I never really had a particular problem with school. I enjoyed being around my best friend all day, we could giggle and laugh making lessons pass much quicker than they should. I just liked being around her. She made me feel better about myself. She laughed at my jokes and made me feel special, school or no school, Sian was there are that's all what mattered.

I felt in a particularly good mood while we sat eating our lunch along with our other mates. Next to me I heard a squeal of delight from Sian so I turned to see what she was so excited about.

"Ryan's invited me and you to his house tonight!" she said happily.

"Wait, what? Why me too?" I answered. The idea of sitting watching Sian and Ryan try to get in with each other wasn't exactly appealing.

"Coz his mate Lee's gonna be there. It'll be like a double date!"

"What, a date with someone I don't know. No thanks."

"Come on Soph you do know who he is. He's that tall dark haired fit lad."

"Oh yeah coz that's specific," I retaliated back.

"Come on Sophie, pleeeeeeeease. Can't you just do this for me? It will make it so less awkward if you're there too." She gave me her puppy dog eyes and my heart melted at the sight of her. I always gave into her. I would do anything to make her happy.

"Fine," I sighed heavily, "you win."

She grinned widely than hugged me. As she did this I could smell her distinct scent. In the most none creepiest way possible, I loved the way she smelt. Out of a line of 100 scents I knew I would easily be able to pick out hers. As she let go the bell rang for next period.

"Come on then. Lets go," I said unenthusiastically. I changed my mind, school would suck if all Sian spoke about was Ryan.

At 8 o'clock we made our way from my house to where Ryan lived above the kebab shop. I was dreading this but I didn't let it show. I acted as excited as Sian pretending I was looking forward to meeting Lee. We rang the door bell and waited. Ryan answered by giving Sian a swift kiss on the cheek. Even that small greeting made me want to punch him. What was wrong with me? Why was I so jealous? I ignored the questions in my head and held out my hand to Ryan.

"Hi I'm Sophie." I said shyly. I always felt like I was being judged in front of new people.

"Hey Sophie," he said quickly but I could tell his attention was glued to Sian. I couldn't blame him. She was wonderful.

"Come on up, Lee's waiting upstairs."

The 'date' was as awkward as I'd imagined. However there was a key thing that made my heart feel lighter. Sian and Ryan didn't seem to have much between them. There was hardly any chemistry from what I could see at all. They didn't seem like they were having much of a laugh. In fact I could tell Sian had her bored face on. I knew each of her expressions far too well; I'd seen her use each of them too many times.

Lee kept making advances of trying to put his arm round me while we watched the film but I subtly kept moving away. I couldn't even think about fancying him. I just couldn't be bothered. When the film was over Sian and I stood up to leave. Ryan kissed her briefly on the lips. This gave Lee the urge to try and do the same but I had no desire to kiss him whatsoever.

"It was nice meeting you," I said hurriedly while in the process of making my way to the door. This meant I left Lee looking stupid but I didn't even care. I just wanted to leave. Once outside Sian spoke first.

"So what did you think of Lee?" she asked tentatively.

"He was alright looking, but to be honest I didn't really fancy him," I answered truthfully. For some reason Sian seemed to look relieved.

"I better get the bus home," she said, "Dad will murder me if I come home to late on a school night. For a second time today she reached over and hugged me. The difference this time was this was a proper Sian hug. In my head no one could quite give hugs that made me feel as special and as loved as she could. My heart raced as I felt her body against mine and yet again that all two distinctive scent of hers made me feel dizzy.

I broke the hug suddenly feeling uncomfortable by the thoughts going round my head.

"See you tomorrow," I said while quickly walking away.

I needed to get away from her. Some of these feelings were getting to weird.