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11 : That Somebody

"Go away. You're no longer a part of us." Elsa wailed.

"Elsa...guys...what is goin-.." Niall slapped him for one last time. This time, he fell onto the ground.

"Stay away from us. All of us." Niall disputed.

"Niall...please...you gotta listen to me...Audrey.."

"We've had enough of listening." Louis snapped. "Go away. Leave us alone."

"Louis...guys...listen to me...Audrey...that wasn't-.." Harry cried out.

"Don't you dare speak of her.  You have no right to say her name." Niall yelled. Harry didn't speak after that. He just got up, and walked away, bruised from head to toe.

"Audrey...are you alright?" Niall asked.

"Yeah...yeah, I'm okay." I said stammering.

I don't know why, but when the whole thing happened, there was ABSOLUTELY NO ONE nearby. No one saw me even in the library. No one followed us when I yelled. No one followed us to the empty classroom. But, why would Harry do this?

"Guys...I smell a foul play."I said. "Harry could have never done that. He's too innocent for that. He's not-..."

"Audrey...open your eyes. You saw HIM do that to you. How come after all this...you yourself are not convinced it WAS him ?" Elsa asked.

"Think about it Elsa. Why would Harry do that?" I tried to explain.

"I don't know why Audrey...but he just did it." Niall said. "Let's go now."

I hope Harry's alright. No, it wasn't him. Someone else. And I WILL find that someone.

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The whole thing happened in the one free hour we got. The last hour was chemistry practicals again. Gosh.

We all had our lab coats this time. We took our manuals, and were getting ready to leave. Harry wasn't sitting with us anymore. He was sitting in the same last row where I sat on the first day. All alone, still sobbing.

"Audrey...are you alright? I can stay here with you in class in case you don't feel alright." Elsa asked.

"No...I'll be fine." I said.

"You sure ?"

"Yes." I replied bluntly.

We reached the lab, and Professor had given us the same IDENTIFY THE GIVEN SALT experiment to do, but this time, we were not in groups. We were supposed to do it individually. Even worse, all of us had different salts. We were given the procedure to do, but this was the first time I saw a totally different list of acids I've never used.

"This is gonna be hard." Elsa whispered.

"Yup." I said.

I could see Professor Gibbs doing the whole experiment for Lisa. I didn't do anything to her arms this morning. After all, her dad owns this place. She could get anything she wanted.

"How come she didn't complain about it ?" Elsa whispered again in between her experiment.

"No idea. Stop whispering. I'm losing my concentration." I whispered back.

"You all should've found out at least the acid radical in your salt. Come quick and report it to me. Quick." Professor Gibbs announced. None of them had finished. Not even me this time.

"Not even you Miss James?" He announced. Everyone was staring at me now.

"No Professor." I replied. I felt kinda embarrassed. Wait, how did he know my name? I never told him my name last time, neither in today morning's class.