Sticking my tongue out at her, I then asked, "So you really don't know where they both are?"

"No. I don't." She replied, shaking her head "Brennan did not even tell me that he was staying off today."

The shift between Lana and Brennan's relationship had become way more noticeable. It was no longer rainbows and butterflies between them. The honeymoon phase for them was over.

She sat forward in her seat with a small, frustrated groan "I don't even know what his favourite colour is."

I bit my lip to try and to hide my amusement "I don't think that matters, Lana. Unless you are kindergarten then it is life altering."

Her frown did not turn upside down as she explained "It does not matter how small something is. It is about getting to know the person. It counts because every small thing about them adds up to a bigger picture."

"But favourite colour?" I repeated, unconvinced "It does not reveal any person's thoughts or intentions."

She swivelled around in her chair, so her body was facing me as she interrogated "What is Stone's favourite colour?"

"What is the point in this?"

"Just answer the question." She insisted.

"Black." I answered but then I thought about what he would say if he was there "But he would not say that. He would probably say fairytale green to annoy me."

"See. Colours tell you a lot about a person." She pointed at me like her point had been made "He would say his favourite colour is that because it reminds him of you."

"That is not what I meant—" I began to argue but I was cut off.

Mr Dankworth stood at the very centre of the front of the class and waved his dramatically "It is time for another assignment. Which will be carried out in pairs."

The whole class groaned but he continued "In your pairs, you will get to really know each other. Learn everything about that person and write it down in a five-hundred-word essay. Five hundred words is not a lot, so I am expecting every word to count for something."

Lana whispered, "When was five hundred words not a lot?"

Getting a list from his desk, Mr Dankworth told the class "I have already decided the pairs before you start looking around the room for a partner."

He started calling names for the pairs, but Lana and I were only listening for our own.

We started to tune in more as he read the last couple of names "Chase and Daniel. Brennan and Michael. Mandy and Lana..."

At that, Lana let out a small groan "Why do I always end up getting Mandy as a partner? She does nothing."

The final pairs got called out even more dramatically by the over-the-top English teacher "Finally the last couple is Stone and Ella."

I regretted telling the universe that I missed him.