The Next Day...
All classes are done for the day, and Luka is heading out with the three others following him from behind. Then he spots someone in the distance who, hesitatingly, as if scared, turns left, down the hallway.
"It must be that guy." He thinks, referring to Jamie, whom he saw briefly while trying to help Aria before.
"You guys can leave without me. I have something else to do." He says to them as they approach the branch in the hallway.
Brianna freezes for a second, then asks with a hint of suspicion in her tone, "What else do you have to do?"
"There's someone I have to meet and I don't know how long it's gonna take, so..."
"I don't have anything I'm supposed to be busy with, so I'll wait for you." She cuts him off. Then thinks, "I won't let you out of my sight, especially with that Aria girl on the loose," and nods.
Duke and Brittney also decide to stay and wait.
"Alright then. But once you notice that I'm gone for a while and can't wait any longer, feel free to leave," he says as he turns to the left wing of the building.
As he walks past empty classrooms, he suddenly hears a loud bang from one of them, and he hangs around the door.
"...so I won't be able to help you with this...ugh," Jamie tells Jason, and he gets punched right after.
Jason walks up to Jamie, now on the floor from the blow, and grabs his hair, pulling him up to look at him, and he grins angrily. "You bastard. You're only going to do what you're told, got it?"
Jamie, wanting to stand his ground, tries to speak, but is still too scared.
Jason let's go of him, "I'll assume you never said that and let you go, but if you fail to bring the target, consider yourself dead." He says with a snare, then heads towards the door and leaves the room.
"Why am I the one going through this?, Why does my stupid dad trust this guy so much?" Jamie cries as he picks himself up and dusts himself down, then he hears the door open and looks to see who it is.
Luka had hidden in the next classroom when Jason left and then came out to meet Jamie when the coast was clear. He enters the classroom and shuts the door.
Jamie looks back, terrified. He's been aware of everything that has been going on on campus since the whole incident with Aria. So he feels that Luka could not meet him without a reason.
As Luka enters the classroom, the low lighting in the room reflects on his expressionless face, and his eyes exhibit a strange, dark glare; the opacity of the shadow reflects from his eyes, as if yearning for cruel revenge.
As an act of remorse, he breaks down and tearfully kneels before Luka.
"It's you." A sudden guilt sweeps through his body. His eyes widen, and he begins to stutter, "I-I-I'm sorry. I didn't want to, please believe me. They threatened me," he pleads with his hands joined together, sweating profusely with his head bowed. Then he feels a cold, but soft and gentle touch on his head.
"I'm not someone to hold grudges. Especially when you did nothing wrong." Luka says, patting his head.
Jamie looks up, confused and betrayed by his own emotions. The darkness in the room lifts slowly as the rays of evening sunlight shine through, and Luka's eyes envision the image of a sunset over the sea.
Shaking, Jamie asks, "Uhm, can we remain like this for a minute?"
Luka looks at him, and a faint look of concern appears on his face. "Do what you want."
"Thank..., Thank you very much." He begins to cry again, holding Luka's hand on his head.