BTW sorry I have no name for this chapter I couldn't come up with one :/

Also sorry for the big time jump a few paragraphs down.

Chapter 3

Lauren was woken up by a warm feeling on her face, she slowly opened her eyes and saw that the sunlight had crept through the gap in the curtains and fallen on her face. As she came round she realised that she was wearing only her bra and that Danny was snoring on the bed next to her. Completely naked.

'Oh my God.' She whispered as memories of the night just passed hit her. Beside her Danny grumbled, but then jumped to life when there was a knock at the door. 'Lauren. Are you up sweetie?' It was Mrs Troy, the landlady. Lauren too came alive as she managed to stutter a reply: 'um … yeah I'm up.'

'Good. Oh by the way, do you know where Danny is?' Lauren and Danny exchanged shocked glances. 'Cos I've just been to his room and he wasn't there.'

'Uh … yeah … he's in here with me.'

'With you?'

'Yeah um … we're finishing off his essay.' Lauren crossed her fingers and prayed that she was convincing enough. 'Oh ok then. Breakfast is nearly ready.' The fading sound of footsteps caused Lauren and Danny to breathe a sigh of relief.

As they both climbed out of bed, Lauren found that she ached all over. She had heard the horror stories from her friends about how much you ache after sex for the first time, but never thought it would apply to her. Shit, she thought, I have dance class with Stefan today. Oh I'm not gonna survive.

They came downstairs and were greeted by Lola and Claudine. 'Morning.' Said Lola in her normal high-pitched voice. 'You ok babe?' Claudine asked Lauren, 'you look kind of in pain.' Lauren smiled to hide the fact that she was wincing with every few steps she took. 'Me? No I'm fine, just tired.'

'You must have been going at it pretty hard then.' Danny and Lauren looked at each other. Danny answered this accusation. 'What?'

'The essay. You must have been working on it pretty hard.'

'Oh yeah. She wouldn't let me stop.' Danny smirked at Lauren as he hit him on the arm. 'Well I'm off to school. Coming?' Claudine looked around the room waiting for a response. Danny and Lauren nodded in agreement and headed out of the door. 'Lola?' she too nodded and hopped along behind them.

Just as Lauren had anticipated dance class was hell. But not because she was aching, although that certainly added to it, but because Stefan had introduce a new, faster, more upbeat dance routine to be performed in the end of year showcase. 'Come on, you have to try harder if you don't want to be laughed off that stage! Hit every position! Lock your arms!' Every one was getting so pissed off with Stefan's yelling that they started to do things wrong on purpose just so he would make them sit down. There was only Lola who kept working as she had the biggest crush on Stefan that any student has ever had on a teacher at Britannia High, or any other school in the country.

When Stefan had finally let everyone take a break, Claudine sat next to Danny. 'Wow Dan,' she said as she wiped a bead of sweat from his forehead, 'you must have worked really hard today.' She continued, sliding closer to him. He gulped.

'Must have.' He was relieved when Lauren sat on the other side of him and pulled him away from Claudine. 'Babe are you ok? You look a little pale.' Stated Danny as he looked at Lauren. 'Yeah I was sick this morning that's all.' She looked up at a few concerned faces. 'Oh God don't look so worried we had sushi last night and it obviously didn't agree with me.'

It was Lauren and Danny's three month anniversary and they were going to spend it helping Lola find the school ghost. 'Oh thank you for this bracelet. It's really nice.' Whispered Danny. Lauren smiled, 'that's not from me.'

'Yes it is I found it in my locker.'

'I didn't put it there.' Claudine was sat smiling to her self, yet another one of her plans to make them spilt up was working. 'Look babe I swear if it's not from you then I don't know where it came from.' Danny's attempts to make Lauren believe him were futile. 'Well you two look very cosy tonight.' She said shining her torch at Danny and Claudine. 'Oh so now I'm having an affair with Claudine now am I?' He looked at Claudine for some help but she just said, 'I'm staying out of this.' And got up and walked away. 'I can't deal with this. It's over Danny!' Lauren turned her back on him and walked away, leaving Danny sat there with his mouth on the floor.

Danny was pacing up and down the same stretch of the room, flicking his torch on and off. 'She'll be back.' Said Claudine trying to comfort him. He paced once more then sat down. 'That's the real Lauren.' Claudine looked at him. 'I just wish I could have done things differently, you know?'

'Like what?' He looked into her eyes.

'Choose you.' They both started leaning in slowly, and when their lips were about to touch Danny pulled away. 'got'cha'

'Busted.' The door swung open and Lauren was standing there. Claudine looked confused. 'Duh! Danny break up with Lauren so Danny fall in love with Claudine. Yeah right.' Claudine stood up and tried to run away, 'Um not so fast.'

'Yeah,' Lauren talked this time, 'you almost broke us up.'

'Yes I did, and I was amazed at how easy it was. Think that says something about your relationship?' This time they let her walk.

She went back to the rest of the group and started insulting some of them and bitching at them. 'Yeah Lola you'll be single, because you're stupid. Seriously this whole 'I'm so zany.' Routine you do … it is a routine right? I mean you're not actually that stupid are you?' Lola started crying and ran off. Lauren and Danny joined them as Lola ran past them. 'What's the matter with her?' Asked Danny. No-one replied as they were too occupied listening to Claudine bitch at BB. 'And BB, you know your dead brother? The one that got murdered?'
'Don't!' BB was getting annoyed.

'Don't you think you moved on a little too quickly? Coming back to school as if nothing had happened. I mean we're not talking about a goldfish here BB he's your brother.

'Shut up! You're poison, twisted.

'You forgot worthless.' She walked off and everyone was too stunned to follow her.

'She finally shed her human skin.' BB was still immensely annoyed at Claudine.

'Guys. Danny spoke up. 'I think this is our fault.' He motioned to him and Lauren. 'We played a trick on her and it was …'

'Cruel.' Lauren interrupted him.

'Feel like sharing?' Asked Jez.

'She tried to split me and Danny up. We retaliated and …'

'And that's when she went nuclear.' Everybody exchanged glances.

'I think we should try and fix this.' Said Lauren breaking the silence. The group rose and set out looking for Claudine.

'Claudine? Claudine where are you?' She waited until they passed her and then she ran off. Danny saw her out of the corner of his eye and decided to follow her. 'Umm guys I've forgot my phone. I'll catch up with you yeah?' He ran after Claudine and chased her to the prop room. 'Claudine? Claudine.' He looked down and she was cowering in a corner, shaking because she was crying so much. 'Claudine, you're not worthless.'

'Like you care.' She tried pushing past him but he wouldn't let her. 'Look Danny I really don't wanna talk about this. Especially not to you.'

'Well I'm the only one who's here.' He sat her down and she began telling him about how her mum hated her when she was little and how her dad knew nothing about it and one day he just didn't come home. 'And she blamed me for it.' She began crying again as Danny pulled her into his arms.

After a few minutes he stood up, taking her hand and pulling her up too. He started putting on different costumes trying to make her laugh. When she finally did he took her hand again and started dancing her around the prop room, both of them stopping to change their costumes every now and again. When the stopped dancing they had reached the stage and the set for snow white, which had been that nights 2nd year performance, was still there so they flopped down on it. 'I love you Danny.' Claudine sat up, 'I hoped you'd love me too but …' she stopped speaking when Danny delicately picked a leaf from her dark hair. Their eyes met and their lips locked with passion.

Lauren was watching them from the right of the stage. She heard Claudine tell Danny she loved him and then saw him kiss her. She turned away as she felt a single tear roll down her cheek.

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