ARIANA Day five and I had not seen Gabriel, or heard from him. It was easy to tune the thought of hm out, and focus on studying for my final paper, which was later today. I had been up since four in the morning, and was still a bundle of nerves even after three cups of coffee. It was my final paper. And I had no one to support me. I did have Grace, and Fred, ut it couldn't be compared to what it would have felt like if I had my family cheering me up, and telling me how much they believed in me. Or even Gabriel. I eyed the phone at the end of the dressing table with so much annoyance and hurt at how much he had ignored me sine taking me to Xavier's. I hadn't even said anything wrong! Even Sebastian seemed to have disappeared too, the very next day after I saw Gabriel last. I put every

