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Lauren slept late the next day, after the commotion of the night before she was completely exhausted. In was nearly midday before she rose and pulled open her blinds letting the sunlight flow in. The sky outside was a clear blue and the winds was blowing softly making the tree outside her bed sway slightly, making her seem off balance. Caleb’s house seemed almost eerie and dark so she guessed that no one was home, she sighed and walked back to the comfort of her own bed. The phone beside her rung and her heart leapt, she picked up the receiver only to be disappointed “Hey Hey how was your night in all alone?” Lauren smiled at her friend’s quirky personality, obviously she had fun last night “Not too bad, how was your date?”

Lauren sat for the next half hour and listened to every detail of the happenings between Jacob and Christy last night “Yeah but we left early because Jacob said he wasn’t feeling well so we headed back to his place and…uhh watched a movie” The slight pause in Christy sentence told her more than she had wanted to know “Ooooo now now, you no better than to watch a movie at a guys house…alone. It always leads to more” even though they couldn’t see each other Lauren knew Christy was blushing “So…anyway, we’re going out again tonight. There’s this party at one of Jacobs friends place and we’ve been invited if you want to tag along?”

Lauren thought about it for a moment “I think Caleb is going to be there too” Christy chorused through the phone. Lauren sighed “Fine…I’ll tag alone but if I get bored I’m leaving”

“Great we’ll come around at 7pm and pick you up. Bye” Before Lauren could say goodbye her friend had hung up and once again she was listening to nothing but the dial tone. Lauren let the cordless receiver fall onto her bed then she followed it, hitting the pillows with a soft grunt. So, what to do when you’re at home all on your own. She pulled herself into a sitting position again “GOD” she moaned. There was a knock at the door and she was instantly on her feet and running down the stairs. She was about to open the door when she caught her reflection in the mirror in the hall way “Shit, Hold on. Just a minute” She bolted back up the stairs and tidied her hair. She still had her skimpy p.j’s on but she didn’t really care. When she finally opened the door she her heart fell when it was only the maid coming to do her routine cleaning of the house.

“Oh hi Mandy…” She sighed as she let the old woman enter her home

“Well don’t sound so excited to see me” Mandy shot back at her. Lauren’s head jerked up and she was quick to apologize “Oh, Sorry. I thought you were someone else. I’m so bored here, I think I’m going out of my mind” She giggled. The maid smiled at her with sympathy “It’s alright dear. How would you like to make yourself usefully and give an old woman a hand?” Lauren nodded and took the bucket from her hands “I’d be glad to be of assistance”

For the next three hours she followed Mandy around like a lost puppy, running here and there, doing as she was told, but after a while the boredom of before seemed to catch up with her. By now it was almost 4pm so Lauren thanked Mandy for doing her daily chores and slumped off toward her bedroom…
What to wear?” She hummed to herself. Her closet was starting to look bare again, but she was happy with the things she received. She pulled a little red pleated skirt of its hanger and laid it on her bed then continued to search for a little number that would suit it. She finally threw a black shirt onto her bed and surveyed her findings…Nice. Nothing flashy but it was enough to say ‘hey look at me, don’t I look hot’ She smiled and proceeded to take a shower. It was 6.45pm when Lauren sat on her front step, her straight black hair cascaded around her face and the make up she had applied made her look so much older.

As the her ride to the party pulled up at her front gate she smiled, Tonight she was going to have fun and not even Caleb could stop her from doing it.

The music pumped loud from the speakers and there was no room to move on the dance floor but Lauren pushed her way to the drinks with Christy hanging on tight to her hand. “I’m sorry Lauren, I didn’t think it was going to be this bad” Lauren turned in time to see her friends lips move “WHAT!?” Christy motioned for Lauren to follow her so that’s what she did, right into the clear view of Caleb dancing on the floor with a skinny blonde hanging off of him. Lauren stopped short almost pulling Christy off balance. She turned to Lauren but her gaze was enough to tell her what Lauren was looking at…or whom. Lauren dropped Christies hand and stormed off to the front porch. Her best friend came up behind her and put her hand on her shoulder “I really am sorry now. I didn’t think tonight would turn out like this…I only came here to have fun” Lauren hugged Christy

“It’s alright but I think I might go home” Christy nodded and wiped the small tear from Laurens cheek “Lighten up sister, there’s plenty more fish in the sea” Lauren laughed and pushed her away then walked back in the glass double doors. She was about to grab her coat when she hear the loud yahooing come from the lounge room. She pushed through the small crowd to find Caleb and the blonde from before getting hot and heavy on the dance floor. Laurens hand instinctively found her mouth, trying to force herself not to throw up or worse…cry out his name. She barged her way out the door only to be stopped by a large pair of arms that reached out for her from behind. She swung back her head and heard the bone of a nose crunch as she bolted down the driveway not looking back to asses the damages done.

She had no way home, she was stuck in the middle of god knows where with no money, no phone and no way to get home. Wow didn’t this sound familiar. Images of the night she was attacked shot through her head as well as a sharp pain. “Oh god not now please” Once again the pain shot down her neck and into her spine this time making her scream out. The next thing she knew there was water in her hand and the pain pills were being forced down her throat. She gulped them down along with the water and then sat dazed. “Where am I?” She surveyed her surroundings but nothing seemed familiar to her. She was sitting on a bench she knew that much but where the bench was located she had no idea. The deep voiced that answered her she knew all to well so she flung out her arms and pushed the body as hard as she could. The clanging of metal could be heard as she took off across the sand…wait sand. Where the hell was she? She slowed down a little only to find that the sand went on and on. A beach. Was the party that far out of Brisbane?