to the police. Like I said last night, it was just a stupid
mistake. One that I have to live with but everything happens for a reason and
as long as I learn from my mistakes and don't let it happen again then it's
worth it."
"You're a stubborn woman."
I sniggered, "Not stubborn, I just know what I want from life and how I'm
going about it to achieve my dreams."
"It's great that you're so driven, what is it that you want to
become."
"A chartered surveyor." I said proudly.
"Oh okay, whatever floats your boat."
"My parents both had very successful careers so I want to do this for
them. Does that make sense?"
"Perfect sense babe."
I heard the sincerity in his voice, "I've got exams in a couple of weeks
so I need to knuckle down and revise."
"By the sounds of things you're always working. You need to devise a healthy
balance between working and downtime otherwise you'll burn out."
I sniggered, "Mark says this to me all the time."
"Because he's right."
"Yeah I know but I only have another year and my grades will determine
what university I can study at next year."
"And then how long at uni?"
"Three years."
"See, that's why you need to establish a healthy balance now."
He's statements took me by surprise, "How comes you know so much about this."
"Believe it or not my dad was a broker in the city, he worked very
hard."
"Really?" I was ashamed that my voice portrayed so much disbelief.
"Yeah."
"You say was so what does he do now?" The guys always brought
partners, sisters, brothers and children to the clubhouse during parties, not
usually parents so it was common not to know much about them.
"He's no longer with us, like I say you need to learn to have down time
also."
I heard Marks motorcycle pull up outside the house, "Marks just arrived,
can we possibly talk tomorrow?"
"Yeah sure, I'd like that."
"Me too, good night Ramsey."
"Night."
I quickly turned off my main light and although fully dressed snuggled under
the covers. I heard the front door and then Mark jogging up the stairs. He
lightly tapped on the door before pushing it open. I felt him loiter for a
while as I pretended to be asleep. He must've had a lot on his mind to come in
and want to talk to me straight away but I really didn't want to be discussing
last night's events as that was filed under learning experiences in my head and
that particular file wouldn't be visited again for a while.
When he was convinced that I was genuinely asleep, he quietly shut my bedroom
door and I let out a sigh that I didn't even know that I was holding. I lay in
the darkness contemplating everything that had happened in the past twenty-four
hours and couldn't believe how I'd chosen to deal with it but I knew it would
work for me. I needed to do it this way, I needed to just forget that nothing
happened and less people would get hurt.
Chapter 3
Lauren
It had been a long day, I moved my head from side to side
trying to loosen it after sitting in lectures all afternoon. I glanced at my
watch to see that I still had time to pop to my locker before heading for the
bus, I needed to off load some of my books that I didn't need this evening. Walking
down the corridor, I felt a little uneasy and decided to quicken my steps.
School finished half an hour ago so there weren't many people around but it had
never posed a problem before. I tried to shake the feeling telling myself that
I was being stupid but since that incident, I was struggling with being on my
own unless I was at home.
I reached my locker and used my key to open the door, stuck inside was a
photograph of my mum, dad, Mark and myself on a family holiday at CenterParcs,
which made me think of happier times. I traced my finger over my parent's faces
and smiled.
I was startled by someone clearing their throat and closed my locker door to
see Aiden standing beside me. I dropped my bag and stepped back slowly trying
to put some distance between us. My chest rose and fell quickly as I felt the
panic build inside me, I franticly looked up and
mistake. One that I have to live with but everything happens for a reason and
as long as I learn from my mistakes and don't let it happen again then it's
worth it."
"You're a stubborn woman."
I sniggered, "Not stubborn, I just know what I want from life and how I'm
going about it to achieve my dreams."
"It's great that you're so driven, what is it that you want to
become."
"A chartered surveyor." I said proudly.
"Oh okay, whatever floats your boat."
"My parents both had very successful careers so I want to do this for
them. Does that make sense?"
"Perfect sense babe."
I heard the sincerity in his voice, "I've got exams in a couple of weeks
so I need to knuckle down and revise."
"By the sounds of things you're always working. You need to devise a healthy
balance between working and downtime otherwise you'll burn out."
I sniggered, "Mark says this to me all the time."
"Because he's right."
"Yeah I know but I only have another year and my grades will determine
what university I can study at next year."
"And then how long at uni?"
"Three years."
"See, that's why you need to establish a healthy balance now."
He's statements took me by surprise, "How comes you know so much about this."
"Believe it or not my dad was a broker in the city, he worked very
hard."
"Really?" I was ashamed that my voice portrayed so much disbelief.
"Yeah."
"You say was so what does he do now?" The guys always brought
partners, sisters, brothers and children to the clubhouse during parties, not
usually parents so it was common not to know much about them.
"He's no longer with us, like I say you need to learn to have down time
also."
I heard Marks motorcycle pull up outside the house, "Marks just arrived,
can we possibly talk tomorrow?"
"Yeah sure, I'd like that."
"Me too, good night Ramsey."
"Night."
I quickly turned off my main light and although fully dressed snuggled under
the covers. I heard the front door and then Mark jogging up the stairs. He
lightly tapped on the door before pushing it open. I felt him loiter for a
while as I pretended to be asleep. He must've had a lot on his mind to come in
and want to talk to me straight away but I really didn't want to be discussing
last night's events as that was filed under learning experiences in my head and
that particular file wouldn't be visited again for a while.
When he was convinced that I was genuinely asleep, he quietly shut my bedroom
door and I let out a sigh that I didn't even know that I was holding. I lay in
the darkness contemplating everything that had happened in the past twenty-four
hours and couldn't believe how I'd chosen to deal with it but I knew it would
work for me. I needed to do it this way, I needed to just forget that nothing
happened and less people would get hurt.
Chapter 3
Lauren
It had been a long day, I moved my head from side to side
trying to loosen it after sitting in lectures all afternoon. I glanced at my
watch to see that I still had time to pop to my locker before heading for the
bus, I needed to off load some of my books that I didn't need this evening. Walking
down the corridor, I felt a little uneasy and decided to quicken my steps.
School finished half an hour ago so there weren't many people around but it had
never posed a problem before. I tried to shake the feeling telling myself that
I was being stupid but since that incident, I was struggling with being on my
own unless I was at home.
I reached my locker and used my key to open the door, stuck inside was a
photograph of my mum, dad, Mark and myself on a family holiday at CenterParcs,
which made me think of happier times. I traced my finger over my parent's faces
and smiled.
I was startled by someone clearing their throat and closed my locker door to
see Aiden standing beside me. I dropped my bag and stepped back slowly trying
to put some distance between us. My chest rose and fell quickly as I felt the
panic build inside me, I franticly looked up and
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