POV Rio The thing about racing in the mountains of this town is that it always makes you feel like you might die with every turn that you take. The wind is icy this late into the night and the headlights of my bike is the only thing piercing through the darkness. There are shadows all around me like the shadows playing hide and seek in my mind. The rare moments of existence during which I truly feel alive are either when I'm taking a blow on the arena or when I'm driving my bike as fast as I can on an empty road like this one. For a moment I can pretend that I'm racing toward my freedom, that if I drive as fast as I can I'll be able to escape this life and the dark hole inside my chest. Or maybe I'll just take a bad turn and crash but that still would be a good thing because if there is an afterlife, I'm pretty sure that I'll spend it with C

POV NoralynWhen I go back to school the next day I give myself the mission to find Rio and have that serious conversation with him. But I don't see him the hallways and today I don't have in common classes with him. At lunch I find Kline under that tree where he loves to sit and I ask him if he's seen Rio but he shakes his head."I haven't seen him since last night. He doesn't pick up his phone either." He shrugs before handing out a sandwich to me. "I guess he needs time to be on his own."I take the sandwich and sit next to Kline to start eating. My curiosity gets the best of me and I can't help asking. "Do you know if something had happened between him and that guy he was fighting with."Kline shakes his head. "I have no idea. You know, Rio and I might be friends but he's someone who prefers keeping things to himself especially the heavy stuff.  He doesn't open up easily."He said this with sadness in his voice and I realize h