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“Come on” He held her hand and led her up the stairs to his room

Once the door was shut behind them, he smiled at her His face so full of love and acceptance that it almost undid her

“Aren’t we going to the show?” he asked

Rainne shook her head They stood in the middle of his bedroom Rainne was cold from the run to his house, her coat was still back at the shop

“You want to talk about it?” he said

Rainne shook her head again Alastair glanced around the roo, or doing, in his current situation It was clear that he wasn’t sure what to do with her

“What do you want to do?” he asked at last

Rainne stepped in to him, stood on her toes and kissed him She put her whole soul into the kiss She wrapped her arers into his hair and kissed hiht in her mind

“Rainne,” he said, his voice hoarse fro?”

She still couldn’t trust herself to speak She was sure that if she started the whole horrible story of her pathetic life would tu herself, sick thinking about all of it She was sick of everything So instead, she unbuttoned the straps on her purple dungarees and let the bib fall to her waist

Alastair’s eyes ide Rainne bent over, pulled at the bows on her Doc Marten boots and kicked thearees and let them fall to her feet, where she calmly stepped out of them

“Rainne,” Alastair said “You’re upset, this isn’t the best tiht”

She gave him a look

“I e “I ht now”

Rainne raised an eyebrow in challenge to that, then pulled her Woulped Rainne was standing in front of him, in her underwear and thanks to the shop, it was a lovelypink set But she didn’t want to think about the shop She wanted to think about Alastair Slowly, she turned her back to him, lifted her hair and waited for him to unclasp her bra She could have done it herself, but it was ti pause, for a second she wasn’t sure if he was going to give her what she wanted and then she felt his gentle touch on her skin There was a snap and her bra fell loosely She shook it off and let her hair fall