30. Kate

Even though a crowd of people is the last thing I want I need to see Roxie. I’ve got to try and make some sense of all this, make this night about more than giving to my attraction to Dex.

All my possessions abandoned for now in the library I jog over to the far end of the compound where the bright, crackling bonfire towers high, sending billowing black smoke into the clear sky.

It wasn’t hard to spot Roxie, as usual she was in neon, a lemon and lime coloured mini dress paired with a black leather jacket. It looked ferociously expensive, but then I guess she can afford it. /Don’t be bitter/ Raya scolded as I sighed, hoping the breeze would whisk away any remaining scent of arousal on my skin.

Stood with Cherry, Matt, Felix, Sinead, and Martha. They were all having fun. Until they saw me. With a tut and an eye roll the immaculate Martha and Sinead tapped Roxie lightly on the arm. “Don’t worry, we know YOU have to talk to her”, was the implied message.

Bitches, feeling a flash of an