Chapter 28:

Turn a spark to a flame, make a wish, close your eyes,

Won't you start, all over again,

Just like the first time that you touched my skin,

All over again,

I tasted heaven, take me there again.


What was left of lunchtime seemed to go pretty fast for me, as I felt an awful lot happier after speaking to Chris about everything and getting my worries out in the open. We talked for a little while longer about things until we both agreed that I was feeling okay about it all. I gave him a light peck on the lips and a quick smile before I got up and left the classroom. As I walked down the corridors towards the common room I felt as if a huge weight had been lifted off of my shoulders, for now, at least. I knew that I had plenty of time to decide what I wanted to do about the baby, plus I was incredibly grateful to have Kate as well as Chris there to support me throughout it all. The moment I reached the common room, I pushed the door open and ran up to Kate, giving her a huge hug. 'Thank you for everything,' I whispered in her ear, smiling.

When the time to go to our form rooms came around, I sat down in my seat and shot Chris a huge smile. He shyly looked back at me, blushing, making Kate and I giggle to ourselves. I spent the rest of the five minutes whispering to Kate and sneaking looks at Chris. 'Don't turn around now, but he keeps looking at you, too..' She whispered to me on several occasions, and I couldn't help longing to look up and gain eye contact with him, even if it was only for a split second. However, we both knew that if we did, it'd be impossible to do so without giving away the fact that we were together. Finally, the bell rang and I stood up with an exasperated sigh. I was practically counting down the minutes until Chris and I could be properly alone again, and the fact that I then had a free period to waste wasn't helping. 'I'm going to the library for a bit, you wanna come?' Kate asked me as we walked out the classroom door. I shook my head, knowing that the common room was always incredibly quiet during this particular period, and all I wanted to do was stretch out on one of the sofas with my earphones in. 'Nah, I'll do my work later,' I said. 'I'll see you tomorrow, yeah?' I gave her a quick hug and a smile to reassure her that I was okay, then made my way to the common room.

I grabbed my iPod and flung my bag on the floor, then collapsed onto the sofa closest to me. I put my headphones in, putting on my playlist of favourite songs, and closed my eyes. I wasn't quite sure how long I'd been sat there for, but I heard someone quietly open the door and step inside. I kept my eyes shut, thinking it'd just be someone in the Year above me coming in to get something. I got a bit of a surprise, though, when they sat down beside me, put their arm around my shoulders and kissed my forehead. I reached into my pocket and paused my iPod, pulling my earphones out. I looked up to find that the person who was sat with me was in fact Chris. 'What're you doing here?' I whispered, taking his free hand.

He leant in and gave me a long, gentle kiss. 'Oh, I dunno.. What d'you think I'm here for?' 'But what if we get caught?' I protested, squeezing his hand. 'We won't.. Don't you worry.' He kissed my nose and pulled me in closer to him. I sighed defeatedly and rested my head on his shoulder, looking up at him. Chris smirked and I felt myself melt inside. He let go of my hand, then moved it up and started to stroke my hair. I giggled and tilted my head up a bit, pecking him lightly on the lips. 'Love you,' I mumbled. 'I love you, too,' he whispered back, smiling softly at me. We gazed into one another's eyes for a split second more, then he leant in and kissed me. I wrapped my arms around his neck and snuggled up to him, delicately kissing him back. We broke away after a little while, but neither of us moved an inch. I tilted my face forwards slightly, so our foreheads were touching. Chris smiled slowly at me, then nuzzled my nose with his. I sighed contentedly and close my eyes. He shifted around a little bit so that he was sat with his back against the corner of the sofa and he spread out his legs a bit so I could settle myself there. I slid down a tiny bit so that I could rest my head on his shoulder again and snuggle up to him some more. I turned my head a little, then gently feathered light kisses on the sweet spot on the side of his neck. He sighed happily, looping both of his arms around my waist. He rested one hand on my hip and the other protectively over my stomach, right where the baby was.

There was no point in denying that Chris's hand felt.. Wrong where it was, because it made me think of how stupid I was to go and get myself pregnant with his child in the first place, yet it felt right in a way too. He had often put his hand there anyway way before that happened, but I still felt uncomfortable. I didn't know what I was going to do about it yet, and I didn't want him to get all attatched and start being the doting dad. He must've sensed how I was feeling, as he moved his hand away to my other hip and whispered 'I'm sorry,' into my ear. 'It's alright,' I mumbled back, 'It's just that I don't know what I'm going to do yet, so..' Chris tilted my chin up so that I was looking into his eyes and planted a loving kiss on my forehead. 'Shh, I know.. But please don't worry, because I love you more than anything and I'm here to look after you, no matter what you decide to do.' His beautiful blue eyes were full of sincerity and love and they were focussed only on me right then. I smiled tenderly at him, leaning in and kissing him slowly and deeply. Once we broke away, I whispered back 'thank you,' to him. We then settled back down again, with me nuzzling his neck with my nose and him stroking my hair. At one point, he took either one of my hands and brought them to his mouth, planting a soft kiss to each of my knuckles individually. I cuddled him even more then, and I could feel him smiling against the skin of my hands.

He kept my hands where they were for a little while, lacing his fingers through mine. I moved my head a fraction, resting it in the crook of his neck. He tilted his head down, repeatedly kissing my hair. I sighed and closed my eyes. I heard the sound of the common room door quietly opening and I flinched.


Nat made her way down the corridors, her arms full to the brim of books and homework. She walked as fast as she could down to the common room, because carrying this lot really did make her arms ache. All she wanted to do was to sit down and relax for a while. As she approached the door, she peeked through the window to see if anyone was inside. It was practically deserted, apart from the couple who were snuggling on the sofa. The guy had his arms draped protectively but lovingly around the girl's waist, and she had her head resting against his shoulder. It looked incredibly initimate in there and Nat hated the thought of having to invade their privacy, but she really did need to sit down somewhere close to silent and to get her homework done.

She pushed the door open as quietly as she could and slipped inside, making sure that she didn't overbalance because of the amount of books and work she was carrying. She clearly wasn't being quiet enough to be able to sneak past without the couple noticing, as the pair of them both looked up at her. Not quite registering in her head who those people were, Nat mumbled an embarrassed apology under her breath, until it struck her that it was in fact Sami and Mead looking all cosy and couple-y in front of her very eyes. 'Oh, for God's sake!' She exclaimed. 'Will you two get a room?'

'I think you'll find that we had one until you came in!' Sami smirked, obviously trying hard not to laugh. Nat rolled her eyes. 'You know what I mean. Isn't he supposed to be in his classroom or something anyway?' She stated bluntly. She still hadn't quite got her head around the fact that her best mate's boyfriend was the Deputy Head and their Chemistry teacher. Despite Sami calling him by his first name all the time anyway, Nat could never bring herself to do it because she found it a bit weird. However, since she'd found out that they were together, she couldn't see Mead in the same way so she preferred to call him by either his last name or simply 'him'. She even found it extremely difficult to call him 'sir' because he was shagging or snogging her best mate at every opportunity they got, which in her mind was a pretty damn wrong thing to do. Although, she did find it fairly cute that they were only cuddling and nothing more when she'd barged in on them. What would annoy her, though, is if Mead was sat whispering things slowly into Sami's ear. 'I suppose Nat's right,' Mead sighed. 'We don't exactly want to get caught, do we?' They both shifted around a bit until he was only sat with his arm around her. He planted a kiss on her forehead and gave her shoulders a gentle squeeze before kissing her properly. Nat made some kind of disgusted, gagging sound and they hastily broke apart. Sure, she didn't mind them hugging, but as soon as kissing and anything more than that came into it, she still felt a bit freaked out about it. 'I'll see you after school, yeah?' Mead smiled, embarrassed, at Sami, who nodded. Both of them were blushing furiously and Nat fought back a snigger. He practically sprinted towards the door and flung it open, not wanting to get any more embarrassed than he already was.