I am sitting in a little cafe with my friend Sophie at lunch time the next day. "So, I saw the live show last night, you were very good." She comments as we take our order to our table by the window. "Thanks, I was really nervous actually." "My favourite bit was when Dan kissed you! Awww, you guys are the sweetest." She coos, making me blush. I take a sip of my tea; Sophie has been such a good friend to me. I moved in with her when I went back to Uni and Dan and I were split. She was always there for me, telling what to wear on our dates and giving me advice. In return Dan and Phil were really sweet to her, taking loads of photos with her and even following her on twitter. I smile as I remember the look on her face when she realised who her two new followers were. "So, how's the book coming along?" I look up and come out of my daydream. "Good, had a bit of writers block the other day but it's coming along quite steady." Then out of the corner of my eye I saw Dan across the street. I knocked on the glass and he looked up as I waved. He waved back as he made his way across to the cafe. "Oh my god, Dan's coming in here!" Sophie never got over her fan girl moments; she was always so excited whenever she met the pair. "Hey, fancy seeing you here" Dan greets me and we kiss quickly. He grabs a chair and joins our table, I notice Sophie turn bright red. "Hey baby, we were just having lunch, you had yours yet?" I ask, offering him some of my sandwich. "Yeah, had mine with Phil. I was just on my way over to Chris' house to make a video." "Oh my god, crabstickz! Really?" Sophie piped up. "Yep, I'll be home for tea, Phil said that he'll cook baby." Dan replies and steals a sip from my tea. "Hey, get your own!" I swat his hand away.
Ten minutes later, Dan is walking me to my next lesson. Sophie has gone to do some shopping as she has the afternoon off so me and Dan are holding hands. "Want me to meet you after lessons to walk back with you?" He offers as we approach the campus. "That would be nice, meet you here?" I say, stopping by a large flower pot. "Done! Five?" I nod and we kiss goodbye, he waves me off as I walk to lessons.
"Where are you?" I mutter to myself, I check my watch and see that it's now half five. Dan isn't answering his phone and I'm getting cold standing around. I wait for another minute, standing on my tiptoes to see if he is near. I bite my lip and start walking home by myself. I decide to go the short way, through a couple of tunnels and alleyways as it is getting dark and I am hungry. Down one of the alleyways I hear footsteps behind me, getting closer. I assume that it is somebody running so I stand to the side of the narrow path to let them pass. As I look behind me I see three young men, all with their hoods up. They walk in a straight line and as they near me they give each other a look. Before I can do anything, one of them is pining me to the brick wall, holding my arms back. Another is searching through my bag they snatched off me. The last one is standing close to my face, he grins and I feel my heart pounding inside. I am scared to death; they could kill me at any second. "Well, what do we have here then? What's a pretty young lady doing out here on her own?" He snarls, smiling. I close my eyes, wishing for it to be all over. "What's in the bag then?" He says, still looking at me. "A phone...Purse...Load of receipts." Replies the one with my bag. I see him turn it upside down, letting everything drop to the floor, echoing around. "And a picture of boy." He adds. "Let's see." Says the one looking at me, he grabs the photo I kept of Dan in my bag. "Who's this? Your boyfriend? Not here to save you, is he?" I feel myself crying, wanting him to hurry up and just kill me. He tosses the photo to one side and grins at me again, "We'd better be off, but before we say goodbye sweetie, I just need to do one more thing." I try to push my head back, but it hits the wall. The boy pushes his rough cold lips to mine, pushing around my mouth. I struggle and try to scream out and push him off. He stands back, and wipes his lips. Then he swings his arms round and hits me in the face. I am vaguely aware of them walking off my phone and purse, laughing and high fiving.