My cell phone beeps with a message from beside me on the bed, and as I snatch it up, I smile as the letter R flashes up on my screen. That’s what I have him saved as so no one who snoops through my cell will realise it’s him I’m talking too. I don’t know why I keep our friendship a secret but I just get the feeling that is how Ryker wants it. ‘Hey Eli, you free today? I need some help, can you meet me about an important matter? I’ll pick you up.’ I immediately send back a yes, before jumping off my bed and rushing around to get ready as he sends back a thumbs up and ‘be there in twenty minutes.’ I rip off my t-shirt and give my pits a quick sniff test, not bad but I’ll still use some spray just in case. Clean shirt, sneakers and some body spray later, I grab my sweater from the chair in

