"I am?"

"Heh! Why are you here?" Someone asks,

"What do you mean?"

"I mean, we've all earned our riches, what have you done besides steal it?"

"Yes, commanding servants is a taxing work, I'm sure."

The redhead snorts, "You little jerk." She laughs,

"Whatever your problem is with me, just get over it." Asher says,

"Hah! Now that's said like a real man with power."

"Don't misunderstand, I'm not my father, I'm here to learn, earn my company and money and make friends...if that's possible."

"Heh, the day Mia is absent." One girl laughs,

"That's enough class, we are all here to learn are we not? I am Miss Clark. Pleasure to meet you all."

He sits in class all day learning about Math, Science, Finance and English. It's weird to be in an environment like this. He tries his best to focus, but all he can think about is that he's in a classroom with all these strangers, some of them already hate him.

Once class ends he stretches out of his seat. Most of the students in class come over and start talking to the redhead and white haired girl.

Asher raises an eyebrow. Maybe they are pretty famous.

"We should invite him."

"Pffft. Yeah right."

"Hey Palmer!"

"Jessica!?"

"What? Oh come on we are all in the same world."

Asher looks back at the group with a raised eyebrow. "Yes?"

The redhead rolls her eyes, the guys around them scoff and mumble.

"Relax guys, Palmer, wanna go to a concert?"

"You can call me Asher and, not sure, never been."

"Well then you got to go!" One guy says,

He's one of the only who at least acts like he doesn't hate Asher. "Ryan, shut up."

"What?"

"Come on Asher, it'll be fun." The white haired girl, Jess, says,

"What concert?" Asher asks,

"Ours. My name's Riley." The redhead says,

"Where's it at?" Asher says,

"Do you need parental permission?" One boys mocks,

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Asher glares at him as Jessica spits the boy's name. "What?! He's cool, right?"

Asher looks at him in disgust. "Get your hand off my shoulder, now." He says,

The guy smirks and does as commanded. "It's at The Loisden park today at 2."

"Yeah what's the catch?"

"We just want to welcome you man. You're part of us now."

"Maybe."

"We won't bully you too much."

"Alright! Enough guys. They don't mean it. They're jerks." Ryan says,

"I might come." Asher says,

He turns and starts out of class. He walks out the building as everyone else starts piling out.

He stops and turns, he looks around him and turns again. He definitely heard someone whispering, when he turned, it stopped.

"Dude where were you?!"

Asher turns around and sees Jessica and Riley talking with another redhead, they laugh as she gives an excuse. She turns around, Asher turns pale, his heart skips a beat.

Nicole grins, "I'm not wasting time in boring class when I could be practicing for our concert. That we have that day."

"You're an idiot." Jess laughs,

"Hey Asher...you good?"

A thousand questions pound his mind, but he realizes he's just staring at them with his jaw dropped. He wonders if she's undercover maybe.

He clears his throat and shakes his head. "S-sorry she just looks a lot like someone I...used to know." Is the only thing he can seem to blurt out,

"Is that...a good thing?" Nicole asks,

"Uh...yeah sorry, um, she just was a really good friend, she died a while ago."

Their expressions turn to shock and sadness. "Ugh! I'm sorry man." She says,

"She was the coolest woman ever." He says, trying to hide his relief and joy,

"...Oh uh...this is Asher Palmer, Asher this is Mya, she's our third band member."

Her eyes widen, "Whoa you're Asher Palmer?! Heh! Haha! I heard you had one heck of a night when you took the company over!" She laughs,

Asher smiles, "It was definitely memorable. Is that Mia like M-I-A? I've heard a thousand spellings, just, curious."

"Glad I'm not you." Jessica says,

"No, Mya M-Y-A, oh hey, you coming to our concert today? It's at 2 at-"

"I heard. Yeah, I think I will."

She smirks, "Alright, we're going on ahead, see ya there."

They say goodbye and the three hurry off, whispering to themselves. As soon as they are gone Asher's smile disappears, his heart is still pounding against his chest. She's alive. She's alive. She's alive. She didn't even recognize him. Was she just pretending?!

Asher pulls his phone out and sends a text to Noctus. Call me when you can, I need to make sure I'm not going insane. I'm not totally sure if it's an emergency.

He tucks his phone away and starts off campus, as soon as he leaves the campus his leg vibrates. He pulls his phone out, he accepts the call.

"Noctus."

"Whats is the problem?" The female electronic voice asks,

"I..I'm pretty sure I, no I definitely just saw-a-and talked to Nicole. She's alive, and apparently going to my school. She's going by Mya, M-Y-A. I'm, going to a concert of hers and two other students, Jessica and Riley. At 2 o'clock."

"I'll look into it. Be careful, okay?"

"Promise."

"Best not to engage her Asher."

"Well, that ship might have sailed, I'll do my best."

"Good luck, I'll meet up with you at your place after."

"Okay. I'll keep you updated."

Asher hangs up and tucks the phone away. He can't stop thinking about it. She's alive. She's alive.

His head is pounding, how!? What!? He notices he's breathing a little fast and tries to correct himself.

Wait, where is he going? He just walked off school campus. His dorm is on campus.

He shakes his head at himself and walks back onto campus. He walks to his dorm room and changes in more casual clothes, jeans, a black short sleeve and a red and black flannel with rolled up sleeves.

He looks at the time, concert starts in an hour. Guess he better get there, maybe he could have a chance to talk to Nicole after.

He gets to his car and drives to the park it's half an hour away. He finds a place to park but its a 13 minute walk, which isn't that bad.

He walks into the park, this is a massive park, but there is no room! It is crowded with people. 1000 something people maybe. These girls are obviously pretty famous, this is ridiculous. But he can't help but smile, it's kinda cool, being able to attract this size of a crowd. So much for talking to Nicole after.

"How are you New York!?"

The entire crowd cheers louder than he imagined they could. He looks at the massive stage and can see the three of them.

"You wanna hear some awesome music?!"

The crowd keeps on cheering. "Alright you heard em! Get off the stage Riley." Jessica plays,

"Shut up." She teases back,

Asher smiles as they begin to play.

"Here we go aga-ee-eehhh-ee-eh-ain-"