Chapter 20

"Hey." Adam said as I approached him and Ari. "Hey." I said back.

"So how was riding the horses with Ari?" Adam asked. "It was really nice I missed it a lot." I said , "You know how to ride?" Adam said surprised. Before I could answer Ari said, "Yeah she does, and let me tell you . She is good."

"Thank you , but you were way better than me." I told Ari, "No I wasn't." Ari denied. I was about to say something but Adam cut me off.

"I will be the judge of that. How about the three of us go riding ?" he said. Ari shrugged her shoulders, "Sure, my mom likes you and she likes Claire. She won't mind." Ari said then looked at me. " Would you like that?" she asked.

I nodded my head, "Yeah that would be nice." " Great then it's settled , when we have time all of us will go riding." Adam said.

Ari nodded her head then looked at me, "So, will you tell me about yesterday?" Ari said with a knowing smile. I felt my face heat up.

Yesterday after I said goodbye to Alec , I texted Ari and told her about last night. I normally am not that type of girl but I really wanted to tell someone so I chose her.

"What happened yesterday?" Adam asked confused, "Alec asked her out on a date." Ari said. Adam looked at me then said, "Finally? I was wondering when he is going to do that."

"You thought that he would?" I asked Adam . Ari and Adam scoffed then Ari said "Yeah , it is so obvious he likes you." I shrugged my shoulders then said "I guess I'm blind then." Adam gave me a look then said "Yeah, that's an understatement ." I shrugged my shoulders.

After that we just walked through the halls of the school waiting for the bell to ring when I remembered something. "Are you going to talk to him?" I asked Ari. Ari looked at me fully knowing who I was talking about.

Adam didn't ask who I was talking about, understanding who I was talking about.

Ari looked at me then sighed. Just as she was about to open her mouth the bell rang. Ari groaned then said , "At lunch?" . I nodded my head" At lunch." I confirmed .

The three of us parted ways and we each headed to our classes.

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"I hate physics!" Asher exclaimed as he settled into his seat. Right now I have physics , right before lunch. Apparently Asher transferred into this class because he hated his other physics teacher.

"Then why are you taking it?" I asked him. Asher looked at and I swear I could see him blushing. I narrowed my eyes at him then asked again, "Asher, why did you take physics up?" .

Asher sighed , " I lost a bet ." he said . My eyes widened and I thought I misheard him, "Excuse me, you lost a bet?!" I exclaimed.

Asher glared at me, "Yeah , I did." I giggled then said "Care to elaborate?" . He was about to to say something, which i guess was no, but he was interrupted by the teacher entering the class.

I sighed then looked at him and whispered, "Saved by the bell." Asher just smiled at me then turned to the teacher.

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I entered the cafeteria and headed to the table I usually sit at with my friends. I saw Adam, Alec, Asher and Ari sitting there.

I headed there and sat beside Ari . "Hey." Alec said, "Hey." I said and got my food out.

"You're so lucky , cafeteria food is disgusting." Asher complained . I raised my eyebrows at him and said , "I literally have a sandwich, an apple and a water bottle. "

"Yeah, that's better than this cardboard pizza. " Adam said, Alec nodded his agreeing with the boys.

I looked at the food everyone has. Ari and I had homemade food while the boys all had cafeteria food. Admittedly the cafeteria food looked disgusting. It looked like someone who can burn water cooked it, no offence to the lunch ladies. No hate to them but the food that they have to prepare is disgusting.

I shrugged my shoulders, "It's not hard to make a sandwich in the morning or to prepare something the night before." The boys glared at me, "You just don't understand." Asher said.

"Well , enjoy your food while I enjoy mine." I said, then took a bite of my nutella sandwich . I felt the boys glare at me but I ignored them.

After a bit I was about to say something when I saw Caden approach us. I suddenly tensed up when I saw him.

"Ari I need to talk to you." Caden declared when he reached our table. Suddenly the cafeteria became quiet. Everyone stopped what they were doing and stared at us.

Ari gave Caden one look then sighed and nodded. She packed her stuff then gave me a look , right before she could say anything I nodded understanding what she meant. I took er stuff and put them next to mine.

Ari looked at me with a grateful look , then turned to Caden . She didn't say anything but she walked out of the cafeteria . Caden without saying anything followed her outside.

I looked at there figures hoping that everything will turn out fine.

"Don't worry, all they need is to properly talk." Alec said reassuringly . I shook my head, I hoped that it would be that easy.

"No Alec, Caden betrayed her trust then ignored her for months . They don't need to just talk . Caden needs to understand that what he did hurt her more than he realizes." I said with a sigh.

"But he knows that." Alec tried to argue. "But he doesn't." Asher intervened . I turned to look at him.

"Caden thinks that he just hurt her a little , he doesn't realize how hurt she actually is. I told him not do what he did but he didn't listen. He thought tha he can just break up with her without telling her why then when everything went back to normal he can tell her why he did it and she would forgive him." Asher said.

"But he realizes that now , and he is trying to fix it. I'm not trying to defend him but he knows what he did was wrong and he wants to try and fix it." Asher said.

"That's not enough. I know he had good intentions and that he still does but he needs to own up to his mistakes ." Asher pointed out.

Even though Asher might seem childish or really goofy. Which he can be sometimes he is still a really good person and when faced with serious situations , he can face them better than any of us. And for that I respect him

"And Alec somethings can't be fixed . What Ari had to go through was painful and I was the one that helped her through it." Adam said.

"Listen guys all that we can do is wait and see what Ari and Caden decide to do. And we have to support them whatever their decision is, okay?" I told the guys.

They nodded their heads . I gave the a small smile and I just sat there waiting for Ari and Caden.