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I was still on a high from what I’d just witnessed, so the bike ride was just the cherry on the top of the already very frosted cake By the tilee I slid off the bike, grinning like an idiot as I looked up at him He smiled as his hands went to the strap underit before pulling it off and hanging it over his handlebars

"Coet inside and you canfor me to walk

"Maybe you should cook, you’re the master chef after all," I replied as I fu me up the path to the front door "Your mom can cook then, that pasta esoain…" he trailed off, looking atinoutoff ofin there instead "My parents are going out straight froht," I infor that’s left over, your choice," I offered, frowning intoWhere the heck are hed, leaning against the door and crossing his aret in," he mocked "Where’s Alex, can’t you just knock?"

I shookbefore whatever party he’s attending tonight"

Zach pursed his lips, watching me curiously "Want me to smash a ?" he joked At least I hoped it was a joke

I huffed and stood back up, shaking my head "Nah, there’s a spare key around back" I headed off with hi the wall at the side, I leant up and unbolted the back gate, letting us into the back yard before stepping into the shrubbery and searching out the third rock fro it to find the spare backdoor key that we hid under there for eencies

Zachnoise in his throat "Oh yeah, that’s so very safe," hehis head in disapproval

I slapped his stomach with the back of my hand as I walked past to the door with rouchy old ue at him

Before I knehat had happened I was knocked off of my feet, the world turned upside down and I now faced the floor "What the hell?" I screeched, giggling at the sawickedly

"Shut up and open the door, we’re wasting valuable eating tiest my own stomach here In five minutes all that’ll be left ofhis body so that I now faced the door

"Wasting valuable studying ti hysterically Aardly I slipped the key into the lock, pressing my hand on the small of his back so I could steady myself I’d never appreciated just how hard it was to unlock a door until I was trapped in a fireman’s lift by a hot freerunner

"Study comes after food" Even in the delicate position I was in, I could so just by the war in ht at theat just after three in theIt transpired that my mom’s dad had been taken into hospital with suspected pneuh last time he came down to visit us for mine and Alex’s birthday My parents had instantly packed a bag and headed there for a couple of days to help o with them, they refused because we had school and insisted that they would only be gone a couple of days I hadn’t really gone back to sleep afterca with tiredness