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Mark laughed "Yeah, sure," he agreed sarcastically "Want to dance?" he asked, raising one eyebrow

I shook o home now too, I didn’t want to be here without Ja for Stacey and Paul,it out for another hour? "No thanks I think I’et a cab home" I pushed ripping his sleeve He set a cab home Tell Stacey I said bye, okay?"

He frowned and shook his head "Jamie would have my balls if I let you leave here on your own

You knohat he’s like," he countered

I sly "He won’t knoe don’t tell him I’ll be fine See you Monday Tell Stacey I’ll call her tomorrow" I patted his back and headed off quickly before he would have a chance to stop ht, Ja on h the crowd I slipped on his jacket, ihed and stepped out of the building, openingas I headed over to the same e’d sat at earlier

I pulled out my cell and dialled the local cab fir for an hour The other nu continuously I debated callinghim to pick me up but it was already eleven and he was probably in bed already

I tried the second cab coain, but to no avail The way I saw it I had two options: one, go back inside and wait for the dance to finish so Paul could drive me home Or talk home It was only about thirty hed and pushed myself away from the wall, I didn’t want to wait anyet this day over with already

After about three hts lit the road next to ulped and walked a little faster, trying not to look, silently wishing I hadn’t decided to walk This was an okay area, but it was late, and dark, and I was in a stupid little dress I should have put a sign over er, please feel free to attack ht about all the things that could possibly happen tome yelp and flick my eyes to the car It was too dark forthat there would be a cop car parked at the end of the street or so Jamie’s number up on the screen ready to call him I kneould help me, even whilst sick he would race here and pick htened I snuck a glance at the car to see it was still following

"Oh shit," I mumbled I quickly stopped and slipped off my heels in case I needed to run In o The school was the closest place to me; I could cut down the next street, double back and run back there Hopefully the person in the car wouldn’t jurabelse horrifying like that

My cell phone buzzed infro tone I still had on there for Mark, I’d forgotten to change it after we broke up I started walking again quickly, like a half run half walk, ether in my hand

"Mark?" I answered Maybe he could coet noringhi another look at the car, but it hadn’t started up again; it was just stopped where I had stopped seconds before to take offlike a dra home in the dark," he replied

"Car?" Iup on h the glare of the lights to see the car was black, and sleek, and expensive looking I felt ed axeat hed and disconnected the call, sprinting to his car and throwing open the door I had actually never been gladder to see hi in and punching hi at et whathis head at hed and rested my head back on the headrest "I couldn’t see, it’s dark!" I protested, s to slon to norhed and put the car into drive "Put on your seatbelt," he instructed, pulling out again and heading in the direction of h the tenJamie’s jacket around myself When he pulled up he smiled at me "Think I could use your bathroom? I need to pee Drank toooff his seatbelt and killing the engine

I frowned but nodded anyway I didn’t really want him to come in, but after he’d just driven me home I couldn’t exactly say no He followed me inside and he headed to the downstairs bathroom, while I went to the kitchen to see if there was any food for me to snack on Thankfully my parents were already in bed so I wouldn’t have to put up withme a thousand questions about ether or not She really needed to give it up too; there was no chance of that happening