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Chapter Fifteen

Josephine

"What's this?" I ask with a curious smile as I take hold of the package Anna is holding out to me.

"Open it and you'll see!" She beams.

"Okay.." I smile and walk over to a random couch further down the dorm hallway.

I waste no time in removing and opening the brown parcel paper. To my suprise, everything inside is individually wrapped in tissue paper which are all in various different colours.

I select the smallest one from the top; light fuschia in colour. After opening it, I see there is a small necklace inside with the infinity symbol.

I hold it up with a smile, my eyes focusing on the glimmering silver before focusing on Anna's excited face.

"Wow. It's so.." I study it some more, trying to think of how to describe it.

"Beautiful?" Hero appears infront of us.

"Hey!" Anna speaks for the both of us. "Are you finished already?!"

"Yeah, I think so." He rubs the back of his neck before stretching.

It's at this point I look away after I realise my eyes had immediately betrayed me and looked at the sudden exposed area of skin above the line of his jeans.

"What did you do?" I can't help but ask while playing with the necklace in my hand.

"Just a couple of pictures with Red and Pia." He shrugs and smiles.

"What's this? Can I have a better look?" He says, holding his hand out.

"Sure." I smile and drop the necklace into his hand, being extra careful not to brush skin.

He examines it the same way I had. His eyes focusing on the small piece of jewellery intensely as if he was hypnotised by it.

"Come on." He suddenly closes his fist around the necklace and signifies to me to stand.

I look at Anna who smiles and nods her head in agreement.

Two against one, alrighty then!

I stand sheepishly and look up at him nervously.

"Now turn around.." He smirks.

I sigh and roll my eyes but do what he says.

He moves my hair to one side and my eyes widen while my pulse quickens in response to the tips of his fingers as they make contact with my skin, brushing against my neck ever so gently.

I hope against hope that Anna didn't notice.

"There." He says after successfully placing the figure of eight symbol around my neck without managing to touch me again.

I shudder as the cold thin chain drops and makes contact with my skin.

"Are you cold?" He asks.

"No." I answer him quickly, pushing reminiscent thoughts away from where I had touched him before and he too had responded by shivering and displaying goosebumps.

Surely I didn't have the same effect on him?

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Hero

Ha, karma.

If I didn't know any better, I would say I just have Jo a taste of her own medicine.

"Are you cold?" I ask.

"No." She replies all too quickly, confirming the obvious and forcing me with no choice but to look away in order to hide my smug smirk.