Like a rocket to the sky

'Suddenly i'm not hungry'

*3 weeks later*

Its been 3 weeks since I told the boys about Aaron and it’s like a massive weight has been lifted off my shoulders, Nathan is taking me on another date tonight and Kelsey is coming over to help me get ready. We were sitting in my room and she was flicking through my wardrobe and throwing clothes all over the place, “girl if you don’t go and get in the shower right now I will take you in there myself” Kelsey tutted at me. I groaned and got up for a shower, “AND YOU BETTER COME OUT SMELLING LIKE ROSES!” I hear her shout from my room and then Kat say, “yay! I love roses!” and then giggling. Oh Kat. I washed through my hair, shaved everything and scrubbed myself to please Kelsey. I got out and wrapped a towel around myself.  I stepped out and went back into my room to see an outfit laid across my bed and the girls standing by my mirror, Kat armed with make-up and Kelsey armed with hair straighteners and curlers. Kat applied my make-up, Natural but showy and Kelsey straightened my hair before adding some waves into it and styling it. I went to put on the outfit that they had picked out, It was a thigh length, strapless, red dress with a silver and red band around the middle. They had paired it with silver heels, diamond necklace, some bangles and some silver heart stud earrings. I slipped on the clothes and sprayed a bit of my Marc Jacobs perfume, “damn girl!” Kelsey said as I spun round showing them, “wow Beth, you look amazing!” Kat squealed and they both engulfed me in a group hug.

Kelsey grabbed my hand and lead me to the stairs where I could here the boys giving Nath ‘the talk’, “now no funny business okay?” Max said wagging his finger at Nath, “use protection!” Tom exclaimed, making me shake my head and giggle, “look after her mate or you’ll have me to answer for” Jay said with a serious face before breaking into a smile and hugging him, “have a good night Nathy boy” Siva said patting him on the back. “you ready?” Kelsey smiled at me, I nodded and she took my hand. She walked to the top of the stairs where the boys could see her before reaching her hand back and bringing me in front of her. All the boy’s jaw’s dropped when they saw me, “watch it, you’ll catch flies” I giggled, actually feeling good about myself for once. “you look amazing hun” Siva smiled and kissed me on the cheek, “thanks Seev” I smiled back, “I totally would!” Tom grinned earning him a smack on the back of the head from Kelsey and Nath, “what?” he asked, we all laughed at him and Kelsey rolled her eyes. “you ready to go?” Nath asked and I nodded as I took his arm and we left. “sorry about the guys” he laughed, “it okay, it was entertaining” I laughed. We got to his car and he opened the door for me, I slipped in and he walked round and got in the drivers seat. “so, where are we going?” I asked him as we pulled away, “if I told you I would have to kill you” he winked, “okay then” i said back, he laughed at me, “nope, you’ll have to wait and see. I sighed but kept quiet for the rest of the drive.

We pulled up outside a very expensive looking Italian restaurant and Nath parked the car. “Nath this looks really expensive...” I said to him as he came round the car to me, “It doesn’t matter” he shrugged, “I’ll pay half” I offered but he shook his head at me, “nope, I'm paying and your not going to stop me” he winked, I sighed but let him guide me into the restaurant. “Reservation under Sykes?” he said to the man at the desk, “right this way sir” he smiled and guide us to a secluded table at the back of the restaurant. “here are you menu’s and your waiter will come by shortly to take your orders” he smiled and left. We made small talk for a bit before a really trashy looking waitress came up to take our orders. She was a typical slag, she had bleach blonde hair back and shitty hair extensions, fake eyelashes, fake tan, fake nails and shit loads of make-up. “May I take your order?” she looked at Nath, batting her eyelashes, “a large cheese pizza please” he said blankly, ignoring her flirting. “is that to share?” he nodded and she scribbled something on the notebook, “drinks?” she asked him pushing her chest out, “Beth?” he asked me, “just a coke please” I smiled at her and she rolled her eyes, “ill have the same please” she nodded and smiled before going off to get her drinks. “looks like you’ve got a friend there Nath” I winked at him, “suddenly I'm not hungry” he joked, “aw why? She was beautiful” I said with a straight face, “ew gross” he scrunched his face up, we both burst out laughing. She soon came back with our drinks, she practically threw mine at me causing it to spill slightly and then gave Nath his, winking as she walked away. He rolled his eyes at her and we carried on talking for about another 10 minutes before she came back with our pizza. She placed it down and then slid a piece of paper towards Nath before strutting off. “What did she give you?” I asked, “her number” he said placing it down the the table and rolling his eyes again. We sat and ate the pizza laughing and joking with each other and just having a great time. “Beth..” he said looking up at me, “yeah Nath?” “I know when I asked you out things didn’t really go to plan and well you know the story, and I want to make it up to you by asking you again.. will you be my girlfriend?” he winked, “oh Nath” I laughed, “of course I will” I joked putting my hand on my heart and wiping away a fake tear. “okay good. Shall we go?” he asked, I nodded and we both stood up and he took my hand and we walked out. Just before we got to the door he stopped, “one more thing” he said before pulling out the piece of paper from his pocket with the waitresses number on it and giving it to a group of lads on another table, “enjoy!” he beamed at them and we both laughed and left.

By the time we got home it was about 11:30pm and I'm guessing everyone was asleep as the house was really quiet. We crept in and Nath locked the door behind us before we said goodnight and headed to bed our separate ways.

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The next day we didn’t have anything planned so me and Kat decided it was about time we took everything over to my flat and moved in there. As fun as it has been living with the boys, it will be nice having our own space and it means they can have their spare room back. All the boys came with us and helped us to add some finishing touches to the place which included them all signing the walls. Typical. They had to leave at about 5om due to a last minute photo shoot for some magazine so me and Kat were left alone. “Kat?” I peeped my head round her door to find her laying hanging off her bed again. Of course. “yesss?” she giggled, “we start work on Monday, you wanna do some dance practise?” I asked her, “yeah okay” she smiled, “okay, get changed and ill meet you in the dance room”. I skipped back into my room and changed into some blue ¾ length sweatpants, a black crop top and my black high tops and threw my hair up into a messy bun before heading into the dance room for practise. Kat was already in there when I got there in some black Hollister gym shorts, pink crop top and pink high tops with her hair in a ponytail. “What song do you want me to put on?” I asked her, “firework!” she squealed, “okay” I plugged my phone into the speakers and pressed play and shuffle on our dance songs and we began to warm up. we then practised some contemporary, street and hip-hop dance before calling it quits. I jumped into the shower and rinsed away all the sweat I had worked up and washed my hair thoroughly before drying my hair and throwing on some pyjamas and snuggling up in my new king size bed for the first time. ‘this is the life’ I thought to myself as I relived the past few weeks in my head before drifting off into a peaceful sleep. Haha, yeah right.

“you can’t escape me, slut” he sneered at me, walking towards me.

“What do you want Aaron? Haven’t you ruined my life enough?!” I cried, stepping away from him,

“oh no, defiantly not. You see, I haven’t even started yet and now you’ve made it worse for yourself by running away to the police.” He smirked,

“JUST GET AWAY FROM ME!” I screamed, hoping someone would hear but it was no use.

“I hear you’ve got a new toy for me too. Nevill, is it?” he smiled, holding my chin between his thumb and forefinger to face him,

“you stay away from Nathan” I growled,

“hahaha, no chance! Once I'm done with you I'm going to find little Nathan and teach him a lesson about stealing other people’s trash.”

“I don’t think so” there was a voice from behind him. He turned around  and Nathan was stood behind him. As he turned round Nathan struck his face sending him falling behind.

“Don’t worry, I'm here” he cooed and reached for my hand to help me up. just before I reached for his hand I saw Aaron scramble up and lunge towards Nath.

“NATHAN LOOK OUT!” I screemed.

I jumped awake, sweating and panicking. “BETH?! Whats wrong?” Kat panicked rushing over to me, “b-bad d-dream” I stuttered and broke down into tears. “shhh, its okay” she wrapped her arms around me and rocked me back and forth, “What happened?” she asked me as I stopped sobbing, I explained the whole dream and I swear I saw a flash of anger in her eyes, which I have never seen before, Kat is never angry. “don’t worry, he’s not going to get near any of us. You never know, he could be released and be perfectly fine and won’t come anywhere near you again” she tried to comfort me. I nodded my head and laid back down, “you want me to sleep in here?” she asked, I nodded and she climbed under the covers with me and we fell asleep cuddling, this time without Aaron haunting my dreams.

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~Beth:)