Chapter Nineteen Love’s Point of View The very loud and very annoying buzz of my alarm clock woke me up. I slowly opened just one of my eyes to reach out and grab it, turning it off and then groaned in happiness as I rolled over and hooked my arm over, expecting to find my boyfriend, but he wasn’t there. I’d love to say this wasn’t a common occurrence, but unfortunately, it was. He was rarely here when I woke up. He would be there when I go to sleep, he would be there if I woke up in the night for the toilet or to get a glass of water, but by the time the sun comes up, he’d be gone. Admittedly, sometimes it was because he had work, but even on days I know he doesn’t, he’s never normally here in the morning. Knowing I wouldn’t get back to sleep now, no matter how hard I tried, I threw the covers off myself and walked over to the pile of clothes I had set out last night for today, and headed to the bathroom. I had a bath last night, but since my boyfriend spent the best part of t

Chapter TwentyOne Ella’s Point of View ‘Hey… Ella... Ella, Wake up’. Someone shaking my shoulder and whispering directly into my ear stirred me from a pretty good sleep. I didn’t want to wake up, I was too happy in my dreamland, away from the insane reality that has become my life over the past several days. ‘Come on, get up!’ The voice of my sister became a lot more annoyed and I groaned, realizing that the chances of getting back to sleep now were pretty much zero. I opened my eyes and pulled myself up, letting out a loud stretch and yawn. ‘Alright, I’m up, WHAT?!’ I demanded to know. Peyton was sitting on the end of the bed, looking… too excited. ‘What’s going on?’ ‘We 're going home today’. I already knew that ‘but look, i checked my phone and-’ ‘Your phone?’ We haven’t been allowed our phones the whole time we were here, for obvious reasons. ‘Yeah, Luke gave me mine back, Anyway, I've already called and spoken to mum and dad, As predicted they just assumed we were with

Chapter TwentyThree Ella’s Point of View Meeting Love in the kitchen, she was leaning over the counter, smiling at it. It was clear there was no actual reason other than gossiping as to why she called us in here. ‘Well, well, well, how come you never told me you were dating someone?’ She asked. ‘We’re not’. I told her friendly but firmly. She just raised her eyebrow. ‘What?’ ‘You're not dating that tall, tattooed, handsome man?’ She asked. I shook my head; ‘I don’t believe you. How did you meet them?’ ‘Down on the beach’. Peyton interjected before I had a chance to come up with a lie. ‘Aww, that's so cute!’ Love and Peyton started talking amongst themselves, giggling every now and then. It was so strange, but I just let them get on with it. Deciding that I didn't need to actually be a part of the conversation, I grabbed a drink off the counter and headed back into the lounge. Walking in, I had clearly walked into something. Damon was on the sofa, Luke was standing in the

Chapter TwentyFive As Peyton and I rushed home, we came to the realization that… we had no way of contacting Luke or Michael. We didn’t know their phone numbers, we couldn’t get to their house, and there was literally nothing we could do. It was very possible we would never see them again and the thought of that hit me a lot harder than it should have. ‘Peyton?’ I stopped, she didn’t realize at first but when she did, she came back to me, ‘What if we never see them again?’ I asked, but she shook her head. ‘We will’. How was she so sure and confident? ‘We won’t! They could be anywhere by now and if they had sense, they would be long gone!’ let's be honest, they probably had some weird protocol or plan in place if the Police ever found out about them, that would be the smart and logical thing. ‘Just.. come on’. She told me, pulling on my arm as we continued with our walk back to our house… When we got back, as always, our parents weren’t home, but a large black SUV was outside the

Warning: This chapter contains detailed sexual content! ___________________________________ Chapter TwentySeven Peyton’s Point of View I waited for my parents to leave and for Ella to head off for her job interview before I emerged from my bedroom. I felt so guilty sneaking around and even worse given my reasoning for it, but... It was best this way. I went downstairs and grabbed some breakfast before taking it back to my room and packing an overnight bag. As I started throwing clothes and items into my bag, I heard a car pull out outside the house. I rushed over to the open window and smiled widely when I saw him. ‘Just come in!’ I yelled and continued to hurry and rush to get my stuff ready. I only saw him last week, but it felt like a zillion years! I couldn’t keep the smile off my face and practically ran out of my bedroom to meet him in the hallway. ‘Well, hello’. I wrapped my arms around him tight and gave him the biggest kiss. When we pulled away, I took his hand an