A million of thoughts rush into my mind. Not twice in one day Adilynne, I tell myself, while forcing myself to breathe.

"Hey are you okay," Austin's tapping my shoulder repeatedly.

I make myself get out this trance I'm in and smile, although I'm actually panicking. Then we made eye contact. The thing is he's not in his usual shorts and hoodie. I think it's the first time I've ever seen him in a jeans and a plaid shirt, in all reality I'm shocked.

I pull myself together as he walks quickly towards me. His hairs even brushed, what the hell?

"Hey princess," my father says pulling me into a hug.

He moved his hand under my hair so it's not visible and digs his finger nails into my skin, I can feel blood starting to drip down.  We pull out of a hug and he turns to Austin.

I immediately hold my breath.

"Hey my name's Mason," my father says gently shaking Austin's hand. I cringe at the fact that I was just holding that hand.

"Dad what are you doing here?" I say with the brightest smile possible, before Austin can answer.

He looks at me with evil eyes for a split second then says, "Just feeling out some paper work, honey, but I'm going to go."

He pulls me into another tight hug and whispers in my ear, " You see I don't like being this nice to you, but I won't have to for   long. "

When he finally walks away, I let out a big sigh of relief. I turn around to face Austin and see Mr. Ross staring at us, he quickly looks away when he sees me looking. That's odd, I tell myself, thinking he's some kind of pervert.

"I got to pee," I said when I see him trying to hold my hand with the hand my father shook.

We walk by the elevator, that kids aren't allowed to use, when a janitor pushed the button. What's the point of an elevator if it doesn't get used, it's always confused me.

"Hey Mr. Davis!" Austin says like they go way back.

"Oh Austin, it's good to see you kid."

"Can we ride too?" Austin's asks

"Yeah, of course, come on in!" He held the metal doors open for us.

*****

We reach the bathroom when I hear the voice of multiple girls. Their all crowded in the girls bathroom. I groan and go into the boys side instead. Austin heard it too, so he doesn't say anything.

The guys bathroom is set up like this, 2 stalls against the wall that has the door, 2 urinals on the back wall that's hidden by the stalls and 4 sinks on the wall across from the urinals.

I walk to the mirror beside the sinks to find a guy using an urinal I don't react because honestly, I really don't care, but I guess he's pee shy.

"What the hell, why are you in here?" The guy asks.

"Hold on Austin, everyone be quiet," I say as Austin goes to the urinal to pee.

You can clearly hear the laughing girls and all the drama their talking about.

"That's why," I say plainly as I go to the stall to pee.

I take a tissue and wipe the back of neck to get the blood off, thankfully it stopped bleeding.

*****

At Mercy High we have a lunch program called 'smart lunch.' We only have 4 classes each semester. 1 semester consist of 4 quarters and the other semester also consists of 4 quarters for a total of 8 quarters.

For lunch you pick if you want A,B or  C lunch, it just represents which time you eat. Austin and I picked lunch A. So during lunch B, and C we get to do whatever we want, for about a hour and a half, then we have to continue our other classes.

"You wanna take a walk?" Austin asks as we exit the bathroom.

"Why not," I cheerfully say while grabbing his hand this time.

"Umm," Austin drops my hand and holds his hand out for a high five.

What did I do this time? I swear I literally mess everything up. I slowly high five his hand obviously confused.

When my hand touches his he slowly laced his fingers in between mine. I do the same back. I smile at him, then stand on my top toes and kiss his soft cheek. He immediately turns red.

"Aww couple goals," a group of girls said as they stood watching.

This did not help Austin, I swear he looked so red I thought his head was going to burst open.

I smiled at the group of girls and turned away leading us down the stairs. Before lunch we found a random locker and put our bags inside so we wouldn't have to carry them. I was now thankful for that.

*****

The school is on a block that's pretty big. It takes about 30 minutes to walk around it once.

"Can I hug you?" Austin asks when we're halfway around the block.

"You don't have to ask," I say facing him.

He wraps his arms around my waist and I wrap mine around his neck. His hugs are literally the best thing I've ever felt. He just makes feel safe and wanted. Like he always does he takes a hand and runs it through my hair.

You remember how I mentioned rock bottom before. Being in his arms I know two things. Either one, I haven't made it to rock bottom yet, or two, I'm going up. I really hope I'm going up.

After five minutes have passed with us just standing there hugging, I slowly start to let go.

"Not yet," he pulls me in a little tighter and honestly I'm not complaining.

I wrap my arms around his body his body this time. Not wanting to ever let go. Austin gives off this scent that I can't quite make out. I just know he smells good. I

He finally let's me go after another 5 minutes, well kinda let's me go. He gets on his knees and tells me to get on his back.

"Are you sure?" I ask.

"Are you scared?" He asks me laughing.

I get on his back and he stands up. I wrap my legs around his body and hang on to him gently. That is until he decides to start running. I squeeze the front of his shirt and hang on with everything I got.

"Adilynne," he says as he stops, " your squeezing my nipple a bit to hard.

"Oh, uh, I um, sorry?" I say more like I question as I move my hands.

He thinks it's so funny, he bursts out laughing almost dropping me, with that I jump down.

About a quarter away from school we stop and sit by a tree. He holds my hand and lays his head on my shoulder, this time I run my free hand through his hair.

We sit in silence enjoying the company of each other. I close my eyes and rest it on the tree, until my phone vibrates. After 30 seconds I open my eyes and look at the message on the screen shocked.