As the day ended, Keith packed up his things and headed to the parking lot. he nodded to Alex when she told him not to forget, and he figured he might as well just go to the mall now. He had nothing else to do, and the homework for the night was easy, he'd have it finished in a matter of minutes even at the mall's food court. He recalled the map to the mall in his head as he walked to his bike. Starting it up, he rode off to the mall. It was a 20ish minute ride, but the wind felt nice on his face and in his hair. The traffic was light and it was nice to just relax for a bit. As Keith rode along, he let his mind wander onto different things, mostly Alex's words. Keith would have to not trust her words, she was putting on a show to stay the queen. She would be mean and rude, and he would always feel the icy blades slicing into his flesh slowly. But he could survive that for the rest of the school year, only a few months really, they could finally be together. Keith smirked a bit, wondering what crazy things she would do to break him down. To prove himself to her, there was no torture he wouldn't endure. She could belittle him in front of the whole school, hell, the whole country and he wouldn't care. She could slander his name and humiliate him for being so lame and a loser, but it wouldn't matter. "Pain is temporary. No matter how bad it hurts, no matter how much she destroys you, don't break. It'll only last for a little while. It may be a day, or a week, or the rest of the year, but it will fade!" He reassured himself in his thoughts as he pulled up to the mall