Hey! So, I'm updating sooner than I originally planned because a lot of people on tumblr kept asking for it so I thought hey, why not be a doll and update? Yeah, anyway I've been telling tumblr I would update for the past three days but it took me so long to write this chapter. Yeah, anyway I hope you like this one :)

Chapter 7 - Forbidden


Blake felt his breath hitch in the back of his throat as her voice flowed through the phone and into his ears. Her voice was so melodic and soft, it was something quite different to the day-to-day voices he heard around him. It was almost comforting.

It was exactly how he had remembered.

He knew he had misjudged her from what he had assumed she would be. He had never paid much attention to her in the past, but the occasional times he did, she went straight over his head because he figured she would be just like her brother and friends.

She wasn't.

She was still on the other end of the phone and Blake hadn't said a word in at least 30 seconds, but she still didn't hang up.

"Nellie?" He questioned slowly, just in case his friends had given him the wrong number.

"Yeah, who is this?" She responded casually.

"It's Blake." He said in a slight mumble.

"Oh." He could hear the shock in her voice, but she hid it well as she carried on. "Hey, can you give me a sec?" She questioned, the shock from before apparently gone.

"Sure." Blake said uncertainly and nodded his head even though she couldn't see him.

There were muffled voices on the other end of the phone – where Nellie had covered the mouthpiece – and then she was speaking again.

"Hi, Sorry, I was with some friends," Nellie explained to him and he could tell she was in an empty room due to the echo through the phone.

"I can call back if you want?" He said quickly, feeling slightly guilty.

"No, No!" Nellie exclaimed quickly. A little too quickly, Blake thought. "It's fine. We're on free period." She explained, as her voice went back to its usual pace.

Blake let out a breath he didn't remember holding in and smiled slightly. God, if anyone saw him right now he probably looked like a three year old that got dessert before dinner with the grin that was plastered across his face.

"So, what's up?" It was Nellie who spoke, making Blake realise that a silence had settled between them.

"Uh, not much." Blake responded and anxiously rubbed the back of his head. He had to think of an excuse for calling her out of the blue, but his brain was coming up blank.

"Right." Nellie responded and Blake could hear the confusion in her voice again. "Any particular reason you're calling?" She asked softly and Blake smiled as he heard the small laugh that escaped her.

"Well..." Blake started as he racked his brain for an acceptable answer. "...I found a purse in my car and I was wondering if it was yours?" It was a lie. He hadn't found anything in his car, but if it kept her on the phone until he could come up with a reason for them to see each other again.

"Uh-" Nellie mumbled and he heard a shuffling on the other side. "Yeah, that might be mine. I can't find my purse I had that night."

Blake's eyes widened at her words. "W-What?"

"Yeah, do you think we can meet after school and I'll check if it's mine that you found?" She asked, and Blake felt his pulse speed up slightly.

"Uh, sure- yeah." He mumbled in reply as his palms started sweating.

"Do you wanna meet me after dance practice at my school?" She asked quickly and Blake swore he could hear a hint of excitement in her voice. "We finish at 6 so there won't be anyone around." She explained as an afterthought.

For a good few seconds Blake didn't respond as he opened and closed his mouth, searching for a reason why he couldn't do it, but the words that escaped him were the opposite. "Sure, of course."

"Great!" Nellie exclaimed and Blake definitely heard the excitement that time. "Just wait around the block so none of the girls see you." She added quickly.

"Sure." Blake nodded as the bell sounded above him, signalling the end of lunch. "I gotta go, I'll see you later."

"Yeah, sounds good." Nellie responded and Blake could practically hear the smile in her voice. Maybe it wasn't just him that wanted them to spend more time with each other. "Bye!" She said before she hung up.

Blake sighed as he put his phone back into his pocket. Her voice was just how he remembered it, but somehow even more intriguing. He knew he had wanted to get to know Nellie before, but now he wanted it even more. Why? He had no idea, but he liked it anyway. It wasn't a good thing to want this, but he ignored the echoing thoughts in the back of his head of how this was a bad idea and focused on the soft, almost angelic voice that he had heard on the phone.

"Blake?" Shanna's voice pulled him from his thoughts and he looked to see Shanna and Aylin stood opposite him, staring at him confusedly.

"Huh?" He mirrored their confusion.

"Are you okay?" Aylin asked, obviously amused at her friends dazed state.

"Yeah!" Blake exclaimed with a nod of his head as he looked at the two girls. An idea came to his mind as he glanced at the two purses that Shanna and Aylin both held. "Do you think I can borrow one of those tonight?"

Shanna and Aylin glanced at each other, complete confusion on both of their faces. "I'm not even going to ask." Aylin mumbled as she flapped her hand slightly. "Just get it after school!"


Nellie let out a heavy sigh as she fell back against the wall outside of the library. What was she doing? She didn't leave her purse in Blake's car. She knew exactly where it was – Sitting on her bedroom floor – so why did she lie?

She didn't want to admit that she was a little excited when she found out there was a way for her to see Blake again. She couldn't admit it, because if she did it meant she liked him and she wasn't allowed to like Blake Jenner. She had never taken much notice of her brother, but when he told her not to go near any of the Titans, she obliged out of principle for her brother and now here she was, willingly meeting up with the captain of the Titans to retrieve a purse that she hadn't even lost.

She was in way too deep.

"Nells?" Nellie jumped slightly as Jake appeared in front of her. "You okay?"

"Yeah, I had a phone call is all." Nellie responded with a tight smile. "Go back in there. I'll be there in a little while." She said, referring to the library that she and her friends were in for their free period.

Jake nodded and was about to walk back through the door he had came through, but stopped and turned back to Nellie. "I actually wanted to ask you something." He said and Nellie could see the nervousness in him.

A very familiar nervousness, she noted. "Alright, shoot." She said softly, hoping to god that he wasn't about to do what she thought he was going to do.

"I was uh, wondering if you wanted to go out tonight?" He asked slowly, but he had a sense of confidence about him. "We could go to a movie or dinner. Your choice."

Nellie sighed. "Jake-" She really didn't want to do this, he was her friend now, but it couldn't keep going on like this. He asked her out almost every week and every week, she managed to come up with an excuse, but he wasn't getting it.

"Look, I know you said that you wanted to just be friends, but it's been two years Nells. We could try again, it might be different this time." He was almost pleading with her and Nellie felt so badly about it, but she didn't like him the same way that he liked her.

"I'm sorry Jake. I just want to be friends." Nellie said softly and lightly touched his arm in a hope to comfort him. "We can still be friends, right?"

Jake sighed and Nellie could tell he had lost all hope. "Sure," He said, but his voice told her differently. It was icy, something that Nellie had never heard in his voice before.

"You wanna go back in?" She asked as softly as she could, but his face only turned harder and she could see the anger practically bubbling out of his ears.

"Sure," He grumbled and Nellie gave him a soft smile before they walked back into the library.

It was in that moment that she realised she felt more for Blake than she did for Jake. She hardly even knew Blake, but when the chance of seeing him again came up, she was over the moon and when Jake ever asked to see her, she felt dread in the pit of stomach.

Did she like Blake? No way, they had only ever spoken three times.

Then why was she so excited to get a purse that wasn't even hers?


Nellie readjusted the headband she wore as she walked into the locker rooms. The coach had worked the dance team hard that day because of the upcoming state competition in three weeks and the whole team were feeling it.

Nellie loved to dance. Her mother was a dancer and Nellie wanted to follow in her footsteps. It was her dream and she wasn't going to let anything get in the way of that, especially not her family who were adamant on her going to Ohio State like they all did. She was going to get out of this town if it was the last thing she did.

"You wanna get Pizza with the girls Nel?" Patricia Miller, a girl in the grade below asked. "We're thinking Joes." She added as she adjusted her blonde hair into a ponytail.

"Uh-" Nellie frowned, she could really do with food after that practice, but Blake was waiting for her and was somehow more excited to see him than to get pizza with her friends. "Sorry, I've gotta meet someone." She explained while changing from the shorts she wore for practice and into the leggings she had worn that day.

"Oh, No worries." Patricia responded with a flap of her hand. "Maybe another time." She added. Patricia was a nice enough girl, but Nellie knew she was only being friendly toward her to try and get closer to her brother.

Nellie gave her a soft smile, hiding her discomfort for the girl and carried on changing. It only took a few minutes for her to change into her clothes, but as she walked out of the locker rooms she caught her reflection in the mirror and for the first time since her freshman year she suddenly felt insecure about her appearance. She had learnt not to care what other people thought and made a small effort in the mornings to look presentable, it worked because she never got any complaints about the way she looked, but after a two hour dance practice she looked like a sweaty mess.

She let out a sigh as she glanced at her watch. It was just past six, but she fished through her bag until she found the small make up bag she kept in there. It only had a comb, a tube of mascara and a lip gloss in, but that was all she ever wore unless it was a special occasion.


Blake sighed as he tapped his fingers on his steering wheel, it was 6:10 and Nellie still hadn't come out. He had sent her a text saying that he was parked around the corner by the Chinese takeaway that always smelt like dead animal. He was getting nervous as he glanced at Aylin's purse that sat on the floor beneath the passenger seat, his foot started tapping along with his fingers and he felt his pulse quicken slightly.

This was not how he planned on spending his Wednesday day night, waiting for a girl who went to the rival school. It annoyed him to hell that he couldn't stop thinking about the girl and that he was going to such measures just so he could see her again.

"Blake," The same voice he had heard earlier in the day interrupted his thoughts. He snapped his head to the side and saw her grinning at him through the open window. "You okay in there?" She asked with a small giggle that made Blake's stomach turn slightly.

"Yeah, sorry," He shook his head in an attempt to clear it. "Were you stood there long?" He asked slowly and opened the door so he could jump out.

Nellie shrugged as she stepped back, watching as he got out of his car. "Not really."

"Good," Blake nodded and looked across at her, their eyes locked for a matter of seconds before they realised and quickly pulled their gaze away. "Do you have a ride home?" He asked quickly, realising there were no other cars around so she must have walked from the school.

"Uh-" Nellie started nervously. She shouldn't really accept another ride from him after what happened last time, but unwillingly she felt herself nodding her head. "Sure, but as long as you promise not to tell my brother this time."

It was supposed to be a joke, but Blake felt himself nervously laughing. "I promise." He said and Nellie gave him a small smile in return.

"So, shall we?" Nellie spoke up just as the silence that Blake hated was going to settle between them.

"Yeah!" Blake nodded a little too quickly, causing another giggle to escape her.

"You're a goof." She said through her laughs. "You'll hurt your head if you keep doing that." She added as they got into his car.

I'm pretty sure I'm already brain damaged, Blake thought to himself as he put the keys in the ignition. He had to be if he was willingly seeing Nellie again.

"Is this the purse?" Nellie asked, causing Blake to turn his head and see her pointing at Aylin's red bag that sat on the floor. "Because that's not mine." She said with a shake of her head. "I must have left mine at the party."

"Oh, sorry." Blake said and watched as she shook her head and her nose scrunched up slightly. "It must be Aylin's or Shanna's." He added as an afterthought. He didn't want Nellie thinking he had another girl in his car. Wait, why would you care if she cared? His self conscience asked him.

"You didn't think to ask them first?" Nellie asked and Blake watched as she bit her lip, unconsciously driving him crazy.

"Well-" Blake started as he tried to come up with an excuse, but he was coming up blank. "You want the truth?" He finally said and Nellie nodded her head quickly, her excitement was evident, though it probably wasn't as exciting as she expected.

"Just as long as it's not like a girl you hooked up with and you're trying to pass it on to me because you don't wanna talk to her." Nellie piped up with a laugh.

Blake let out a laugh at her and shook his head. God, that laugh was going to be the death of him. "No... I borrowed the bag from Aylin." He admitted slowly and watched as her face contorted into confusion.

"Wait-" Nellie started as realization dawned on her. "-Did you only pretend to find a bag so I would see you?" Blake's eyes widened slightly and his nerves kicked in again. "Because that sounds like a Stalker to me Blake Jenner." She added with a playful smirk.

Blake caught onto her playful smirk and put his hands up in the air, watching as her smirk turned into a grin. "Ok, you caught me!"

"Well..." Nellie started and she edged toward him slightly. "You wanna know a secret?" Her grin softened and she edged closer again.

Blake nodded and sat forward, closing even more of the distance between them. "Throw it at me."

"I didn't really lose my purse either." She said softly and glanced up so their eyes met. The distance between them suddenly felt too close and their eyes searched the other for something to tell them to stop. That was when Blake realised that they were moving closer together, his brain was telling him to pull back and drive her home, but his body wasn't listening. "My brother is going to kill me." Nellie whispered just as their lips were about to touch.

She was right. Her brother would kill her, and him too, but he couldn't bring himself to pull away from her. It wasn't supposed to happen, they weren't supposed to even acknowledge each other, but here they were, centimetres away from each other about to do the forbidden.

Forbidden was the only word that Blake could use to describe what was going on here. At this point, he knew he felt something more for the knight than just friendship and it was only getting worse.

A ringing sounding throughout the car made them quickly pull back and their heads shot toward the bag that sat on the floor that was ringing. Aylin had left her phone in her purse.


DUN DUN DUN.

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