"I can't wear this. We're going to have to find something different." My hands struggled to grip at any part of the material wrapped around me in order to strip myself of the dress Valentina had handed to me. Dresses really weren't something I felt comfortable enough in to leave the house in, espec
I shivered slightly with the breeze from the exposure of wearing little to no clothing. "If you think you're getting my sweater, you're sadly mistaken." Josh expressed as if his unnecessary comment was really needed. "I don't remember asking." However, instead of continuing with his usual and chan
Three Years Ago My hand was beginning to ache with the contestant re-touching and applying of make-up to every flaw I managed to find as soon as I stepped away from the mirror. My hair was pulled into a tight ponytail, exposing my naked face more than I had liked. I let out a heavy sigh as I pulle
My heart had finally fell back to a normal speed despite it picking back up every so often when Ryan would send me his charming smile that I'm sure most girls would easily fall for. Like I was doing right now. Our conversation continued like it had over texts. We talked all about our friends and fa
"There he is!" April mentioned with an enthusiastic pointed finger as she slipped her arm into mine and brought us towards Henry, waiting for us on the bleachers of the gym. The planned assembly had been formed by our biology teacher with the other class in the grade to tell us what was going to ha
"One hundred percent." I was now standing at the door, waiting for Henry's car to appear and for my mother to stop fussing over me. "I'll see you in a week." She smiled and pulled me in for a tight hug, to which I hugged back even tighter. "Be good, and be safe." I nodded with a small smile before
However, with one problem being solved, another presented itself in the form of the bus that was taking us to the hotel. I had managed to keep a distance between Josh and I throughout immigration and collecting baggage, but it had quickly been thrown out of the window when I spotted April perching
I was struggling to understand what Miss Johnson meant when she'd allowed us to 'catch up on missed sleep', yet managed to wake the whole corridor up over two hours earlier with her incessant shouting at Mr Fallon. "They need to just have sex already and get it over with." April threw her pillow ov
"In five minutes." If you could see it, steam would be blowing from Josh's ears as he continued to glare at me. He stepped closer, looking directly to me and now standing only a metre away. "Can we talk later?" "I don't think that's a good idea—" "Please." I found myself slowly nodding with the o
"You have some explaining to do." I was barely able to invite them in before Valentina pushed the door open more and stormed inside, throwing herself onto the couch and crossing a leg over the other, angrily. Glaring over to April, she sank slightly before sitting down beside Valentina. "You know
"I don't think I've ever seen her in that state." I was only able to catch the end of the conversation we were all having at the cafeteria table. Valentina and Tyler had been briefed about our trip, mostly asking questions about the night April could barely walk. Nobody had mentioned anything abou
"I can grab a few pizzas on the way back instead of the shit hotel food." I slipped back into the conversation Harvey, Henry and April were having with each other as we dried off and began getting changed again. "The food isn't that bad." I suggested as we began walking back up the beach. "I can't
"How's April?" I chose to ignore whatever Harvey had just witnessed and instead, changed the subject to something I was genuinely concerned about. "Very hungover." Harvey smirked. "A lot more than you two apparently are." He wiggled his eyebrows as Josh hastily slapped him up the back of the head t
Although we had all mastered and perfected the task of getting in late and not getting caught coming back from a party by Miss Johnson, it was soon to become even more interesting when she could be heard making her way down the hall and waking up each female room as Mr Fallon did the same for the bo
When I stepped into my room, I had expected Henry to be beside April, holding her hair over the toilet in the bathroom, nursing her back to her sober self. But the room was empty, void of any noise or presence of another person for the comfort I now needed since kissing Josh. However, with the rea
"Harvey." My voice was enough for him to turn, slight concern written on his features from my interrupting during a very important part of his night. "April's too drunk, we're taking her back to the hotel." I spoke as to inform him before turning around and marching back out to where my best friend
His lips were soft. Softer than I could have ever imagined. My body had been pinned against the door by his own as his lips assaulted mine, leaving a trace of goosebumps from my bottom lip, down to my neck. Everything inside of me was begging to stop, to stop myself from feeling anything other