Chapter 24 - ASHLEIGH

It was a very frustrating start to the day. Every time I smelt him, I had to act as though it was nothing. Every time he walked passed it killed me that I couldn’t speak to him.

I didn’t realize how hard this was going to be, is it hard for him, too?

It seems he is just moving along casually without any care for the world.

‘Remember this is what you wanted, I’m 100% sure Zander would have loved to mate and mark Saturday night when we saw him,’ Kia oh so helpfully reminded me every time I pined for him.

‘I know, Kia, I just wish it wasn’t so hard. I wanted to, at least, be able to speak to him a little bit. But even then, I don’t know what we could discuss.’

I wait for the girls at the steps by my locker. We always have lunch at the cafeteria and today is no different.

I feel a pull towards the football grounds, I walk towards the windows that open up all through the hallways to provide sunlight through the dark corridors.

I see Zander in a sports outfit with a red rugby top, bla