Stella had taunted her again, and as usual, Aurora had gone to her most favorite place in the world to cool off and practice. Behind the bleachers, where no one bothered her. She never practiced in the Auditorium, because she knew that there was always the major chance of running into someone and she didn't need any more taunts. Sighing softly, she assembled her tricks on the cool grass, choosing to practice the famous but common trick with two rings which appeared closed but had a small opening.

Not one to waste time, a thing which was a necessity because of her jam-packed schedule, she was also practicing to sing. She wasn't that good, but her voice wasn't grating to the ears too, just pleasantly stuck somewhere in the middle. Untill the sudden sound of footsteps brought her song to a panicked halt, as she hastily tried to stuff her tricks back into the bag before relaxing as she realized none would find her here, right?

Reed was searching a quiet place to relax when he heard someone singing from behind the bleachers. He stopped on his track when he heard the voice grew quiet. Maybe he just imagining things but he was so sure he heard it.

Reed headed towards her anyway and found the person relaxed. He sneaked behind her and was about to scare her when he saw what she was doing.

"What's that?"

Aurora jumped slightly when she heard the voice and quickly turned, stuffing the remaining tricks back in her bag. Hoping that she could bluff her way out of this mess and trying to act cool, the latter not quite being her forte. 'No-nothing." She replied in a barely audible voice, before repeating in a slightly stronger voice. Shouldering her bag, she got up quickly and banged her head on the bleacher. "Ow!" She cried out, rubbing her head and wincing.

Reed caught her shoulders just in case if she would fall back after the impact or she'll fall from the pain. He tsked at her, looking a little bit amused since she clearly looked nervous. But Reed wasn't the awkward type of guy.

"Auch that hurt indeed." he said as he tilted her chin up and brushed her hair to see it better. "I have a band-aid if you want?"

"I am fine." Aurora insisted, relieved as she hoped that this incident would make the boy forget about his previous question and she could use her wound to get away from here and maybe scout around for a new spot to practice. Pushing her hair back in place, she took a step away from the boy and played with the straps of her bag. "No I am fine. I do not believe that a band aid would be necessary. It wouldn't help anyway, seeing that my head isn't bleeding, is it?" She explained softly, lightly touching the slight bump that was beginning to form.

"No it's not, but it looks hurt." Reed said as the corner of his lips curled up slightly in a small crooked smile. Then he pushed her hand away from the bump with a finger and a scolding look. "Don't touch it until you get it treated."

"That's good." Aurora replied, nodding determinedly and pushing her bag higher up her shoulder. She rolled her eyes when he scolded her, "Come one now, its not that bad and I am used to stuff like this." She added, surveying the grass. It was true, she usually got hurt in the same way a lot here, mainly due to her panic attacks whenever someone came close to this place. "And now its gone and I will have to search for a new place." She muttered sadly, she liked this place. Nobody found her here but now she had been found and she would have to switch.

"What are you talking about?" Reed was a little oblivious if it comes to this and he knew she was thinking something. Of course it won't help if she didn't share it to him.

"Something bothering you?" he stuck his hands inside his jacket pockets and scowled.

"What do you mean?" Aurora asked, confusion clouding her features. "Wait...you mean...like...I said that out loud?" She asked slowly, frowning. This habit of hers annoyed her to no extent, the way she kept on switching from thoughts to words and then back to words again. "I meant this place. I...uh...didn't expect people to come here. But...uh..why are you scowling?" She added, looking up in concern towards the boy, his face was vaguely familiar but she couldn't place it.

Reed looked at the girl with amused smile. Thinking girls these days just became weirder but he knew she's a honest girl.

"Well I don't understand what were you talking about." he pretend to think of something as he brushed his finger over his chin to complete the act while looking around.

"Don't worry I won't hijacked your place." he smirked after he just copied what she did to tease her. "Oh yeah you need to treat that first.

"Of course you wouldn't, it takes a sense of hearing to hear and a brain to translate hearing into understanding and intelligence to apply that understanding." Aurora replied dismissively, her snobbish personality resurfacing for a second before retreating back into some deep, dark corner of her being, leaving her to deal with the mess. Smiling apologetically at the boy and rubbing her arm she added, "No offence?"

"This isn't my place and even if you hijack it, it doesn't matter now because I probably won't come here anymore anyway. If you found me, it won't be long before they find me too." She replied honestly, shrugging and brushing the herself.

Reed just stared at her with his blue eyes then he shook his head, giving her a small smile instead. He doesn't care what she said, he just merely answering her.

"None taken.." he trailed off when she said that. "Who?" he looked around just to see if anyone around.

"Oh you know. The popular group, the scholarship kids, the rich kids, anyone really." She explained dismissively, looking around nervously. She wasn't scared of them, she just didn't want them to be around her. She didn't like constant reminders and everyone over here just did that to her all the time. Her expression darkened as she fiddled with her hands, bouncing on the balls of her feet, trying to contain her energy but not really succeeding.

Frowning she studied the boy's features, "I still feel I have seen you somewhere before."

Reed notice how nervous she is and he shrugged it off, "Hey, this place won't attract much attention if there isn't a treasury chest under our feet." he kicked a rock and scoffed amused at her but he was just trying to reassure her with his own way.

"I think you got the wrong dude." he chuckled.

"Could've fooled me." Aurora muttered in reply, staring pointedly at the boy. "So why are you here?" She asked shyly, shifting her gaze to the grass. In fact, during their entire 'conversation', she had barely looked at the boy for more than a few seconds, her shy nature stopping her from being to direct or open.

"I don't think so. I never forget faces, although of course, I wasn't studying yours very attentively when I saw you the first time, but I never forget faces. Are you some kind of a model?"

Reed almost grinned when she suddenly turned like this. He tilted his head slightly to get her attention from the boring grass and it made the sun light turn his blue eyes brighter than before. "Just wandering.. then I heard you singing." he smiled honestly.

"Maybe yes, maybe not." he murmured and was about to pull his cig pack as he leaned against something but he put it back since he don't want to start a fight again.

"Oh." Aurora replied in slight misery as she realized that the boy had heard her. Now he will figure out that I don't deserve to go to a school like Stellar, she thought, playing with the zip of her jacket. Sometimes zipping it up, the next moment unzipping it. She always had difficulty in staying still.

"You aren't going to tell me are you?" She asked, blinking up at Reed.

"Nope, I tell you mine if you tell me yours." Reed smirked. He didn't say anything about her singing. But he stopped her from playing with her zipper just because he want to and he doesn't know why.

"Tell you mine what?" Aurora asked blankly, frowning when he stopped her from playing with her zip. She wondered why he didn't say anything about her singing but she didn't voice it, she wasn't sure that she wanted to hear about her singing.

"Name. Your name." Reed smiled crookedly then he let her hand go when he notice she doesn't like it. He run it through his hair instead but only to make it fall messily like a model. He didn't care what he look thought but the background fit with him, bright sun, grassy field, slightly tan skin, blonde hair and clear blue eyes.

"Oh. My name is Aurora Anastasia Bosley." Aurora replied, holding out her hand for him to shake. It happened automatically, years of training by her mother forced her to act subconsciously and besides, there was no harm in being nice.

"You are a model." She added determinedly, noticing the way he seemed to suit the environment around. Like this was a photo shoot set specially designed for him. I don't belong here, she thought suddenly, frowning and pushing her bag back to its position.

Reed took her hand and shook it once as he held his grin but he chuckled at her. But his smile fell when she said that.

"Bosley... sounds like you came from a rich family." he tried to guess but he didn't said anything about her statement on him being a model.

"I am." Aurora answered simply, not wanting to go into details. Of course, if the boy asked, she would be socially obliged to explain it to him but he wasn't asking now and Aurora hoped that it would stay that way. Her family....Ariadne, flashing a rare, brilliant smile towards Reed, she dug out her phone and clicked a picture of Reed with it, sending it to her sister before he could figure out what happened.

Ariadne would know exactly who Reed was.

Reed looked at her when she answered him and finally he remember who she is. His manager told him all about the richest family because it's part of his game to gain fame.

What he didn't expected was she took his picture, "What are you doing?" he blinked and scowled. He thought she probably lied about not knowing him then she took that chance to take his picture.

"Sending your picture to Ariadne. If you are a model or an actor, she would definitely know you and you would know her too. Ariadne Bosley? She handles my dad's Production business." Aurora explained, fumbling with her phone as she received the reply from Ariadne.

"Reed Cross." She muttered distastefully, she hated Reed Cross. She had never even seen any of his movies or gone to any of his premiers but she still hated him. And she was offended that he thought she was his fan or something. "Stop scowling I am not going to sell these to the press. I can meet you any time I want, why would I take photos of you if I was such a big fan?"