Zaion’s POV:
Before I knew it, Baekhyun was back with his clothes in hand. It looked as if time had eventually gotten to him. He looked so tired.

“Was your sister okay?”

He nodded.

“So, where am I going to sleep?”

I thought for a second.

“My room has two beds. You can sleep in the other one.”

I led Baekhyun up to my room and pointed over to the bed. He plopped down into it almost eagerly. Not too long after, I heard snores coming from him. I hadn’t even turned the light off yet. I settled into my bed and hit the light.

Sleep rocked me like a boat on a gentle wave. My mind felt at ease and my heartbeat continued at a soothing pace. The thumping of my heart in my ears made me excited and exhausted all at the same time. The picture formed in my mind and jumped out at me like nothing else I had ever seen.

I was falling almost endlessly. I was headed deep down to watery depths to parish on jagged rocks. I screamed and my voice bounced back from the rocks and into my own ears, to my mind, taking up its space.
Inside my head were harsh words and cruel sayings. I tried to force them out. I shut my eyes tight, trying to take my mind back. As I pushed and pushed, the thoughts burst, leaving behind a piercing scream. My eyes shot open and in front of me was the face of the people who hurt me most.
“What do you want from me?” I screamed.
In snake-like voices they all said in unison, “Your trust. Your forgiveness. Your heart.”
Their menacing yellow eyes showed something other than the words they said. They were out to hurt me again. They reached out their hand to get me to take it. I didn’t want to but temptation was getting the better of me.
Before I could either grab the hand or fall to my demise, an angel-Baekhyun-grabbed me  and swooped me up into his arms and carried me away.
As we flew off into the skies, there was a loud beeping. My brows furrowed and I looked around.
“It’s time to wake up.”
“What?”

“Zaion, get up, we have to go to school! It’s time to wake up.”

I woke up and before me was Baekhyun. He smiled once he realized I was awake.

“Now that you are up, we have to get ready. Today we go meet with Principal Greyson.”

I got up and grabbed my solid purple quarter sleeve shirt, My black vest, some skinnies, and my black combat boots. I ran to the second bathroom and changed while Baekhyun took the first. I decided to straighten my hair. I gave myself cute side bangs and put the rest in a french braid slanting across to the other side of my shoulder. After doing all my other necessary morning things, I went down to the kitchen and pulled out the muffins (assorted pack of course).

“Want a muffin?” I asked baekhyun as he came downstairs.

He looked at me, obviously stunned by my unfaltering beauty. Haha! I kid, I kid.

“You look great. And yeah, chocolate chip.”

I smiled and gave him his muffin. I got one myself and we grabbed our backpacks and headed off to school.

As we walked to school, we finally had a real conversation. We talked about movies, books, and much more. I didn’t feel any pressure and we talked the whole way to school. When we got there, it seemed Greyson was waiting for us by the door. My expression and mood changed from happy to cold instantly.

“Ah, you finally made it. Go on in to my office. Don’t worry about your classes, all your teachers are excusing you.”

We did as we were told but I wasn’t happy about it. I guess Baekhyun felt the drop in the temperature because he grabbed my hand and squeezed it as if he were assuring me of something. I softened a bit and sat in my usual chair. I realized that I hadn’t been getting sent to the office the whole time Baekhyun was here. Hm, interesting!

Not too much later, Greyson joined us in his office.

“Here is how this is going to work. I am going to talk to Zaion first, then Baekhyun, Then both of you together. Is that understood?”

Baekhyun nodded and then he was directed out of the office. It was just me and Greyson.

“So, Zaion, how has your time with Mr. Byun been?”

“Long or short?”

“Long. I want the details.”

I took a deep breath.

“Okay. Well, before, my time with Baekhyun was kind of stupid and full of sarcasm and his unnaturally large and peppy smile.”

Principal Greyson listened with interest.

“After a bit I didn’t really mind his presence, though, when he talked, I could feel that bulging vein when it came up. I gave him a few days to make some friends of his own and he hung out with them for a while. I was getting kinda bored so I figured, hey, why not call up Mr. Happy-go-lucky pants? That’s just what I did. We went for coffee once. There was another time we went for ice cream but then there was the incident with the cashier lady with the facial tic. Last night we hung out at my house. Can I go now?”

I was about to leave when Greyson grabbed my arm.

“Ms. Zaion, you are eventually going to have to tell him. You can’t let the pain get the better of you.”

“What are you talking about?”

“You know very well what I’m talking about.”

I glared at him. What was he doing, stalking me? I yanked my arm back and left his office. When I got outside, Baekhyun looked at me as if he were mentally questioning me.

“Your turn”, was all I said.

When Baekhyun went in to talk to Principal Snoop, my phone rang and I realized that I forgot to turn it off. I answered it and my mom’s voice blared through it.

“Can you please lower your freaking voice?”

“Listen, girl, your father and are probably gonna extend our little trip for six months. We are looking for a house.”

I gasped and tried to keep my voice from cracking.

“What do you mean six months?”

“I mean exactly that.”

“Two months was already a long time. Who’s gonna take care of me? I can do most things by myself but not everything!”

My mom groaned and I could tell she was annoyed.

“Get a job and do something useful for once, you stupid little ingrate!”

Tears welled up in my eyes. I can’t believe she was just going to up and leave like that.

“Why would you say that? I’ve been working my but off trying to take care of myself while you and daddy did whatever the heck it is that you do! Shouldn’t you be trying to do something for me for once in your pathetic life!”

Some administrators looked over at me.

“Listen, now is not the time for this!! Good bye.”

With that I hung up the phone. I turned back toward the office, there were Principal Greyson and Baekhyun with wide eyes.

“Um...I think we should postpone the other part of the meeting.”

Greyson went back in his office, leaving both me and Baekhyun standing there, looking each other in the eyes. His face had question all over it while mine had tears.






A/N: Well that’s chapter 7!!!! I really hope you liked and enjoyed it. The story begins to unfold!!!! It’s about time!!! You will have to see what happens in Chapter 8! Peace and Love.
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