That Summer (Part One) by Lauren Crossley

Author:Lauren Crossley [Crossley, Lauren]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lauren Crossley
Published: 2015-04-06T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Over the next couple of weeks, Cole and I spend most nights together. He usually waits until my mum has gone to bed before he comes over and I’ve somehow managed to sneak him inside without getting caught. Thank God my mum still works a lot of overnight shifts at the hospital, allowing Cole and I to have the whole house to ourselves without the risk of disturbing her.

The only one who knows about our overnight arrangements is Lisa and she’s promised to keep it to herself, realising the trouble it would cause if she were to say anything. People talk and I have no doubt that they would so easily jump to the wrong conclusion about us if they heard we were sharing the same bed every night.

Things have been so much easier for me at school since the first night that Cole stayed over. The people who used to ignore me and then went on to treat me with disdain and ridicule now greet me in the hallway like I’m their long lost friend. The bitchy girls now say hi to me and almost seem desperate to become my friend and the guys tend to keep their distance. It’s almost as though they’re too nervous to approach me and only smile at me when I catch them staring.

I had no idea what was going on until Lisa finally filled me in a few days after I’d noticed everyone was starting to act strange around me. She told me she had managed to get one of Cole’s friends to open up to her about what was going on and afterwards, I could hardly believe what she had just told me.

Cole had basically warned every single guy at school to stay the hell away from me. He had threatened everyone he thought might look in my direction, approach me or just admire me in general and he had also told the girls to leave me alone. I’m not sure he threatened them but they did follow his instructions and had started to treat me with decency instead of their usual contempt I had become accustomed to.

I couldn’t understand how he had done it seeing as all of this change occurred whilst he was still on his suspension from school but when I asked him about he just shrugged his shoulders, trying to pretend that he didn’t have a clue what I was talking about.

The main buzz around school took place when I started using Cole’s locker. I knew it would generate a new load of gossip and that’s why I was somewhat reluctant when it came to sharing one with Cole.

My old vandalised locker was now being used by one of Jonathan’s friends who I had caught cleaning it but I politely turned down his offer when he suggested that I use his for the time being. His face turned pale when I informed him that I was sharing Cole’s locker instead and I swear I saw actual fear in his eyes when he thought he had crossed a line with his suggestion.

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