Hi!
So how are you liking this book?
I'm not sure if I should continue it, I know where this is going but I'm not sure if people are honest when they say its good, I know where this story is going, I'm just not sure about it.

Please let me know HONESTLY

I mean I'll probably continue this anyway, but if someone said "hey Lauren your story sucks" I'd accept that and thank them for being honest.
Oh and I'm sorry I haven't uploaded in a while! I've kind of forgot been 'busy' stupid excuse I know, but that's not the real reason...but you don't need to know why.

Lauren :)

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Daniel P.O.V

"I'm home!" I shout as I hold the door open for Hazel.

Mum sticks her head out from the living room, her face filled with a smile.

"Hi guys! Good day?"

"Yes actually, we bumped into the guys"

Mum doesn't even need and explanation to who the 'guys' are, she just knows me too well.

"They're nice aren't they Hazel?" She asks as we walk into the freshly cleaned living room that smells of strong cleaning products.

She smiles and flattens her fringe awkwardly.

"Yes they're lovely"

"I'm glad you think so, they were really there for Daniel when Bella broke his heart and moved to Cornwall"

"Mum" I warn shaking my head as she gives me a sympathetic look.

I look at Hazel, her lips form a tiny smile as she gives me a knowing look.
She is going through what I went through a year ago except her situation is probably worse.

"Anyway, what have you been u to Mum?"

"Well, first we all watched a little morning television and then we went swimming, Graham is in the shower, everyone else is getting ready"

Morning T.V really Mum?

I run a hand through my hair as we sit in silence.

"Why don't you go and get dressed too?" Mum breaks the silence.

I get up, relieved to find a distraction.

"You coming Hazelnut?" I ask with a smile.

"Er...right"

We begin to climb the stairs, I hear a loud thud and a "ofh!" come from behind me.I turn to find Haze on all fours over the first few steps breathing heavily.

"Are you alright?" I say trying not to laugh.

I'm so mean.

"Yeah I just slipped"

"Need help up?"

"No I'm alright thanks"

She groans in pain as she gets up.

"Are you sure you're okay?"

"Not really, I'm a bit bruised that's all"

"Do you want me to check?"

"No because the bruises are in places I don't want you to see"

"Okay...oh"

She goes bright red, her cheeks all flushed,

"Um..."She barely says

"So you have bruises..."

"Yeah but just on my hip and thighs... I think, I'll be okay, honestly"

I let her go up first in case she falls again so Ill be there to catch her.
She stops at the landing and spins to look at me, her chocolate hair, still in a scruffy ponytail, bounces as she does.

"What restaurant is it?"

"I'm not sure, but it's Italian and it's quite fancy"

"So you will be wearing a suit?"

"Well more like a linen shirt with a blazer and trousers"

She smiles and then Laura comes out of the room her and James share.

"Sorry guys, can I have a word with Hazel?"

"Sure, I was just going o get changed anyway" I ay feeling suspicious.

"I'll see you before we go" she reassures smiling.

I look at Laura and I notice that by the way her smile looks slightly fake she is beginning to get impatient.
I beam at the girls and then I walk down the corridor.

Hazel P.O.V

I watch Dan walk away, then I look back at Laura.
She smirks at me, then pulls me into her room, which is the closest to where we are standing.

"James honey?" she says to the other side of the room where there is a single white wooden door.
His face emerges from their en-suite bathroom.

"Yes love?"

"Can you give us a bit of space?"

"Sure"

His body come out of the bathroom; he's only in a towel so I find myself feeling extremely uncomfortable.

"I'll be in the bathroom near Mum and Dad's room okay?"

He smiles quickly at me; then leaves the room leaving me extremely confused.

"Have a seat Haze" says Laura patting the bed.

Uh oh, this sounds serious.

I slowly seat myself as instructed as she stands before me her arms folded.

"So what's up?" I ask too nervous to wait for her to start the conversation.

"Well Hazel, I wanted your advice on something"

I'm useless at advice, so this should be good.

"You see, James and I have been discussing baby names" she says playing with a strand of her golden hair almost nervously, her blues fixed on the floor.

That's what they were discussing!

"And I wanted to know what you think"

She stops playing with her hair and her electric gaze pierces through me.

"Well...for one thing you don't even know the gender; and another thing, it's a bit early to be discussing that, don't you think?"

She sighs and pushes a few golden strands behind her ear.

"That's what James said"

"Maybe you should speak to my Mum or your Mum, maybe even Dan's Mum about it? I have no clue about babies"

"You're right, thank you Hazel"

"Can I go and get dressed now/"

"Sure"

I leave the room; closing the door carefully behind me. James waits patiently in the doorway of Mum and Dad's room as I pass him.
I close my eyes at the fact that he's just in a towel.

"Is it safe to go in?"

"Yes"

"Thanks sis"

I hear the front door open from the hallway below.

"DAN!" Someone screams.

Oh crap we forgot Ellie!

Dan looks out from his door looking worried and wide eyed.

"We forgot Ellie!"

I bite my lip, trying desperately not to laugh, but then it becomes too much and I start laughing.

"Get changed, I'll sort it out"

He gestures towards my room. I raise arm to my head in a mock salute.

"Yes Sir!" I say as if I'm in the army, ha as if they'd let me in anyway with my little talent.

He rolls his eyes and hurries downstairs, the yelling starts again, so I rush into my room and close the door.
I can't help but think that this is my fault!
I said I'd go with him, so I should have reminded him, right?

Ugh, I'm confusing myself.

I look at myself in the mirror, taking in my ponytail and make-up free face.
Maybe I should let my hair down for once, wear a dress and make-up?

Hmmm....

I grab a pretty dress that I received as a Christmas present from my Nan once; then the small purple make-up bag that sat at the bottom of my case moments ago. I put the dress on the chair by my desk and my hand grips the white headband.

Time to actually make an effort.

Daniel P.O.V

"I SAT THERE FOR HALF AND HOUR, WAITING FOR YOU TO TURN UP!" Ellie shouts, her face reddening.

I am just letting her words pass through me, I know that sounds bad but Mum mentioned that she had a detention today and that adds to her frustration. She catches my attention again however when she stops shouting and a grin appears on her face.

"You spent the day with Hazel didn't you?"

"Yeah...So what?"

"Looks like someone got distracteddddd" she says hovering on the d.

"Oh shut up"

"You can't deny it, I know my brother"

"Obviously you don't know me enough"

"Whatever, Mum says Dad can make a later reservation so we have more time to get changed, so if you don't mind I'll be getting changed now"

"Yeah...I'll come too"

***

Soon I'm dressed in a white linen shirt, black jeans and a black blazer, waiting outside Hazel's door. I have gelled my hair as it's a special occasion, I wonder if Hazel's got her hair down?...
Ellie appears from her bedroom with a smirk on her face.

"Distracted" she whispers as she passes me.

"I'm not" I say as she disappears down the stairs.

Ellie's curled her hair, she is wearing a light pink dress and is also wearing a subtle amount of make-up, she looks so much like Mum (before she started to dye it blonde) it's unreal.
I lean against the wall, Haze wants me to know about Harvey, does that mean she trusts me? An odd squeaking tells me that the door is being opened, so I straighten up and stand in front of Hazel's door.

"Hazel?"

The sound stops as I hear her retreat from the door.

"Just give me a sec Dan"

I strain my ears to hear what sounds like her taking a deep breath.
The door handle twists again so I straighten up again quickly adjusting my blazer.
The door opens and my eyes widen at Hazel standing before me.

She's wearing a beautiful crème dress that looks like it is made out of lace; a thick black ribbon that is used around her waist as a belt. A white headband is slotted neatly into her hair that flows down in glossy waves over her shoulders, I notice she's wearing pale eye shadow with mascara and a peachy lip gloss shines on her lips.

Wow she looks...gorgeous.

"Too fancy?" she asks thinking my reaction to be bad.

"No you look perfect" I say not thinking clearly.

She grins and then scans me with her eyes.

"Not too bad yourself"

"Thanks"

"Blazers suit you" she says as she closes the wooden door behind her.

"Thanks, having your hair down suits you"

She grins again making my stomach squirm.

Wait...What?

No no no this isn't happening again!

"I think I might wear my hair like this more often"

"That's a good idea" I say trying to clear my head.

"Ready to go?" She asks

"HAZEL, DANIEL, HURRY UP!" Mum shouts.

"Yeah we're coming!" I reply smiling at my Mum's likeness to be punctual.
I step off the last step and I glance back to make sure that Hazel doesn't fall down the stairs.
I look at Ellie, I almost forgot she was coming.

"Now don't forget I will be taking Ellie home early, he has got school tomorrow after all" Mum says

Ellie groans and folds her arms irritably.
She sees me looking at her and her expression turns to a sly smirk.

"Distracted" She mouths

I glare at her shaking my head.

We walk out of the house, and to my surprise there are three cars waiting for us, our red Toyota, Graham's silver seven seater and an unfamiliar yellow mini.

"James has hired a car with the money from his previous plumbing job" whispers Dad.

"We'll see you at the restaurant" Dad says to Clarissa and then we amble to the three cars.

I stare out of the window at the murky Summers evening sky, my thoughts running wild once again.

"Daniel your Mother asked you a question" says Dad in that irritated voice I loathe.

"Oh sorry Mum"

"I asked what you'll be getting at Bruno's" she asks turning to me in her seat with a smile.

"I don't know, I heard they've changed the menu slightly" I reply

This is true, Ollie told me, but really I said this because I can't think straight right now and I'm not sure why.

Ugh, I sound like some sort of teenage girl.

***

The car pulls up outside the fancy restaurant, I peek out of the window at the people inside, they all look extremely posh...oh boy...I'm about to make a fool of myself, why can't Dad take us to a 50's diner or something?

I open the car door reluctantly, Hazel's car, or should I say Graham's is parked not far from ours. James and Laura wave at me, I wave back awkwardly. No offense but is this some sort of family reunion?

Then Hazel gets out of the seven seater with a clumsy stumble, I can't get over how gorgeous she looks... STOP IT DAN YOU''RE NO DOING YOURSELF ANY FAVOURS!

She comes walking over with Laura, only then do I realize she's wearing a pair of white high heels and she is struggling to walk.

"Oh hi Hazel" Ellie's voice says in a mocking way trying to make me look stupid.

"Ellie, come on dear don't cramp their style" says Mum

Wow, Mum never sticks up for me.I look at her in amazement, she gives me a grin and pulls Ellie up the spotless steps. James and Laura follow them in so we all follow in as well.

"Can I tell you something?" whispers Hazel

"Yeah anything" ugh I sound like one of those girls from chick-flick films (not that I watch chick-flicks *cough cough*)

"I've never eaten Italian before"

"Well I'm pretty sure Pizza and Pasta count"

"Oh, I'll get one of them then"

***

A short time later I'm twisting my fork around some spaghetti, Hazel ordered the same as me as she couldn't pronounce a lot of the dishes.

"Well I'm taking Ellie home, Mark will pay, no objections Graham, James could you take Dan home?"

James nods smiling, Graham looks at Clarissa who pats his hand sympathetically.

"I'll come too" Hazel tells James

"That'll be fun" says Laura.

Ellie waves and grins at me flickering her eyes in Hazel's direction, I shake my head and Mum leaves.

"I'll ride with you Graham, if that's okay?" asks Dad

"Course it is, least I can do after you paying" He replies grinning

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AND BREATHE!
Ugh, my fingers ache from typing.
So as you might've read above HONEST OPINIONS!
Anyway so I will hopefully have chapter 5 up next week, CHP 5 already! Woop do I smell champagne?! God I can't remember where I got that from and I don't even know what it smells like...oh yeah it's from behind the scenes of Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban...rambling again.
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I'm not even tired and its half twelve here in England, Mum says I'm nocturnal haha.
Lauren :D