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[sub][url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E41Wrmew0dk&list=PLvyQCgG0Bb_Sj3OJK_gw9CPE8oSpyXwio&index=11]While You Were Away[/url][/sub]

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[i]"Deep breaths, you can do this, you gotta be strong. What if Liz saw you like this? She's probably going through so much worse.....I gotta be a man right? I gotta be there for her....right? Man she'll probably think I'm such a loser! But this isn't about me....this is about Lily. God i'm stupid."[/i]

Elliot was having a whole conversation with himself in his head, going back and forth on how he needed to act tough instead of his normal nervous self. Though all that was really doing was making him even more nervous. The boy was so wrapped up in the thoughts in his head that he didn't realize someone had walked up to him until they spoke, a soft voice. Auburn eyes shifted upwards. [i]"Lily?"[/i] The thought flashed through his head but vanished just as fast as his eyes focused on the girl who had spoken.

Redness came to Elliot's cheeks as he felt a wave of embarrassment, the boy quickly shaking his head, floppy brown hair shaking about. [color=F08080]"Ah..um...I-I, I'm really...I...Fine...."[/color] He fumbled with his words for a moment before he took a deep breath and tried to calm himself down, [color=F08080]"I um, I'm fine...thank you." [/color] [i]Stupid! No one would really be fine in a situation like this.[/i] While the girl looked vaguely familiar he couldn't put a name to her face. "Thanks for...asking." She said with a small smile, not wanting to seem rude. Behind them he saw Kei Aiba sit down, while he knew of the other male he never took the time to speak to him. He kind of got an odd vibe from him, what it was he didn't know.

Before much more could be said Liz came up in a blur, grabbing the girl's shoulder. Elliot clearly heard her say Lily and his heart ached, as soon as she laid eyes on the other girl he could see the pain her green eyes. All eyes were on the front of the room and he could slowly see realization and a scatter of emotions cross Elizabeth's face, he wanted to say something to comfort her but the words were stuck in his throat. Though when she sat down he laid a hand on top of hers and offering her a gentle smile, he really did feel for her. While he might not say it aloud and didn't show it he had always had a bit of a crush on his childhood friend.

From the first time they met Liz and Lily were bright lights in his life, they were there in some of his hardest time. There were many times where Elliot felt like he didn't know enough for his friends, he felt like that now more so than ever. One of his friends was missing, very possibly dead and the other was grieving. [i]I gotta be strong...for Liz at least. I gotta be there for her, as her friend.[/i] And while he knew she probably would never think of him in any way other than a friend it didn't bother him, as long as he could give her some form of comfort it was enough for him.

Elliot squeezed Liz's hand gently, [color=F08080]"I'll be right here Liz"[/color].


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