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Chapter 31 - Aurora
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2024-10-29 19:42:56"Well?" The four girls stare at me, waiting for me to tell them about the night before.
"We didn't have sex." They all groan in disappointment.
"Why the hell not? You can see what he looks like, right?" Kia laughs, pulling off after the guys' car. "I'd have jumped him the second we got through the door."
"Wasn't through lack of trying, on my part anyway." I join in the laughter. "He just said he wanted to wait."
"Really?" The three in the back squeal at the same time as Kia rolls her eyes.
"I'd like to take the opportunity to say I told you so. I've been saying for weeks he liked you and you were all like 'no, he's got some evil plan, it's not real.' but look now, I bloody knew it." Priya says proudly.
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"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
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"This is like a fairytale." Priya squeals at break time, after I tell them what happened once I left. "Are you like, properly together now then?" Rae asks. I shrug, he's still not here yet and part of me is wondering whether it will all go back to how it was before, worried it's all going to turn out to be some sort of joke. "How was it with Danny?" I ask Priya and her face breaks into a beaming grin. "It was lovely, he's been texting a lot too." She grins again and then Mr Whiting is calling the class to be quiet. Disappointingly, Shane's still not here, none of his group are and they don't arrive before the end of class. "Where is he?" Jenny whispers as we pack up to move to the next class. "I dunno, he sai
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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.
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I wait patiently for him to finish eating, his eyes on the TV. What he's done for me tonight, it's just amazing, I never imagined he'd do anything like this. "Where are you going?" He asks when I jump up from the bed, standing by the creams on my desk. "Nowhere, just... finish eating." I say, slipping the lavender relaxation oil into my back pocket, I've never massaged anyone before and I wouldn't know how to even suggest it. He slides his unfinished plate onto the table, coming over and wrapping his arms around me, pressing a kiss onto my lips. His hand quickly slips into my pocket, grabbing the oil out and holding it up to read. "What are you planning to do with this, Miss Jewkes?" His eyes twinkle with mischief and I feel myself blushing. "I didn't know if y
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