ESCAPE
'Hehe.' Guffawed the huge man 'Look at this, Jeff' he said, gesturing at Lauren and Tom, who quickly untangled themselves from each other.
'Come on.' The guy who must be Jeff said 'We can't waste our time looking at two kids getting busy with each other. We have to find Michael Bourne.'
'Shiiiiit!' Lauren and Tom said simultaneously, before trying to make a run from Jeff and the other huge guy.
'Rico! Get 'em down quick. You know we bloody can't waste time!' Jeff yelled, and Rico, doing as he was told, made a lunge for Lauren, who was closer to him than Tom was.
'Hello,' he whispered, waggling his tongue at her.
'PERV!' Lauren yelled, elbowing him in the gut, wriggling away from him and running to the window. She opened it and jumped onto the lower roof, not even bearing to glance back as Tom squealed in Rico's chokehold.
Lauren looked down. The jump was about 9ft. She'd done that before, on a CHERUB assault course, it was easy. But last time she was wearing thick army-standard boots. This time she wore light black ballet pumps. She knew that the shock impact would be painful on her legs, so she just had to bear it as she made the jump from the roof. It wasn't so bad. She continued running, jumped over back garden fence and ran round the corner. As soon as she knew she was safe, she recovered her phone fro her pocket and called Chloe. She decided to be honest about what went wrong.
'Hi, Chloe?' Lauren began.
'Lauren! Are you OK? Why did you reject my call? What went wrong?'
'Well... I was kissing Tom I guess. I knew it would be the end, and we both really fancy each other. These two huge men come in, looking for Michael Bourne. Rico and Jeff, I think.'
'I know the ones. Go on.'
'They tried to get me and Tom down. I don't know what happened to him, but I managed to escape. Shit... I don't know what happened to Tom!'
'I'll excuse your language this once, but you've made mistakes Lauren. You shouldn't have got so close in the first place. You should have answered the phone. I knew that people were coming. Tom would be safe now if you had answered.'
'Oh god, I know.' Lauren sobbed with guilt. A boy had ruined her mission. She was turning into James. She couldn't let this happen again. And poor Rat, if he found out. He still liked her. 'I'm coming back, okay?'
She jogged back to the house, to find out she would be going back to campus first thing in the morning. Away from Tom.