"So, how was your first day of college Tess?" My mum said to me. It was dinner time and my parents were taking desperate measures to try and engage in a conversation with me.
"It was fine I guess." I replied.
"Did you get lots of work done?" My mum questioned.
"We didn't do work mum, we had a trip, remember ?" I spat,slightly irritated at the fact that she had forgotten.
"Don't talk to me with that tone of voice young lady, I was only asking a question!" Mum shouted.
"I'll be in my room." I said whilst putting my plate in the sink and leaving the room, storming up the stairs.
Once I got into my room, I flopped onto my bed , this day really drained me out and it felt so good to be back in my warm and cosy bed. Suddenly, the thought that I tried so hard all day to get out of my mind was back swirling around my thoughts.
"Him. He is the one. Does he really like you? Do you like him? Why can't you stop thinking about him? You don't even know him, you literally just met eachother!" No matter how hard I tried, I could not get these thoughts out of my god forsaken mind. This boy is quite literally driving me insane.
Disturbing my thoughts, I heard a tapping at my window. We live in a flat and our section was on the ground floor, so at first I thought nothing of it. It was probably someone messing about or whatever. But then I heard the window open...
It was him.
"What the fuck Noah? What are you doing here!" I screamed.
"Sorry, I know breaking and entering isn't a good way to impress someone, but I need to show you something." He said as he clambered through the window. Impress? He wants to impress me?
"Yeah, it isn't. What do you want to show me that's so important that you have to climb through my window at night to show me?" I questioned.
"Come with me" he said eagerly.
"Umm, I've just met you today, and you expect me to trust you enough to sneak out with you in the middle of the night?" I said.
"Yes." He said , accompanied with a grin.
"No thanks, ill pass." I said as I snuggled back into my duvet.
"Please Tess, you'll love it, trust me. Just trust me and I promise I won't break it." He begged.
There was something about those words, and the way his eyes glistened when he said them. So much that it made me believe them and jump out that bed.
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"Umm, what the hell is this place?" I said worryingly, looking at the dark, abandoned building in front of me. Any normal girl would have ran by now, but for some reason I couldn't.
"Don't judge a book by it's cover, Tess." He smirked and walked towards the door. I slowly followed behind him, uncertain of what he had meant by that statement. As we got deeper and deeper into the building, I could hear music getting louder and louder. I didn't venture into many types of music but I knew for a fact that this was dub-step.
"Whatever this place is, they sure like their Skrillex" I said, glancing around the seemingly forever hallway we was walking down. The walls , which were once white, were covered in graffiti from top to bottom, every tiny inch filled with various different drawings and text. Was this a kind of runaway shelter or something? Eventually we came to a door which, just like the walls, was covered in graffiti. Noah knocked at the door and a young 20-something boy answered. He was dressed in black paint stained jeans and a White t-shirt, accompanied with greasy, messy dark blonde hair.
"Noah! Haven't seen you here in a while" the boy said in a sarcastic tone. " who's your lady friend?"
"This is Tess. Tess, this is Jacob" Noah said, glancing at us both.
"Um... Hey" I said awkwardly, avoiding eye contact.
" Welcome to the cornucopia of fun Tess. Come inside and lose your head" the boy winked at me and gestured for us to come in.
"Oh. My. Lord." I thought to myself as I was met by the 100's of teenagers partying amongst strobe lights and smoke. I could see joints being passed around everywhere, as though it was one huge game of pass the parcel.
"Follow me and stay close" Noah warned as he grabbed my hand, pushing past the crowds of people dancing. Before I knew it, we had reached the neon-lit bar.
"You here to actually order or to just talk about your shit life as usual?" The bartender nagged, looking me up and down.
" ha ha. Very funny. Two vodka and cokes please. Actually make that four. We will need more than one to get you going, won't we Tess?" He said with his usual cheeky smile, that was slowly growing on me.
"Actually, I don't drink" I objected, pushing the drink away.
"Come on. Let your hair down a bit Tess, you'll be safe with me." he promised.
Fuck. I just can't say no to him can I?
I chugged both the drinks down whilst Noah stared with a baffled look on his face.
"You don't drink, but you've definitely drank before from the looks of it" he laughed as he took the two empty cups from me.
"Whatever. Two shots please" I ordered. What was I doing?
"There's something strange about you Tess. I don't know, it's like, like you've got these walls up all the time, well from what Iv seen so far anyway" He described, with an intense look on his face.
"I'm just a reserved person I guess. I don't show too much unless I know the person properly , you know?" I slurred as I reached my hand out for my second shot.
"Ah, I guess so. Tess, maybe you should calm down with the drinks now. You've had 2 drinks and 2 shots in such a short amount of time" he looked at me with sudden concern.
What had made his mood change like that?
"Yeah I was thinking that too. Don't worry , this is my last one, I'm just gonna go to the bathroom quickly, I really need to pee" I said as I stumbled off the chair.
