𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐆𝐈𝐑𝐋𝐒 ᶠⁱⁿⁿ ˢʰᵉˡᵇʸ

𝟎𝟏𝟏: 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐠

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟏
𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐠

Love songs were never something that ever interested Aurora Thorne. It wasn't often she got to listen to music. But there she stood in the living room of Mikey's home whilst he was upstairs doing god knows what.

She stared at the gramophone that had been playing since she got into the house. It was playing something wonderful. There were no words but it was pleasant to listen to.

Rory didn't completely understand the music but she assumed it had to be a love song — despite the lack of words or lyrics.

Footsteps sounded as someone travelled down the stairs and Aurora looked toward the doorway. She was surprised when a blonde haired girl appeared.

"Oh— sorry." Aurora cleared her throat and held her hands behind her back. The girl looked at her for a moment. "I'm Aurora." She introduced quickly. "Thorne."

The girl nodded. "You're in my maths." The girl stated. "I'm Charlotte, Mikey's sister." She said.

Aurora nodded in understanding and chewed on her bottom lip.

Charlotte had a small frame and fair hair that went down to her middle back. She had light freckles that dusted her nose and cheeks — cheeks that were tinted ever so rosy.

"Are you not coming to school today?" The blonde girl questioned whilst still standing at the doorway. Aurora shook her head. "I don't like school."

"It's not all bad." Charlotte tried. Aurora raised her eyebrows and tilted her head, hoping the girl could list off a few reasons to support her argument. "You get to see your friends." Aurora almost laughed loudly at what she had said. "Friends?" Rory asked with her chin tilted downward. "My only friends are the Shelby's and the boys that work for them."

"Are you not friends with any girls?"

Aurora then realised how badly her statement made her seem. How arrogant it made her look. "Well, you see, it wasn't by choice I became friends with the lads.. and the girls in school don't seem to like me very much so I steer clear of them. I feel it's better to keep myself to myself."

Charlotte listened to her stumble over her words. "Did you like the song?" She nodded toward the gramophone.

Rory looked at the object then back at Charlotte. "Er— yeah. Yeah it was nice."

"Me and Mikey put our money together at Christmas to buy the record — which was ridiculously expensive by the way." Charlotte let out a soft chuckle.

Aurora found herself smiling slightly and nodded. "Is it a love song?"

"I believe so." Charlotte confirmed, her school bag still gripped tightly in her hand. The wood behind her had creaked and Mikey appeared behind her slowly with a raised brow. "So you two have met then?" He asked, brushing past his sister to get to the kitchen.

"Indeed we have, dear brother." Charlotte smiled. "Aurora is actually in my maths in school."

Aurora kept her mouth shut.

"Oh really?" Mikey took a piece of toast from the plate on the table and leaned against the counter. "That's crazy.." He said sarcastically, "but, er, I think you'll find that if you don't leave now you'll be late for school, Dove."