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Dahlia's POV

Today, I was exceptionally excited, no, anxious to go to school early. The suspense, it was killing me. 'How is Klaus, will he be in school today, is he really sick because of me?' I felt so bad about everything and kept playing what I did in my head as I walked into my class looking at my feet.

'Hm', yes 'Hm', in a masculine voice, that's what I heard when I walked past the table behind mine, oh God, where was I going? I looked up and saw Klaus, now sitting behind my seat, looking up at me. And the worst part was that he was smiling. My heart, out of guilt, did a little flip and I dropped my bag revealing almost all of its contents.

As I knelt to pick up my stuff, Klaus helped me with that, oh God whyyyyyy? The last thing he picked up was a picture of Killian. He looked up at it with interest in his eyes and handed it to me, looking away. I settled in my seat finally and honestly, it didn't feel like it was mine anymore.

I sat up with my back straight, and I don't know, it felt like eyes were boring holes through my back but I just couldn't turn. Finally, I mustered some courage and turned to look at Klaus who wasn't even looking at me. Wow.

Just then, he looked up at me, emotionless and looked back down at his notebook. What just happened? I swear I died inside a little when that happened. Now, guilt was strangling me. I really do have to apologize for that day. Apologies, I haven't done those in a very long while.

Students fled out of class when it was time for lunch. It's always like this. In no time, the class was empty and I was alone. Today, I ate alone at another table. Okay, honestly, I kept poking at my pasta the whole time. Just so my friends wouldn't question me about why I was down, I didn't sit with them.

Well, to think I actually thought they were my friends, is it a mistake? Like, none of them even came up to me to ask why I was away. I'm quite sure they didn't even notice. But someone did come up to me.

She walked past my table with her filled tray then took some steps back.

“Oh, hey Dahlia!”, Stormie hollered cheerfully.

She really does have some style. Reminds me pretty much of me. “Hey”, I managed to say, unenthused.

“Wow, what was that. You're okay?”, she settles down at the table, eating already.

“Well, not exactly”, I sigh. There was something quite natural about talking to her.

“Is it herpes, pregnancy, boys, what's up?”, she said so casually.

“Herpes, the hell?”, I was now laughing in confusion.

“Mhm, you're pretty, stylish, who wouldn't want some of that. Makes herpes quite inevitable you know”, she chuckled.

“Waw. You're crazy, I'm out”, lunch was over now and I had to go.

“See you later Herpes”, she hollered back, waving at me.

I roll my eyes at her, smile and get back to class. I was in a better mood now, thanks to the ‘storm’.