I might not update for a while because my teachers are being annoying and piling up the homework :( On top of that, I have to change my persuasive speech for English because apparently doing a speech on how we should get less homework is not appropriate to do in front of the board of Governors :/ sorry :( anyway... enjoy :)

"Lauren, have you ever been arrested?" Liz asked when the bottle landed on Lauren.

"I'm offended!" Lauren put on a fake theatrical voice, "What do you take me for! And no, I have never been arrested." She laughed. She spun the Coke bottle and it landed on Will.

"Hmmm..." Lauren tapped her manicured finger on her chin in thought, "Will, have you ever had a threesome?" at this he just laughed at the girl.

"Are you suggesting something Miss Le Page?" Will raised his eyebrows in amusement, a playful smirk on his lips.

"No. Are you?" she too raised an eyebrow.

"No. And no, I have never had a threesome." He spun the bottle and it landed on Jonas.

"So, Jonas, do you fancy Liz?"

"Hey! It's called 'have you ever'." Jonas flushed a deep red and dropped his gaze to the floor.

"So you do." Will clarified.

"I never said that!"

"But you're not denying it so that means you fancy her." Will elbowed his friend. Liz went a similar colour to a cherry. The two boys started wrestling on the floor. Liz cheered for Jonas and Lauren cheered for Will.

"Hey, Bex, what happened to Zach and Cammie? Zach never came back to school and I haven't seen Cammie here." Grant's beautiful face showed his worry. Neither Macey nor I answered.

"Bex," Grant almost growled, "Where are they?"

"I don't know. They...they ran away together. Away from the Circle." I met his eyes. The colour drained from his face when I mentioned the Circle.

"Have you heard from them?"

"No, but they were spotted in Australia a few weeks ago. No one's heard anything since." Macey answered solemnly.

Will, Lauren, Jonas and Liz joined our conversation. Will's dark hair was ruffled and I think I caught Lauren staring at his arms but it must have been my imagination. It took me a while to realise that Jonas and Liz were holding hands.

"Why are you here by the way?" I asked the Blackthorne boys. They were reluctant to answer.

"The Circle." Jonas broke the long silence in a whisper. We four girls gave them confused looks.

"They tried recruiting us," my eyebrows shot up at Grant's solemn words, "we refused. They came after us so Joe Solomon helped us out." No one spoke for what seemed like a year. The silence was suffocating me.

My thoughts drifted to Cammie and Zach once more. I imagined them in Europe travelling on countless trains, planes and buses to throw the Circle off their scent. I imagined them in Paris by the Eifel tower and in London by the Tower of London again. I imagined them with dozens of fake identities and disguises. I imagined the Circle grabbing my best friend.

"So, what's the Circle up to?" Lauren broke the silence in a gentle whisper.

"Dunno." I mused.

"Can we change the subject 'cause I'm getting depressed." Lauren asked bluntly but she just said what everyone was thinking. There was a unanimous nod.

"So, Macey how is Preston?" Liz asked and waggled her eyebrows mischievously.

Macey flushed with embarrassment. The pink looked alien on her cheeks. She mumbled something into her hand.

"Excuse me? I didn't quite hear that." I teased my black-haired friend whose cheeks changed from pink to red.

"Fine! He's...fine." She turned her gaze away from us.

"Preston?" Lauren asked.

"This guy Macey's in love with." Liz put her hand to her forehead and pretended to swoon. I doing so she accidently fell into Jonas, whose cheeks flushed.

"Oooh! Is he pretty?" Lauren asked in a childish, excited voice, her bright green eyes shimmering.

"I'm not in love with him," She copied Liz's swoony tone, "and... yes." she blushed darker and dared not to look at anyone.

"Who knew Macey McHenry was capable of falling in love!" Grant put his hand to his heart and put on a mock shocked tone.

"Piss off." Macey rolled her eyes.

"I would, but I don't want to." Grant shrugged. Macey smacked his hard on the chest. "Now now, there's no need to get vicious." He tutted and rubbed his chest ruefully.

"Moving on, when are you two going to kiss? It's really annoying me now." Macey pointed at Jonas and Liz who both turned beetroot.

Then the chant began, "Kiss, kiss, kiss, kiss!" Jonas pecked Liz on the cheek.

"What the fuck was that!" Lauren crossed her arms, an exact copy of Macey who was sitting next to her. They shook their heads but didn't pressure the new couple.

Then there was a sudden noise that made us jump not only because it was so sudden, but also because it should have been impossible. It was a phone ringing.