I WROTE THIS CHAPTER TWICE. I CANT OMG. Thanks so much for your review Shimmering-Sky, it was the only thing that motivated me to rewrite this twice.

Luke's P.O.V

She was kissing me back! Laura was kissing me back!

Those were the only thoughts I could process, my heart was beating so fast it could burst from my chest. I opened my eyes and watched her as her furrowed brow relaxed and her hands fell from the nape of my neck to my shoulders. I had to break way from the kiss; I just couldn't stop myself from beaming at her.
"Wh-what?" She edged away nervously, confused as to why I broke away. I instinctively pulled her back towards me until our faces were just centimeters apart.
"I'm just the luckiest guy on earth." I murmured, my voice cracking; I was so overjoyed. I pushed a strand of her dark brown hair behind her ear and Our lips reconnected and I felt her long lashes brush against my cool cheek as we fell deeper and deeper into the kiss. Her arms were a tangled mess behind my neck, her fingers intertwining with my hair.
"I guess you're right. I did not know how I felt about love." She tiptoed to peck me gently on the cheek, her face was flooded a deep crimson. I chuckled at how out of character it was for her to cringe so much and we walked down the silent record hall together. She was still flustered when we arrived at her office door, desperately trying to fit her key into the intricate lock. I pried the keys from her palm and opened the heavy oak door for her with ease.
"There you go ma'am." I winked at her as she passed through, giggling at my usual, playful antics. She sighed and collapsed into her leather office chair as I began to leaf through the mail. I smiled to myself, happily listening to the delicate sounds of Laura breathing and clicking the keys of her laptop. Just the sounds of her being, just knowing she was safely here with me. The contented sensation that overcame me reminded me of being in the train with the professor all those years ago. God, how I had missed the professor! And how things have changed...

"Er... Laura?" I stammered. I knew I'd have to ask her out, it would be the only way to know for sure she liked me...

"Yeah?" she glanced over at me, her eyes were almost weary.

"I was wondering... If you maybe wanted-" I was interrupted when Laura let out a horrifying gasp.

"Luke! Look at this!" She beckoned me to her desk. I pressed my hands down on the side of the desk and leaned forwards to reveal a small buffering window on her laptop screen. "I definitely didn't have any videos on here before..." She whispered as the buffering black screen formed an image. I gritted my teeth as my worst enemy appeared on the screen, feeling my heart shatter as I saw Laura flinch away from the laptop in the corner of my eye.

"Dearest Laura..." The sickening picture of Bill grinned into the camera, a malicious glint blazed in his eyes. "You were such a smart girl, scanning all those files into your computer, even putting them on a memory stick..." Bill paused to take a deep breath. "But you know that I see everything." And with that the screen flashed a startling red, the firewall warning came too late. "This video contains a vi-" is all it read, unable to load the rest of the message.

"Shit!" Laura cried out as the Laptop was overriden by the virus "No... This can't have happened!" We sat in silence, staring at the blank screen. Laura was massaging her temples and gnawing down hard on her lip, probably trying to keep it together as usual. I only noticed I had been holding my breath when the laptop restarted and we both let out a heavy sigh of relief. I watched as Laura clicked through different files, frowning as she went. Then her eyes widened in shock. "No way..." She breathed, I frowned and peaked over her head to get a clearer view of the screen. I didn't see anything out of the ordinary.

"What?" I asked in my confusion. Laura's shoulders were rising and falling shakily, so I put a protective arm over them and gently tried to soothe the panicking girl.

"Every single file relating to Bill... Every last one of them.. Gone." A tear rolled down the girl's warm cheek. That was it. Bill had finally broken her. And God dammit, I was mad.