Chapter 3

I gave him a I'll-kill-you-later look and grabbed the top pulling it in to my body and hugging it. Even from a distance I could tell it smelt like Toby, that made me feel calm again, like I had been earlier, and before I had the argument with my parents.

"Ok I'm going into the bathroom to change, you can get changed in here." I nodded my head and he wandered into the bathroom. He attempted to close the door, but I got stuck half way, so he left it. Leaving me in full view of him getting changed. But I got side tracked with what happened a minute ago. When Toby started flirting with me, I actually enjoyed it. I got butterflies in my tummy, which I've never had befrore. And that's slightly worrying.
Am I falling for him? I better not be. I know he's the only person that I can trust in and talk to right now. And anyway the relatinship thing probably wouldn't work. My parents would be furious if they found out, probably chaining me to something so I can't go anyway. Why am I thinking about us being together? There is only a friendly relationship going on between us, I hope.

I sat there for a while thinking about Toby. But I stopped when I turned towards the bathroom. Toby was just taking his top off, he took it off slowly, like he knew I was watching. His well defined arm muscled and six pack came into view and I gasped. Nobody has ever had that effect on me but he has, just his six pack is enough to make any girl run to him from a 100 mile radius.
But then he started to take off his trousers, so I turned around quicky. I don't think I could take anymore, especialy seeing him just in his boxers.
I got dressed after I got sidetracked, Toby was still in the bathroom, so I didn't have to rush.
I loved the t-shirt it was snug and warm and the smell of him would surely make me sleep.

I laid on the bed after I had got changed, and waited for Toby . I wondered off into my own little world, something that I have done alot recently, and thought about if my parents had started worrying where I had gone yet. They'll probably enjoy me not being around them for a while. It's likw when I was seven all over again.
I had run away, but only just down the road. I was probably gone for about 12 hours and when it got dark, I chickened out and went back home. It turned out my parents or Melissa hadn't even noticed I'd gone. That was what made me realise I was the least favourite child, and I've always been like that since.

I was brought out of my daydream when Toby opened the bathroom door. His pj bottoms hung low on his waist, so his abbs were in full view. He wandered over and sat on the other side of the bed.

"You've never told me what happened earlier with your parents, what was it about?" He had a sympathetic look on his face. I knew I had to tell him, but it could hurt him to know that my parents think the same things about him like the rest of the town does.
"You," I whispered, he gave me a confused look.
"Me?"
"Yeah, my parents don't think it's a good idea that we hang out, they think the same things the rest of the town does, they would do anything to stop me, but I'm not letting that happen." It was all silent when I finished speaking, Toby's face showed a sign of sadness, but I know he was trying to cover it up.
"Look I'm not going to let them take me from you, you're my friend, I know you didn't kill Ali, your innocent, and I'm trying to make my parents believe that I know the real you, but it's not working." I looked up at him and stared into his eyes, the sadness was still there.
"I'm glad that your not like everybody else in the town, they believe all these rumours that get passed from one person to another, but at least I get to keep my most favourite person on my side." I don't know why but those words seemed to touch a sensitive spot and I felt my eyes welling up with tears. Noticing straight away he pulled me closer to him and embraced me in a hug.

We hugged for what felt like hours but was only minutes. By the time we had stopped hugging my eyes were red from crying and my makeup was probably running.
"Thanks for that, it's just nobody's ever said that to me," I said between sniffling.
"We probably better go to sleep now, because I've got to get up early in the morning, Jenna wants me to go and do something for her din't ask me what beause I have no idea," at the sound of Jenna's name I tenced up. He realised and rubbed my back trying to soothe me.

We talked for a little while longer, about everything that's been going on with Allison's disapearance and murder to our favourite bands. Just having someone I can casually talk to about anything makes me feel happier. I know he will listen. He's been through alot of things that I have. We stopped talking when we both felt tired. I snuggled up in the covers, and soon drifted off to sleep with Toby next to me. I wish everyday would be like tonight, where I can have fun and not think about the problems I'm going through right now.

I dreamed. I dreamed about him, the boy who's changing my life for the better.

Thanks for reading, Im sorry if it's to short and my spellings are probably bad. I'll probably go back and edit all of the chapters sometime and try and make them better, but I dont know when.

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