The bell rings loud and they all dispatch into their various classrooms, settling into their chairs.

' He didn't come again today." Ian says, turning around to look at Aurora and Arianna sitting two seats behind him.

' Who?." Aurora asks.

' Young Smith." He responds, his eyes resting on the vacant seat in the middle of the three.

' Humm…he is unwell, I guess." Arianna responds quickly and averts his eyes to look at her not too new sandals. After what he had told her that day, she just couldn't bring herself to act like all is well.

' It's fine Arianna. Ian is one of us so you...