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Haydon watched him for a moment longer, her expression almost surprised before she tilted her head. "Empty house? Do you not have family?" she asked, genuinely curious now. Deep within her there was a twinge of what may have seemed like pain as Haydon gave a slight cringe. She didn't even know if she had any family and what family she might have had abandoned her. Haydon quickly turned to hide her face. "Come, the sun is starting to set." she used as cover as she began to walk once more. As she walked her thoughts went to what Ariyo had said about not able to get outside much. "Where are you from anyway?" she asked, not willing to look at him as she finally reached the end of the woods and found the pavement of her street.

Haydon cringed again as Ariyo explained his situation, about his mother and father. "At least you weren't abandoned at birth." she said very quietly, not able to hold back the words. Haydon suddenly hoped that Ariyo didn't hear them. She looked back at the boy with an almost sad expression. "Sure." she nodded to his offer of walking her home, once again she unknowingly let her guard drop. Haydon then quickly looked away in realization that her guard was down. What was wrong with her? She listened to him as he explained where he was from and nodded. "I see." she said and began to walk down the street with him. Haydon still felt old wounds reopening as she was reminded of her nonexistent family, she bit her lip as she tried to keep her expression normal. "As far as I know I was born and raised in this place they call a town." she explained as she looked around.

Haydon stopped at Ariyos touch as her charm throbbed with warmth once again and she looked at him with a face that no one had ever seen her wear before, she almost looked like a child. Her brows frowned. "I would never forget the love Bryan has shown me." she said defensively as if Ariyo had just accused her of not caring for Bryan. She did care for him. He was probably the only person she could say she loved like family, then again he was the only person she's ever had thats even close to being family. It took a moment of looking at Ariyo to realize what she was doing. She was openly trusting him without reason, trusting him enough to expose feelings that were none of his business. Haydon froze with a shocked expression, her green eyes looking at him as her mind became jumbled up in confusion. She tried to say something but all that came out was a bunch of babbling, stuttering and nonsense. Haydon then just turned with the same expression and started to slowly walk again.

They came up to her house now and Haydon looked at him with a conflicted expression, would she say yes? She thought about it for a moment before hearing Bryan open the door. "Little missy I need to talk to you." he said just as any parent would scold their child, then his eyes came upon Ariyo and he looked almost surprised. Haydon, not facing Bryan yet looked like a little kid who had been caught stealing a cookie from the cookie jar. "Sure." she quickly answered Ariyo's question and shook his hand as if accepting a deal then headed up the steps and into the house. "Who-" Bryan began. "What is it you need to talk about?" Haydon cut him off and dragged him inside after saying a quick goodbye to Ariyo and unknowingly giving him a small smile.

Haydon didn't get much sleep and what little sleep she did get was stollen by the merciless hand of her nightmares. Sitting up quickly, breathing hard with a face sticky from sweat, Haydon shivered. She slipped out of bed and turned off her alarm clock which read to be 3:45am. She still had an hour or two before it would go off but she turned it off anyway, she would not be going back to bed. As she got ready for the day, Haydon stood under the warm water of her shower for a long time. Her bright eyes looked empty before she turned off the water and got dressed, not bothering to dry her hair. Before going down stars, she stopped and glanced at her charm around her neck in the mirror. Bryan was still sleeping but Haydon didn't feel like making breakfast today. Quietly she slipped out of the house with her school bag, even though she still had hours before she needed to be anywhere. The green eyed girl went straight to the beach behind her house, she always wore a swimsuit under her clothes. Haydon began to strip her clothes off before finding her surf board hidden in some bushes. With a smile she dove into the water with it. She would catch a few waves before school, to clear her mind.

Meg sat at the kitchen table with a gathering of strange items before her. "Another sleepless night?" she questioned as Adam came into the room looking particularly grim. "Here, drink this." she handed him a glass with strange colored liquid in it. For Adam this was not strange, he was used to being given unknown drinks never questioning them due to the fact that they always helped him. What he wasn't prepared for was the god awful taste as he choked on the substance. Meg gave a grin. "Careful its a little strong." Adam gave her an 'Oh really?' look as his coughing subsided, he began to feel better though. Adam then began to make some breakfast and handed Meg some eggs. "Why thank you." she said and patted his shoulder. "Whats planned for today?" he asked as he began to eat his own food. "Its to school with you young man. I have to go help out at the hospital." she said and shooed him out of the kitchen to get ready for school.

After a while in the water and surfing, Haydon got carried away and lost track of time. When glancing at her water prof watch she cursed to herself, she had a half an hour to get to school and she liked to get there before everyone else did. It was the best way to avoid unwanted 'violence' to get to school and get to class as quickly as possible. Suddenly Haydon remembered the weeks worth detention she was supposed to start yesterday, she cursed again. Better make that two weeks worth detention now. Quickly paddling back to shore, Haydon threw her board back into the bushes and slipped her pants on over her wet two pice swimsuit. In a rush she swung her bag over her shoulder and snatched up her shirt before trotting around the house and to the sidewalk. Her hair and exposed upper body were still soaking wet from her little swim. For a moment, Haydon used her shirt to dry the dare skin of her torso and face as she glanced at her watch once again.

Haydon's head snapped around to the sound of Ariyo's voice and suddenly she became self-conscious as she used her shirt as a shield to his eyes and turned away. "W-what are you doing here?!" she sputtered demandingly, quickly slipping her shirt on over her damp swimsuit and soaked skin. Her hair was still dripping wet and tangled as she spun around to face Ariyo once again. "I had a detention yesterday that was inconveniently forgotten about. I'm late for my own funeral as it were." she answered his question as she pulled her soaked hair back into a hair tie. Finished wrestling with her unkept mane, Haydon placed her hands on her hips and let out a huff of breath. "And you? Out on a morning stroll are we?" she questioned almost suspiciously as she eyed the boy.