Chapter 1
It was a warm morning as I dragged my feet along the pavement towards my cousin's house. Laura and her family lived directly opposite us, we'd both moved into the street after our dads got offered a promotion. The only trouble was we would have to leave London and move to Cheshire. I knocked on the door and entered the house "Laura, I'm here!" I called up the stairs, she appeared wearing a crisp white shirt that hugged her body, and the navy blue tie was loose around her neck. Her brown-auburn hair hung just past her shoulders. We may have been cousins but we couldn't look anything alike, my long chocolate brown hair and deep brown eyes were in stark contrast to her hazel eyes. She smiled at me nervously; it was our first day at Holmes Chapel comprehension and we were fraught with nerves. "You ready?" I asked as she shrugged on her new navy blazer. "Yeah let's go." The school was about 15 minutes away, we walked mostly in silence making the occasional joke here are there. "Hope there's some decent eye candy in this place," I laughed winking at Laura, she giggled and nodded "don't leave me Ri," she pleaded as we neared the front office of the school "I wouldn't dare," I said linking her arm tightly. Laura may have been my cousin but she was also my best friend and I couldn't think of anyone better than spending my first day with.