Trudy pulls the microwavable cottage pie out of the microwave, she rubs a spoon in it then rubs that spoon around the rim of a cooking pot. She puts the contents of the microwavable meal on a plate and puts it in front of an empty seat. The front door swings open, just in time, “hi mom” Trudy says. Trudy’s mom walks into the kitchen and sits in front of the plate, “you ok Trudy? You’re gone red”. “I'm fine, don’t worry about it mom” Trudy responds. “Well…have you eaten?” her mom asks, “yes” Trudy says. Trudy’s mom smiles, “thank’s Trudy”. Trudy walks into her bedroom, she picks her shoe off the ground and pulls the note out of it, she opens it out and reads it to herself, “soz, had to go to Kyle’s, you were still asleep I didn't want to wake you, see you at Miss Jackson tomorrow x”, she then pulls a different piece of paper out of her other shoe, its her own handwriting, “you looked like you were panicking, I’m here if you need someone to talk to, dw I’ve been there too- Trudy”. Her eyes well up with tears. She removes Ethan's nirvana hoodie and places it on the radiator. She sits on the bean bag Ethan had been sitting on, she turns her computer on to watch something, but it ends up as background noise.

Meanwhile Ethan is…sound asleep? It's only 9:30pm and he's conked it, he's fallen asleep with a smile painted on his face. Another brick in the wall part 2 playing as he dozes. 

Trudy jolts awake early in the morning, she walks to her radiator and picks up Ethan's hoodie, it's still damp, the sleeves are still blood stained, but she puts it on. It still smells like him.  She laces up her dirty converse and walks out the door.

Ethan reaches Miss Jackson and sees Trudy already sitting there, she's looking at the ground, her cheeks are bright red. “Hey Trudy” Ethan says excitedly, “oh…hey” Trudy says nervously. “Everything ok?” Ethan asks as he sits beside her, her only reaction being a minor flinch as he hits the ground. “Y..yeah it's just…” she responds shakily, “just what?” Ethan responds. “It's just…how do we keep going on y’know…how do we pretend nothing happened yesterday?” she asks with a twinge of embarrassment. “And why do we have to pretend nothing happened?” Ethan asks sincerely, he brings his hand up to gently pat her head. Trudy smiles, then she puts her head on Ethan's shoulder, “thank…you” 

After a few minutes Trudy pipes up, “yo…I never call and ask you to play something right?”, Ethan grins, "Wu Tang again?”. She nods against his shoulder, “I want more, can we listen to Iron Man”. “Oh”, he says, "I don't have that downloaded, and I don't have internet here. I only have my emergency albums. Rage Against The Machine, Ok Computer, Stankonia, Dookie…”, she cuts him off with a chuckle “Dookie?”, “trust me” he says “it bangs”. “Stankonia” she says, “that sounds fun, play that” her arms circle the arm of his shoulder that she is laying against, “you’ve got good taste..I know it’ll be good”.

As the music starts playing Ethan relaxes, he leans against the tree as he adjusts fully to the weight of Trudy's head. He closes his eyes, blissfully, there’s a smile on his face, a smile that gets wiped out when he hears it, “this one right here goes out to all the baby mama’s mamas”, he looks down at Trudy with an apologetic look, she looks back up at him,“Miss Jackson…is from a song? But you said…”, he cuts her off, " I know, I'm sorry, I thought you’d never hear this song”. “Oh” she says softly “thats alright I guess, no harm done… I like this song” she says with a warm smile. Ethan smiles back at her

About halfway through toilet tisha the bell rings, Ethan turns the music off and stands up to walk towards the classroom, Trudy follows in step. They walk the steps of the stairs side by side, then they walk into the classroom and occupy the two seats next to each other. “That’s fucking disgusting”, James says, “she’s still wearing your fucking hoodie? And look at the state of it, its drenched…dirty bitch, and you Ethan, you’re lucky I dont fucking hit you”. After James takes his seat the principal walks in and sits at the front of the classroom, “talk amongst yourselves, do homework, do whatever you want to be honest I don't care…oh but don't hurt each other, cuz I’ll hurt you twice as hard”.

“Hey guts”, Trudy says nervously, “can I show you something? It's a note”. She pulls a note out of her shoe, the handwritten one, and hands it to him with shaky hands, he opens it and reads it, “last thursday you were panicking, and i wanted to help but i couldn’t” she says, he reads the note ‘you looked like you were panicking, I’m here if you need someone to talk to, dw I’ve been there too- Trudy’, “but now”, she continues, “I’ve decided I’m never gonna leave you behind like that again”. Ethan's eyes well up in tears as he stares at the piece of paper. “Trudy…I”, “shhh” Trudy responds, “you don't need to say anything”. Ethan looks up at her, the tears causing his eyes to shimmer.

BANG! All of a sudden a bird slams into the window, causing a loud bang. Trudy jumps, knocking her notebook straight off the desk. Ethan acts quickly and picks it up, then places it in front of her. She looks at him with an embarrassed look, and she takes the notebook and tucks it into her chest, she blushes. “Oh…th…thanks” she says, betraying the confidence she had no less than a minute ago

Fuck, I shouldn’t have picked that up. I did it so quickly too. She’s gonna think I'm like…I don't know, unaccepting of her quirks or something. Look at her face though she was clearly upset by it. Was it because she doesn't like people touching her notebook? Fuck

Then his thoughts get cut through by the bell, as he snaps back into consciousness the sound of the bell causes Trudy to jump and drop her notebook. Her eyes dart to the ground, then back up at Ethan. Ethan hesitates but eventually reaches down and picks up her notebook and hands it straight to her, she clutches it in both hands, “thanks guts” she says with a soft smile as they both stand up and start walking towards Miss Jackson.