me.’
‘I didn’t do anything to you. Why would I want to? Why would I need to?’
‘You know what you did. Just stay away from me.’ I headed towards the door.
‘With pleasure,’ he said to my back as I left his room.
I took my stupid denim jacket off, tugging extra hard to pull it off my arms, and then I put my black jacket on, instantly feeling better.
As I was walking down the stairs, the music started up again from Brandon’s room. I rolled my eyes as I walked back into the living room, where Megan was repositioning one of the sofas.
‘You found it, then?’ she said, as I helped her push the sofa back towards the wall.
‘Yeah, thanks. Anyway, I better go, else Louisa will be stressing at me.’
‘Okay, see you tomorrow,’ she smiled.
‘Yeah, bye.’ I gave her a wave as I walked towards to the door.
‘Yay, can we go now please? I’ve been so bored standing here trying to stop Alf from eating the plants,’ Louisa said as I stepped outside.
‘You’re the one that dragged me here.’
‘Well, you got your jacket back, didn’t you? Did you see Brandon?’
‘Nah,’ I said as I followed her up the driveway.
‘Good, I’d have been super jealous if you’d seen him when I hadn’t.’
‘He’s only a boy. He’s nothing special.’
‘So not true,’ she huffed.
I couldn’t help but smile at Louisa’s response. She was so innocent and naïve, qualities I loved about her, but I also found myself worrying that one day they’d get her into trouble. If I struggled to handle myself around boys like Max and Brandon, then how would someone like Louisa cope?
‘Come on, we’ve got a park to get to.’
‘Yeah, okay,’ she half smiled.
I really hadn’t wanted to have been dragged to Megan’s, but I was kinda glad that I had been. At least now I’d confronted Brandon, and I didn’t think that he’d dare tell anyone about what I’d done. Now I just needed to sort things out with Leo and figure out who that boy from last night was and what he wanted.
Chapter Five
‘Will you just ring him?’ Louisa demanded as I checked my phone yet again.
‘I was only checking it,’ I replied as I put it back into my bag, wrapped my arms around myself, and begrudgingly walked alongside her.
She’d taken Alf off his lead and thrown a stick far out across the park for him, but still he refused to leave her side.
‘Alf, why are you acting odd?’ she asked him as she bent down and rubbed around his ears.
‘Maybe he’s just tired or something.’ I shrugged my shoulders.
‘Maybe I’ve over-walked him. Let’s go home.’ She placed the lead back on him and then started to walk him towards the park exit.
I wasn’t going to argue with her. I felt really exhausted, and I just wanted to go and chill in my room.
As we walked across the park’s path the sky started to spit droplets that landed on my jacket. With one hand, Louisa pulled the hood of her pink and white coat up and quickened her pace. She didn’t like the rain, whereas I thought there was something kinda tranquil about it.
By the time we neared the Prestons’ house, the rain pelted down with a vengeance, so that it drenched my hair and dripped down my face.
‘I didn’t do anything to you. Why would I want to? Why would I need to?’
‘You know what you did. Just stay away from me.’ I headed towards the door.
‘With pleasure,’ he said to my back as I left his room.
I took my stupid denim jacket off, tugging extra hard to pull it off my arms, and then I put my black jacket on, instantly feeling better.
As I was walking down the stairs, the music started up again from Brandon’s room. I rolled my eyes as I walked back into the living room, where Megan was repositioning one of the sofas.
‘You found it, then?’ she said, as I helped her push the sofa back towards the wall.
‘Yeah, thanks. Anyway, I better go, else Louisa will be stressing at me.’
‘Okay, see you tomorrow,’ she smiled.
‘Yeah, bye.’ I gave her a wave as I walked towards to the door.
‘Yay, can we go now please? I’ve been so bored standing here trying to stop Alf from eating the plants,’ Louisa said as I stepped outside.
‘You’re the one that dragged me here.’
‘Well, you got your jacket back, didn’t you? Did you see Brandon?’
‘Nah,’ I said as I followed her up the driveway.
‘Good, I’d have been super jealous if you’d seen him when I hadn’t.’
‘He’s only a boy. He’s nothing special.’
‘So not true,’ she huffed.
I couldn’t help but smile at Louisa’s response. She was so innocent and naïve, qualities I loved about her, but I also found myself worrying that one day they’d get her into trouble. If I struggled to handle myself around boys like Max and Brandon, then how would someone like Louisa cope?
‘Come on, we’ve got a park to get to.’
‘Yeah, okay,’ she half smiled.
I really hadn’t wanted to have been dragged to Megan’s, but I was kinda glad that I had been. At least now I’d confronted Brandon, and I didn’t think that he’d dare tell anyone about what I’d done. Now I just needed to sort things out with Leo and figure out who that boy from last night was and what he wanted.
Chapter Five
‘Will you just ring him?’ Louisa demanded as I checked my phone yet again.
‘I was only checking it,’ I replied as I put it back into my bag, wrapped my arms around myself, and begrudgingly walked alongside her.
She’d taken Alf off his lead and thrown a stick far out across the park for him, but still he refused to leave her side.
‘Alf, why are you acting odd?’ she asked him as she bent down and rubbed around his ears.
‘Maybe he’s just tired or something.’ I shrugged my shoulders.
‘Maybe I’ve over-walked him. Let’s go home.’ She placed the lead back on him and then started to walk him towards the park exit.
I wasn’t going to argue with her. I felt really exhausted, and I just wanted to go and chill in my room.
As we walked across the park’s path the sky started to spit droplets that landed on my jacket. With one hand, Louisa pulled the hood of her pink and white coat up and quickened her pace. She didn’t like the rain, whereas I thought there was something kinda tranquil about it.
By the time we neared the Prestons’ house, the rain pelted down with a vengeance, so that it drenched my hair and dripped down my face.
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