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Nerina's POV

'So what's up with Natalie?' asked Alice at lunch. I looked at her, we were reasonably friendly from gym class. She was pretty, with cute bouncy hair that she dyed blonde but she had a habit of wearing tiny skirts, but compared to Natalie...

'I don't know' I stabbed a lettuce leaf angrily. It wasn't fair, she wasn't supposed to come back and ruin everything all over again, and everything she'd said. I was NOT like Silkie, I would never be like Silkie. I glanced at her sitting frostily at one end of the lunch hall reserved especially for her group. Icy bitch, I thought bitterly. But she had been right about Skye, annoyingly enough.

'But aren't you her roommate?'

'Unfortunately' I muttered.

'Then don't you even know where she'd gone?' Alice asked. Actually when I thought about it Alice could be really, really irritating and couldn't sense when to let a matter drop.

'She won't tell us' I replied 'well, Jasmine asked her if she'd lost her virginity to some Spanish guy and she said sort of.'

'Yeah, but what does that mean?'

'I'm guessing either she went to Spain or she lost her virginity.' Actually I hadn't thought about that yet, that meant I was the last virgin standing in my room, brilliant. 'What have you seen her?' I was surprised; I hadn't seen her all day. She must have disappeared really early this morning.

'No. But someone did and everyone's talking about her.'

I looked round, she wasn't in the hall but that was hardly surprising because she rarely ate lunch unless Silkie invited her.

'Hey Skye' said Alice, twisting her hair and grinning stupidly. I sighed and turned round.

'Piss off and stop provoking my friends to fancying you.'

'Babe why do we have to fight?' he grinned, sitting down next to me and I looked at him in disbelief. 'What it's not my fault I'm a sex god.'

'You are not a sex God' I replied, blushing as I saw people looking at us 'please leave me alone.'

'What if we have to talk?'

'Does Alice have to hear this?'

'Probably not' he looked at her, still smiling in his annoyingly charming way 'bye... Alice.'

'Bye Skye' she giggled, lifting her plate and moving to the next table along.

'What exactly is it you have to say?' I asked.

'Sex last night was great wasn't it?'

'Fuck you' I said, standing up.

'Okay, okay it was bad, but just hear me out.'

'Seriously do you have to make this rumour worse?'

'No. But it is a pretty funny rumour' he absent-mindedly stole a chip from my plate.

'I seriously hate you' I replied.

'Yeah, I know. But that doesn't mean we haven't got a problem on our hands.'

'What are we about to become a crime busting team?' I asked.

'Will you wear a cat suit?'

'No.'

'Then no' I sighed.

'Just get on with it so I never have to see you again' I speared another lettuce leaf.

'Natalie' he said 'she's back.'

'I know, she's in my room.'

'Really. Didn't she change?'

'Nope. You're not allowed to or something.'

'Oh right, shit' he said agreeably. Oh God, I hated his amazing face. 'Did she tell you, or Jasmine, or Blake especially what happened after the party?'

'No. What did happen?'

'Nothing much' he wasn't telling me the truth, but if it had something to do with Skye I wasn't interested. 'But what about my roommate and your roommate?'

'What about them?' I asked, confused.

'Freaking Dino and Blake' he said.

'Oh right. Yeah they're so cute' I smiled, thank God Blake was over Skye.

'No they're not it's messed up.'

'Yes it is. They're my best friends and now they're going out that's just adorable.'

'Blake's up to something' he replied pointedly.

'What, when she goes out with someone who's not you that definitely means she's up to something? Wow you're even more up yourself than I originally thought.'

'Then you supremely misjudged me, but that doesn't matter because shouldn't you be pissed or something?'

'Why would I be pissed?' I sighed, fed up of Skye's ridiculous theories.

'Aren't you like in love with him or something?'

'No. We're friends. Just friends. Shockingly enough people don't always sleep with their opposite gender friends.'

'Then he's trying to sleep with you. It's gotta be something.'

'You're losing your touch' I said.

'I am not losing my touch' he replied angrily.

'Not everyone is trying to sleep with me. It's just jerk offs like you and you didn't even manage it.'

'Yeah, but you would have done.'

'No I wouldn't of' I said firmly.

'Yeah, you would.'

'No. I wouldn't.'

'What after 'Skye I love you so much don't ever leave me.'' He put on a stupid impression of my voice and I raised an eyebrow then shook my head.

'Go away Skye and sort your problems out by yourself' I said 'before I slap you again.'

He stood up reluctantly. 'You'll thank me some day' he said.

'Somehow I doubt that' I replied as Alice sat back down next to me and asked with wide eyes.

'What was that about?'

Blake's POV

It was past one and I couldn't sleep.

All I could think about was Skye's face when I told him I was dating Dino. I smiled, a classic. So why did part of me feel so bad?

And then there was that something at the always back of my head, eating away at my mind and I was desperate to ignore it even if it kept me up all night. I hadn't slept a night all the way through since I was nine, that was why I was usually up at five to do yoga and jog round the school grounds before anything else was awake. Natalie used to call me insane but she didn't understand.

I glanced over to her bed and saw in surprise that it was empty. I sat up, walking over to it but it was definitely empty. Where was she?

Then the door opened and she walked in.

'Where were you' I hissed.

'Your boyfriends bed' she said, sarcastically as she pushed me aside. 'It's none of your business. Just go back to sleep and dream about your messed up relationship and sleeping with Skye again.'

'I'm going to slap you in a second' I hissed.

'Fuck off Blake.'

'No' I said, crossing my arms as she climbed back into bed.

'Oh my God, I don't know why I bothered coming back' she said.

'Neither do I' I sat down on my bed. 'Why don't you just go, no one will care. No one even missed you.'

'Yeah they did.'

'You're delusional.'

'Fucking hell, I'm delusional' she sat up her eyes burning through the dark 'your insane.'

'I don't wanna fight with you again' I said.

'Good because you can't win. Not anymore.'

'What do you mean?' I asked.

She didn't reply.

'What the hell did you mean?' I hissed.

'Just go back to sleep and don't think about it. That's what you do best right?'