Disclaimer:This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by Michael Grant, various publishers including but not limited to Harper Collins Publishers. No money is being made and No copyright or trademark infringement is intended.

Literally he owns it I don't, Enjoy!

Chapter 1- Betrayal

It had been a year since everyone over the age of 15 had disappeared, and ever since the issue with the power plant the kids at per dido beach, The FAYZ had coped pretty well with everything that had happened. Actually in hindsight things were going really well. That was the reason Astrid now stood in front of her full – length mirror admiring the dress she wore. It was short blue and a few sizes too big, she reckoned the previous owner had been around 16, so the chest area was really wide, but she had grabbed a few safety pins to adjust it. Then wore a black shawl to cover her make – do adjustments. She'd also 'borrowed' a pair of black ballerina pumps, she didn't really feel like wearing high heels. The shoes were also a bit big so she had stuffed some tissue into them so they were now her size.

After her long look Astrid slowly walked to her bed room door before leaving she took a quick glance around, and then started making her way down the corridor. What she noticed about her borrowed bedroom was that she might use it and that she could rearrange some things in it and heck, she could even call it her own but the room would never 'belong' to her it would belong to that 16 yr old brunette girl who was obsessed with Green Day and wanted to be a wildlife photographer. So in some way whenever Astrid would settle down to bed she would always about that girl and would wonder if she would mind Astrid sleeping in her bed and borrowing her clothes. This feeling always made Astrid feels like she was intruding on someone else's property. Astrid still had this feeling as she walked down the stairs but it immediately vanished when she heard a 'whoosh' and saw Brianna standing in front of her, grinning like a Cheshire cat.

"Soooo, you ready to go? I know I am!"Squealed obviously excited about having the opportunity to forget all about that happened during the last few months.

"Yeah, just let me check the house"

Astrid replied. After a quick once – over Astrid and Brianna started making their way towards the square in a comfortable silence when there was a 'pop' and Taylor stood a metre in front of the pair. Similar to Astrid and Brianna, Taylor was wearing a borrowed outfit but hers was a few sizes too small.

"Hey guys" Taylor said "You ready?"

"If we weren't ready, wouldn't we be walking around naked?" Astrid snidely remarked.

"Whatever. I'll see you later breeze" and with a 'pop' she was gone. Brianna turned to Astrid. "Nice one" she said with a smirk.

"I have my moments" Astrid replied with a slight smirk of her own.

Sam stood in the middle of the plaza, taking in his surroundings, some kids had already started talking and dancing which was kinda a weird sight since there was no music. Some kids had taken to humming various songs, while others were content with dancing to silence. But what was the weirdest thing was that various couples were dancing to a range of music tempos. One couple was engrossed in a romantic waltz while others were bumping hips and shimmying to a mute dance track. For the 50th time in the last 20minutes Sam took a quick glance at his wristwatch and sighed.

"She's late" said someone behind him voicing his thoughts. Sam turned to see Taylor who was wearing a very clingy, red cocktail; dress that was probably one or two dress sizes too small because the dress clung to her chest and waist more than necessary.

"And I'm not" Taylor said barely above a whisper, while sashaying towards him. "And man am I dying for a dance," She continued while carefully linking her hands around his neck.

"Err . . . Taylor, can you. . ." Sam nervously chuckled.

"Come on, Sam just a quick twirl"

"Err . . . Taylor nothing personal but I'm kinda waitin' for someone – "

"If it's nothing personal than we won't be doing any harm, will we?"

Sam took another quick glance at his watch, considered his options than wavered.

"Fine, but let's make it fast yeah? I'm planning on having a trouble free evening." Sam said, finally giving in. Taylor didn't really say anything; instead she just smiled sweetly at Sam.

"So, what song are we dancing to?" Sam questioned, while placing his arms around Taylor's waist and hugging her close.

"I dunno. Umm how about 1973 by James Blunt, I like that song it reminds me of the good old days" Taylor whispered. Sam racked his brain for the tune but all he could remember was a few lyrics and bits of the chorus. But thankfully Taylor had already started swaying her hips, so Sam just moved in time with her. So slowly and steadily Taylor's head was rested on Sam's shoulder and Sam looked over her shoulder completely forgetting about Astrid.

Hi so this is my first fanfic and I'm open to any reviews hopefully no flame! If anyone has a better idea for a song they can dance to lemme know!

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