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Ten phone calls. Ten phone calls of Amayla calling Diana. Goes straight to voicemail. She was worrying. Diana can't handle embarrassment well. The time was 11:25, a couple of minutes until the second hour ended. Amayla asks her Geometry teacher, Mr. Baldwick if she can use the restroom. It was an emergency.

The halls were empty, Amayla pulls out her phone and calls her sister one more time. Her ringtone rings out loud and Amayla follows the noise to the janitor's closet.

She opens the door to see her sister on the floor crying. The last time she had ever seen her sister cry was back in Colorado when her ex-boyfriend broke up with her right after she gave her virginity to him.

And like Diana needed Amayla then, Diana needed Amayla now. Amayla quietly shuts the door and sits next to her sister and hugs her without saying a word.

Diana accepts the hug, and as the Harris sisters hugged in the janitor's closet of Riverdale High School, they had forgotten that they were mad at each other.

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Archie Andrews spots Amayla at her locker. He walks toward her and notices she had her earbuds in, listening to music.

He slowly grabs her left earbud which makes her jump in shock.

"Hey," Archie smiles while he puts the earbud in his left ear. "What are you listening to?"

"Some piano music," Amayla replied as she put her Geometry textbook in her locker. "What's up?"

"Nothing much, I just wanted to check on you to see how you are doing," Archie said while he leaned onto the lockers.

"I'm doing okay," Amayla replied. "Riverdale is not so bad."

Archie smiles.

"But I'm trying to find a piano tutor because the music teacher passed away last year."

Archie frowns.

"Are you okay? -"

"Y-yeah yeah," Archie says while clearing his throat. "You know I play piano too right? I can teach you."

Amayla's eyes brighten. "Really? That would be helpful."

"Sure no problem," Archie said. "I have football practice but can meet at 5:00? After school?"

"Yeah! I can make that happen!" Says Amayla. "Thank you, Archie!"

Archie smiles. "No problem, starting today though."

Amayla nods. "Got it!"

The bell rings and Archie grabs Amayla's textbooks and offers to walk her to class. They start walking together down the hallway. The plan is already in motion.

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Reginald reads the text message that Amayla sent him an hour ago at least 58 times. She texts him that she can no longer ride with him now because she is being tutored piano by Archie Andrews.

It took everything in him to text back "No problem, good luck with the piano lessons!" and click send. How could this happen? They were starting to bond a little bit before Andrews butted his redhead face in. Reggie slams his locker and marches toward the boys' locker room.

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