hey guys, i know it has been an incredibly long time since i updated this fic and i am truly sorry. i want to get this story perfect and for me that takes time because im so damn picky about every single word that i use. i hope you can all forgive me and i hope that you are all still reading this fic despite my lack of consistency in updates. I also want to apologise for the shortness of this chapter, it is only a meagre 700 or so words but i desperately wanted to get something posted for you all to read and this was all i could get out...the fact i havent slept in 72 hours may also have something to do with it but i digress.

i would like to thank everyone for the brilliant reviews i have so far recieved for this story and i really really hope that there are still a few people willing to read this after my basic abandonment of fanfic writing. so, thank you again all who have read this so far, doubly thank you to anyone who reviewed, it was for those that i tried so hard to finally get this up and lastly, to those of you still reading my greatest thanks of all. i hope you all enjoy this chapter...pitiful as it is lol

as usual i own nothing of this...

xoxox

becca

song for this chapter is: change by taylor swift, the playlist links can be found in my profile

The giggle that escaped my lips was shocking, to me and apparently to the gorgeous blonde who stood wide eyed- playful grinned- watching me with a slow languid smile starting to emerge from the grin, changing her face and making her even more stunning that she had been before when... I stopped that though short, there was no way I was going to allow myself to let those kinds of thoughts enter my head. This was what happened when I relaxed for even a minute. It was the reason I'd been so tense the whole last year. Thoughts like those ones invading my head: inappropriate thoughts, dangerous thoughts. The kind of thoughts that could change my life and make me a social outcast forever.

I felt the walls that had slowly been coming down on the relaxing plane ride come rushing back into place as I stared blankly and resolutely at the ground; refusing to lift my gaze up for fear of the wrongful thoughts would come rushing back if I laid eyes on the blonde girl again...

That is until a hand suddenly appeared in my line of sight, making me jump in shock and immediately lock eyes once again with the girl as a loud proclamation of

"Hi!" hit my ears- the unexpected noise and accompanying joyous smile on the blondes face enough to on immediately re-shatter the fragile boundaries I had just erected and make my eyes widen as an incredulous look crossed my face at the eccentricity of the girl standing next to me. Hadn't we just been standing talking...well falling for the last ten minutes? And she's only now saying hi? A small- almost unused- smile flitted across my face and the absurdity of it and instead of simply turning away as I usually would have from someone so obviously insane I found myself mumbling back.

"Hey" I greeted back warily, wanting desperately to break the eye contact that she seemed to have unwittingly engaged me in but finding myself drawn inexplicably in- completely unable to take my eyes off the her and desperately trying to ignore the soaring butterflies in my stomach that I knew- no matter how good I was at denial-couldn't be blamed on adrenaline this time.

The smile that stretched across the erratic blondes at the sound of my voice was so wide it made my own brighten slightly and the butterflies already battering away at my stomach go wild. Unable to do much else- glued to the spot as I was I finally managed to break the eye contact and simply looked down towards the runway tarmac blushing.

"So!" she chirped, surprising me once again "...what's your name?" and that's when I froze. And the wheels of my brain started churning. It was summer right? And I was so far away from home that there was almost literally no chance of anyone I knew seeing me here. So, why should I stay Miley? I hated being her, hated everything I associated with that name so why shouldn't I be someone different, just for the summer. For the summer I could be who I wanted, no rules, no boundaries and no pretending to be someone I'm not. For the summer I could just be me...

"my name's Hope" had slipped out before I even realised I was opening my mouth but as it did I felt relief and freedom fill my body as a blinding smile covered my face and I looked directly into the eyes of my unwitting rescuer, the girl who had somehow saved me from the prison that had bound me for the last year. My middle name, hope. It was as good as any other I suppose, separate enough from my Miley identity to allow me to relax but close enough that I could still feel connected to the most important parts of myself. Hope. I liked it, and that was just what seemed to be filling me up as I looked out across the tarmac briefly and then back to the bewildered looking blonde my own query spilling from my lips as I briefly wondered at the way the dying sun was lighting up the glass encased airport

"What's your name? You know mine, it's only fair" I smiled at her sudden look of slight apprehension.

"I'm Dawn" she replied, an almost triumphant smile to rival my rushing over her face. "Dawn" I mumbled to myself quietly and smiled. I liked it.

okay people, so now that you have read that dreadfully short chappie i have a favour to ask of all you amazing writers out there....the audacity of me, i know lol....buuut, this favour will really really help my sanity :P...im sure most of you will be aware of the movie 'st trinians' yes? well...i was looking through the fanfic archives the last few days, desperately searching for some decent st trinians fics and unfortunately there are only a pitiful few...20 of them. and that is it. so, my favour to ask of you is this: could some of you please please please go and weave your magic over that area of the site, i desperately want to read some fics from that section..preferably kelly/annabelle, but any will feed the obsession i have at the moment. there, thats my favour...slightly unorthodox and odd i know but i am obsessed with them at the moment....please??

anyways, thank you one and all for reading...even if you dont feel like doing me any favours after my painfully slow updates :D

xoxox