Please read a/n at the end of the chapter.

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When I was still in school, I always dreaded going back to school after the summer holidays. I couldn't sleep, I would toss and turn all night long fearing the little things such as how hard the year is going to be or if people at school would hate me. I guess I always worry too much. I still do.

I couldn't sleep last night. I keep convincing myself that it's because my classes are starting back up today, but that was only half the reason. The other half would be because I kept on thinking about what could possibly go wrong when me and Nick hang out on the weekend, it's in five days time but I can't seem to get my mind off it.

Our first date; well if you call it that, went really well but I'm worried that Nick will do something, like this is to prank or make a fool of me, because why would he want to spend time with me? He seemed pretty happy with the girl he kissed at the party, so why me? I shudder at the image of the two but push it aside, I have to have some fun with my life right? Then if being with Nick will help me have fun, I'll give it a go and hope for the best.

I just need to try not to focus on the negatives, but more on the positives and I need to pay more attention to my studies for the first week back.

My first class for the first day back is General Psychology. It's on the far side of the campus so it takes me a while to get there but I like to use the long walk for exercise.

Because that's basically the only exercise I do. I'm lazy I know!

As I walk through the entrance of the building and into the lecture, there are already heaps of people sitting down and talking amongst themselves.

My eyes scan the room for an empty seat, I usually like to sit alone not that I have many friends here anyway. I start to head up the steps along the tiered seats and towards the one I allocated myself to, when a large hand reaches out and taps me on the arm. I jump at the sudden contact but quickly regain my composure to find the source of the hand.

His face seems familiar, the blonde hair, blue eyes, sharp jaw line...

"Hey April, I didn't know you were in this class."

Oh it's Jay!

"Hey Jay, I've never knew you you were in this class, why haven't I see you before?" I say caught by complete surprise.

He motions for me to sit in the spare seat next to him and I oblige.

"Well this is a pretty big class, Cinderella." He replies as we look around the huge tutor room, more students are starting to fill the empty seats.

Jay and I talk for a bit before the professor walks in. "Did you kick that guys ass?" He refers to Nick, whispering so he won't get called out by the professor with a long grey beard and glasses, who always likes to call students out and put them on the spot to make them feel bad.

"Well...About that," I whisper, starting to take some notes before continuing, "He kinda explained to me that it was a dare the group of people forced him to do." I look over at my new friend, his face is a mask of shock, "And.... I might of also agreed to go on a trip with him." I add in, feeling a little guilty that I am doing this with someone I barely know and only a 2 days ago I wanted to hate.

Jay looks confused, like he is trying to take everything I said in. "Wait! Wait! You forgave him and then suddenly agreed to go with him on a trip?" He repeats what I basically just said only he now isn't trying to keep his voice down.

This is like Eden's reaction.

"Be quiet Mr Walker." The professor glares in our direction but when he angrily turns back around we continue, "Hey! You were the one who suggested that I get in a car with a stranger." I swat his arm in retaliation and he rubs it, pouting at me like I really hurt him. "But I told you I wouldn't be a stranger for long, we're friends now aren't we?" He raises his fist for me to pump it and I return the gesture.

"Friends."

By the end of the class Jay and I make sure that we will catch up and do something after the weekend sometime. I'm really happy about that, Jay is a really nice guy and I've never had many guy friends, so it would be nice to keep in touch and stay friends with him.

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I feel like I've woken up to a knife jabbed into the lower region of my stomach.

Uh oh!

She's in town....... and she's early.

It is now a Thursday and my classes this week have gone by pretty swiftly, but now my hope for a enjoyable first week of school has been ruined.

Why did my time of the month have to come now? When I'm going away for the weekend with Nick. Mother Nature never works in my favour, she always likes to pick important dates to pay me a visit.

I try to sit up but the imaginary knife only digs in deeper and twists. I let out a frustrated groan and clutch my hand over my stomach, walking to the bathroom to take a shower.

Lexie must have already left, her bed is neatly made and the shower towel she's dropped on the floor are the hints.

Once I'm finished in the shower, I stubbornly walk over to the food stock pile. Thankful that Lexie had filled the pantry, I grab three large Cadbury chocolate bars and throw myself back on the bed. What? I crave chocolate on my period, I can eat whatever I want...I deserve it.

I check the time to see that I have an hour to get ready before my first class today, but all I want to do is sleep.

I lie on my bed, mentally crying as I eagerly stuff down the glorious chocolate goodness. I just want to curl up in a ball and never wake up, but the heat-pack I currently have on my stomach is helping with the agonising pain.

Forcing myself to get up and greet the day, I get dressed into something comfortable, avoiding any white pants. So black tracksuit pants and a plain light blue t-shirt it is. I feel so tempted right now to go to class in my pyjamas, I have before. After some Advil and a light touch up on my hair and makeup, I exit my room.

I try not to concentrate on the aching pain in my lower back as I walk to my first class, which is Behavioural Foundations.

"Hey April, wait up!"

Great, I am not in the mood to talk right now. "What?" I snap angrily, but then I turn around I see Nick who seems to be taken aback.

Great now he's going to think I'm this crabby and arrogant little girl. If only he knew how much I was trying to not get angry over the tiniest things. I can't help it.

Screw PMS!

"Are you alright?" He asks cautiously as we walk together in the same direction.

Yes! I feel like I'm having a day at the spa and I want to dance around on the beach in slow motion and play sports with my friends.

Note my sarcasm?

He looks especially good today, wearing tight black jeans and worn out combat boots. He has an oversized red flannel top on, with a grey beanie covering most of his hair, the hair you can see is in a quiff. He looks so cute and cuddly. Oh shut up hormones!

Me and Nick have been keeping in touch a lot this week, whether it be little texts or the casual encounters around the campus. I've been trying to convince him to tell me where exactly are we going, it's driving me insane.

"Yeah I'm fine, why wouldn't I be?" I'm such a bad liar and it doesn't look like he's buying it.

He can sense my discomfort and intervenes my fast walking, standing right in front of me to block my path. I crash into his chest immediately but quickly recover from the sudden contact as he places two hands on either side of my shoulders. Just his touch makes me feel all weird and tingly, it's such a strange feeling that I've never felt before with any guy. His stare is really intense and I can't seem to look away.

"Like I'm buying that," he can definitely tell I'm lying.

Sometimes I wish I was a guy.

"I feel like I'm dying right now." I blurt out, clutching onto my stomach. Woah! Where did that come from April? He looks even more confused for a moment before surprisingly catching on.

"Oh" he lets out an uncomfortable sigh, but quickly recovers, "don't ovary-act about it." He stifles a laugh and I roll my eyes, shoving past him and proceeding to my class. But he keeps following.

How did he know what I was talking about? Am I that crabby?

"What? It's just another day in periodise for you isn't it?" This time he looks so proud of himself for the jokes he's playing that I can't help but laugh this time.

I look over my shoulder to see if anyone is listening, "Nick shut up before I rip off your balls and then I won't be the only one bleeding." I try not to shout but I'm starting to get really angry, even though it is a bit funny, but more embarrassing than anything.

This only makes him laugh even more as we make our way into a building. "I'm serious, I crave chocolate but most of all murder, and if you don't stop I will murder you." I give him a stern look and he tries to calm down once we reach my lecture room. My face probably looks like a tomato at the moment.

"Okay, okay! I'll stop, period." He laughs again and even though he is making this really awkward I find it worth it if I can hear him laugh. It's a wonderful sound.

"Well at least I'm a woman, but by the looks of it you're still a little boy." I proudly say.

This time he clears his throat and rolls his eyes after his laughter dies down, "Well, I guess you have fun with your class and all that, I'll see you tomorrow afternoon right?"

"Right."

"We're going to have a such a bloody fun time." I gasp at his words and try to slap him but he's already running away, turning around to give me a quick wink.

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"So are you actually going to go on this trip with Nick?" Lexie and I are snacking on the food in the pantry as we sit on her bed flicking through endless magazines of models who we both envy so much.

Nah! It's probably all photoshop.

"What do you mean?" I look up from a page in the magazine where a model looks incredibly skinny but still manages to have all the right curves in all the right places. I feel like singing some Meghan Trainor right now.

"Well, I know that you said it was just a dare, but do you still trust him?"

"Well he seemed pretty confident about not screwing anything up and not doing anything stupid. I think I can trust him Lexie," I say whilst finishing the last page of the magazine.

"Okay I just wanted to know if you did because he doesn't have a good background life. Maybe he has changed for the better, and I hope that he has."

"What do you mean he doesn't have a good background life?"

Her face shows panic as if she wasn't meant to say that,"Oh it's nothing don't worry." She gets up from her bed and walks over to the pantry.

"I hope I won't have to," I mumble to myself.

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