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That afternoon Lauren skipped home and cleaned her room, when her other popped her head in the door she took her daughters temperature “Are you sure your not sick…Your cleaning honey?”

“Mum…I’m fine. I’ve just got company coming soon” Her mother looked at her with a skeptical look on her face “Company? Company you’re cleaning your room for? Well I know it’s not Christy and its not Jake…so who is it?”

Lauren smiled and answered her mothers question with a hint of mischief in her voice “The boy next door”

“Oh, Yes Caleb” The mischief suddenly left no trace in Laurens voice

“You know him?”

“Well yes of course I do. His mother is a dear but his dad is a bit of a hard head. But all together they are lovely people” For the third time that day Lauren’s jaw dropped, if it fell any further they would have to surgically re-attach it. The doorbell rang, and Lauren almost fell down the stairs running to answer it. And there he stood, on HER doorstep. His hair gleaming in the afternoon sun and his beautiful brown eyes starred back at her.

“Hey” He said to her but all that came from her was a little moan. He looked at the disgusted expression on her face and laughed “It’s alright; I don’t mind if you just moan and not talk…I might understand you a bit better if you speak though” Lauren blushed and looked at her feet, and again for the second time today she felt his rough hands under her chin “Come on lets get some work done” She nodded slightly and motioned for him to follower her. “MOTHER! Caleb’s here, we’re going up to my room to study”

“Alright dear” was the reply that came from the direction of the laundry. She walked down the hallway and up the stairs to her door, the first on the right. “Here we are, it’s a little messy but I haven’t had time to clean” She pushed open the door revealing all of her privacy to him to inspect. Light blue walls were accompanied by dark blue curtains and a white dooner with light blue markings covered the double bed in the middle of the room “So… I take it you like blue” He laughed

“Yes I do actually” She bit back defensively

“Hey…whoa there I was just asking no need to bite my head off” She blushed again

“Sorry, so there’s the desk, and the bed and the chair” She pointed out all of the possible study areas

“I think we’re better off sitting on the floor, there will be more room to spread out our stuff” She nodded and threw a couple of her pillows onto the lush carpeted floor and fell down onto one of them. Caleb dropped his bag and sat beside her, he was so close she could smell his cologne. She closed her eyes and focused herself, but when she opened them she was faced again with the eyes she had come to adore “Are you alright” He asked her calmly. She nodded “I’ve just got a bit of a head ache that’s all”

“Are you sure you want to so this now, you should be resting?”

“Umm no I’m fine…I’ll be fine…thanks” He smiled and pulled out a book “Ok so we will just start with the simple stuff and get you ready for the next chapter”

“Oh yeah hang on I’ll just grab my books” She stood and her head spun but she ignored it, she pulled the heavy books from the desk and was walking back to her seat when her head spun again which caused her to trip sending her falling…into soft, strong arms.
”Lauren…are you sure your okay…You don’t look it, your very pale” He pulled her down onto the ground and let her rest for a second in his arms. She closed her eyes but his sudden movement made her relaxed eyes jerk open and she found her self groping for something to hold onto as he lifted her onto the bed “It’s alright I’m not going to drop you” He set her down and put a pillow under her had, leaning over her he inspected her pale but still stunningly beautiful face “You alright?”

She nodded and a “Yes” managed to escape her lips “Well that’s good. You gave me a bit of a scare there” He pushed the loose strands of her hair off her face, his hand was warm to the touch and he was shaking slightly, but whether it was because he just carried her across the large room to her bed or because he was nervous, she didn’t know. Before she knew what she was doing she sat up and gazed at him before their lips met. Her sudden reaction made him tremble but he didn’t pull away, in fact he kissed her back. Her body went limp in his arms as he guided her head back to the pillow, his legs swung up into her white covers and she felt his body up against hers. He was kissing her, down her neck, along her collar bone, back up her neck, across her jaw and back to her lips and she was taking in every part of his slender body with her hands. She suddenly felt his whole body stiffen, his hands found the bottom of her shirt but once again he paused and took in her slim form under the tight jeans she had traded for her school skirt, and the little purple button up shirt. His head dropped and he kissed her again but there was no passion in it as there was before. He pulled back down her shirt and pulled his body away from her smooth and delicate hands “I can’t…I’m sorry. You have your perfect boyfriend and your perfect life…I’m…well I’m me!” She sat up beside him and took his head in her hands “I think you being you is what made me do that just then” She kissed his cheek and looked into his eyes “People say your eyes say so much about you, but all I see in yours are anger and hurt. For a second there I saw peace…and love” She kissed him again “I think that when I was younger I dated Jake because he was my best friend and it seemed right, now I can see I did it for all the wrong reasons” She smiled at him, and all he could do was give a weak but hopeful smile back. She pushed back his hair away from his eyes and kissed him “I’m sorry if I made things difficult for you”

He sighed “Yeah me too” Lauren stared at him wondering what his next move would be

“I think we should keep this between us…I’ve got to go” He stood up and she followed him, when he turned back to her the compassion she had seen in his eyes before had faded back to cold hard stone “I don’t think it was me this situation has made it hard for. I’ll see you tomorrow at school” Lauren was left standing at the tops of the stairs trying to figure out what his last comment meant.