**CONNOR** “Let’s go see what the girls are up to.” Adrian suggested, we’ve walked together for almost thirty minutes and we were already exhausted, neither of us liked the idea of the camping as the both of us agreed we’d rather stay home but, whatever the girls want, the girls get. I laughed at the thought. “Yeah, Okay.” I agreed and we both walked back to the house, what we’d seen at the entrance shocked us both. Coolers for the drink, a basket of fruit and other food items, bags etc. “uhh, What is going on here?” I asked looking at Adrian and he returned the stare, was also as surprised as I am. “We’re going camping soon, silly.” Julia said and I saw Alannah struggling with a bag, I moved to help her with it. “But, we didn’t think you girls would be ready so soon.” Adrian said, speaking my mind and I nodded in agreement. “Well, we are. You both get ready. We leave soon.” Alannah said, sending Adrian and I upstairs. We got ready not long after, loade

She saw me staring at her and she immediately gave me a weak smile. We made our way to the big sitting room and we sat and watch TV for a while. “Mummy has somewhere she has to be, Okay? Now you lock the door and do not open until I ask you to, Okay? My mum said, smiling at me, it was a facade because I knew she was in so much pain. I smiled back at her and nodded in understanding. My mum had gone upstairs and she came back with a file in hand, that must’ve been the paper she’d told my Father she’d locked away, it was still in the house and if anything, she was just about to go lock it away. “I’ll be right back.” She said rushing and grabbing her keys, soon, I heard her zoom out of the building into the street. Not long after she was gone, my dad came home, he had a spare key and I knew I needed to run because him getting to meet me while I was watching TV will be terrible for me, I could also get hit and sent to timeout, I ran to my room and hid under the sheet. I heard th

I need to get a pregnancy test kit. There’s no way I can be pregnant, I can’t possibly be carrying a baby amidst all of these chaos, I’d wait one more week and if I don’t get my period after that, I’ll get the kit and run a test myself. Even Connor doesn’t want a baby now, he didn’t have to tell me before I knew, I saw how he’d froze when I joked back and I instantly knew bringing a baby into this world would be a terrible idea. I was lost in my thought until Julia yelled my name. “What were you thinking, I’ve been calling for a while and you’ve been holding unto that sheet for too long.” She said. “Come on, the boys are done, let’s get to the truck.” She finished and I did not realize I’ve been standing or deep in thought for so long that I didn’t know when they finished packing. “Okay, Coming.” I replied, walking behind her and folding the sheet I had in my hand. I need to occupy myself with something, else I’d lose my mind at the thought of being pregnant. I walked t

**CONNOR** Alannah had just went head on with my dad, what if he’d hurt her? What if he’d done something to her and I couldn’t do anything back? What if I’d just stood and watch Alannah get hurt? All those questions were running through my mind, getting me angry and the anger just kept building up in me. Just yesterday we were having what seemed like the perfect day, I knew going to a fair was a bad idea but I had no idea we were going to a fair that my father had hosted. I was silent all through the car ride and I felt as Alannah looked at me, she could probably see that I’m mad at her right now. We got home and the car pulled up at the garage, making our way inside the building. “Goodnight.” Julia said sniffing, still pretty shaken and terrified of what had happened back there. Alannah was sitting on a chair, tied up and if I’d wasted one second the huge ball above her head would be released and would’ve fallen on her or me. Seeing her best friend in that situati

**ALANNAH** These past days had been horrific, first an attack, then meeting Connor’s dad and the fair. Julia spent days blaming herself for suggesting we went. She healed after a while and everyone of us went about our daily business. Connor controlling ACE from Paris and Julia and Adrian running their joint business, for a while we’d forgotten about the unfortunate events. “What do you guys say we go for a picnic this afternoon.” Connor suggested. We spoke about it earlier and we decided everyone needs a break especially Julia, she needs to overcome her new fear of going outside. Adrian agreed and I nodded. “No. I’ll just stay in.” Julia said and somehow we’d expected that. I decided I was going to talk to her, after breakfast, the guys took a walk and I decided it was time to talk to Julia. “It’d be fun, Julia. Please.” I said pleading and hoping she’d agreed. “No. I just want to stay in, what if something even more horrible happens? No, I don’t want tha