. 'He must've been in hurry since he didn't even take any of his things with him' I sighed

I then glanced around the room, it didn't exactly feel the same as when I left. I sat back down and waited patiently for the lesson to end, once it did I went up to Dawn to ask her what happened.

"Dawn, why did it feel different when I came back from the bathroom?" I asked

"Oh yeah, I forgot you weren't in the room. Your boyfriend got this notification or something on this weird watch he wears. After that he immediately sat up and started walking out of the class, before he was about to leave the teacher stopped him." Dawn began explaining the situation, I just stood there trying to process it all, when Dawn called Ash my boyfriend, my cheeks turned a vibrant red and I looked away, hiding my embarrassment.

"H-He isn't my boyfriend, I b-barely even k-know him" I said stuttering all over the sentence

"Of course you do" Dawn said in a teasing way. Anyway... The teacher asked Ash where he was off to. Ash spoke up and told the teacher which I quote by the way 'I'm not the one to tell you so, nor should you be questioning me' and with that he just left the room.

'Now it all makes sense, when Ash said that, he meant that the teacher should be answering to professor Sycamore not Ash, but it still doesn't explain where Ash went and why' I was in deep thought. I went back to the moment in the bathroom, and tried coming to a conclusion, but couldn't.

'I guess he was meeting professor Sycamore, but why would the professor want to meet him at his research lab, and he also said it was urgent for some reason, but most of all, why would he want to talk to Ash specifically?'