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People are fragile things
You should know by now
Be careful what you put them through
People are fragile things
You should know by now
You'll speak when you're spoken to

-Munich, The Editors

"Get your fucking hands off me. As if you could take him from me, God you're so up yourself, your life's so shit you want to crap all over mine? DON'T invite fucking pyschos to my party and don't push your FLAT LITTLE TITS in my boyfriends' face, ok? I said OK? Cause I swear babes, I'm serious, if you ever try and touch anything that belongs to me AGAIN, I will fuck- you- up. Ok? I said ok?" HAND CLUTCHES ROCK. ROCK MAKES CONTACT. CRACK. BLOOD.

Effy wakes up with a start, heart racing, body sweating.

"Fuck..." Effy whispered, trying to breathe. Her chest was tight and her heart was beating like mad against her ribcage. Her thin fingers gripped the corner of her duvet, struggling to hold on to a sense of normality. You can get through this.. she told herself as she breathed in and out. Screwing her eyes tight shut, she tried to calm herself down by thinking of happy thoughts. But she could think of nothing. Since that party at Katie's where she'd tried to be normal, she'd been having the same flashback every night while she slept. Her and Katie in the woods. Katie attacking her over Freddie. Effy using a rock as self defence. The rock smashing against Katie's skull. Effy leaving her limp body in the woods. Her and Freddie having sex while Katie's limp body lay in the woods. Katie's nine stitches.

No wonder Effy had woken up for the past seven nights in the exact same state.

Freddie opened his eyes wearily as he was awakened by the sound of his mobile ringing by his ear. Groaning, he looked at the alarm clock. 2.30am. It was probably Cook calling to inform him about the clunge he'd gotten at some party.

He frowned when he saw he was wrong.

"Effy?" he answered.

Heavy breathing filled his ears as he listened to her on the other end of the phone. "Ef? Ef, is that you?"

"F-F-Fred.."

Freddie sat up quickly, not caring that the sudden movement caused his head to spin. Effy never called him and she especially never called him at two thirty in the morning. Either she'd been drinking – not possible because she usually KO'd after one vodka too many – or she was really upset. Freddie was going to go with the second option.

"What's wrong Ef?"

"I-I-..." she struggled to speak. "I-I can't breathe. I keep d-d-dreaming of K-Katie."

Freddie closed his eyes. Ever since the party at Katie's, Effy had been acting a little on edge, more than usual. She'd kept close to Freddie and had flinched every time Katie came near her. Freddie had initially thought it was Effy being scared of Katie -stupid thing to suspect- but now he knew that it was because she felt guilt. Guilt towards Katie and that night.

"Effy, it's okay. Seriously. Look, Katie was drunk when she kissed me at hers, of course she was gonna say shit to you-"

"But it's true shit."

"No it's not. We all knew that when I was with Katie I was just trying to get over you. Katie knew that. It's not your fault."

He heard her breathe in sharply. "Fred.. maybe I should have just let her have you."

"Don't say that."

"I'll say what I like. If you were with her, you'd be happier."

Freddie clenched his fists and resisted the urge to scream. Effy was doing it again. She was trying to push him away for the upteenth time. Didn't she know by now that he wasn't letting her go?

He asked her this very question and waited for her answer. She sniffed and from her shaky voice, he could tell she was trying hard not to cry. "But I feel so horrible.. about everything. I hate feeling the guilt and the pain I cause you. You'd be better off without me-"

"Effy, don't fucking talk like that-"

"I c-c-can't help it!" she wailed before filling his phone with sobs. She'd had enough of hiding her emotions. At first, Freddie wished she could be happy. But then he realised she was showing her true feelings. Her true feelings about him, about her. And Freddie saw that this was a breakthrough.