Ruining Us

Chapter 19: Enemies, old and new

**UNEDITED*

.:Recap:.

Even as she nodded, I knew there would always be a part of her that wouldn't trust him, after being one of his victims. I understood that, and knew it was the best I was going to get, so I smiled at her and hugged her for understanding.

It certainly was (so far) the perfect day back.

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We stayed out on the field for another few hours, just talking, and talking, and talking, happy to see everyone again. Michelle relaxed and everyone was laughing, sharing stories, gossiping.

"...and her boobs were fake as anything, it was disgusting..."

"Aww that's so cute! You and Spencer and your brother and his brother!"

"I know right?! We should make a petition, it's just not right,"

"He got me a rubber duck for my birthday, for Christ's sake...he's a shit brother,"

"That is a great idea!! We'd have so much fun!"

"Lucy, you bitch, take that back!"

Laughter from many groups of teenagers around us filled the air, and the sun shone brightly on the large playing field where half the population of the school were sitting or lying, enjoying the last day of the summer holidays. In the end our conversations kind of amalgamated and we were all talking in one big conversation, mostly about the upcoming year.

"If I get a B, I'll be happy," Martin was saying. "I mean, it may not be an A*, but it's not a D either,"

"True. I'm hoping for all A*s though, my dad wants me to get to Cambridge or Oxford," Jared said grimly. Steph laughed.

"Aw, you'll manage," she reassured him.

"Spencer, what do you want to do with your life?" Lucy asked in a serious voice which made me laugh. Spencer shrugged.

"I'll be honest, I have no idea. The only thing I'm really good at is sport. And - no that's inappropriate..."

The whole group burst into fits of laughter at Spencer's sex reference. He was sitting cross legged between Jared and Lucas, his best friends, with arms hands resting on his legs and his chocolate eyes twinkled as he laughed with the rest.

This led to everyone talking about what they wanted to do in life. Michelle wanted to be a lawyer, Lucy wanted to be a doctor, I wanted to be a freelance artist, Steph wanted to be a vet, Nina wanted to be a beautician, Jared was apparently destined to replace his dad as head of a company, Lucas wanted to be a teacher, and the others had no clue.

It was getting to mid afternoon and we were still chatting merrily, having missed each other a lot. A group of 15 year olds had started playing football near us so the boys in our group decided to play their own game to show them up, which made groups near us laugh as they watched.

I mostly watched Spencer as he skilfully passed the ball whenever he got it, obviously the best player there, and I wasn't just being biased. His cheeky grin whenever he cheated made me smile and I found it difficult to take my eyes off him. Why was he so amazing??

The hours were ticking by as we sat and watched them play football and eventually they got bored and sat back down, and this time we were all quiet, just listening to everyone else. I crawled over to Spencer and sat beside him, leaning my head on him as he wrapped an arm around me. The girls 'awwwed' but I ignored them, focusing on Spencer's warm, gorgeous body.