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Natasha slowly walks up to the school with Arianwyn on her side.

She feels as though this girl must be quite nice...

They walk up to the school and Natasha takes a breath.

Arianwyn looks at her noticing her uneasiness.

She puts her hand on Natasha's shoulder as if saying 'you'll be fine'

Natasha nods. "Well....might as well get this over with." 'How bad could this possibly be?' She wonders.

They both stroll into the schoolhouse. The hallway is packed with kids talking, walking, and just doing a bunch of random things.

Natasha looks around. 'It doesn't look to bad....' She admits to herself as she slowly walks down the hallway nervously smiling at passing students.

She feels someone grab her arm. She jerks around to see a guy standing there. "Hey......you..." He has a creepy smile.

Natasha gasps, as she quickly kicks him, then pulls away, wandering as far in the crowd as she can get.

Her heart pounding in her chest, she hurries over to a nearby water fountain to get some refreshing water.

Arianwyn then walks by and see the worried look on Natasha's face. She goes near her and asks:

"What's wrong Natasha ?"

"Oh... Nothing. I just was approached by another creepy guy..."

"Another one ?! Goodness, you must be a magnet of some sort !"

She laughs lightly, and her laugh sounds like an angel's. Then she stops and looks at Natasha with a more serious face.

"If he really bothers you, point him out and I'll drive him off. Don't worry, I won't knock this one out. Unless he tries to assault you or something, of course..."

"Oh, should be okay. It was nothing too serious."

"If you say so. Buuut... Just to prevent that, would you mind if I walked with you to class ?"

"Not at all !"

The two girls start to walk together and, while they get to class, they take the opportunity to chat with each other. Natasha learns that Arianwyn is a rich girl from the city, that she doesn't have parents and lives in her own house, which seems pretty strange. 'Isn't she a bit... young for that ? Well, whatever. She's nice.' Then Arian starts to talk about her boyfriend, who's a cute guy from school, and how wonderful he is in Arian's eyes. Then, Natasha starts to talk to her about her own life: her moving in town, her nearly abandoned house, the difficult family situation she's in...

"Ouch... I feel a bit ashamed of talking about my wealth and happiness, now..." Arian says as she looks at Natasha.

"Don't ! It's not what I..."

"I know, but... Your life sounds difficult. And here I come, bragging about how rich I am, how nice is my house and all that sort of things..."

"Maybe... But you didn't knew. Besides, you're really nice and I feel like we could be... friends... if you want to, of course..."

"Why not ? I'd be glad to !"

Arianwyn chuckles and smiles warmly at Natasha.

Natasha's smile slowly disappears.

"Natasha?" Arianwyn says a bit worried.

"Oh....I" Natasha blushes.

"Is something wrong...?"

"Well....I didn't think you'd....you know actually want to be my friend..." Natasha explains.

Arianwyn frowns a bit. 'Poor girl...' She thinks.

She grabs Natasha's hand. "Of course I want to be your friend, Nat...is it okay if I call you Nat?"

Natasha nods with a confused look. "Yeah....sure.."

Arianwyn goes on. "I know you sound like you don't really have any friends...but you're a very unique person, don't let anyone else get to you."

Natasha blushes again. "Aw thanks...no one...has ever said anything so nice to me like that."

Arianwyn just smiles.

"Eh... You deserve it, Nat."

Natasha blushes heavily and looks embarrassed, then mumbles:

"But I never did anything to..."

"You don't need to ! You're a nice girl, Nat, it's all that matters."

Natasha smiles shily and... hugs Arianwyn. The latter seems pretty surprised but smiles as well and hugs her back. She gives Natasha a little kiss on the forehead and giggles.

"You feeling better, now ?"

"Yes... Your arms feel so nice..."

'It's been... so long since someone held me that way... With love and niceness...' Natasha thinks. 'This feeling... It's so good ! Why was I deprived of it for such a long time ?'

"Let's go, now." Arianwyn softly says. "We wouldn't want to be late for class..."

"Sure. Lead on, then."

"Hey, by the way !"

"Yes ?"

"You can call me Arian. All my friends do."

"Okay !"

Natasha feels really happy. This girl... She's all what Natasha dreamed but couldn't access: a friend who loves her and cares about her... Who wants to protect her and make her happy. She feels better than anytime in the day and walk with Arianwyn to their class. 'Who knows ? Maybe this will actually turn out to be fun, here !'