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Ella's POV;

"What are you doing for dinner tonight?" Mum asks me.

"Dunno, I'll text you I guess," I mutter.

"What's wrong Ella? You've hardly said 2 words to any of us since Tuesday. Did something happen with you and Joe that night?" She questions me.

Mattie hasn't spoken to me since Tuesday.

I've tried texting him, he doesn't answer, I've tried calling him, he doesn't answer, he's also given me the cold shoulder at school and I don't know what I've done wrong.

"No mum I'm fine, I've gotta go, Blakes taking me to school today," I sigh before walking out the house before she questions me further.

I see Blake waiting outside in his mini and I jump in.

I glance over to Mattie's house and see that his car isn't there, he must be at school already.

"Alright El, what's up? You've been acting fake happy all week, and you may fool the others but you don't fool me. Plus you haven't told me why you were out in public with Mattie?" He says and I sigh at having to answer more questions, but I do need someone to talk to about it and who better to talk to than my best friend?

"We went out to that restaurant because it was a surprise. Mattie slipped a note in my English book that day because he was afraid to text me in case one of the others saw it. He told me to meet him at his, and I did. He then drove to that place and I had no idea where we were going until we got there. He said hardly anyone goes there as its quite a way out of town and expensive. It was going fine until we saw you lot there, and I hid in the back seat then we drove home without a word. As soon as it was time for me to get out the car, all he said was "Goodnight Ella," And gave me a kiss on the cheek. I thought it was because he was tired and still in shock from nearly getting caught so I just went along with it. But now he's not answering my texts or calls, and well, you've seen how he is towards me in class," I finally finish saying.

"Wait so he hasn't even made any effort to talk to you?" He asks me and I shake my head.

"Well you can either talk to Joe and see if he's said anything to him, or just ask him yourself," He offers his advice.

"Yeah, I think I'll go over to his tonight and confront him then, I don't really wanna get Joe involved," I say honestly.

"Okay babe, well just know I'm here if you need either someone dead, or a wingman," He smirks and I laugh.

"Thanks Blake, this is why you're my best friend," I say and he laughs.

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"Yeah, we left the party the other night because it was boring as you or Joe weren't there," Nate tells me.

"Ah sorry, we were just having a quiet night in," I tell them and Joe nods.

"Hey, I forgot tell you, we saw your brother the night of the party," Donte tells Joe.

"Oh really? Where?" He asks.

"At that posh restaurant near Wacky Wills arcade," Chase answered.

"Oh fair enough," Joe acts like he's not interested, he glances over at me though and I can see in his eyes he's wondering why I haven't told him this.

Well I've hardly spoken to anyone all week, hence the reason the guys are just telling me about the party.

Suddenly someone hugs me from behind and I nearly get up and hit them until I realise who it is.

"Jade!" I say and hug her.

"I haven't seen you in ages!" I exclaim.

"I know! I've been on holiday!" She says.

"Ah that's why you're tanned," I say and she nods.

"Blake!" She squeals and practically jumps on him.

"So I've been thinking, we've been seeing each other for quite some time now, and I was wondering if you would maybe be my boyfriend?" She mumbles the last part as she's nervous of his answer.

Obviously he's going to say yes, he's had a crush on her since like forever.

"Obviously!" He says and they kiss.

Just then the bell rings.

"I'll tell Sir you're talking to the headmaster," I wink at Blake.

"You've always got my back," He grins. "You'll be alright for like 15 minutes though yeah? I know you hate English," He says, covering the real problem because Jade is there.

"Of course, it's not like he can make me do anything," I say and he smiles.

"Bye Jade!" I hug her before leaving.

(Sorry I haven't included any other classes so far, they're just boring and Mr Wilde's are always interesting;))

I sit in my normal seat and Joe sits next to me.

"Where's Mr Spencer?" Mattie asks Joe.

"He's talking to the headmaster," I say bluntly.

"Okay," Is all he says.

"So class, for your homework, I'm giving you a project," He says and the whole class groans including me.

"The project is to write. Just write a page on whatever you fancy, obviously has to be appropriate," He says and looks at Nate, causing me and the class to giggle.

"I'm giving you this project so I can see exactly where you are in your writing, and if any of you need anymore extra lessons. So find a muse, and this lesson you should start planning," He finishes saying.

This should be easy, I think to myself. I adore writing, as I have tons of different pieces on my laptop.

Just then Blake walks in.

"Did your meeting with the head go alright?" I say to Blake quickly before Mattie can say anything so Blake knows that I stuck with that story.

"Yeah it went alright thanks El," He smiles at me thankfully.

"Take a seat please Blake," Mattie tells him and he obeys.

"Has anything happened yet?" Blake asks and I shake my head.

"He's just being blunt again, I'm definitely going over to his tonight to ask what the f***s up with him," I whisper and Blake nods.

"Why are we whispering?" Donte whisper shouts.

"Because she was telling me how hard she was going to f**k Joe tonight and she didn't want people hearing. Oops I guess people know now," Blake says so simple and I cant control my laughter.

That will shut Donte up. He's been on my case recently about mine and Joe's "relationship" and it's starting to bug me.

Joe gives me an amusing look and I cant help but laugh again.

"That sounds interesting," He smirks and I laugh.

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After school, Blake drives me back home again.

"Thanks Blake," I smile before hugging him.

"Anything for you, you know that," He smiles back.

"Now go out there and set your man straight!" He shouts and I laugh.

"Okay, I'll let you know how it goes,"

"Alright. Love you!" He shouts again.

"Love you too!" I shout back before entering my house.

I needed to shower before facing him.

"Aw, were you shouting love you to Joe?" Mum grins at me.

"Nope. Blake," I smile.

"Aw how is he?!" Mum expresses.

She's always loved Blake so I didn't even question her sudden outburst.

"He's alright, he's got a girlfriend now," I wiggle my eyebrows up and down.

"Ooh is she nice?" Mum asks.

"It's that Jade girl, you know the one in my chemistry class? I went to that party with her," I say, trying to jog mums memory.

"Ah yes I remember now! Aw well give him my love next time you see him," She says and I nod.

"I'm going out with Joe tonight, so I need to shower," I announce and mum nods before going back to whatever she was doing before I interrupted her.

I enter my room and strip before wrapping my silk dressing gown around me.

I take my towel and enter the bathroom.

I untie my dressing gown and step into the shower before turning it on.

I wonder how this is even going to go? Is he going to get mad at me for turning up unannounced?

Oh well, he shouldn't be so damn difficult.

I quickly wash myself in the lukewarm water, and step out before wrapping the towel around me.

Walking back to my room, I lock the door and dry myself down.

I pick out some underwear and a bra, and then settle on wearing leggings and a Red Hot Chili Pepper band t-shirt.

I would let my hair dry naturally but it's very rare it turns into natural waves, as that's only happened a couple of times, so I'm forced to blow dry it.

After 10 minutes of blow drying my hair, I brush through it and straighten it, because it was puffy. I cant win with my hair.

I slip on a pair of Nike trainers, and my leather jacket before grabbing my phone and heading downstairs.

"I'll be back later! Love you!" I shout before slamming the door behind me.

Once again I make sure mum isn't peeking through the blinds before making my way over to Mattie's.

I knock on the door, and after a few short moments he opens it, still dressed in his school attire.

"Ella... Come in," He says and steps aside for me to walk in.

I sit on his couch and he sits opposite me.

"I don't smell you know," I say and he ignores me.

"Why are you here?" He asks me and I scoff.

"Oh I don't know, visiting my boyfriend who's been ignoring me for the past week?" I raise my voice.

"I know... I'm sorry," Is all he says.

"Sorry? You're sorry? How about an explanation as to why you wont talk to me? Have I done something wrong?" I ask, wracking my brains to try and remember if I had said anything to scare him off.

"No, no!" He answers.

"Well then what is it? You haven't spoken to me since Tuesday. If you're still worried about what happened then don't be! I was scared too you know, but they haven't suspected anything so we're in the clear," I smile before reaching out and grasping his hand.

He jerks it away and his eyes pierce through mine.

"You just don't understand Ella," He sighs.

"No I don't, and do you know why I don't? Because you wont f*****g talk to me," I spit.

"We nearly got caught Ella!" This time he's the one to raise his voice. "Do you know how close we were then?! Imagine if we had got caught! This would have been over, my life would have been over!" He yells.

"Mattie," I calm my voice. "I get that you're scared about this, but so am I! Look we just wont go out in public, we can just chill out at my place when my parents aren't in, and yours whenever, and I even know-" I try to make amends but he shoots me down.

"What's the point in a relationship if you cant be seen in public? Don't you want that?" He says seriously.

"The point is so we can be together. Yes of course I want that, but i want that with you so I don't care how long I have to wait," I fight.

"Look Ella, I don't think this is going to work out, I've had fun and all, but you need someone who you can actually go out with, and lets face it, if we did get caught I would get thrown in jail for being a paedophile and you could just claim I made you do it and get off scot free." He states and my mouth hangs open.

"I cant believe you just said that," I whisper, feeling tears of anger brim to the surface of my eyes.

"Well-"

"No, listen here you d**k. We went over the risks and you told me you would risk it all! Why say all that s**t if you don't mean it? And if you think I would claim you made me do it so I could get off scot free, then you clearly don't f*****g know me at all! I cant f*****g believe you. Actually I can believe you, because you're a coward. You know what Mattie f**k yourself, I never wanna see you again!" I scream at the top of my lungs before slamming the door and desperately trying to wipe the tears from my eyes.

I run back to my house, not caring if mum sees me. I jump on my motorcycle and ride.