'How did I get here?'

Okay so I'm glad you guys are all enjoying my story, now I've been working on this so hard and used up all my six weeks holidays and I've finished the whole story and I honestly can't wait for you all to read it, lets just say, it gets interesting and pretty soon but there is a huge and I mean HUGE bombshell and everything changes, just keep youre eyes peeled in a few chapters time ;) Oh and thank you for you're guys support it really means everything to me ! x

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I feel Perri's foot touch mine as were sat opposite each other in the booth, he puts his leg further up mine and i know for a fact that I'm blushing. After everyone's ordered Perri orders us both a pitta and salad, everyone griefs us and torments us with their chicken and lamb but me and perri ignore them and talk to each other, I'm just glad I'm not the only one sat her eating a freakin salad,

'So you long have you been dancing for?' He asks whilst chewing on a leaf of lettuce,

'Since I was able to walk,' I smiled back, rooting through my bowl of salad for a piece of cucumber.

'Seriously!' He coughs on his food,

'Yeah,' I laugh casually, how long have you been dancing for,

'Since I was about 10, I'll talk about it with you when it's just us,'

'Okay,' I smile,

For some reason that made me feel really happy, like he wants me know things that he doesn't want other people to know. Like he trusts me with things just like I trust him...

We all finish our food and pay the bill,

'Kacey don't worry about it, think of it as a thank you present,'

'Thank you for what?' He doesn't answer me but pays for both of our meals,

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It's pitch black by now, I have no idea where we are anymore,

'Where are we going pel?'

He keeps bobbing his head and tapping his finger on the wheel to the tune i'm not sure whether he's ignoring me or whether he didn't hear me so i just sigh and lean back in my chair.

After about 20 minutes he pulls up in a car park and we both get out, he walks round and signals for me to follow him. We walk over to a tree and he sits down and rests against it, I did the same.

'I brought you here because i trust you as much as you seem to trust me from what you told me the other day. I've never really opened my heart out to someone and really told them about my past before, I've always wanted to but I didn't know who to tell, when you told me everything about your dad it came as a shock because no one's ever spoke to me about anything like that before and i thought if you trust me that much than i could trust you, so I'm going to tell you everything about me,'

'Perri I don't understand-'

'Do you trust me?'

'Well of course I do,'

'Okay well then i trust you, so can i tell you?'

'Of course you can,' I move closer to him and put my hand on his arm,

'Okay well, ever since i was really young I was bullied, obviously with my big hair and glasses i was the perfect target for bullies, I never let them get to me, i walked around with my head up. I went to school, did lessons, come home, eat and go to bed. I never had a social life or anything like that.'

Why is he telling me this...

'When I was ten I joined a dance group,'

'Diversity ?' I whisper

He smiles briefly and carries on,

'I never ever spoke at all, they must have thought I was so rude because i was so so shy, but I really came out of my shell when I was dancing and surprised them all, like you surprised us,' He laughs,

'One of the first times I did a big dance with them was when we entered britain's got talent. We ended up winning over a few weeks and our lives completely changed,'

I look up at him and he has a tear in his eye, I crawl up to him and rest my head on his shoulder,

'If I hadn't discovered diversity I don't know where I'd be,' He breaks down and starts crying, he's trying to do it quietly so I don't realise but i know when someone's crying...

'Perri I-' He stops me by putting his arm around me and pulling me into him, I don't know what to do at first, but my body automatically adjusts and i rest my head onto him.

We stay like this for a while, it's dark and the air is crisp. We look out to the lake in silence. There's something about moving water that i find unbelievably soothing.

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'Kacey, Kacey,' I feel someone gently nudge me,

'Huh?' I smile and stretch my arms.

'Kace, we fell asleep,'

I should be worried at this point but i'm not, i'm too tired, I close my eyes again and rest my head back against the tree. I hear him laugh to himself quietly.

He scoops me up and carries me to his car, I rest my head into his chest and fall back asleep.

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I wake up the next morning in Mals bed, I sit up and look around, she ended up sleeping on the floor whilst creating a poster for the music festival were going to in a few weeks.

'How did i get here?' I whisper to myself in utter confusion, the last thing I remember was falling asleep on Perri.

I climb out of bed and move the piece of paper she was resting on so she headbutted the floor.

'KACEY! You little bitch!' I laugh and run into the bathroom, hearing her chase after me.

'Your dead!'

'OOH I don't know about that, if i was dead i wouldn't be able to set you and mitch up anymore,'

'What do you mean,'

I ignored her,

'Kacey, i swear to god if you don't unlock this FREAKIN DOOR!'

I laugh and unlock the door painfully slowly, she grabs my arm and pulls me towards the bed,

'Tell me what you did,' She grins.

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'Oh Kacey,' My mum says looking into the fridge as Mal and I trudge into the kitchen,

'Oh mum,' I sigh as i collapse into a stool,

'I know you were in a state yesterday so i'm not gonna kick off,'

'Yeah Mum I was crying and I got really tired that's all, I didn't do anything dodgy,'

'Kacey, I know you didn't'

I looked at her confused.

'A boy brought you home, you were fast asleep in his arms so I showed him to your room and he put you into bed,'

'Wait what !?'

'Oh no, Mal came up and changed you into some pyjamas,'

I sighed in relief and gave Mal a grateful smile and she winked,

'He was so sweet, 'Yes Miss Jones' and 'Thank you Miss Jones,' He was extremely polite you know, not like that other boy,'

'I'd rather not talk about that,' I laughed

'So are you two like, dating ? Mal nudges me, intriguing my mum,

'No, Hes- Hes just a good listener,' I stutter rubbing my back, Just as Perri does when he's lying,

'Hmm, sure didn't look didn't look that way when you were cuddled into him last night, he really cared about you. He wanted us to make sure you were okay and we knew where you were and that you got to bed okay,' My mum winks and dawdles i to the living room to see to Jackson.

'I saw him kiss you on the forehead, he tucked you in and everything Kacey,' Mal whispers

'You're joking,'

She burst out laughing whilst shaking her head, causing us both to keel over laughing.

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Me: Thank you for bringing me home last night xxx

I open up the fridge and take out the nutella and butter, I throw some bread into the toaster and reach into the cupboard for two plates.

My phone lights up and I reach for it, Mal noticing.

Perri x: No problem Kace, I wanted to know you got to bed okay. <3 xxx

Me: You little gentleman xx

Perri x: That's how I roll ;) xxx