Chapter 1

It was dark in the room, and cold, but I was warm in Nate's arms. We've been going out for a month now, but it feels like years. We were lying on the couch facing the TV, after a long party night. It was about midnight. We lay there, silent, happy.

I turned around on the couch to look at Nate's face. I couldn't. It was too dark in the room. I laid my head on his chest listening to the beat of his heart. It had a slow, easy, beat. His chest was warm through his top. I don't know how but he managed to find my ear. "What do you want to do?" He whispered. His voice was deep and rich. I thought about it. There was about a million things that I wanted to do I slowly got up and out of his arms. I headed in the main direction of the light switch. I found it easily. My eyes blinked at the sudden light. I could see now that Nate was wearing a pair of baggy black jeans and a black shirt, the usual. I was wearing a pair of black and silver jeans and a black top.

"Where're you going?" Nate asked confused. I didn't answer. I walked to the kitchen and to the fridge. There wasn't much food in it, but I did manage to find two red lickerish sticks. I looked up from the fridge to see that Nate had followed me. Perfect. I threw one to Nate; he caught it and started eating it. I put mine in my mouth side ways, the way you would with a rose. I started doing the cha cha right there in the kitchen.

Nate smiled at the sight. He walked to where I was dancing and danced with me. We danced to no music but we could still feel the beat. We were both very talented dancers. We learnt the cha cha in dance at school. Mrs. Leila said I was really good.

At the end of the dace he wrapped his arm around my waist and kissed me eagerly, with the lickerish still in my mouth. The kiss was fast and fiery, it burned against my lips. I could taste the sweet lickerish between our lips. He pushed me against the fridge, moving his hands to my cheeks. I held onto his hips. I felt his body pressed against mine. I didn't want it to end and I didn't want to let go. That's why I didn't stop him when he pulled my top off. It was no longer cold in the room. My phone started going off in my handbag. I didn't care. All I could think about was being closer to him. But I had to stop when it went off for the second time. "I better get that" unwillingly I went to the couch and picked up my handbag.

"Hello?" I said trying to hide my annoyance.

"WHERE THE F* ARE YOU?" I heard someone scream on the other end of the phone.

"Umm...Who is this?" I asked confused.

"THIS IS YOUR EX-BESTFRIEND JACKIE, WHO YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO PICK UP AN HOUR AGO" She screamed at me. Oh shit. I forgot to pick up Jackie from the airport. Jackie is my friend from Australia.

"I'm so sorry. I'll be there in 10" I said hanging up.

I walked back into the room and saw Nate sitting on the couch with a mad look on his face. "I'm so sorry about that" I said as I sat down on his lap. He looked at me in my eyes. He was searching for something. "I'm sorry" I said again. Nate sighed put his arms around me. I kissed him gently. But Nate just couldn't help himself and started kissing my fiercely again.

"Nate!" I said ripping my lips away from his.

"What?" he said laughing. He was about to start kissing me again but I put a finger on his lips.

"I've got to go. I'll see you tomorrow" I said getting up.

"What? Why?" He asked getting up too.

"I forgot to pick my friend up from the airport." I said opening the door to leave. I turned around but Nate hadn't followed me. "Umm...bye" I called. There was no response. I closed the door and got in my car. I looked back at the house. I could see Nate through the window. I could see that something was bugging him; he was really thinking about it too. I left anyway to pick up Jackie.

When I got to the airport it wasn't long till I found Jackie. I knew she would be pissed off at me but I couldn't stop thinking about Nate. He just looked so frustrated. Anyway, Jackie dumped her things in the boot and jumped in the passenger seat. "If your mother is a mother f* then you're a mother f* daughter. She said trying not to scream.

"Oh piss off bitch. I was busy." I said.

"Oh! So busy you couldn't pick me up?" She said through her teeth.

"Yes. It was very...odd" I said trying to keep my eyes on the road. 'Odd' was our word for 'sexy' or 'over rated'.

"Oh, my, god! You didn't?" She said started to get curious like always. I could tell that she was going to want to know the dirt.

"That's right. I didn't. It's none of your business anyway." I said trying to give her less to chew on.

"What base did you get up to?" She said eyes popping.

"I said it's none of your business" I said getting really annoyed. I was finding it hard to concentrate on the road.

"OMFG! I stopped you didn't I?" She screamed. Obviously she wasn't going to stop. I give up.

"Yes" I said with a sigh.

"I'm so sorry!" She said.

"It's ok" I said as I parked the car.

"No, it's not" said Jackie with sad eyes.

"We weren't going to go that far anyway" I said trying not to laugh.

"Ok...What did he say when you got up to leave?" she asked wanting all the gossip again. I thought about the question. What did he say?

"Nothing, he just wanted to know why I had to leave" I said honestly.

"Are you serious? Did he look annoyed or something?" She said not quite believing me.

"Well, he did look frustrated, but that couldn't have been about me...could it?" I asked. I was worried about Nate.

"I don't know" Jackie looked like she was thinking about it very seriously.

We got out of the car and walked slowly to the front door. "Anyway, how long are you staying?" I asked trying to take my mind off Nate a little.

"Four weeks. You're not that eager to get rid of me that much, are you?" She said with a fake hurt look. I couldn't help but laugh. In no time we were both laughing. I missed this when she was in Australia. When we were inside, I showed her where she was sleeping and introduced her to my Nan. We talked till about 2 in the morning.

"You have school tomorrow, don't you?" My Nan said looking at her watch.

"Yeah. Why? What time is it?" I asked.

"It's two in the morning" She said. She forced me to go to bed. I fell asleep quickly. I was so tired.