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Chapter 2 - Starling.

"This is my house," Zara explained as she unlocked her front door. She held a bundle of keys, each one a different colour,"Hey mum!" She yelled.
"Hi Honey! Did you just get in?" Answered a happy voice that almost matched Zaras,"I was just about to stick the kettle on if you-" She scuffed her slippers to the landing of the stairs and stopped in her tracks; staring at me.
"Oh, erm, hi Mrs...-" I started then realised I didn't know Zara's last name.
"Starling, dear. And you are?" She raised her eyebrows at me in anticipation.
"I'm Toby, I've recently moved here; down the road infact..." I bit the inside of my cheek again.
"How recently?" She said almost concerned.
"Today." Starting to feel nervous, I turned to Zara and said," I think I should go..."
"No. Mum we're going in the lounge." She said forcefully as she grabbed the sleeve of my hoodie.
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"Okay, 'Greece' or 'Marley and Me'?" She asked me, from over by the bookshelf.
"Um, 'Greece' I guess," I mumbled as I sat lazilu on her couch infront of her massive T.V.
"I don't need your guesses, I need you to know," She insisted, moving her eyebrows higher uo her forehead with every syllable.
"Okay then, I know I want to watch it."
"Better." Zara put the disc inside the D.V.D player and pressed play on the remote. Sighing and sitting a meter away from me, she took a mirror and a pink lipstick from the coffee table's draw. I could see her reflection in the screen as she made every precise mouth movement to cover every millimetre of lip in light pink. I watched her put down her makeup and then lean back into the pillow.
The film was okay but I felt extremely awkward at each kissing point in the movie as I could see Zara staring holes into my eyes.
I sighed as the film came to a relaxing, romantic scene and put my arm on the back of the sofa, along the top of two pillows. A few seconds later, Zara had moved so that her head was resting on my chest, her arm was led across my stomache and she was lying on her side. I gulped louder than I expected to and wanted to put my hand on her back but thought against it. I imagined every possible outcome if I made a move right now and decided against any idea apart from staying still.
The film ended and the credits followed, she looked up at me and smiled sweetly. I looked into her hazel eyes and smiled back. Getting up and moaning quietly, she stretched so tall that I saw her waist and stomache, God, she was slim.
A sudden thought that my mum didn't know where I was occured to me and I said, "See you later Zara, I've got to run."
She nodded and took off her jacket,"Bye."