"So what's the plan now?" Ian asks, around the table as we eat. "Cinema?" Priya suggests, her bright blue eyes flicking over Danny sitting opposite her, he gives her a quick grin that makes her blush which relieves a bit of the worry I had about him and Aurora after I saw how close they were last night. "Yes." Alex chimes in from the seat on the other side of Aurora. Tightening my arm around her, I move her away from him the tiniest amount. I know it's probably petty and I'm being paranoid, but he's always next to her and I hate seeing them so close to one another.   "What are we seeing?" Kia, scrolling through her phone turns the cinema listings towards us.   With so many people to please, the ch

Her back door is unlocked when I gently press down on the handle. Slipping inside, I can hear the laughter still going on in the living room, I hear my name and consider hovering to hear what they're saying, but I don't want to get caught. I glance at the clock, it's only nine o'clock so I should have some time before she comes upstairs. Placing the bottle of fizzy wine I bought earlier, in a bucket on her table, I lie back on her bed and wait.    Time ticks by very slowly, I can still hear them chatting downstairs and it doesn't sound like they're going any time soon. Her diary sits there like a siren calling to me, I know I shouldn't read it, I try everything to distract myself but eventually, alert for sounds, I give in to temptation and look for anything written about me.  Electricity.

She's curled into me when I wake and I look around at the mess I made of her room in my attempt at romance.  I'm in trouble. I think to myself. This is all fun while we're sneaking around, but how the hell can it possibly work in reality when she's terrified of my friends. "Aurora?" I whisper, dragging my nails along her shoulder. Her lips twitch but she keeps her eyes closed. I chuckle to myself as an idea strikes. "We overslept, it's nearly eleven o'clock." "What?" Her eyes shoot open and she's out of bed, grabbing her clothes before she realises I'm laughing. She looks at her phone and glares at me. "You're a very mean man." "I'm sorry, I really am." I can't help l

"Hey, where's Aurora?" I whisper to Rae at the end of class. She's never this late and she's not replying to any of my texts. Not that I've tried continually since nine o'clock or anything... "Home, sick." She whispers back. "Apparently on the cadet thing last weekend she got soaked and freezing, and now she's sick, Priya said Danny and Alex are down with it too." "Right. Thanks." I walk straight out of school, driving over to her house with a brief stop at the shops for supplies.  I knock, even though I can see her mum's cars not there, before grabbing the spare key from under the mat and letting myself in. "Rory." I call. There's no answer but I can hear the TV on in her bedroom.  She's curled up under her qu

I'm in the dining hall with Luke and Billy, Aurora's friends are already at their normal table but she's nowhere to be seen. Carrie Lawson appears in front of me, her arm linked through Ruby's which is weird because Ruby's been bitching about her for the last few weeks.  "Hi Shane." Carrie detaches herself from Ruby and sits on the table in front of me, blocking my view of Aurora's table. "I'm having Alison Cargreave round Friday night, just us if you fancy it?" "Nah, busy." I say, not really listening as Aurora walks in, not even glancing in my direction. She looks too stiff, like she's upset and I need to know why.  "I don't think you understand." Carrie swings her legs either side of my chair so I have a full view up her skirt. Opening her legs for me, showing me her shaven pussy, no underwear coveri