Renee Hale thinks she's under control of her hormones until new teacher Mr Ross proves her wrong. What will happen when they're battling each other in the game of seduction? And what will happen when Renee's childhood best friend Jack comes back aft...
Jack left after we'd talked a bit longer, it was around 3am by the time he actually went home but I knew it was a Friday so I didn't have to be up. I went straight to sleep when I eventually got in to bed; thinking of the unexpected kiss I'd shared with Jack. Why does it keep happening? Fuck me. We both know we're just friends so why can't we just control our hormones.
I wake up in the morning and choose the quickest outfit possible to shove on; which consisted of my black skinny jeans, a black tank top and my black converse. Although I looked like a total goth, I Couldn't bring myself to pick out a nice outfit so goth it is.
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I feel really refreshed this morning and I'm not exactly sure why. As I happily hum to myself whilst I lightly curl my hair, I notice something feels different. The house sounds so quiet? I quietly get up and peep my head out the door, no sound.
My heart begins to race as I realise my mam never came home last night; and I didn't even notice till now.
I'm a shitty daughter.
I race around each room, to check she didn't come back whilst I was asleep but there was no sign of her anywhere. Where the fuck is she. I start feeling my breathing become heavier and my head feels funny. I don't know what to do. After I examine each room twice over I run back up to the kitchen hoping to find a note.
It's still dark and I can barely seen; as soon as the room lights up I see the small piece of paper. My heart beats starts becoming regular again.
After reading the note; expecting it to tell me she stayed overnight somewhere after a night out or something; I'm unpleasantly surprised.
Tears begin falling down my face and my vision becomes blurry. I try and read the whole note but can barely see.
"Renee my darling,
I've gone to Australia to stay with my sister. I know you're going to think I'm a complete bitch but life is too hard after your father left.
I left during the night. I didn't want to bring you because you're finals are soon, school is more important.
I'm not sure when I'll be back but I hope you can forgive me.
All my love,
Mam X"
I contemplate on ringing her and screaming down the phone but decide to ring Jack instead; it's the only person I know I can count on. He picks up straight away.
He hears I'm crying straight away but let's me find my words. After a couple of deep breaths I'm able to speak. "J-Jack I don't know w-what to do" I say inbetween sobs. "Ren try and calm down and tell me what's wrong" tears are still streaming down my face and hearing his loving voice only makes it worse. "She's gone" I choke out, before his gentle voice hits my ear again. "Who's gone? Come on babe, please stop crying; you know I hate it when you cry", my crying becomes heavier when I tell him it's my mam. "I'm coming now. Stay where you are"
He hangs up and I'm left to sob. 10 minutes later I hear frantic knocking on the door and I know it's him. As soon as I open the door he pulls me in to a hug, his strong arms wrapped around me protectively. I take in his scent as my tears dampen his shirt. He strokes my hair as I continue to cry in to his chest, after kissing my head he pulls away and looks at my tear stained face. "I'm here now. You and me. Ok?" I nod and he takes my hand; leading me to his car.
When I've calmed down and stopped crying I ask him where he's taking me, he smirks before tapping my leg; then returning his gaze back to the road. There's a moment of silence, before I nervously play with my fingers "Do you think I should ring my dad?" I say quietly. I look across to Jack and I can tell he's mad; his jaw is clenched and he isn't looking at me.
Jack doesn't like my dad for hurting me like he did. After a while he sighs "do what you think is best". I take a long breath and begin to dial my fathers number with my shaky hands.
The phone rings over and over until eventually I hear his voice and my breath hitches. "Hello? Who's speaking?" Jack holds my thigh, trying to comfort me. "Dad, uh - it's me Ren. I was just ringing to tell you mam has gone too, she's went to Australia." There's a long pause, my heart beating out of my chest. "And why the hell would you think I would care where she was? Leave me alone and don't call me again" and with that he ends the call; leaving me speechless - heartbroken.
Jack must have heard him through the phone, because he immediately pulls over and drags me on to his knee. I don't cry; I just stare in to space. What the fuck has happened to my family? My dad hates me for no reason and my mam has gone left too.
I stay still on his lap, as he rubs my back as an attempt to keep me calm. He wipes a stray tear from my cheek and rests his head on my shoulder, sighing loudly. "I don't know what you did to deserve all this but you have got to know you'll always have me. I will never leave your side, you know that don't you?" He looks at me sternly. I smile softly, his protectiveness makes him even more attractive.
I nod lightly, looking at him in admiration. I'm lucky to have a friend like him, and I don't think I appreciate him enough. After a while of being in my own thoughts, I lean in slowly and gently kiss his plump lips. It's quick but it was almost like a thank you. He smiles warmly before kissing me again, this time for a little longer. When we break apart I shuffle back to my own seat; feeling ready to be more independent.
I put my Jake Bugg cd in and enjoy the car ride, singing my favourite songs with my favourite person.
Hey guys! Hope you enjoyed this chapter; it's kind of a set up for the next part of the story really! Thanks for reading:)
