I walked through the budget school gates, p at lunch time. My skirt rolled up once, orm room.

Summer holidays were just over, I quickly noticed my best friend Kianna, a massive hug. "Hello love, you alright?" I asked.

that anybody could jump over to go sho just above my knees and walked to my f so everyones conversation was buzzing. asap. I walked up to her and gave her

'Yeah, I'm cool you?' She replied. Before i could even reply she burst with exci tement.'Guess what happened to me in the summer holidays whilst I was in Ibiza?' Thats right the dumb girl went and left me all alone on the summer holidays.

'What?'

'Since your not gonna guess i'll just tell you. So I'm in Ibiza, and I went to s ome next restaurant with my mum and i saw some hottt boyss, but one in particula r caught my eye..'

'Isit what color?' I interrupted.

'Not too light, not too dark. Fully black. But anyways, i could only give him a few glances cos my mum was there and that. Then yeah, i went to the restroom on purpose cos i knew I'd had to pass him to get to there. So i 'accidently' on pur pose barged him. And i said to him that i was sorry in this really cute voice an d he was like it's alright bee. So when I came back, my mum weren't at the table anymore, she probably went to go take some business call as usual. So i sit the re all on my ones, when a boy whipsers in my ear how he wants to link me later. So there's me blushing and that and I told him i would later. We linked at some beach, i was wearing some little bikini swimsuit fingy and he was there topless with his amazing packs. Reece his name is.' I was getting bored now, loools she so gay but i love her. So I said.. 'Aaahh, cut the life story and get to the point Kianna.' 'Ok, ok whatever. So after spending the whole summer together I nearly lost it t o him.' 'WHAT?'

'Dont shout man you causing a scene. But I didn't anyway, close to but I didn't. ' She sighed deeply. 'Did you get his number?' I asked. 'Yeah course, how could I leave a hot boy like that without my number.' She laug hed and so did I. 'So when you gonna call him?' 'Dunno. Whenever I feel like it.' She said. Just then Mr Laritate walked in and we got on with our business.

When the bell rang, I walked to my next lesson. What a boring lesson it was, geo graphy, just great. I nearly reached the classroom when I bumped into some next boy.

'Oh sorry.' He said. 'Its ok.' I replied. DAMN, he was hot. But I couldn't careless. That's just me, I don't really associate myself with boys. I started walking off to geography. 'Excuse me.' He called out to me. I turned around at him and gave him a not both ered look. 'Yeah, what?' I said. 'Erm.. I'm new and that and I dont really know where my next lesson is. Could yo u show me babe?' 'Yeah sure and I'm not your babe.' I ended up showing him round the school. I on ly did it cos it was an opportunity to miss geography. 'So whats your name?' I asked him out of curiosity. 'Aiden, yours?' 'Amayah.' 'Oh, okay.' He said. Dumb boy. He couldnt even say 'oh you have a nice name' lik

e a normal person. 'It's gonna be break time soon so you might wanna stick with me for a while. It could get over crowded in the school sometimes.' 'Ight, kool.' Before I knew it bare people came rushing out their class to get t o the canteen and get their seats. Everyones eyes slowly drawed upon us. Pretty awkward. I found a table for us to sit.

'Why did you move here anyways?' I asked. 'Cah me and my dad moved cos he got this job. I'm glad I found you though. Your like my own little personal guide.' He laughed a little. 'Low it, I'm not anybody's guide.' We talked for bare long. I got to spend the whole day with him, it's not my faul t, the teachers told me to cos I am very responsible towards the new boy. We wal ked home together after school, I don't know why I did. I spotted Kianna outside . She was bare grinning teeth at me. I just laughed. My best friend can make me laugh.

Kianna: 'Look at Maya.' I told Korteny. 'She bare moving man like she's bad.' I laughed. 'She's never on man. This is the first.' Kortney said. We walked to some girl called Camilla's yard. Should I ring Reece? I quickly pre ssed the call button before I could change my mind. 'Who you calling?' Kortney asked me. 'Sssshhhh!' I whispered.'Damn, no answer. Oh well.' We knocked on the door and her little sister let us in.

'She's upstairs.' Her little sister called out to us.

'Okay.' I replied. There was music playing BARE loud from the next room. I knock ed on her room door. She opened. 'Yo Ki, you alright Kortney?' She asked. 'Yeah we're cool.' We both said. 'Whose playing music so loud?' I asked Camilla. 'Ah my dumb brother. It's only loud cos he's beating some chick.' She answered. We all laughed like dickheads. 'I never knew you had a brother?' Kortney said. 'Its cos he's never around. Ey Kortney come theres something in the kitchen that I want you to see. Are you coming Ki ?' Camilla asked. 'Nahh , I'm cool. Just gonna jam for a bit.' 'Okay.' They both went downstairs so I decided to call Reece again. Just then th e music stopped and her brothers door opened. When I called, I could hear a ring tone as soon as i pressed the call button. What a coincidence? He weren't answer ing so I cut it off. The ringtone playing in the background cut off too. This a bit freaky. I pressed the call button yet again and the ringtone played again to o.Shit. I followed the sound of the ringtone that led to Camilla's brothers room . Her brother was lipsing some next girl. The girl soon clocked me standing in t he doorway. Damn. 'Sorry.'' I said. The boy turned around to look at me. And both our eyes locked. Oh shit. 'Reece.' I said gobsmacked, I can't believe it was him. 'Kianna' he said surprised. Just then Camilla and Kortney came upstairs. 'Oh you two know each other.' Camilla said. 'Sorry I didn't know I was interrupting your little gathering.' I told Reece. I walked off downstairs and out the door. Why do I care so much that he was with some other chick? Its not as if we were going out. Forget him , he's just the s ame as them other dumb youtes. 'KIANNA!' He shouted from down the road. I stopped and looked at him. He ran up to me.

'Listen, I'm sorry, you weren't meant to see that. I didn't expect to see you th ere.' He said. 'Isit? Well surprise.' 'Sorry babe.' 'Whatever. It;s not as if we were going out anyways.' I turned around and began to walk. He grabbed my hand. 'Babes, I meant all them things that I said to you back in Ibiza.' 'I meant all the things I said too. I'm serious. The whole summer was special wi th you.' 'Yeah bee, it was, erm, do you wanna come back to my yard.' 'No. After that slag is there. Let's go mine.' He reached to kiss me. But I stop ped him. ' Your not kissing me after you've just been lipsing that slag. Wash yo ur mouth first.' I told him cheekily. 'Yeahh,Yeahh whatver.' We entered my yard seeing as my mum wasnt home. It was a bit silent and awkward for a while. But he soon lipsed me. I pulled away. 'You aint washed your mouth yet.' I said. 'Oh shut up.' We carried on lipsing for as long as we could.

Amayah: 'My mums not in by the way so feel free to do whatever you like.' I told Aiden. We jammed in my room for a quite a bit. 'Your a pretty girl yunnah.' He said to me. 'Thanks.' I told him. I didn't know what else to say. But from this day onwards we did nearly everything together. We talked on the ph one for hours, we chatted in lessons etc. We talked all the time. Months passed

and still nothing happened between us. I did want something to happen to us but it didn't. I think he didn't want me to get pissed with him so he didn;t do anyt hing. But I wanted to. We were jamming in my room after school, both lying on my bed talking about anyt hing we could possibly talk about. Without thinking straight, I rolled over and kissed him. We began to lipse but h e pulled away. 'Don't.' He said. 'What, why ?' I asked. 'Truss, you don't wanna get involved with me and my business. I aint like them o ther sweet boys. To be honest, girls get hurt by me. And i don't wanna break you r heart.' 'So why are you acting like a sweet boy then?' I asked him. I was getting really pissed off. 'I aint acting like one, you just think I am. In my old areas i f-cked around wi th girls like nothing. But your too special for that.' 'Argh, save me the life story you prick.' 'Bitch, you don't know what your talking about.' 'Piss off out my house then!' I shouted. He walked out and slammed the door. Wha tever, I don't need him anyway..

Despite what happened yesterday, me and Kianna talked like normal except for her asking questions about it every few minutes. We walked to our next lessons and see pure girls chatting up Aiden. Whatever, I'm not jealous, I have no right to be. He looked at me and we locked eyes. I kissed my teeth and we went off to out next lesson. Science, great. I walked to my seat which was next to Kianna. The teacher just started talking a bout how we're doing some next project. 'If we're getting paired up, I pray to God I'm with you Kianna.' I said.

'Yeah course.' Mr. Henderson read names out. '...' .. '.... 'Kianna and Korntey.' 'Camilla and Andrea.' 'Amayah and Aiden. 'What! Sir, are you taking the mick? I can't be with him. Put me with anyone els e, but not him.' 'Erm. Amayah if you argue back, you'll find yourself in trouble young lady.' 'But - ' 'Are you still arguing?' 'No sir.' Mr. Henderson walked off. I looked at Aiden and screwed him. 'Stop acting like I'm Ok with it too.' He said. 'Whatever. I can't be bothered to go your yard seeing as I don't know where it i s. You might aswell come mine cos you know where it is and don't expect me to pi ck you up or nothing. You can make your own way there, prick.' I said to him. 'Love you too bitch.' He replied. I stuck my middle finger at him and carried on walking.

Kianna:

I can't believe I saw Reece again. We've spent everyday together so far. And i'm gonna link him today too. Maya wasn't really bothered about his arrival. I was. I knocked on on his door and he greeted me without a top on. I smiled at him. 'So what we gonna do tonight babes?' I asked him. Don't get me wrong I am certai nly without a doubt not a sket. But he makes me have butterflies all the time. H

e said I give him butterflies too. I bet he was chatting rubbish. I decided to q uestion him. 'Do you really like me Reece? Seriously. Cos I'm not your quick beat you know. I mean it.' 'Nah bee, never that. No other girl makes me smile the way you do.' I could tell he meant that and I aint like them other dumb girls who think boys love them wh en I all they want is a quick beat. He leaned foorward and kissed me. So softly. I pushed his head towards me more and we began to step up the pace. We lipsed f or ages. He lifted me to his room. Was I ready for this? He placed me on his bed tenderly and slolwy took off my top. I have to be ready. I'm 15. If nows not th e time then when will it be? I really liked him. He was in the middle of taking his trousers off when he clocked my confused face. 'You don't have to do this if you don't want to Bee.' He said. 'Nah, I want to.' I said barely above a whisper. 'You obviously don't, come babes let's get you dressed.

Amayah:

I heard a knock at the front door and I instantly knew it was him. I opened the door and greeted him with a dirty look. He just laughed. We discussed our project and I could see he was getting bored but I took no noti ce. Out of the blue he said. 'Let's do some biology.' 'No, where meant to be doing chemistry you fob.' 'Nah bmt, let's study biology under the topic of the human body.' I knew exactly what he meant. Stupid fool. I kissed my teeth and carried on writ ing. Before I knew it, he grabbed my hand and pulled me to lipse him. I pulled a way. 'What you doing?' I asked him.

'Lipsing you, what else?' He said casually. 'Just stop.' 'Stop acting like you never liked it.' 'Who says I'm acting?' 'You love my lips though.' He silenced me with his lips. Me hating him made me e njoy it more. Damn, he was hot. Not a light skin boy. Just fair skin. Cool shape up, nice teeth, hot swagger. I didn;t wanna take this any further, so I pulled away. He looked at me weirdly. And looked at the time. ' Ight, I'm going now.' He said. 'See you in school tomorow Maya.' 'Are you dumb? So you lipse me then leave like a badman , yeah?' I said. 'I never said i was a sweet boy did I ?' He replied. 'See you later.' He walked out and left me hanging. :/ Hid badboy attitude made me fall for him bad. I like him, yeah course I do. Let' s just see what happens. I walked into school and Kianna was proper acting strange. So I decided to ask h er. 'Ey, Ki what's up?' ''Well...' and there she told me what went down Reece. I'm telling you that girl would tell me anything and i would tell her too. Its a best friend ting. 'So are you gonna make any movements to Aiden.' She asked. 'Nah.' 'Why not?' 'He's not that special.' I said casually. 'HE'S NOT THAT SPECIAL? Maya, do you know how many girls are on him and he choos

es you. You should be thankful.' 'Ah whatever, why do girls think he's some SEX GOD, Low it.' Deep down, I knew h e was one. And i did feel privileged that he chose me. But i shouldn't get too c lingy after all, he even said himself that he's a heart breaker. We were walking to our next lesson, when someone's hand pulled me. I knew it was him. 'Get off you prick!' I said to him. 'Aaah shut it rude girl.' He took me to the back of our school where there was b are grass. So he sat down and indicated me to do so also. 'You do know we have lessons right? I asked him as if he was dumb. 'Yeah, have you ever heard of bunking?' He said rudely. I kissed my teeth and sat down. I didn't really want to act like a spoil sport, so I joined him. I relaxed and started talking to him like the way we were when we first met. 'So do you like me then?' He asked bare grinning teeth and that. 'Take a guess.' 'Yeah, I know you do.' 'Gee, get a life. Your so full of yourself. 'Yeah course. I like you too though. And your lucky that i said that cos I never tell no girls that.' I giggled shyly. 'So what do you want, a round of applause?' I said cheekily. 'Aaah you love it. Come about to give him a hug slow. I was fully aware rewface, but I payed no here.' He indicated that i should give him a hug. I was but he bent down and gave me a kiss. We lipsed nice and that some girl called Abrianna was watching us with a sc attention.

*School Bell Rings* Aaah, finally the end of the day. What joy, loools. I walked outside the school entrance with Ki, we could see Abrianna and her fake friends screwing us from th e distance. 'Is this dumb girl bad?' Ki asked me. Truss, you don't wanna pick a fight with K i. When I mean she can fight... Her temper is very short. 'Aaah, leave her. Dumb slag.' Truss that girl beats nearly every single day. She thinks no one knows her business but the whole school does. I aint even exagger ating. 'WHAT DID YOU SAY!' She shouted at me from a distance. 'She said ... DUMB SLAGG !!' Kianna shouted, ahh here we go. 'WHAT?' NAHH I AINT HAVIN DISSS!' Abrianna came round and banged me in my jaw. O h damn that hurt. I swang for her face and fly kicked her in her belly. 'GWAAANN AMAYAH !' Was all i could hear from Kianna. By now, there was a whole c rowd being entertained. I grabbed her hair and started boxing her in her face. 'Just cos Aiden dont like you, sket.' I said inbetween punches. I let go of her, when I could see a faint blood in her mouth. I had blood to, fr om where she banged me in my jaw. 'He don't want me?' She started to laugh like say I bussed joke.' If he don't wa nt me why do you think he rushed over from your house after you finished lipsing to mine. Cos you weren't good enough. So he came round mine and we did a likkle few things there..' 'What?' I was gobsmacked, I could hardly find words to say. I turned round and l ooked at Aiden who was standing at the front of the crowd. I really fell for him . I kissed my teeth and walked off with Ki behind me. We jumped on the bus in silence. 'You know Mays, just forget about him. He's just another dickhead.' Kianna said quietly. 'Forget about him? If you didn't go and open your rass mouth to Ambrianna maybe this wouldn't have happened.'

'Aaah babes I'm sorry, I never meant it to turn out like this.' 'Yeahh.' It was my stop and I walked to my house in silence. Aiden was belling off my lin e but I never answered. Not once. My mum was bare asking questions why there was a bit of blood in my mouth so I told her that Kianna accidentally punched me. M onths past and I still weren't speaking to him. My mum wasn't home and I was getting overly bored. I got out my ipod and started listening to my jams on low volume. The bell went unexpectedly. I walked down t he stairs and opened the door, seeing as it was Kianna coming to jam. Aiden surp risingly walked in, I tried to get him out but it was too late. My mother always did tell me to look who it is first, but I never took no notice. 'Err.. Get out. You weren't invited.' I told him. 'Mays, just listen.' 'No you listen, I really liked you and you claimed you liked me too. Then i find out your doing a ting with Abrianna. Like, what the f-uck? 'Babes, I'm sorry, I'm going out with her now. Only because, we weren't on talki ng terms so I linked her innit.' 'Get out, your the definiton of pricks.' I tried to push him out but he just res isted. It's not because he's going out with that slag that made me upset but it was cos i thought he was the one, that;s what pissed me off. 'I don't wanna lose you.' He said to me.

'Aiden, you never won me in the first place. Just go run off to your wifey.' Tea rs bearly escaped from my eyes, but I stopped them, well at least I tried to. 'Aww, babe don;t cry.' 'I;m not crying, just f-ck off.' I said through tears. He moved closer to me and wiped my tears away with his sleeve. We couldn't help but look into eachothers eyes. He leaned forward and kissed me. We lipsed for a while. I pulled away. 'Don't, your going out with Abrianna.'

'She doesn't have to know.' 'I'm not your dirty little secret. 'Who said it has to be dirty?' I only played along so I could hurt Abrianna, so I could get her back for the du mb slag she is.Abrianna would act like she is so hot, clinging onto Aiden. But b ehind closed doors me and Aiden were doing our little ting. It was lunchtime and me and Aiden were lipsing in an empty classroom. When Abrianna came in. We pull ed away and looked at her. She ran out the classroom. Like a prick she was. But wait. What did I achieve? Nothing. Run after her then. I said to him. Aiden just smiled at me.

Why would I run when I ve got everything I need right here. I smiled shyly. Be my wife babes? He asked quietly. Of course. I kissed him, what was the point of acting stush going hmmm ok? If I kn ow I like him then I might aswel just say yes straight up innit. Yep me and Aiden were an official couple now, yeah ima gee like that, loools.

It had been 7 months me and Aiden were eachother like a couple. Counting our hing could come our way. I was jamming ter. Randomly, he came out of the blue k slowly.

going out, making it a year that we ve know little arguments. Yeah we were tight, not at his yard, playing music from his compu and hugged me from behind, kissing my nec

'Babe, I appreciate you waiting for me. Just not pushing me into anything.' I sa id to Aiden. 'Yeah, course babes, anything you want.' I knew what I was doing perfectly well. I lipsed him for bare long. I started to slowly take off his buttons. He knew too exactly what was happening. He took of f my top proper slow which gave me goosebumps. We slowly made our way to his bed .

Just then, Drake ft Nicki Minaj Best I Ever Had played on his limewire on the co mputer. I undid his flyers whilst he took of my bra. He then took off his boxers . I didn't really feel nervous, I was 16 now and could do this legally, so every things good. He made this feel really special though. We were both undressed now . He traced my whole body with his fingers. He already made me wet by the way he was touching me. We carried on lipsing. 'Are you really sure you wanna do this?' He whispered to me. 'Yeah, positive.' We lipsed back again and unexpectedly, he entered me. Oh damn it felt good. Nice and slow.

I woke up the next morning laying next to him. Aw, he's so cute when he's asleep .

Kianna: Can't believe Amayah lost her virginity before me. I aint gonna lie, i thought I 'd lose it first, but she beat me to it loools. It just makes me think about me and Reece. We've been going out for a year and a half and I've been planning to do it soon seeing as I have an earlier birthday than everyone and will be turnin g 17. I reallllyyyy realllllyyyyy like him, was it love yet? It was probably get ting there.

Amayah:

Me, Ki and Kortsz were having a sleepover at her yard early. I was meant to be g oing Aidens yard but he said he had to go out with his boys soo. I knocked on he r door and she opened hugging me tight. She had a huge smile on her face. A good sign that means she really happy, you don't really get that, that often. 'Yo bitch.' I said nicely greeting her. 'Hello, lovieyyy. By the way we can't make too much noise today unfortunately, c os my mums home and she'll start complaining. You know how Nigerians are , loooo ls.' She said kiddingly. 'Ey, where's Kortney?' I asked. 'Ah, she said she can't come cos she's going out with her mum to some next place .'

'Oh. Let me go and greet your mum.' We walked up the stairs. I knocked on her mu ms door. 'Come in.' 'Good afternoon Aunty Gloria.' I said to her. 'Good afternoon darling. How are you?' 'Fine.' I said sweetly. 'Hows your studies?' 'Great.' I said innocently. She caught my eye watching the tv which was showing bbc news. 'Another boy dead this year.' She said to me. 'Goes to show who you hang around with these days. Be careful girls.' She said and walked off downstairs in the ki tchen. 'Gee she always talks so seriously.' Kianna said looking for something in the dr awers. I don't know why, but I carried on watching the news, it looked interesti ng. 'Ey, Maysz, why you so interested in the news all of a sudden?' Kianna said irri tatingly. -commentator on bbc news- breaking news - 'A boy 17, who has been found shot dea d in a park near WadernBridge has been named, Reece Mathews. Friends lay flowers to where he died. Police and forensic scientists have been at the scene for hou rs. They say that he has just been killed only several of ours ago.' My eyes popped out of their sockets. Kianna heard, I knew she did. 'GIRLS, JUST WANT TO GO OUT. BE BACK LATER!' Aunty Gloria called out. I heard th e door slam and that was just about the only noise I heard. The silence was kill ing me. 'Kianna.' I whispered so low, but loud enough to hear me. She walked off normall y, like nothing happened. But sure she heard? I followed her to her room. She picked up her phone and put it against her ear.

'Who you calling?' I whispered. She blanked me nicely. Whoever she was calling w asn't answering. She locked off. 'Kianna' I said more firmly this time. 'I said, who are you calling?' 'Reece.' She replied casually.'Who else?' Arrghhh, why's he not answering he's p hone.? That's strange, he always answers it. I think I'll call again.' Before sh e pressed the call button I said.. 'He's not gonna pick up Ki.' 'Err, why not?' She acted baffled. 'Cos he's.. he's .. he's..' Tears were starting to emerge from my eyes. I couldn 't find myself to say the words. She called him again. I could slowly start to s ee the frustration on her face. 'WHY ISNT HE F-CKING PICKING UP THE RASS PHONE!!!' She screamed and threw her ph one against the wall with great force. She went on her knees and cried softly. I put my arm around her. 'NOOOOOOOO!!!!' She shouted. 'ssshhh..' I comforted her. I cradled her in my arms whilst stroking her hair. W hat should I do in a time like this? We cried that's all we could do. We woke up with tear stains all over our pillow. Ki just faced towards the ceili ng with a blank expression. 'Kianna.' I whispered. She turned round and looked at me. Her face was light and pale even though she is fully black. She had no expression on her face, she loo ked defeated. I was worried about her, but I just didn't know what to do to help . Her phone was ringing. -Eminem ft Rhianna - Love the way you lie. (8) She let it ring, she didn't even move. 'Aren't you gonna answer it?' I said quietly. She didn't answer me so i walked t o the table and answered her phone. 'Hello?' I said confused.

'Kianna is that you?' I heard a quiet Jamaican accent. The person sounded sad. 'Erm, no. Its her best friend Amayah. Look, there's been an incident and Kianna can't come to the phone right now. Sorry.' I was about to lock off. 'Oh!' She sniffed.'Well I'm very aware of the incident. Because that tragic inci dent happened to my son! My dear son. Tell er to come to the phone.' She let out crying heavily. 'Oh, I'm so sorry MISS MATHEWS.' I said her name loudly so Kianna would clock an d come to the phone, which worked. She came out of the bed and took her phone of f my hand. 'Ms. Mathews, I'm so sorry.' She cried. I could hear Reece's mum cry on the phon e too. What a sleepver eh? This moment was so dull, so upsetting. They were talk ing for ages. The last thing I heard was.. 'Ok. The funeral is next Friday. You sure? ... Okay.. Byee.... Take care.' Kiann a locked off the phone and sighed deeply. She wiped the tears from her eyes, but they just kept coming back. 'Amayah. You should go see Aiden.' 'What? And leave you here all alone.' I said. 'No seriously. Make do with the time that you've got now. Go see him.' She repli ed calmly. 'Nahh I can't just leave you.' 'Maya I'm serious, go.' I couldn't be bothered to argue anymore, especially in a time like this. 'Ok. Fine. Whatever.' I stood up from the bed. I got myself cleansed and ready. I put my shoes and coat on.' 'Are you gonna be alright Ki?' I asked her. 'Yeah, I'm fine. Just go have a good time.' 'Bye love.' I walked up to her and gave her a hug. I felt bad for her. Her lover has just been taken away from her. How could someone just take someones life aw ay by the click of their fingers. Thats just damn selfish.

I walked down the road seeing as Kianna and Aiden lived close. I knocked on the door. He opened the door looking proper dull. I didn't take that on bored. I jus t ran to hug him. 'Ey whats that for?' He asked. 'Nothing. Just wanna let you know how much I appreciate you and that.' 'Not that I don't like the attention mans getting from you, but whats brought th is on?' 'Well ever since that boy Reece died - ' As soon as I said his name his face cha nged. It was scared, rage mixed in one. 'Ermm, did you know him?' I asked. 'Nah. Just carry on.' 'Nah theres something wrong. What is it babes?' 'Nothing man cha. Can we just change the subject please.' He said harshly. 'Ok, whatever. So what did you do yesterday that was so interesting that you wen t with your boys instead of me?' I said cheekily. I grinned at him. He didn't re turn my smile. His face changed again. I chose not to say anything about it. He never even answered me so I asked him again. 'So where did you go. McDonalds? A park? Hahha, park aswell like say you and you r boys would jam in a kids park.' 'WHAT PARK, WHO'VE YOU BEEN CHATTING TO!' He shouted, unexpectedly. Jheese, what was that for? 'I ain't been talking to no one. What the f-cks wrong with you? I'm just making convo and your their getting your knickers in a twist.' I kissed my teeth. He walked up to me and kissed me. 'Sorry babes.' He held me. 'Let's talk about s omething else. Wagwarn with Kianna though, I aint seen her in time.' 'Awww don't let me start. I just.. j-jus-tt don't know what to do Aidsz.' I lock ed hands with him, my eyes were getting watery. 'Do what? Ey babes, whats happened?'

'Kianna, she's so upset. Her man Reece is dead. He got shot yesterday and .. -' 'WHAT?SH-T THATS HER MAN? IF YOU'D HAVE TOLD ME THAT BEFORE THEN I WOULDN'T HAVE E .. AAAHHH F-CKS SAKE.' Whats this boy talking about? 'You wouldn't have what? You wouldn't have what? Tell me.' I pleaded. Listen Maya babes I love you yeah. I always will, never forget that.' 'WHAT?' Ok, bmt, I'm really confused. 'Why -w-wh-y did you say you love me? I me an, you never say that. Not to anyone. You hardly even say I like you let alone love.' 'I..' His eyes began to water. What the hell is going on. Its all just happening too fast. Wait a minute. Tell me he didn't. No, please no. 'You k-ki-kill-killed him. You .. killed .. him. Didn't you?' I moved back away from him slowly. He didn't say anything. 'Oh my gosh. It .. was .. you?' He trie d to reach out to me. 'Amayah, please.' I slapped him across his face. Nice and hard. Tears were rolli ng down my cheeks. 'You couldn;t do that could you? But butt.. . Just tell me you didn't do it and everything'll be fine.' I tried to make myself think this was all a dream. But i t wasnt, it was reality. 'JUST TELL ME IT WASNT YOU!!!' I shouted. 'I wish I could, but I can't.' He said crying. 'Baby, it was me. I killed him.' 'NNNOOOOO !!!!' I screamed. Not him. Why did it have to be him? I ran up to him and started fist punding his chest. He tried to hold me and didn't even dodge my fists. Why did he do it? He murdered my best friend's man. I woke up with a banging headache. I can't believe what had happened. I turned a round and realised that this wasn't my room. I immediately saw Aiden sleeping ne xt to me. He scared me, he wasn't the boy I fell for anymore. I got out out the bed, cleansed myself up as fast as I could and tried to get out of his yard. 'Amayah.' He called. I jumped. Why was I so frightened of him now? 'Don't call my name.' I whispered quietly. 'You mean nothing to me no more.'

'Please.' Was all i heard from him. I could hear in his voice that he really mea nt for me to listen. 'Why then. Why did you do it?' I stood there with my arms folded. 'I was with my boys. And they were talking about Jayden. I could hear them talki ng about Jayden and when I asked them what was wrong. They didn't tell me. But I found out. Reece stabbed Jayden and put him in hospital.' 'So what that;s your excuse. He stabs your boy so you shoot him.' I started to w alk off. 'I weren't meant to do it. It was just to get him shook. Just to threaten him.' 'So why did you end up doing it?' 'He weren't acting shook. He was acting like a badman. I still weren't gonna do it even though he was acting like that. But the mansz, they started shouting yun nah, stirring it. Gassed me up. I still didn't do it. They were shouting the hea ds off stirring it even more. Things that would piss me off. I was telling them to shut up and my hand gripped on tighter. I shot it. Just to get rid of everyth ing. We all ducked and went straight home, next thing I know it's all over the n ews.' 'You dickhead.' I ran my hands through my hair. 'How could you be so stupid? Hol idng a strap in the first place.' The anger that this boy has caused me right no w. I walked towards the bedroom door before I could clap him one. He pulled my a rm. 'Don't go.' He whispered calmly. 'Well what did you expect me to do or say? What, you want me to tell you that ev erything's gonna be ok and it'll all go back to normal. Cos it won;t. 'No.' 'Aiden I can't do this. I just can't pretend that everything's gonna be fine.' I started crying and he came over to me and hugged me. He made me feel safe despi te all the things hes done. 'How am I meant to tell Kianna?' 'What !? You can't.' He said. 'Why not? She's my bestie. I have to tell her.'

'Nah you can't. She'll be upset and go to the police. Please.' 'Aiden seriously, how do you expect me to keep this from her?' 'Yeah, and how will telling her that her bestfriend's boyfriend just killed hers sound like?' 'Don't you f-cking try and pin this on me. It serves you right. No one told you to get a gun and takes someones life away. Who said your my boyfriend anyway?' I kissed my teeth. I walked out of his bedroom and into the corridor and went dow nstairs. He followed me straight down and said .. 'Maya, please.' He had tears in his eyes again. 'No you stop. Please Aiden don't make me do this to her.' 'What she doesn't know, wouldn't hurt her.' I looked at him. He's right. How cou ld I really look Kianna in the eye and tell her that it was my man who killed he rs? Nah, I couldn't. I just couldn't. 'Fine, whatever. But just to let you know, I'm not doing this for you. I'm doing it for her sake.' I will admit that I still liked Aiden, but it is actually har der than I thought to stop liking someone. I hate him so much right now, but cou ldn't stop the feelings. I kissed him on the cheek and left his yard and went st raight back to Kianna's flat. I pressed the buzzer, she answered and went straig ht up. She looked at me with a puzzled look. Seeing her made it even more diffic ult. Could I really do this to her? Which one wouldn't hurt her most, not tellin g her or telling her? 'Kianna I've got something to tell you. This is so hard for me to say. And I kno w it's going to crush you and I love you so much no matter what. But... '

Come on guys, should she tell her or not'But..' She looked at me waiting for me to say something. 'But Aiden, Aiden k-k-alled and said that erm.. I should stay over his yard, so you can have a little space. If that's Ok with you. But if you want me to say I'm fine with that.' I lied. I hated it, of course. I don't know why I didn't tell her, I was planning to but I just couldn't find the words. 'So how was this gonna hurt me?' She asked confused. I needed to think of someth ing to say, quick. 'Errmm...Well ..' Sh-t i needed to think of something. ' Because I thought you'd get angry and that it would hurt you. And you would shout at me?' I said. That

was a terrible lie but she bought it. 'Oh, okay? Anyways, you should go. You should spend more time with him.' 'What? I mean, yeah I should.' I didn't wanna go back there. I'd probably get ca ught in all of this. I got some of my clothes from her yard and went to his house. Or maybe I could j ust go back home. Nahh, I've said enough lies. I walked to his house and knocked on the door. He answered. 'Amayah?' He said surprised. I burst into tears. He tried to hug me but I pushed him away from me. 'I lied. I lied straight to her face because of you.' I sat down on his sofa. He sat next to me. There was this silence which lasted about 20 minutes. Then I ha d the courage to speak. 'Why though? Why would you have any right to take someones life away. You have n o right.' I whispered. I stared at him and he looked back. 'I'm scared.' I told him. He got up and gave me a cuddle and whispered in my ear .. 'I'm scared too.' We looked in each others eyes. He moved towards me and pressed his lips against mine. 'We're in this together.' I told him. I was sure about this. I don't love him, c ah that's a really strong word. But i genuinely really really liked him. 'Your my rock.' He replied. We locked hands and I kissed him again. I soon pulle d away. I wanted to test him, for some strange odd reason. Just to see what he w as going to say. 'Do you love me?' I asked him trying to look serious. I could see him fiddling. He looked confused, a little bit uncomfortable. 'Sorry, I didn't mean to make you feel uncomfortable.' I told him 'Nah its ight. Erm, I wouldn't say I love you cah thas a big word and dat. I don 't wanna say something that I don't mean. Sorry.' 'It's Ok.' I smiled.

'But I really do like you. Like no other girl before.' He said. I knew he meant it. I just knew. We've only beat once and he hasn't pressured me to do anything. I lipsed him for long. I know this is bad, going around with my best friends ma ns killer. But I couldn't help not liking him. Well they do say the coldest love has the hottest ending. Aiden led me upstairs to his bedroom. We shut the door. Behind closed doors we made love. I woke up laying on Aiden's bare chest. I started looking for my phone cos I wan ted to call Kianna just to check up on her. I couldn't find it and wasn't bother ed anymore. I sat back down on the bed feeling something hard but not taking any notice of it. Just then Aiden woke up.

KIANNA: I woke up to the sound of my new ringtone with my new phone seeing as I broke my old one: Rhianna - Only Girl. I saw the caller ID. -Amaya- oh, what does she wa nt? I answered the phone regardless and heard her and Aiden talking. 'Mayaaaa, what you ringing me for?' I asked her annoyed, she disturbed my sleep. She didn't reply. 'Amayaaa? Amaya!! Answer me then!' I kissed my teeth getting bare agitated.

'Morning babes.' She said. 'Morning to you too. Why did you call me?' She never replied. What the f-ck is g oing on. 'Hello beautiful last night was good.' Aiden said. Err... Yuck. 'Yeah it was. Babe not to bring it up again but we need to talk.' Amaya said to him. She obviously weren't talking to me. Oh, the dumb b-tch called me by accide nt. I was just about to lock off but then realised that I wanted to listen to th eir conversation. Like the nosey b-tch I am.

'Is it about Reece?' Aiden asked her. My heart stopped as soon as he mentioned h is name. Did Aiden know him? 'Yeah, it is. I just wanted to say that we should forget about it. Put it behind us and move on.'

'How can I? How can I ... ?' He trailed off. What was going on? I needed to listen more. 'It's alright hun.' I heard Amaya say. 'No it's not. You lied straight to Kianna's face for me.' He said. What? What are these people talking about? When did Amaya lie to me? 'Well I couldn't exactly tell her the truth, it would crush her.' Maya replied. 'Yeah, well none of this would be happening if it weren't for me.' 'Yeah your right.' Maya started to raise her voice. ' This wouldn't be happening if you didn't kill Reece. None of this would.'

What? Was .. I h-hearing correct. Aiden killed Reece? I dropped the phone from m y hands and stared into thin air completely frozen. Tears streamed down my cheek . No it wasn't him. It couldn't be. No Amaya wouldn't lie to me. She wouldn't, c ould she?

AMAYA: -

'This wouldn't be happening if you didn't kill Reece.' I shouted did it because I couldn't let Aiden think that everything was Ok was right. I tried to make it look like I didn't feel sorry for idn't say it now. It hurt him when I said it. But he deserved it ook someones life away. He had to be shouted at.

at him. I only and what he did him. I wish I d didn't he? He t

'Thanks.' He said after I told him it was his fault that all of this was happeni ng. I couldn't help but sit next to him and hold him. He cried in my arms. 'Ey, there's school tomorrow so hopefully that'll take your mind off of it for a bit.' I reassured him. 'Where's the .. the .. g-gun?' I asked worriedly. He walked to his draw and brought the draw out of the desk. There was some wall under the draw like a secret safe. He opened it but didn't take the gun out. He

notice my heavy breathing and shut the safe door. 'I didn't mean to scare you.' He told me. 'I'm not scared.' I lied. I was terrified. 'Take it out. We need to get rid of i t.' He looked at me as if I was crazy. He then got a cloth then rapped the gun it an d put it in his bag. We both brushed our teeth in silence. I told him to get out so I could shower. The water pouring down in the shower relieved all the tensio ns I was feeling. He also got ready and we both got dressed. I looked at him and he put his JD bag on his shoulder. We headed out the door. 'Where we going?' He asked. I didn't answer him. I didn't want to talk. I just wanted to get this over and d one with. We jumped on the bus and had some long bus journey in silence. I managed to say 'The sooner we get rid of it the better.' I got up, pressed the bell and walked off the bus with him. We walked through th is dark alley way and into this small private trampy river. 'Why do you come here?' He asked confused. 'I don't come here. I just know this place.' He got the strap out. 'Just get rid of it.' I said nervous. We stood at the edge of the river. He threw it with no thought. The sound of the strap touching the river relieved me. I breathed out d eeply, closing my eyes, thanking that this weapon was finally gone. He hugged me tight whilst I watched the gun sink down. We walked off and headed to his yard. He held me for the rest of the journey. Why was love so complicated ? Couldn't love be butterflies and rainbows. Does it have to be problems. Why ca n't love be so simple and straight forward.

I woke up and rushed to the bathroom before Aiden could use it, boy he could tak e ages in the bathroom.I realised I never had a uniform. I knew my mum was out at work so I quickly ran over to my yard and collected my uniform then run back before anyone could see me. I rushed back to the bathroom again and got myslef ready. Aiden started banging on the door.

'Ey man Maya, your taking pure long and dat.' Aiden moaned. 'I'm a girl, I'm supposed to take long.' I soon stepped out the bathroom all gir lied up and ready for school. I was ready and had to wait for Aiden. 'Aiden where's your dad been? I ain't seen him in the weekend.' 'Oh. He's always working then after he always goes somewhere with his friends. H e hardly comes back home.' 'Oh. Anyways, can you hurry up! Otherwise we're gonna be late.' I yelled. He soon came out and gave me a kiss. We were soon ready and we walked to school with his arm around me. We talked a l ot in our journey there, more than usual. I guess ever since he got rid of the g un everything went back to normal. Gee, he made me smile. And I made him too. I saw Kianna, her face was dull and gloomy, no make up on. I thought she was getti ng better. She looked at me with hate. What was going on? 'Aiden, Kianna looks really weird and angry. Look' I pointed to her to him. Aide n's arm went stiff around me he noticed her coming. 'Aiden just act casual yeah.' I told him. Kianna walked up to us. What is up with her? She looked proper angry. Before I could even think anymore I recieved a blow to my face. Kianna started p unching and kicking me, I tried to fight back but I just couldn't. She kicked me to the ground and boxed me in my face. Everyone was looking and Aiden and some boy Jamal came and pulled us two apart. My nose was bleeding. Kianna only had a few scratches with a teeny bit of blood nothing major compared to mine. Aiden he ld Kianna then she shouted. 'GET OFF ME YOU MURDERING B-STARD!!' Kianna screamed at him. Aiden immediately l et go of her and stood there stun.

She knew I couldn't believe it.Aiden realised the expression on my face and came and gave me a cuddle. I couldn't cry it all just happened so fast. I couldn't b elieve she knew. But how? We walked away from where the fight took place and wal ked into school which was nearby. I was proper embarassed, everyone was watching me.

'Do you think anyone heard when she said you k...' I asked him.

'No. No one was aware. Everyone was just paying attention to the fight. They din 'trealise what she was saying cos she never said you killed Reece she just said you murdering.. Forget it, no one heard.'

I still couldn't help but think someone heard. I hoped not. But Kianna know knew and could go to the police about this. We were about to go first period when I needed to use the toilet. 'Babes Im just gonna go toilet quick. Coming soon.' 'Yeah baby.' He kissed me and he walked off to his lesson. I walked into the toi let and suddenly notice Kianna. I quickly tried to turn back outside but I knew she noticed me. 'Maya, maya.' She said. I turned round and went back inside. 'Yeah?' I said quietly. 'Why did you do it? Why did you lie?' 'I didn't want to hurt you.' I tried to stay calm but it wasn't working cos I co uld start to feel my eyes water. 'Well you did a great job of trying to not hurt me didn't you?' 'I'm sorry, I really am.' 'Your a b-tch. That's what you are. You could have told me, everything wouldn't have been so complicated as it is now. You made his death sound like a story lik e his death had no meaning.' I started to cry, I couldn't help it. 'How did you even know?' 'Does it really matter? Your stupid self went and called me by accident whilst t alking to.. to.. to. I can't believe you lied to my face , looking me in the eye s.' 'This is why I didn't tell you. I didn't want everything to be complicated.' 'COMPLICATED?' 'WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW, DOESN'T HURT YOU.' I shouted at her. She slapped me and th at silenced me. 'How dare you? So you think I don't deserve to know? And anyways if your worried that I'm going to go to the police and snake out your knight in shining armour, then you should be.' 'Don't please.' She laughed. She laughed right in my face. 'What did you expect me to do Amaya? His family grieves every second whilst you go on sleeping with his killer.' She made it sound so dirty.

'What am I gonna do?' She burst into tears. She ran past me. I followed her. 'Kianna, wait!' I shouted after her. We ran past classrooms and everyone started looking as usual. I ran past the cla ss I was meant to be in and saw Aiden looking shocked. He got up out of his seat and followed us, but taht didn't stop me. I carried on running after Kianna.

'Kianna, please don;t be like this.' I begged her. 'Dont be like this? Well how would you act when you find out your best friend li ed to you.' 'Ok, I get it but please we can make everything alright. By now Aiden had rushed outside to see what was going on. 'You see?' Kianna pointed to Aiden. 'You see, he's always there, ruining everyth ing.'

'Kianna please stop it. Your my best friend please.' 'Don't tell me what to do. Your not my best friend.' She snapped.

It was just us three in the middle of the road. Aiden on one side, Kianna at the other then me in the middle. 'How could you even talk to him? Just knowing what he did. I can't even say his name.' 'Maya come back inside, let's give her some space.' Aiden told me. 'Dont talk to her you pathetic...' She shouted at him not even finishing her sen tence. She ran her fingers through her hair. 'Just both of you stop, please.' I said crying. 'You know what Maya, it's either you choose me or him, take your pick.' 'Kianna don't make me do this please.' Aiden's eyes glared at me. I looked at Kianna's eyes, they were filled with hurt .

'I'm sorry.' I whispered. I walked in Kianna's direction and walked off with her . I looked back at Aiden, his eyes, gosh his eyes. Only when I was walking with Kianna away from Aiden was then I realised I loved Aiden, how much I loved him. I do love him.

We walked along in silence when Kianna said 'I don't want you talking to him,' 'Ok' I replied obediently. I had to listen to her. She has been my best friend f or 13 years. How would that make me look if I picked Aiden over her. Aiden that I've only known a year and half. I chose Kianna even though I loved him, but tha t's just what friends do. We got to her yard. I sat on the sofa and stared into thin air reminiscing the l ast events. She soon started asking question about the murder which I had to ans wer, but I didn't answer them to my best ability.

'Why did he kill him?' 'I don't know.' I spoke plainly. 'Don't play games. Tell me why. Tell me why he killed my Reece.' 'You wouldn't want to know.' 'Of course I want to know. What did Reece ever deserve to be killed.' 'He ain't an angel like you fink he is.' 'What? What are you talking about ?' 'He stabbed Jayden. Yeah. It was him. Your precious Reece could've turned out to be a murderer.' That silenced her. 'He put Jayden in Hospital.' I looked at her . I couldn't be badmind and say all these things to her. I had to comfort her. 'Look, even though Reece done them things it still doesn't mean he deserves to b e killed. Two wrongs don;t make a right.' I told her sympathetically. She didn't answer me and I was really starting to get bored and hungry.

'Ki.' I called to her. 'I'm just gonna shop quick to buy chinese, be back soon.' 'Yeah whatever don't take too long.' AIDEN: The way Amaya left me hanging was then I realised that I loved her. The way Kian na took her from me hurt me so much. I didn't even bother to go back to school, just be getting bare grief from the teachers. I just decided to gome and jam. I walked to my door trying not to look at Kianna's house seeing as it was just a couple doorsteps away. I tried not to think about Maya, but it didn't work. Jus t as I was opening the door, I instantly saw Amaya going to some Beijing chinese shop. I jogged down the stairs and up to her.

'Maya.' I whispered but I knew she could hear me. She turned around and when she saw me she gasped slightly.

'Aiden.' She let out and came and cuddled me tightly. I stroked her hair. 'Don't leave me again.' I said to her. AMAYA :

I looked up at him forgeting my food and kissed him. 'What are we gonna do?' I asked him. I loved him so much and didn't wanna leave him. I had to be with him. But that didn't mean choosing him over Kianna. 'I dunno.' 'We could meet up in secret and...' 'Hold let me get my food.' I walked to the counter and recieved my Chinese . Yum m. 'Dat woo be 4.20 miss.' The chinese man said, he couldn't even speak properly. 'Lemme pay.' Aiden said. 'Nahh it's cool.' Gal like me pays for myself. 'Nah, let me pay.' 'Its 4.20, no big deal.' He gave me 'the look' So I just gave in. He payed for it and we walked out the shop. 'Erm, I've gotta go now babe. Kianna's gonna be expecting me. And we're in the o pen for her to see us so...' 'Yeah babe. See you later.'

I walked back to Ki's yard and knocked on the door. No answer. 'KIANNA!!!' I banged on the door harder. Why isn't this girl answering? 'KIAANNNAAAA !!!!!' I screamed one last time. People on the street were starting to watch me and I was getting embarrassed. I noticed the living room window was open so I climbed into it carefully. People were still watching me probably thi nking I am some next burgular. 'Ki, where you?' I said. I looked in the living room and she weren't there. I lo oked in the kitchen, she weren't there. I looked in all the rooms including hers . Where has this b-tch gone? 'Ki, where are you big man ting.' No reply I started to get worried. I could hea r the bathroom tap running into a bath. Oh, she's just taking a bath. I knocked on the bathroom door.

'Ki. It's me, I'm back, open up.' No reply. I knocked on the door again, harder. I tried to open the door but it was locked. I got frustrated , stood back and s lammed my shoulder into the door. Luckily, it opened. I screamed.

I ran to the bath and and saw Kianna laying in the bath with water over her. 'KIAAANNAAA !!!' I screamed in horror. I grabbed her and pulled her out of the bath tub and layed her on the floor. I q uickly got some towels and placed them ontop of her to make her warm. I quickly got my phone out and dialed 999. I checked her pules. Her pulse was very slow, g ee it felt like there was no heartbeat. It took long quite a bit cos of my finge rs shaking. I ran my hands through my hair. Gosh, I was shaking like mad. I remembered going to summer camp in year 7 and studying first aid. I done CPR. Tears streamed from my eyes. 'Come on. Please wake up Kianna, please.' I did CPR again and again, nothing changed and her pulse was getting even slower . I did CPR and started to panic after she was not gaining consciousness. I'm no t gonna lie, I started to think she wasn't gonna make. I pray to God that she do es. Please wake up Kianna. I gave her CPR again. Luckily this time she spluttered out water. Thank God she' s alive. I cried hard whilst stroking her hair.

'Kianna. Why would you do that?' I cried. 'Don't ever do that again.' I could see tears emerging from her eyes too rolling straight down to the floor.

I stayed with her all the way to the hospital. Nurses and Doctors were buzzing a round her checking if everything was fine with her. I just watched, I'm still surprised that my Kianna would do this. I sat on the w aiting chair. I buried my face in my hands and cried softly. I heard the doors swing open.

'Amayah. What is happeneing? What is going on?' Aunty Gloria asked worriedly. I didn't even get to answer her cos the nurse came out and told us that we could c ome in. 'Kianna, ah ah, Kilonshele?' Aunty Gloria spoke. Kianna never answered. 'I- I- I -' She trailed off. 'She erm.. she was relaxing in the bath then slipped. You know how a rubbish swi mmer she is so she couldn't swim.' I said trying to make it believable. 'Is it true Kianna?' 'Yes.' 'Just praise the Lord, that you are Ok. Alive and Well. Thank you so much Amaya for helping her in need.' 'Yes Aunty.'

'Mum. Could you go downstairs and get me something to eat?' 'Yes my dear.' With that and she left.

'You scared me, you know.' I told her. 'Did I? Good.' She answered plainly. 'Why, Why would you do that?' 'Because I'm not HAPPY!' She cried. 'How would you react with a situation like m ine?' 'I don't know, anything but not suicide.' 'Oh shut up. I had a good loving boyfriend then gets shot by my bestfriends man. Then my bestfriend finds out and keeps it hidden from me. That hurts, you know. Then I asks my bestfriend to do one thing which was to stay away from him. But you can't even do that right can you? Instead, you link him when my back is turn ed. My mothers hardly at home and I hardly get to spend time with her. I hardly see my older brother and my sisters. Life at home is dark. I have no one to trus t. No one. My dads gone and f-cked off somewhere with a new wife and some kids. I have got anything!!'

I cuddled her even though at first she didn't want me to. We cried together. 'Seeing you and Aiden all loved up when I have no one to love causes me pain cos it's what I never had.' I knew the only solution to all our problems. I had to stop being selfish. 'Your right. Your my bestfriend I should do anything for you. I'm going to end i t with him. Once and for all, I promise you.' I walked out the ward into the corridor. I quickly sent Aiden a text message before I would change my mind. It said To Aiden? Link me at Thurndseley Park. Now. x Amaya xI said bye to Kianna and her mum then walked out the hospital. I ran my fingers through my hair think about what I was going to say to Aiden. I walked to the park and noticed started to rain, great I aint even got an umbrella. Forg eting about the rain, I saw him standing, waiting with his hood up. I walked up to him and gave him a hug.

'Have you been crying?' He asked checking out my face. I nodded my head. 'Aiden, Kianna's in hospital.' 'What, Why?'

'She tried to drown herself' I said trying to fight back the tears. He hugged me tight. 'Why.. Why did she do that?' When I pulled away from his hug, he slowly started to realise. The rain started pouring down, heavily. 'Aiden I'm so sorry.' I said. He didn't even answer me. 'So this is it, yeah?' He finally spoke. 'Yeah, afraid so.' We were standing in the raining getting soaked. 'We can't be together. It's hurting too many people.' 'No. It's only hurting Kianna.' 'Not only her, but Reece's family. What would my mum think if she new I was dati ng the..' 'Go on say it. Finish what you were gonna say.' 'I love Kianna. I've known her for so many years, I've put her through too much pain.' I cried by myself. I didn't wanna talk anymore. 'Come here baby.' He said indicating to hug him. I cuddled him tightly. I didn't wanna let go, but I had to. My soaked hair was dripping all over his hoodie. Bu t it didn't matter cos he was soaked too.

'I love you.' He said to me for the first time. It was a bit of a shock but we h ad been going out for a year and half. I knew I loved him too. 'I love you too Aiden.' We lipsed softly and passionate in the rain for at least two minutes. I pulled away and was frickin soaking wet. I was shivering cold too. He took off his hoodie and told me to have it. 'Why would I have it when it's soaking wet too, you plum?' 'Just take it.' I took it and softly touched my lips on his and then walked off. We both had tea rs in our eyes. It was actually over, I couldn't believe it.

I didn;t even go back to the hospital, I just went home. I knew my mum was at ho me but I didn;t care. 'Erm young lady why are you soaking wet?' My mum asked. I wasn;t in the mood to talk now, I was crying, cold. My mum was so nice to be honest. She's Puerto Rica n. A lot of people always say my mums really pretty but I don't really see it, I guess she's alright.

'I was at Kianna's house then we went to the Chinese shop and came back soaked.' 'So why didn't you go back to her house?' 'Mum I just wanted to see you.' I said bursting into tears. She came and hugged me despite my wetness. She stroked my wet hair and comforted me. 'You go upstairs, get changed and come and talk to me after.' Mum said softly. I walked upstairs and went straight to the bathroom and had a nice hot realxing bubble bath. I came out and blow dried my frizzed up hair, put some fresh new pyjamas on and came downstairs and sat on the sofa next to my mum. I always speaked spanish to my mum, always. I'd sometimes mix english and spanish together. But I always tal ked to her in Spanish.

'So what's this all about then, hmm?' She asked. 'I-I-I ..' I tell my mum everything. But could I tell her about this. 'Ok, let me guess,' She started. 'There's this boy, whose made you feel loved an d your pressured to have sex with him?' She guessed, a good guees, very close. 'Mum I can't talk about it.' I had to stop it there. 'Ok. This is more serious than I thought. Have you ... you know, have you ... ?' I knew what she was trying to say. My mums not like the strict parents, she's pu ertorican. She's quite easy going, actually. But what will she say when I've ans wered her question? But true say I'm sixteen, I'm legal and I don't need my mum looking out for me all the time, it's time I grew up. I nodded my head, answering her question. I felt like I was grown up but the onl y reason why I had tears in my eyes was because I knew she was disappointed in m e.

'Oh God. No, no, mi hija.Puedo; creer lo que me dijiste. Por qu sin embargo, por qu? ' She spoke in spanish. ' 'Mum, please don't be angry with me.' I begged. 'Of course i'm angry you maldita bolsa de mierda.' She cursed. ' But I just wish ed you'd have come talk to me earlier.' 'I promise mum, it weren't just any random boy. Te lo prometo, por favor, cranme' 'Ok. I believe you. You will be punished for your actions and I believe that the re's still some more information that you don't want to tell me.'

I kept quiet, I was certainly not ready to tell her all what went down with Kian na and Aiden. But we found something else to talk about, we had our conversation for ages, we even ended up falling asleep with eachother on the sofa.

I hardly even see my dad, and no they haven't split up. He's just living in Germ any on a top business. Of course my mum and I were invited to come with him, but we just weren't ready yet to move all the way to Germany. But things started to change drastcially after three years... Yess, 3 years later and I was in uni, 19 years old now yepp big girl now. Me and Kianna were as strong as ever. I don't see Aiden anymore. I mean after the spli t we obviously saw each other at school but we never talked. And after we both s eperated our ways and went to Uni. Of course he lived down the road from me but I still never really saw him. We just slowly drifted away from eachother. It was definitely hard at first because we obviously couldn;t stop having quick glance s at each other but nothing ever did really happen, especially for Kianna;s sake . Of course there's never been a boy since, I haven't even so much as glanced at one. I just faced my studies for 3 good years. I done really well on my GCSE'S I got

B - MATHS A - ENGLISH C - SCIENCE - CHEMISTRY B - SCIENCE - BIOLOGY B - HISTORY A* - SPANISH C - RELIGIOUS STUDIES B - BUSINESS STUDIES.

I was really quite thrilled. My A Level results were good too. I am now at a rea lly good university and is studying Law and English. Everythings all good. I was having a break from Uni and visited my mum every now and then. I was jammi ng on my bed listening to my iPod. when I recieved a text. Come West End with me pleeeaaaaaseeeee ! From Kortney. Yess definitely need a girls day out. I sent a text back: To Kortney:

Yeah yeah , whareverr I'm coming. From Amaya.

I got myself nicely ready. I was just about to go out the door when my mum shots from the stairs 'Oi Chica! Where you going?' 'Out.' 'Out? You spend all your time work, work, work and you come home to visit and yo u don;t want to even spend time with your mum.' 'Yeah, well mum I ain;t seen Kortney for like ages.' She looked proper disappointed in her face.' 'Fine. Whatever I'll spend time with you.' Her face lit up and she went upstairs to get ready. To Kortney: Sorry chica, can't come, madre(mum) says I need to spend time with her.' From Amaya. 2 minutes later I recieved a message from Kortney again saying: To Kianna Booo you whore, you stink, no fun at all. Loooools :)

My mum came downstairs and we got ready to go. She took me to some spa centre. W here we got some next seaweed scrub, massaged. We just got pampered, this defini tely beats a day out in West, gee I felt so relaxed. We then went to some Mexican restaurant and had a little Spanish moment when eve ryone started getting up and dancing to the music.

We came out in laughter and started to walk home a little bit tipsy. 'Mum, I'm just gonna pop over Kianna's yard just to jam a bit.' I told her. 'Okay.' I walked her to our door and waved her in. Then walked off down the road to Kian na's yard.

I stopped as soon as I saw him. He never clocked me. He was too busy putting ite ms into some truck. Oh no, please don't tell me what I think is happening. I wal ked up to him slowing, him still being unaware of my presence. 'What's going on?' I asked him from behind. He turned around and looked at me with shock. Oh gosh, I could never get tired o f seeing him, never. Gee, those eyes. He made me weak at the knees. God, he was so perfect in his own little way. I couldn't stop loving him. 'I'm.. I'm moving.' He said quietly still not over the fact that the girl he lov ed that he hadn't seen for three years was standing right in front of him. 'No. You can't. Don't go.' 'My dad's got a job in America and I told him that I'd be more than happy to fol low him. 'Please. Please stay.' I started to tremble. Noo, he was leaving me. I couldn;t let him leave. 'What's there to stay for?' He asked. I couldn;t answer that question. I thought about replying 'me' but I didn;t dare. We both know that's not true anyways. Wh y should he stay for me, I left him in the rain. Whats the point of staying for me, we doin't go out anymore.

'Bye.' I said to him Well what could I say. 'Yeah, bye.' He kissed my cheek then walked off.My eyes began to water . But I d idn't cry, I didn't even look back at him when I walked back home. Bun Kianna's house. But I could tell he was watching me until he couldn't see me anymore. I got home and went straight to my room but got disturbed on the way by my mothe r. 'Why you crying?' She asked. 'I'm not crying. It's just .. just He's gone. He's moving to America. And I aint gonna see him again. He's leaving me, just like that.' 'Ssshhh,' She said comforting me. 'Hey chica, your not a little girl anymore. Your 19, you can't keep running back to me. You keep your head held high and sort it out. If you want him, go get hi m.' I ran down the stairs, and out the door. I had a moment to myself and soon ran d own the road, until I reached his house. The truck wasn't there anymore. And the door was left open. I was too late. Noo, I couldn;t be. I love him, he couldn't go. But he was gone... I looked up at the sky letting the wind blow my hair about. I couldn't believe h e was gone. I really loved him. I was just about to walk off when I saw someone moving near the window.

Omfd, it was him. My heart skipped a beat and I ran inside the house, eager to s ee him. But something stopped me. I got to the stairs and thought about what I w as doing. I couldn't do this, he's just planned his life out and I would come ru nning in after three years to destroy it. He probably didn't even love me anymor e. I thought long and hard and decided not to go through with it. AIDEN :

I heard someone open the door and run inside, mans was bare thinking it was a bu rglar and ting. But what was there to burgle, all my stuff was gone and I'll soo n be leaving. I still decided to check downstairs just out of curiosity. I looked for a top that was supposed to be layed out on a matress. I couldn't fi nd it and just decided to go downstairs topless anyways. I walked to the stairs slowly and soon came downstairs. I stopped when I saw her. She was just about to walk out the door and still didn 't realise my presence in the room. 'Maya.' I said to her. She turned round and looked at me. She looked hurt, was i t because of me. MAYA :

I turned around as soon as I heard him calling my name. I wasn't going to say anything to him, until I looked at his face, gosh I miss t hat face. His eyes too looked deeply into mine. I loved him and didn't want to l et him go. I said to him..

'Earlier on.. you said 'what have I got to stay for?'. 'Yeah?' He asked seriously. 'Well, you got... me.' I told him, honestly His face changed and he walked up to me and pressed his lips against mine. We li psed for so long it was unbelieveable. He pulled away. 'My dad's waiting for me. I need to go.' 'What? No. dont go. Stay. Stay with me.' 'I - I can;t. I've already made plans.' He unwrapped his arms around me and went back upstairs. Gee, I was so hurt. I wanted him, but could I have him?

I followed him upstairs. 'You can stay with me.' 'I can't.' 'Yes you can. Just tell your dad that things have changed.' 'It's not that easy.' 'Do this for me.' 'NO!' He shouted. I was stunned, shocked. I was about to walk off. But no, I wasn't letting him go that easy. Love's worth fighting for. I ran up to him, pulled him towards my lips and kissed him. He tried to pull awa y but I pushed his head closer, forcing him. Our kissing soon turned deeper, more passionate. I pushed him towards the matres s on the floor. He slid off my top and things went on from there....

We woke up to sunshine shining on our face. He looked at the time. 'Aaaaah, sh-t.' 'What?' I asked baffled. 'I'm supposed to be going to be meeting my dad soon, so we could go soon.' 'What, why? I thought we sorted things out.' 'No, we didn't.' 'But...' 'Maysz, we can't be together, as you said last time we spoke, it's hurting too m any people. I've got my life sorted, no drama. I feel free.' 'Ok. So sleeping with me just now was like a good bye a present? I thought we ha d something. I loved you. ' 'Loved?' He asked. 'Yeah. Loved. Past tense. Your leaving when I came back so we could be together again, just admit it, you don't want to be with me anymore.' He was silenced. I got up from the matress and started puting my clothes on.

His phone started ringing and he answered it. 'Hello, dad?' ..... 'Yeah man, I'm on my way.' .... 'Your coming, now?' .....' 'Ok, I'm ready. Lemme just put some clothes on.' ...... 'Your outside?' ...... 'Kai. Just wait I'm coming down in 5 minutes.'

I looked at him. His dad's car started beeping outside. He quickly got dressed and we walked down the stairs. He kissed my cheek but I pushed him off me instantly. 'Bye, Amaya.' I looked at him. We went outside and he walked into the car. I saw his dad in the passengers seat and he sat at the back. He looked at me for the last time and the car drove off, leaving me standing there on my ones. Look ing hopeless.AIDEN: The car drove off and I couldn't look back at her, it took all what I had not to even stay with her.

'You alright son?' My dad asked. 'Yeah,yeah. Course.'

I couldn't help thinking about Amaya, she was probably hating my guts. My eyes started to water thinking about her. The only reason why I was so harsh was because I didn't want to fall for her again. I didn't wanna give in so I act ed like a big man.

We were still driving and my mind was driving me nuts. What was I thinking I nee ded her. She was always there for me even when I hit rock bottom. I couldn't just leave all my life plans. I had to move on right? But I was prepared to take the risks, if it didn't work out then I would leave, no second thoughts.

'Dad.' 'What?' 'I need to go somewhere.' 'Like where. Whats so important right now?' 'Amaya.' 'Who?' 'Dad, I need to get out.' 'Sit down son. We will be there in about 20 minutes, if there's no traffic.' 'Dad. Listen to me. I need to go back, I don't want to go.' 'What? Driver, pull up for a second.'

The driver parked near a curb and we both got out. 'Whats wrong now?' 'Dad. I want to go back I ain't seen this through properly.' 'What's brought this on, you were eager to go last week.' 'Dad, I just. I like being here, my friends are here. I'm the new manager of you r business. You don't have to have a new manager, if I stay everything would be fine. I'm getting older and it's time I make some choices of my own.' I lied act ing the best I could. 'Well son..' 'Please dad. One shot at this, if it doesn't work out amma be on that plane stra ight up.' 'Well, you are an adult. No son, let's go come one.' 'Dad. You have to let me.' 'I aint joking anymore come on. Let's go I've booked the flights.' 'No. Dad please, I'm gonna have a great life here.' I said like a battyman./ 'You know whatever do whatever you want with your rass life. Bumbaclart.' He cur sed.

'Bye dad.' I told him, although he was still angry at my decision he came and ga ve me a manly hug. 'See you son.'

I got a cab and came rushing straight back. I knocked on her door. 'Aiden.' She said surprised. 'I'm staying.' To think about it, I didn't really know what to say. 'F-ck off.' She said trying to close the door. I put my foot out , so the door w ouldn't close. 'Go away Aiden. I'm done with you.' I pushed past her and came inside. I didn't want to talk, cos if we did we would've ended up arguing. I just placed my lips on hers. Actions speaks louder than words alie?

'No, I'm not that easy.' She said pulling away. 'Ahh, low me man, I just passed AMERICA for you. I threw away my life plan for y ou.' 'So?' She said.. ' Aaah you know what f-ck it.' She came back to me and lipsed m e. 'Stop.' I just realised what we were doing and how dangerous this is. 'Wait. Wha t about Kianna?' I could see the worry in her eyes as she just realised what happened 3 years ago . 'What about Kianna?' 'Are you mad? Are you insane?' 'Look, we're old enough to do what we want. We can't be living in terror of what she might do. We were so young back then. She's older and maturer she will unde rstand, yeah?' She reassured me. 'Kay.' I needed to change the subject otherwise I'd just get even more worried. 'Where's your mum?' I asked. 'Oh, she just went shop quick, she'll be here anytime soon.' 'Oh. What she like, cos like this will be the first time I meet her.' 'Don't worry, it's fine. She's cool just act yourself, you plum.' We sat down and watched tv with her face on my chest cuddling together like a ni ce couple. AMAYA:

All I hear next is my mum barging through the door. 'Oh.' Was all she said. 'Hola.' She said to the both of us. We stood up and we greeted her. 'Mum, this is ..' 'Oh, Aiden. I already know cos she can't stop talking about him. Nice to meet yo u.' I kissed my teeth playfully at my mum. My mum was proper talking to Aiden like they knew eachother from tiiimmmmmeee.

My mum soon went in the kitchen to prepare dinner for all of us. She mouthed to me that he's gorgeous, looools the perv. We went upstairs to my room and jammed for a bit.

'Your mum's nice.' 'See, told you.' I said kissing him. He layed me down on my bed and kissed me. R andomly, he started tickling me and I'm PROPER ticklish. 'STOPPP!!' I said barely being able to breathe. I giggled so much. 'Hahaha, stop my mums downstairs she will hear us.' He soon stopped and lipsed m e for ages.

'Hmmm, I heard you good with them soft lips.' He told me. 'Loools your so gay. Yeah you know the word of mouth.' 'The square root of 69 is 8.' He laughedd. 'Coming back, just need to phone the boys let them know whats gwarning.'

He came back like twenty minutes later, jhees he took long. 'When you going back to Uni babes?' He asked.

'Ermm.. just finished my exams so i've got three months off.' I told him. 'You?' 'Nah bun Uni. I don't go.' Her eyes widened in shock. 'Nah, I've already took ov er my dad's business innit. So already getting paid like mad.' 'Oh. Gee, you got me scared, got me bare thinking you were some next jobless, un educated boy.' 'We aint talked for so longg boy.' 'I know. I still can't believe all the drama we had back then. Things seem so mu

ch simpler right now.' 'Nahh, dead that. We still ain't even told Kianna.' 'I told you, she will probably be fine with it.' 'Do you even go to the same Uni as her.' 'No, but we're still close. We live together you plum, are uni's are not that fa r away. Truss.' 'Ohhh, seen.' His phone started to ring and he went and answered it. He yet agai n left me for like 10 minutes talking.

'Yo bee, that was my dad.' 'Is he alright?' 'Yeah course, just a little bit pissed that I left him, but he's cool.' 'Oh, good good.' 'I kind of basically told him the truth about why I stayed cos I didn't wanna li e to him and dat. He said.. that you could come and live with me in my yard.' 'Fo' Real?' 'Yeah.' 'Omyy dayss, tell him I said thank you.' 'K.' Ohh my days, I can't believe it! I'm gonna move in with Aiden. Aww I'm bare e hapss. I started to pack my stuff eagerly then my mum called and shouted that dinner was ready.

We sat down and ate at the table when I felt that now was the time to tell her. 'Mum..' 'Hmmm?' 'How would you feel if I moved in with Aiden?' 'Seriously. It's a bit rushed don't you think?' 'Mum. Trust me. Please it's only down the road.' 'Well if it's only down the road then why can't you stay?' 'Mum. Just please let me do this.' She looked at me and gave up. 'Muy bien. Okay. But you always visit.' 'Yeah, I will.' 'And any problems you come and talk to me.

'Yeah, I will don't worry mum. Everything'll be fine'

We finished our dinner then went upstairs. 'I can't believe we're actually doing this.' I told him. 'Yeah. I love you baby girl.' 'You know I love you too.' I replied. 'We've gotta go and tell Kianna, she's at home. She just came today from Uni.' 'Oh ight then.' I could see he was a bit scared. But we had to get through it. I 'm sure Kianna would understand.

We walked on the streets hand in hand looking like a real geed up couple. I noticed Kianna. 'Aiden, Kianna's over there. I think she just got back.' She was coming out of a cab. 'She spotted us hand in hand.

'Whats going on?' She asked. 'Kianna, listen to me babe.' 'No. I thought I made it pretty clear that I didn't want you two together.' 'Kianna, we love each other. Don't get inbetween us. Please.' She looked at Aiden then me. 'Yeah your right. I can't get inbetween your love. You two should go ahead and b e with eachother.' 'Are you serious?' 'Yeah ,course.' She walked in the direction to her house. 'Kianna.' I called out. She turned round. 'You won't do anything stupid when you get home right?' 'No, it's alright go ahead.' I couldn't believe what my ears were listening to. I hugged Aiden and we went back to his yard. I mean OUR yard. I sat down on his one man matress next to him. 'I told you everything was gonna be ok.' I said clinging to his arm. 'Yeah. You were right.' He still looked worried though,I wondered why.

'Come here.' I said indicating him to kiss me. We lipsed again and he brushed his tongue against mine. He put his hands my hair and I wrapped my arms around his neck. I pushed him to lie down his matress. I climbed over him, still with our lips locked. I took off rt whilst he undid my buttons on my denim jeans. He took then started on ter that, he unstrapped my bra and I took off his boxers.

through flat on his shi his. Af

I loved him so much. We made love. Not beat. Not f*cked, not mash, not lash. We went all night long.

Couple days have passed and living with him has been the best days yet.

'Do you want me to make you a sandwich?' He asked like a sweetboy. It was coming to nightfall. 'Nah, it's cool babes,' I went out to the shops and bought a couple of things to make a sexxy dinner and something that I haven't even tried ever before. I soon came home and greeted Aiden with a kiss. I went to the toilet quickly cos I really needed a wee.

I came out and asked him. 'Rahh, you took ages in there Maysz.' ' Yeah.yeah whatever. I ain't spoken to Kianna lately. Do you think she's pissed off at me?' 'Nah, She's not. It's just gonna take a while of getting used to that's all.' He reassured me. 'Yeah, your probably right.' I called over to him from the kitchen where I was m aking food. The food was left to boil itself and I went to cuddle up with Aiden watching Eastenders. All of a sudden pure police sirens shone on our windows and the noise the sirens were making were unbearable. My heart skipped a beat. I he ard a knock on our door. 'OPEN UP POLICEMAN.' They shouted from outside. 'Oh my gosh, what are we gonna do?' I cried to Aiden. 'Why they here?' 'Amaya calm down, there's nothing we can do.' 'What no Aiden. Who called them? Aiden we've gotta go, quickly.' 'Nahh Maya, we can't they've probably surrounded everywhere. It's over.' He said with tears coming out of his eyes. I burst out crying to him.

'No! We have to do something, let's go Aiden. Please.Please.Please.' Deep down I knew it was over too. I cried in his arms when policemen barge through the door and groped Aiden and p laced him against the table , arresting him. Some police men were looking for things, some was trying to maintain Aiden and s ome holding me back. It was all happening too fast.

'NOOOOO!!' I screamed. 'IT WASN'T HIM!' I said bawling. 'PLEASE LET HIM GOOOO!' I screamed. 'DON'T TAKE HIMM, NOOOO AIDEN !!' I yelled a bove the noise of the commotion. The police took him outside till I couldn't see him. Two policewomen were trying to take me away from the scene. I pushed past them w ith all my might and ran outside to where Aiden was. They were just about to put him in the car.

'Aiden Samuels, we are arresting you on suspicion of murder. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court o f law. You have the right to have an attorney. If you cannot affort one, one wil l be appointed for you. Do you understand?' 'Yeah.' Aiden said, with tears in his eye. 'NOOOOO!!' I ran to the car. They put him in the car and locked the door. I bang ed on the window hard with my fists. 'DON'T TAKE HIM PLEASEE.!!!' I yelled above the science. Aiden looked at me from the glass window. I looked him in the eyes and said. 'Lie. I will back you up. I promise, just lie.' 'No.' He replied. 'Please.' I begged him. Just as the car was about to drive away. I looked him in the eyes again and said

'Aiden, I;m pregant.' His eyes grew wider. I never got to see his full expression cos the car drove of f. I stood there for about two minuted wondering what would happen next. I turned around to go back inside with tear stains on my face when I noticed Kia nna smirking with a bottle of Vodka in her hand. I knew it was her, she was the only one who knew.

I walked up to her and gave her a slap. She nearly dropped to the floor. 'Your drunk.' I spat at her. 'I-I-I didn't mean to call them.' She slurred. We had another fight there and then. I boxed with all my power. 'YOU STUPID B-TCH!' the b-tch deserved it. 'HOW COULD YOU! AFTER EVERYTHING !' She couldn't even fight back, she was that d runk. I kicked her and boxed her and everything. I just f-cked her up.

Kortney came in the middle of nowhere and pulled me off her. 'He deserves everything that's coming to Kortney took me inside my mums yard. She day she was like a second bestie. I told hem girls that goes round telling people him.' knew what everything was going on from her everything, and she wasn't one of t their business.

'Calm down.' Kortney relaxed me. I cried in her arms, yet another water works. 'He's gone. He's gone. I've lost him Korts.' 'Sssh, everything we'll be fine.' 'No it won't. I'm pregnant.' 'Oh.' She looked shocked. 'OH my days. Pftt, let's get you to your Mum.' 'No. What is she gonna think of me if I can't even last a week without running b ack to her?' 'Just shush and let's go. Your in shock, just breathe and we'll sort this out to morrow. It was then when I had to spill everything to mum. Well not exactly everything, I told her it wasn't him that did it and I still hadn't quite managed to tell he r there was a fetus inside of me. Until .. 'YOUR WHAT !' She screamed.' Cmo puede haber sucedido esto. No importa cmo sucedi po rque todos sabemos cmo hacer un beb suceder. Usted estpida. Te dejo vivir con l y slo una semana. UNA SEMANA usted viene y me dice de su embarazo. Por qu ests actuando como una azada tonta? Qu, por qu? Por qu han de conseguirse embarazada y ahora creo q ue soy una mala madre, pero no lo soy. Su estpida la escoria de una hija.' She cu rsed in Spanish, WOOOIII , I never heard her say that much Spanish to me. Ever. She slapped me one then went upstairs. Ouch. that hurt. Kortney was just watchin g in amazement.

15 minutes later she came down into the kitchen and I followed her.

'Mum do you hate me?' 'Yes, right now I do.' I burst into tears and she came and cradled me in her arm s. 'I've disgrace you haven't I?' 'No. Don't say that. I'm disappointed. But at least your not underage.' 'It doesn't make it any better. But I'm 19 mum I'm sure I'll manage. 'It's only cos your 19 I'm not too dramatic.' 'Not true dramatic? Mum, you whacked me round the face and screamed down the hou se like a lunatic.' 'Just hush and come and have some sleep. ' She took me upstairs and tucked me in my old bed. Tears were escaping, but just little one, nothing major. Kortney was still here too, comforting me, aww she;s such a good friend.

I woke up and Kortney was awake too. Just staring into space. 'I'm going back to Uni soon.' She said. 'Really? Nah, stay for a little bit longer.' 'Nah I can't. I need to focus on my education. Two weeks and I'll be going soon. ' 'Ok. But you better come and visit especially when theres a new born baby on it; s way.' Pink swear?' I said holding out my pinky finger. 'Pinky swear.' She said comforming our little pact. 'Kortsz, do you think Aidens.. gonna come out?' 'I dunno to be honest. It depends.'

We went to brush our teeth, had a shower done whatever we needed to. We went downstairs all freshified and sat down to watch tv. I placed my hand on my flat belly. Jheese, I'm actually going to be a mum. I really couldn't believe it. I actually quite liked the idea of being a mum. My thoughts wee interrupted when we heard a knock at the door. Oh my gosh it was him, it had to be. 'I think it's him Korts.' I told her. 'Yeah, well, go open it then.' I jogged to the door and opened it. It was him, oh thank the Lord. He stepped in side. I gave him a hug.

'What did they say?' I asked him. 'Never mind what they said, how about what you said yesterday.'

I blinked at him acting confused, it's actually really hard telling someone that your pregnant with your child. 'What did I say yesterday?' I acted baffled. I heard Kortney laughing. 'Don't play dumb, you know what I'm talking about.' I sighed deeply and led him to the sofa. 'Oi.' I called to Kortney.'Out.' She kissed her teeth then walked upstairs to my bedroom, I knew she was listening, nosey cow. 'Aiden what am I supposed to say?' 'How about what you told me yesterday?' I couldn't tell him with words, it was just too awkward. I just placed his hand on my flat belly (although it was flat.) He looked in my eyes. 'For real?' He asked. 'Yeah, for real.' He kissed me, not soft but not hard. But just enough to tell m e that he wasn't prepared to let me go. Ever.

'What did the police say?' Was all I could talk to him about next. 'They just asked pure questions.' 'Tell me. Just incase they come back, I need to be your alibi.' 'So tell 'em that Saturday 7 th of January 2009 at around 2.00 am that you were with me at my yard and we were just jamming, on the computer, watching tv anythi ng. Tell 'em that I never left the house and that I was with you throughout.' 'Okay. I can't believe your off the hook.' 'What? Off the hook? Babes, they're just getting started. It's not over, they on ly let me go cos they never had that much proof, but when they have a lot believ e me we're f-cked. They could come back anytime.' 'What, so what are you saying?' 'We need to go. We need to run.'I've never liked the idea of running away. It al ways meant a big change. Which I most definitely hate. Aiden went back to his ya rd to get some of his stuff. I went upstairs and joined Kortney. 'Whats wrong babe? You look a little.. I dunno but you look really weird.' 'Hmm. Thanks to that b-tch Kianna, I'm leaving. Me and Aiden are leaving.' 'What, where you gonna go?' 'Dunno, anywhere, probably America. How am I even gonna tell my mum?'

Kortney came and gave me a hug. 'You can just lie to her.' 'Yeah I could, but I hate lying to her. She's done so much for me.' I continued to pack my bags and Kortney helped too. I looked up and saw a picture of me and Kianna on the wall from when we were in year 7. 'Nah, you know what?' I told Kortney. 'I'm not gonna let her get off that easy. I'm not gonna let her do this to me.' I stormed off downstairs and opened the do or. I felt the breeze slap my face, jheeze it was cold. I walked down the road, really angry until I reached Kianna's yard.

I banged on the door with a lot of force. When she opened the door I didn't even give her a chance to speak and barged my way in before she could shut the door. The door was left open. 'Is your mum in?' I asked her with my voice filled with hate. 'No.' 'So that means I can do this.' I said and with that I slapped her round her face with force. She grabbed my hair and we started fighting until we tumbled down t o the pavement. I punched her round the mouth and saw a bit of blood seeping out. She grabbed my hair and punched me on the nose, ouch that hurt. Aaah sh-t it was bleeding. I t ripped over some loose pavement and dropped. She climbed over me and tried to bo x me but I grabbed her before she did.. I fly kicked her off me, she dropped but managed to kick my leg. My leg was kill ing me. But I quickly got up and punched her on her arm. 'WITHDRAW YOUR STATEMENT!' I screamed at her whilst we were fighting. 'NO!' She shouted back. She was about to kick my belly but Aiden came from the middle of nowhere and sto od inbetween us, making Kianna kick him in the balls. 'Aaaaaah!' He screamed in agony, clutching them. Kortney came rushing over holding back Kianna whilst Aiden was helplessly trying to hold me back, but he was busy clutching his bruised balls.

'She's pregnant, you prick!' Kortney shouted at Kianna. Kianna never said anythi ng and kept quiet but with anger in her face. 'WITHDRAW YOUR STATEMENT YOU B-TCH !!!!' 'NOOO!!!' 'WE'RE RUNNING COS OF YOU! I THOUGHT I COULD COUNT ON YOU! WE'RE RUNNING TO GOD KNOWS WHERE!!'

She lowered her voice and said. 'Like I give two f-cks if your running. You deserve it, protecting a lowlife lik e him. Wait hold on.' Kianna said clocking Aidens presence. 'Why are you here, y our meant to be in prison!' 'You see Kianna. No matter what you say or do, can't keep him away from me.' I s aid. 'NOOOO! YOUR MEANT TO BE IN PRISON YOU F-CKING CUNT!' She yelled, she looked pis sed off that her little cunning plan didn't work. 'I got out/ No evidence. And I've got an alibi.' Aiden said watching me.' 'I'll do anything to protect him. He's not going anywhere.' 'Oh he is. I'll make sure he gets over 10 f-cking years rotting away in pen. The police will be coming back, I'll make sure of it.' 'Just stop Kianna. We're 19, not 16 anymore. Move on, cos we all have. Just with draw your statement. Let's just go Aiden, there's nothing left here for us anymo re.' I told him, Kortney stayed with Kianna, just to make sure nothing else would hap pen. We walked down the street and entered my mums yard. Aiden was sitting down with his face in his hands. I shut the front door. 'What the hell are you thinking?' He said. 'Your fighting when your pregnant.' 'Oh shut up! I was fighting for you.' 'I know but-' I didn't finish listening to what s to my old room. I don't even know why there's house, they're all meant to be in Aidens yard, e interrupted my thoughts by coming and hugging 'What?' 'Babes, sing my took my he had to say and walked upstair still clothes of mine in my mums o' well. I carried on packing. H me from behind.

I asked him, still acting a little bit pissed. I just want you to be more careful now that your pregnant.' He said, kis neck. He spun me so I was facing him and kissed me. He pulled away then hand.

'Amaya. I'm really serious about all of this.' 'I know.' I murmured. 'I'm serious too.' 'No let me tell you how it is. If you come and run away with me now and lie to t he police then your stuck in my sh-t forever. But if you don't, your free, no tr ouble. Do what you want, I'm not forcing you to do anything for me babes. I unde rstand if you wanna go.' 'Nah, dead that. I wanna be with you no matter what. I'd lie for you. Anything f or you. I'm having your baby. I will always choose you, despite the situation.' He pulled me to him tightly and lipsed me. Just then, I heard the front door open. I knew it was my mum instantly. I sepera ted myself from Aiden.

'Stay here.' I directed him. I went downstairs and saw my mum sitting on the sofa. 'Mum.' I called. 'Oh, your here. Hola.' 'Mum.' 'What?' 'I know this is really random and out of the blue but me and Aiden have booked a flight to America to just have a nice, relaxing holiday. I'm sorry it was such short notice.' 'You and your f-cking surprises.' She said. 'Just do what you want and have a go od time with that boy. And your already pregnant don't make one baby turn into t riplets. I laughed at her dead joke. She kissed me on my forehead and went to ge t her coat. 'Mum, where you going?' 'To your Aunt Stephanie's. We're just gonna have a little girly night out. Gonna stay at hers for a while. Addios love.' She went without even looking back. Som etimes I still imagine myself as a little girl where my mum would be telling me what I could and couldn't do. But now I'm 19, i'm an adult, and I can't keep exp ecting my mum to be picking up the pieces. I'm legally old enough to do things w ithout my mum's permission. So boy..

Our bags were finally packed, 'I can't believe we're actually doing this.' 'We're in this together.' 'Yeah, most definitely.' I kissed him and he helped me to get my luggage down th e stairs. We were preparing to go his yard, to get the rest of our luggage, then head off to the airport. There was a sudden knock at the door. I went and opened the door thinking it was my mother, It was Kianna, that shocke d me, why was she here? 'What are you doing here, get out, your not welcome.' She barged her way through so I couldnt get her out. She let out, 'I've withdrawed my statement.' 'What?' I was startled. 'Seriously?' She nodded and I turned round to smile at A iden. 'Aiden we don't have to run anymore, we're free.' I told him. 'Your sort going thing not going anywhere.' Kianna let out, she looked torn, angry, demented in a of way. 'I tried calling the police on you and that didn't work out. Your to run so I had to withdraw my statement. If the police ain't gonna do any about it, then I have to.'

'What are you on about?' I looked at her. She went through her bag then took something out. No, not my bestfriend, please.

She pulled out a gun. Jheesz. Please, no. I walked back slowly away from her and stood closely next to Aiden, he was so st ill it was unbelievable.

'Now both of you are gonna feel the pain that I felt three years ago and I still feel it up till now. Lifes a b-tch isn't it ?' She said snickering. 'Kianna, don't do it. We can get through this, we can help you, please. Just put the gun down.' I said worriedly. I didn't know how I should feel. Anger, pain, should I feel frightened. Cos I th ink most certainly those emotions were mixed in one. 'Bye.' She told us. She wasn't gonna do it, I know she wouldn't. This is Kianna, she wouldn't do it. No way. She would never take someones life away. Not my Kia nna. Not my bestfriend. She couldn't, could she? 'Kianna.' Aiden called to her. 'Stop this please.' He tried to make his voice ge ntle. 'Why should I stop? Oh, are you scared? Is it a bit weird being on the other sid e of the gun. Your not a big man now are you?' 'Don't kill any of us. You'll go to prison. Two wrongs don't make a right.' I sa id to her. 'Who said I was gonna kill you? Not you, him. So what if I go prison? Once he's dead, justice will be done.' 'Put the gun down. Please Kianna. Can't I just be happy for once. I want him, I want my baby. I want my bestfriend back. We're having a baby together for God's sake, just please.' 'So what if your having a baby? What about the son he took away from his mother? '

I was begging to God by this point. I don't think I could stop her. She wouldn't do it though, would she. She had an advantage, she always did. One shot from th at gun takes lives. I didn't want it to be either of us. But it will. Unfortunately it will. I was s tood by the light switch. I knew what to do. Luckily, Aiden clocked my movements and knew what was about to happen. All knew but Kianna.

'Just pass the gun Kianna.' I stalled her waiting for the right moment. 'No.' She said. I looked at Aiden He knew it was time. My hand started to shake badly. I had to do this, if we wanted anyone to survive. Three.Two.One I counted to myself. GO! I turnt off the lights, it was pure darkness. We made a run for it! 'COME BACK B-TCHES !!' She yelled .

BANG!BANG! Two gunshots were let off.Kianna ran and turned the lights on.

I couldn't believe what just happened. I looked up and saw Kianna standing there , hopeless. I couldn't get up I was in too much pain. Had I been shot? I couldn't move. If I was shot, that meant Aiden was Ok. but that meant me, my baby. I tried to call Aiden's name but I couldn't seem to get the words out. Weirdly I couldn't feel any pain, just no movement like I was paralised. This mu st've meant that I was shot somewhere right?

I managed to slowly turn my head to look at Aiden. There was blood near his leg, I couldn't see that much. 'B-b-b-lood.' I managed to talk. I spotted Kianna running out the door. I began to move properly after a while, but I couldn't move too sudden. I got up slowly and examine myself. I was Ok, thank the Lord. I hadn't been shot , But that meant...

'Aiden.' I whispered. My voice was very hoarse. I saw blood seeping out of his leg. I tried to run to him, but I couldn't. I cou ld only walk slowly. I sat next to him, and put his head on my lap. 'Aiden, please. Hang on.' I got my phone out from my pokcet and called the ambul ance. I answered all their questions fully and quickly put my attention back to Aiden. I cried softly, whilst stroking his hair. He hardly had any hair cahh of his shape up, but oh well.

'Baby, don't leave me.' I managed to say. He tried to talk but I stopped him. 'Try not t-t-o think about the pain. Just think about life, how we'd be in the f uture, me you and our baby.' 'I-I c-can't believe I got shot by a girl.' He mumbled. I just smiled at him. Bu t I was still crying, he was in the middle of fighting for his life. Tears rolle d down his face. 'Amayah.' 'Hmm? Baby please don't speak, the ambulance will be here soon.' 'I-I w-i-ish I never shot Reece. The p=pain I caused everyone.' 'Ssssshhh,' I hushed. The dumb ambulance were taking there rass time. I got up slowly, still a bit rig id and went to get a towel from the kitchen. I placed it tightly onto his wound.

He screamed in agony but it would hopefuly stop the pressure of his blood gushi ng out of his leg. It made me cry even more, I couldn't stand to see him hurt. 'I'm sorry baby, I didn't mean to hurt you.' He changed the subject and said 'Forgive me. For all what I've done.' He said barely being able to breathe. 'Yeah babes, I forgave you a long time ago.' Instead of keeping him quiet I carried on talking to him to get his mind off the pain for a while.

The ambulance soon came and police started asking questions and looking round th e place. I didn't answer any of them and just went with Aiden in the van. I coul dn't believe this was happening. Kianna? Well it's obviously not the Kianna I us ed to hang around with. She's so broken. The ambulance soon drove off. The sirens were helping, the noise was blocking ou t all the millions of thoughts racing through my mind. I held his hand right until the nurse took me into some other room. Something was happening to Aiden.

'Whats going on?' I asked. The steadiness of the stretcher became faster as they rushed him off somewhere. His eyes wasn't open anymore. 'What's going on?' I grabbed one of the nurses and made her answer my question. 'Ermm, Mr.Samuels isn't very stabilised at the moment, we need to get him into t heatre immediantely.' She spoke. Another nurse took me into some ward and I sat on the bed. 'Whats happening what are you gonna do with me.' I breathed. 'We're just going to quickly run some tests to see if everything is going just f ine.' I sat there thinking about Aiden, the nure buzzed around me endlessly fiddling w ith some next tech thingies.

'Did you feel any pain when all of the shootings were happening?' 'Erm.. Y-Yeah.' I said staring into space thinking...' I couldn't feel my body. I could hardly move. I could hardly speak, until a bit of time. What was happeni ng?' 'Oh. Nothing to major. You were just suffering from shock. It was maybe just bei ng stunned of what was going on around you,' She checked my heart beat or whatev er and just kept running some tests and kept going in and out the ward. 'Your ba by's fine, doing great. And so are you.'

I quickly left so I could see Aiden, I needed to see him, just thinking off all the possibilities of what might happened to me killedd me.

I was relieved my baby was fine though. I walked quickly to the office and asked where Aiden was. 'Oh.' The receptioniste said. 'He's just in theatre at the moment, he'll be back soon. I think he'll be going to ward 7 on the Marcherette floor in the intensiv e care unit.' Why do hospitals always have some next weird name? I rushed over there and Aiden wasn't there yet. I was beginning to get so worrie d. I sat there waiting on hours on end, just waiting. Waiting. Waiting.

The doors opened and I saw some nurses pushing his wheely bed thingy to the ward . Gee, I was so relieved. He had tubes all over him, but I couldn't wait I had t o see what was going on with him. 'Erm excuse me nurse, what's going on with him?' 'Erm he's unconscious right now, there's nothing we can do now but just wait.' W ith that she walked off. Unconscious, he was in a coma? I cried to myself.

He looked so lifeless. I went up to him and took him by the hand.' A Doctor came up to me and said. 'Ms. I'm afraid Mr. Samuels won't be waking up anytime soon. It will take prefer ably at least 2 weeks or maybe even more. You never know, he could wake up now. Any time.' 'A few weeks? I want him awake now.' I couldn't cry anymore, I think I ran out of tears. The Doctor left and I was al one with him. Peace and quiet. I kissed Aiden's hand. I wanted him back so badly . 'We're gonna get through this Aiden, no matter what it takes.' Hours passed and it was soon becoming daylight. But I stuck by him, holding his hand. 'Erm, maybe it would be best if you would get some sleep miss.' Some random nurs e said to me. 'No. I can't leave him, he needs me here.' 'I know it's hard darling but he'll be fine. We'll look after him.' I didn't want to go but I knew I had to. I have had hardly any sleep and this ma ybe wasn't good for my baby. I nodded my head at the nurse and kissed Aiden good bye. I got a cab home but I decided to stop further away from my yard so I could just stroll through the park, get some fresh air. I got out the cab, paid the d river and went. I walked following the park's path. After at least 10 minutes of walking, I noticed Kianna sitting on the bench. I could've picked a fight but I didn't have the energy. I don't seem to know why or what I was doing I just man

aged to find myself sitting on the bench next to her. 'You ran.' 'What?' She whispered. 'When you pressed the trigger on that gun you ran away. I thought you never care d if the police came. I thought you never cared if you took someone's life away? ' I never shoted at her, I talked in a hush voice a very calm way. She took a while to answer me. 'It wasn't until the bu..llet came out I'd r-realised what I'd done.' 'You stupid b-tch.' I whispered but loud enough for her to hear me. 'Do you real ise the damage you could have caused. You could've shot me. Killed me. Killed my baby. Killed Aiden. Well the funny thing is, is that I still don't know if Aide n's gonna make it. If Aiden's gonna survive this.'

There was silence for so looooong. When I finally said. 'Where's your gun?' 'Never mind where it is.' 'Where is it?' 'Are you gonna tell?' Kianna randomly asked. 'Oh. So now your interested about your actions. About your consequences.' 'Argh, why don't you just save me the trouble and just go and tell. Just do it s traight away, get it over and done with.' 'Well, you see, it's not quite simple. That's not the way I want things to be do ne. I wanna see you run. Run as if your life depends on it. Well it actually doe s. I wanna watch you run away like the way me and Aiden were gonna do. I want yo u to feel the heartache.' 'No. I don't want to do any of those things. If your not gonna say anything to t he police, then I will. I'll hand myself in.' She got up and walked off. She took a few steps when I said.. 'Don't.'

Why couldn't I let her suffer? Why couldn't I watch her go to jail so all the st ress in my life will slowly disappear. I guess i just couldn't watch her do that . I'm just not cruel enough, I can't just throw away our whole friendship, I gue ss love does some funny, strange things. 'Nahh, forget it. Just go and live your life Kianna. Don't get caught up in busi ness'. Just go before I change my mind.' She hurriedly walked off, leaving me sat on the bench. I sat there for ages, jus t letting the humid breeze brush my face.

I soon left and carried on walking. I soon reached my mums yard which was filled with police. I needed to go in there, sort some stuff out. I walked up to the house and got stopped by the police outside. 'Erm excuse me miss, your not allowed in there.' 'That's my house.' 'Your not allowed in.' 'I was in there when the gun went off, so let me in.' 'It doesn't make a difference love.' 'Let me in ! My stuff is in there!' I began to start. A man in a suit walked out the house. 'It's Ok PC Clarckson, let her in.' The man called. I screwed the man nicely and barged my way pat him, dumb fool. I looked at the man. 'Oh erm, hi. I'm DCI Brown, would you like to spare me some of your time answeri ng a few questions?' 'No. I just wanna go in the house.' He left me and I walked in. It looked like a movie. A proper crime scene it did. Investigators were just everywhere. Everyone was buzzing around the room too fas t. Everything that happened that day just rewinded in my mind and played on and on. I opened the abandoned suitcase and fetched out my phone. Geez, there was pu re missed calls from my mum. Oh yeah, she was probably wondering why there were police in her yard.I went upstairs to her room just to see it. I needed good mem ories so I sat on my mums bed and just remembered the good memories we had toget her. Her room is always tidy, no matter what. There was nothing ever out of plac e which is why some paper on her desk surprised me. I walked to her table and pu t it in her drawer. Well, I was one cheeky, nosey girl so I took it back out and opened it.

What?

It was a one way ticket to Germany. In two days time. Whys she going there? How dare she plan to leave without telling me? To dad, out of all people. She never wanted to move there, never. But I'm pregnant she shou ld be with me.I got my phone and dialled her number asap. 'AMAYA! WHAT IS GOING ON IN OUR HOUSE ! WHAT HAS HAPPENED! ?' She screamed. 'Why on earth would you leave, go miles away without even telling me!? I thought

we trusted eachother and told eachother everything? ESPECIALLY LEAVING ME WHILE I'M IN THIS STATE !' I shouted back. 'How did you find out?' 'Never mind how I found out y-' 'Maya just listen to me.' She said calmly. 'I'm moving in with your dad and I th ought you wouldn't care. Anyway your getting on with your life.' 'Wouldn't care? Mum, I thought you were better than this.' 'BETTER THAN THIS? Your the one that was leaving me all by myself whilst you cla imed you were jetting off with that stupid boyfriend of yours to God knows where whilst you were pregnant. So don't you dare lecture me about not being there fo r you. And what the hell is happening at my house! Explain !' 'Yeah so what if I was jetting off? Don't you think I still needed you? Mum, I n eed you for ever. I needed you for the last past few days and you weren't there. Cos your never there. Aiden's just been shot, I nearly died and your jetting of f to Germany to go shack up with dad.' I said. 'Yeah your really helpful. Your t he best mum ever.' i said sarcastically. 'Ohh, Mija. If you don't want me to go then I'll just s-' 'I wonder what I would've thought when I saw a sold sign hanging by the door. Be ing worried sick where you were.' 'Mija, I'll stay.' 'Forget it. Just know that I'll be getting the money from this house when it's s old. That could pay off all what me and Aiden need for the baby.' 'Baby, I'm sorry.' 'Just forget it. Bye Mum. Enjoy your wonderful fantastic life.' I cut her off th e phone. My world had crashed to the ground and it felt like she was stamping on it even more. I went downstairs.

I quickly grabbed all of me and Aidens stuff and walked out the door. 'Oi ! You can't leave with those, there evidence.' The policeman at the door sai d. 'Evidence my back foot. And by the way I want this whole crime scene stopped. Wh y doesn't anybody listen. If you stop this case, there would be peace and quite for once. The sooner everybody realises that the better.' The policeman tried to stop me from taking my stuff he grabbed it but I tugged h arder and ran quickly. He ran after me but that didn't stop me. I carried on run ning being cautious that I was pregnant. I knew this area better than him, surel y. I quickly bussed a corner and ran down some road and went quickly into some a lleyway where there was another corner then ran up the block of flats. I hid the re for time making sure I wouldn't get caught. I stayed there for pure long trying to get my breath back. I know it was dumb th

ing to do, running whilst pregnant, but I just needed my stuff. I walked back to me and Aiden's yard and slept for hours. I had so many nightmar es. I woke up and cleansed myself and headed to the hospital. I called a cab, I seri ously need to get myself a license. When I reached the hospital I rushed to the lift. The doors finally opened and I walked to his ward. I was so nervous, I didn't ev en know why. I found the courage and walked up to him. I sat next to him on a chair and kisse d his hand gently and prayed for him, whenn I was interupted. 'Miss. We've been expecting you.' The nurse said. 'We'd just w that Aiden is doing well. It's a shame that he hasn't woke t keep visiting, I'm sure Aiden knows your here.' She walked d I was left with Aiden. I didn't have a clue what the nurse Improvements? He looked the same to me. I wanted him back so like to let you kno up yet. Anyway, jus off out the room an was talking about. badly.

'Babe.' Someone said, that voice was familiar. I turned around and realised it w as Kortney. 'Kortney.' I replied. I hugged her tightly and got her a chair to sit down. 'So, how is he?' ''I really don't have a clue but the nurse claims hes doing great.' 'How are you too? You look exhausted.' 'Hmm. Never mind me.I'm not the one unconscious.' 'Of course I should mind about you. Don't get yourself too exhausted.' 'Yeah, I won't. But thanks for the support Kortsz. How did you even know that Ai den got.. got... I mean I never told you cah I haven't spoken to anyone since. A iden obviously never told you, so who did?' 'Don't watch that.' I looked at her indicating that she should tell me. Now. 'Fine.' She said. 'Jahmel told me. Everyones talking about it. They found out co s of all the commotion going outside your yard. It must be hard for you, not kno wing who did that to Aiden.' I looked at her very surprised. 'You don't know who did it?' I asked shocked. 'Err, no. Should i?' How could I be so dumb, of course she didn't know who did i t. Me and Aiden are the only ones. 'Erm..' I whispered. 'You know who did it don't you?'

'Shushhh... Keep your rass voice down.' She looked at me seriously, waiting for me to tell her who shot Aiden. 'It was ... It was Kianna.' Her eyes looked as if they'd pop right outside of their sockets. But within a fe w seconds she looked as calm as ever. You see, that's the thing about Kortney. S he's able to keep a secret and she won't go on about it. I heard a police radio enter the room. 'Ms. Amaya ..' I knew who it was they never even got to finish their sentence. The police offic er stood there. 'I've already told you, that I don't want to speak until my boyfriend has woken up.' 'Well Ms. If you would like us to find the culprit of who did this to your boyfr iend then you should come and speak with us.' 'I don't want you to catch the person.' I let out. 'Do you know something Ms. Cos if you do, you could come with us and this will all end.' 'I don't know anything. So just LEAVE ME ALONE!' 'Just go.' Kortney said in my ear. 'Why? What's the point? They'll just arrest K.' I whispered in her ear. 'Just go. So they can leave you alone once and for all.' I thought about it, and I just wanted them to go away. 'Fine. I'll come with you.'

I followed the police officers in their car and soon pulled over at the station. We walked up to some room. I sat down on a chair and pc's sat opposite me.

'Look we know this is hard for you.' The woman police officer said. 'You don't know anything.' 'I'm DCI Matthews and this DCI Page. So who do you think did this to Aiden.' 'Dunno. You tell me.' 'So tell me where you were around 6.32 pm ...' 'Err. at my mums house with Aiden.'

'What were you doing?' 'Oh, we were just getting ready to leave and go on holiday. That's why all the s uitcases were there.' 'Ok. So around what time were you planning to leave?' 'Ermm, at least quarter to 7.00.' 'So what happened next?' 'We were about to leave when someone knocks on the door. We didn't know who it w as so we obviously opened to check and someone in a black mask thingy barged the ir way in and threatened us to stay otherwise they wouldn't kill us.' 'So that person didn't want you to leave. Do you owe anything to anybody? Have y ou come accross on someone's bad side lately?' 'Nope. Look, maybe it was just thieves. I don't know, who it was. So can I pleas e go.' The two DCI's went out the room to discuss something and came back in around 5 m inutes later. 'Ok Ms. You can go, we have no reason to keep you here. Have a good night.' 'You too.' I quickly went out and went to the hospital but Kortney was gone. I s tayed with Aiden for a few more hours and went home.

There was a knock on the door and was expecting it to be my mum. 'What the f-ck are you doing here?' 'I just came to see how you are.' 'Oh, I'm great but Aidens lying in a hospital bed unconscious. What about you?' I told her sarcastically. 'Listen, Amaya. I'm so sorry, I really am. And I appreciate you not going to the police. Thank you.' 'Thanks? Don't even think you've won. I only didn't tell the police because I'm not like you. I'm not evil or cruel. I don't enjoy watching people suffer. Just because I didn't tell don't mean me and you are friends. So if you don't mind Ki anna, get the f-ck out of my house.' I shoved her out the door and slammed it shut. I put the lock on. I breathed so heavily because I was relieved she's gone. My breathing was becoming even heavie r and my belly started to hurt. I started to become hot. I just hoped I wasn't h aving some sort of attack. I couldn't breathe properly and it felt like my air supply was running out slowl y. My belly was hurting bad . My lungs began to ache. I clutched my belly and tr ied my best to reach to the kitchen. I grasped the kitchen window desperately an d opened it. I stuck my head out the window and let the cool breeze brush my fac e and took in a lot of air. My pulse rate lowered and I was breathing alright again. Tomorrow I'll have to s

ee a nurse and tell her what just happened. I was scared of leaving the window b ut I needed to have a lie down so I could have some rest, just enough energy to stay with Aiden.

KIANNA: I didn't want things to end up like this between me and Amaya. I wanted Amaya to know I was truly sorry for everything that I did. I needed to talk to her. I stared at her and Aiden yard and looked around to see if I could spot somewher e to climb through to enter the house cah i knew if I knocked on the door she wo uldn't let me in. I went round the corner and dragged her bin and haulted it against the fence. I stood on the bin and climbed over the fence, leading to a small back garden. As soon as I got there, I spotted a the kitchen window opened, now was my chance . I climbed through, though it took a while cos I'm not a very good climber. I t ried my best not to make any noise. I walked in the kitchen slowly, examining the place seeing as I've never been he re before. They have a pretty nice house together and I ruined it. I stepped out the kitchen and into the living room, there was only a few furniture around the rest was gone because they were moving. Which I ruined yet again. I walked further in the living room and noticed Amaya walking up the stairs. 'Amaya.' I called to her. She jumped slightly. She turned around and looked in h er eyes. She hated me, I could tell. 'I thought I f-cking told you to stay away from this house. Your poison. You rui n everything.' 'Just please hear me out. Please.' I begged 'You had plenty to say when you pulled that trigger.' She spat back. 'Please, I'm sorry.' 'I don't want to hear it. Now get out before I call the police.' 'Please Amaya. Just listen to me.' 'Right I'm getting my phone upstairs to call 'em.' She walked upstairs and I followed her. 'Your still here then, you idiot. JUST GET OUT !' She shouted. We were both stan ding at the top of the stairs.

AMAYA:

She ran up to me, trying to hold my hand, begging for forgiveness.

'Get off me you silly b-tch!' I exclaimed. 'No you have to listen to me !' She was tugging on to me pulling me towards her. I tried to push her off me but she was holding on so tight. I couldn't be bother ed any more. And walked to Me and Aidens room to call the police whilst she was still hanging onto me. 'FORGIVE ME !' Kianna wailed, tears coming out her eyes. She grabbed me tightly, it was starting to hurt. 'NOOOO !' I screamed. I pushed her away from me with such force. So she could ge t off me. She lost her balance and tried to grab me so that I could substain her from falling down the stairs. She couldn't reach me and tumbled down the stairs , reaching the ground flat, head first. Blood was seeping out her head.

I stared at her body. Shaking. Oh my gosh. What should I do ? I ran down the sta irs to her, there was a lot of blood I stood there for a few seconds just thinking about what just happened. Her eyes began to flutter, which relieved me. 'A-ma....-ya-h.' She said slowly trying to talk. 'Yeah?' I replied, still shaking. 'H-h--hh--help m-me.' I looked at her then backed away from her. 'H-h--hh-he-lp m-mmee.'

'No' I said to her. I couldn't believe I was doing this. 'A-m-m-ma-y-a, p-p-l-ea-se.' She said, she couldn't even speak properly. 'No.' I told her with tears streaming down my cheeks. I ran to the kitchen leavi ng her there, covered in blood.I got a glass of water and I couldn't even get my self to drink. I was shaking the cup too much due to my fear and my wickedness. I was so scared. I couldn't help but leave Kianna. It is like my heart just turn ed to stone and I couldn't feel her presence anymore. Was this why everybody was killing people these days,? Because they couldn't rewind everything that happen ed and couldn't go back to what they did? Or was it because that person needed t o suffer, the way they made you?

I could hear her voice, mumbling and groaning very weakly. I stayed in the kitch en not even daring to go back to her.

I couldn't take the pressure anymore. Everything just went too silent. I couldn'

t even hear my own breathing. All I could hear was the faint clock ticking away. I found the courage and walked very slow to her. She had stopped mumbling time a go. I wanted to help her so badly. But even though I wanted to, I couldn't find myself doing it. It was so silent, i started to wonder if she was dead. I was right next to her, staring over her. The silence was broken when I heard a sudden knock at the door. I started to panic, thinking it was the police. The person knocked again, with m ore force added. 'Maya ! Open up it's me Kortney!' She shouted. What the rass was she doing here, she was meant to be at uni, by now. I didn't make a sound, hopefully she will realise that nobody's at home and then go away. 'MAYAA !' She shouted. ' Listen Maya, I know your in there !' She banged on the door proper hard. I was still frozen trying not to make a sound. I was so stupid. Because she then did something that I never expected her to do. Something so sim ple. She opened the letter box. I could see her dark green eyes peer in, taking a look around the house. She saw me. 'Amaya? What's going on?' I looked at her. I didn't say a word. 'Amaya, what the f-ck has happened? Why-wh y's Kianna there. Oh my God, is she dead?' I still never said anything and just looked at her, very worried. 'Amaya, let me in.' 'No.' I finally said. 'Maya, if you don;t let me in, I'll call the police.' I knew she would. And i certainly did not hesitate to get up and open the door. She walked in as fast as she could, and ran her fingers through her hair. 'My God, Maya, what have you done ?' 'I didn't ... I ... Kortney it's not what it looks like.' 'Not what it looks like? I peer through your letter box and i see Kianna laying on the floor with a pool of blood peering out her head and you crouching over he r looking like a psychopath. Oh my God, you've killed her.' 'I .. I .. ' She got her phone out and called the ambulance. She started talking to them whil st I stood there helplessly. 'Just stop asking me these stupid questions and f-cking hurry up and come !' She shouted. 'I can't believe you've done this. Actually yeah, i can believe it. Co

s You, Aiden and Kianna are the same. Your as bad as eachother.' She went to Kianna and sat by her. It wasn't long, until there was a knock on th e door. Kortney ran to the door and opened it. Paramedics came rushing in swirming strai ght to where Kianna was laying. 'She's got a pulse. But it's very faint.' The woman said to her colleagues. 'UH !' Kortney said in relief. 'She's alive.' She started to cry. I just looked at her in the same position I was standing in from the moment Kortney called the ambulance. The paramedics put her on a stretcher and carried her to their ambulance. 'What happened?' The lady asked. 'She fell.' I let out. Kortney looked at me and went in the ambulance. They were about to go when I called, 'Wait !' 'Yes Ms.' 'I'm coming. She's my friend, I need to be with her.' 'Ok, quick, inside. We need to go.' I hopped in the back and the driver started the engine and we drove off. The jou rney to the hospital was dead. It was so silent with Kortney giving me small, qu ick looks.

We reached the hospital and they rushed Kianna to some ward and told me and Kort ney to wait outside. 'I'm not lying Kortney. I didn't do anything.' 'Yeah right. So why was she lying there. Was it by magic?' 'No. I was walking up the stairs and she followed. And she was pulling me. I tri ed to get her off me, so i pushed her. Not knowing she was gonna fall. But she d id.' 'So why were you just sitting there. Not calling for help or anything ?' 'At first I was scared. And then it developed into hatred. I just wanted her to feel the pain, that I've been feeling. So I couldn't get myself to call them? It was like I was frozen. You know what? I can't be bothered anymore with everythi ng.' I got up and walked off. 'No wait.' Kortney called. 'It's Ok Amaya. I understand.' Was all she said to ma ke me feel just a tiny bit happier. 'Thanks. But i'm gonna go see Aiden now. Need to pay him a visit.' She nodded an d then I went. I walked in the ward that Aiden was in and slowly walked towards him. His eyes w

ere still closed. He was still unconscious. I walked up to him and held his hand like I always do. 'Aiden , when are you gonna wake up ?' I asked. Of course there was no reply.

I stayed with him for ages when I finally snapped back to reality and realised w hat had happened this afternoon. I went back to see Kianna, just being cautious of what was about to come. There was no doctors or nurses in the room. So I walk ed in. 'Kianna?' I said to her. No reply. Yeah, definitely unconscious. I talked to her regardless.'So what happens when you wake up? You gonna run to the police and t ell them what happened this afternoon? Or are you gonna go all psycho again and torture me and Aiden ? That's IF he ever wakes up. Or are you gonna hand yoursel f in and tell them you attempted to kill Aiden ? Well whatever your decisions ar e, it stops here. All your madness and craziness ends. But you won't stop all yo ur madness, so I am.I'm gonna make everything better for me. I'm gonna put you a t peace. When your gone, everything will be normal again. How I always wanted in the beginning. I'm so sorry Ki.' I told her a few tears rolling down my cheek. I walked to her oxygen tube and stared at it.

'Sorry Kianna.' I breathed heavily with my hand on the switch. I counted in my h ead..

1 .... 2 ....

3 .... I pulled of her oxygen tube and walked off casually. I could hear her machine making noise and I quickened my pace. My heart was thum ping. I saw nurses rush into her ward. I went into Aidens ward to not make it look like I tried to rush out the buildin g. I was shaking and I held his hand and closed my eyes. I couldn't believe I di d it. I'm not a murderer. I just wanted my life to be normal, like other people. I just wanted to be happy. Was it too much to ask? Well it obviously was becaus e I had to take matters into my own hands. I stood up, thinking about the events that just took placed. I looked down at Ai

den. Kortney was right. We're all just as bad as eachother. I sighed and prayed for everything to get better. Aiden's finger twitched. It took me by surprise. I didn't know what to do. 'Aiden?' I said. Placing my hand on my beating heart. 'NURSE !' I ran out the wa rd looking for a nurse. I bumped into one whilst running and told her. 'Its Aiden. I think he's waking up. Is he all right ?' The nurse jogged back to where Aiden were and examined him. 'Your in luck Ms.' She smiled. ' He's wakening up. He won't suddenly open his ey es and be a positive energetic person, it'll take some time. But Aiden will have some support because of his leg.' 'Yeah, Yeah. Whatever. I'm just so happy he's Ok.'

He didn't even move after that. It took soooooo long for him to flutter his eyes . Around two hours I was waiting for him. His eyes began to flutter . Gee, I missed seeing his eyes, seeing him awake. I stroked his hair, though he hardly had any but o' well. 'Aiden it's me. Me Amaya. I've missed you so much. But... We're free. It's over. Everything that was in our way before has gone. Everything'll be alright. I'm h ere for you babe.' My eyes began to water.

'Amaya.' Kortney said. 'Yeah?' I replied. I knew what she was gonna say next. 'Kortney erm.. everything alright?' 'It's Kianna.' 'What about her?' 'She's .. she's ..' 'What's happened Kortsz' ?' 'She;s.. she's .. fine.' My face dropped. 'Doctor says she's gonna be alright. S he conscious now. Before she was running low on oxygen somthing like that. But n ow she's alright, they just gave her all the intensive care she needed.' 'Oh.' I tried to smile. ' That's great. That's good news.' 'Yeah. The nurse said you can come and see her.' 'Erm.. I can't. I er.. I have to look after Aiden cos he's conscious !' I said, my excitement growing back. 'Ahh, great. That's brilliant. See, Amaya, everything's turning out fine.' 'Yeah.'

'But, you should come. Seriously. She's your friend.' 'Yeah but I need to stay with Aiden.' 'Oh, no you don't. Just a quick visit then you can come back.' 'Kortney, I don't want to leave him.' 'Argh, shut your gob and come.' She dragged me. The closer we got to Kianna the more my pulse level increased. We got there and I just stood near the door. Fiddling with my sleeves and lookin g round. 'Look who I've got to come for you !' Kortney told Kianna with excitement. 'Amay a.' She whispered. I walked in slowly. 'Glad to hear your awake.' I said. 'Thanks.' Kianna replied. 'Well, i'll leave yous two to have a nice chat whilst I go downstairs to the can teen and get a sandwich.' Kortney left us with an enormous amount of silence in the air. I decided to break the silence and tell her straight. 'Kianna, I don't want you back in my life. I don't want nothing to do with you, neither does Aiden.' 'But.. ' 'If you ever associate with me ever again, then I will kill you. It's a pity my little scheme to try and get rid of you didn't work. I wish pulling your oxygen tube worked. But it didn;t. So I repeat. If you ever come near me again. You won t even find yourself in a hospital next time.' I walked off and went straight back to Aiden. His eyes were opened. Thank the Lo rd. He was peering round the room and then his eyes locked on mine as soon as my presence came to view. 'Aiden.' I whispered. I ran up to him and hugged him carefully. 'How are you ?' 'Fine.' He replied. It felt so weird talking to him. He'd been gone for so long and now he was finally here. 'Did you miss me?' 'Of course I did.' 'I missed you too beautiful.' I went up to him and kissed him. His lips that I h adn;t touched properly for so long. ' So what did you do whilst I was away?' 'Truss. You don't wanna know. Long story.' 'I do wanna know. And cut a long story short.' 'Ok.Ok, fine. Well, I discovered my mum was moving to a different country. I got

into fights with Kianna.' 'Fights?' He interrupted. 'Yeah. Well I sorta, kinda pushed her down the stairs, made her unconscious, and thats about it.' 'And that was long for you to tell me?' 'Yeah well its long if you actually lived it.' 'Yeah well.. I've missed you so much. And our little soon to be baby.' He said l ooking at my belly. 'I know, 2 1/2 months pregnant. I can't wait.'

Days passed and I was starting to become overly bored. My belly was slowlsy star ting to become bigger, but not a lot though to the extent where you could baitly see it. I visited Aiden on a regs and I decided that I was gonna visit him again today, seeing as there was nothing to do.

'Hey babes.' I greeted him when I was at his ward. He smiled at me and I kissed him getnly on his lips. 'You ok?' 'Yeah,yeah. Just overly bored in this place.' 'Trust.' I went into my bag and got out basic stuff that he would need in the ho spital. New clothes etc... 'Thanks.' He said to me. 'You welcome.'

A nurse came in and checked up on Aiden. Hopefully he was doing brilliantly and could come home soon. 'Er sorry to disturb. But Mr. Matthews I just need to examine your leg, if thats ok.' 'Yeah, yeah., Course.' 'So how are you feeling ?' She asked. 'Alright.' 'Feel any pain?' 'Er.. not really just a little bit.' 'Ok, I'm just gonna check your leg.'

She started touching his leg and feeling around it. 'Ok this might hurt She warned. She lifted his leg and tried to stretch it. I could tell it ing him, but he tried not to show it. 'Right. Mr. Matthews, your leg is ng but has still some swelling. A doctor will soon come and say whether ely to go home yet.' 'Thanks Nurse.' I told her. She smiled at me and walked off. 'I cant wait for you to come home.'

a bit.' was hurt recoveri your lik

'Yeah truss, so I can spend more time with you and our baby.' I smiled at him. I layed on his bed, laying beside him and placed my head on his chest whilst he w as stroking my hair.

'Oh yeah, I need to tell you some things that I said to the police. Cos I know t hat now your awake, police will be coming to question you.' 'Oh yeah, what did you tell them.' 'Erm, that a man with one of them black burgular masks told us to stay in our ho use otherwise he'd kill us. Something like that.' 'What about Kianna ?' He asked curiously. 'What about her ?' 'Didn't you say anything to the police about her?' 'No.' 'Why?' 'Because I don't want trouble. I didn't want the police to arrest her. Just let everything be normal again.' 'Are you that dumb, why wont you tell the police?' 'Aiden are you tryna say that I shoulda snaked her out ?' 'Well... ' I lifted my head from his chest and looked at him in the eyes. 'Why would I want to do that?' 'Cah, the dumb girl shot me.' 'Yeah, well you shot Reece.' I let out coldly. There was a long silence. 'I thought we weren't gonna bring that up?' He said to me. 'Yeah, well its kinda hard not to.' 'Oh. So everytime I do or say something wrong, your gonna bring up the past?' 'No. No I won't. But in this situation it's kinda hard not to. Especially you be ing a hypocrite.'

'Ah, I beg you shut up.' 'No, no I won't. She helped you and never told the police what you did to Reece. -' He cut me off. 'Err didn't tell the police? Well I remember the police rading our yard, arresti ng me and then saying I was being arrested on suspicion of murder. Meaning Kiann a called.' 'Yeah, but .. she withdrawed her statement.' 'Yeah before telling us that one of us were about to die.' 'Yeah, well you still have no right to tell me to snake. YOU out of all people.' I got up from him and startec putting my coat on.' 'Yeah go on walk away, just like you always do.' 'The only time I've ever had to walk away was if I was trying to save us.' I walked off then stopped at the door. 'You know what Aiden, if you tell the police that it was Kianna, even so much me ntion her name then.. then ...' I couldn't finish my sentence. Your probably thinking that if I don't like Kiann a, why am i tryna protect her. But I'm not. I've already sorted things out into everything being normal again a nd if he tells the police then my whole normal life thingy majidy will all come crashing down again. Hopefully, you'll understand. Aiden slid his covers off him, got off the bed and limped towards me. Chupid boy , he should just sit down cah he's leg is hurting him. 'Then what? Huh ?' Go on say what you were gonna say.' He was right up in my fac e. 'And then...' I whispered. 'What? We're over. Is that what you was gonna say?' His face was so close to mine that I could fill his warm breath brush against my face. I got the courage and replied. 'Yeah. Yeah if you mention her, then we're over.' 'Over that dumb little b-tch?' 'Yeah.' 'Ahhh. Amaya stop acting like a clueless b-tch and come to your rass senses.' 'Aiden, you always were a prick.' His words hurt so much but if that was the way he was gonna act then fine. I pushed him away from me then walked out the hospital.TISHAN : Never in my life would I ever thought that I'd be coming here. In the past I wou

ld never imagine me being here. The thought was just impossible. But I was here. I stopped at the gates taking a deep breath in. Should I go? Or shouldn't I ? B ut I carried on walking. Even though I didn't want to. I can't be here. But I ne eded to be. It was the only way I'll be close... I walked on the path given with thoughts whizzing round my mind. No matter what I thought though I kept on walking. Keep walking, keep walking. I looked around at the place. It was so peaceful but so quiet. Too quiet for my likings. I was walking a long time until I finally reached the place I was trying to get to. I stopped in such a silence that I couldn't even hear my breathing. Literally, it felt like my breathing stopped. I felt dead almost, well it was a best place for it. I crouched down next to his grave. Staring at it. And thats when I could hear my breathing coming alive again. I stared at his grave, I just couldn't get myself to look away. I put my flowers, showing my respect. 'Reece.' I whispered. I shouldn't be here on my own., I should've got one of my boys to come with. I couldn't take this sh#t on my own. Just knowing he is there , on his own 6ft into the ground frickin' scared the rass out of me. I didn't ev en bother reading what was on engraved on his plaque. There was no point. It onl y made me wanna cry. 'Reece.' I called out. He weren't just any person. This boy was my boy, we were like brothers. Why the f#ck would someone take him away from me. Why the rass wo uld thery? Suddenly a wave of anger burst through me. I started punching the ground with su ch force. 'I swear Reece. I'll find out whoever did this to you.. I swear.. ' One tear tri ckled down my cheek. It's amazing, I ain't cried since Reece's funeral and that was like 3 years ago. ' I swear Reece, when I find out who did this to you, I sw ear I will....' I trailed off. I was so angry, I nearly roe the flowers to shred s. But I kept composure. But I stormed off out the cemetry and never looked back .

Jada :

I walked into the 'Shining Rainbow' ward and looked in and out of rooms looking for my sister.

And everyone I went to I asked 'Have you seen my sister called Sephy?'. I will j ust be about ready to describe how she looks but they always replied 'No.' Looki ng at me as if I'm crazy. Gosh, I hate hospitals. Seriously, how are you suppose d to know what she even looks like if I haven't even described her. Kmt. Dumb pe ople. I didn't care what I had to do to find her. I didn't care, I looked in eve rbodys private cubicles asking if they'd seen her. I just simply drew the cutain s then asked them.

I was seriously beginning to get worried. Where the rass was she ? I looked in a nother ward and looked in someones cubicle. I drew the curtains away and popped my head round so the person could see me. It was some gorgeous boy. Jheezz, 'Sorry erm..' I smiled at him. 'Have you seen a girl called Sephy?' 'Nope. What does she look like?' He smiled back. Finally a person that actually asked. I sorta try not to giggle when he smiled at me. Come on Jada, lets play c ool. 'Erm.. she's quite short but a very mature face. Brown skin, but not light. Dark brown hair that come up to her shoulders.' 'Nah ain't seen her, sorry.' I smiled at him and was about to leave but he stopped me when he said. 'I should probably help you look for her.' 'You what?' I asked stunned. 'I should help you look. Seeing as I'm bored just sitting here. This could keep me occupied.' 'Ok. Sure, you can come.' I said a little bit of uncertain. 'Whats your name babe?' Babe. Did he just call me babe? 'Jada, yours ?' 'Aiden.' 'Ok. So what are you in hospital for anyways?' 'Bullet wound.' 'Ouch.' I didn't wanna keep on asking questions and going into details cos he co uld get really bored. There was quite a long silence when we were walking round the hospital. Well me walking and him limping.We were hardly even looking. Aide n finally broke the silence. 'So wait. Have you even asked the receptionist where the girl your looking for m ight be?' I stared at him with a smirk on my face. I could feel my cheeks going lighter an d lighter. 'I, er, forgot. Sorry.' He laughed at me. Geez, he must think I'm a total idiot now. But he look gorgeou s when he smiled. I walked up to the closest receptionist. 'Sorry to bother you but do you know where Sephy Ryans might be?' 'Might do. Sorry but who are you to her?' 'Her sister. Step sister.' I added.

'Yeah. Just give me one minute.' The lady turned around and tried to track down where she is. Aiden turned to me. 'So wait. You just randomly come into the hospital and walk around everywhere, e xpecting to find your sister.' 'Well, no. Not really. Sephy said she would be in the 'Shining Rainbow' ward but she weren't there so...' I trailed off. I looked away shyly. Oh my gosh I was so dumbbbb. The woman turned back to us. 'Yes, Sephy is in the 'clinic unit' just below this floor. Just go straight in a nd see another receptionist to give you information in what specific room she is in.' 'Thank you.' I began walking then noticed Aiden turning away from me and walking in the other direction. 'Bye.' He called out. 'Bye? Where are you going?' 'Back to my bed. You've found your sister and now you want me to go, so I'm sayi ng bye.' He walked off into the corridor. I chased after him. When I reached him I tapped him lightly on the back. He turn ed around and smiled at me. I returned his smile. ' Could you please come with m e?' 'Hmm... why ?' 'Cos.' I paused. 'Cos I hate seeing my sister in hospitals in her state. It make s me feel uncomfortable. That's why I always lose myself in hospitals. Cos I've been here so many times on my sisters behalf. Thats why I was dumb enough no to go to the receptionist. Her being here all the time worries me.' 'Why she always here?' 'One day she's been found on the streets laying there totally pissed. One day sh e's been in a fight. The next she's hurt herself. And the next .. and the next . . and the next.. I', surprised I'm not an expert at this hospital by now.' 'Fine. I'll follow you.' Aiden gave in. 'Thanks.'' We walked our way all the way down to Sephys ward. I went to the receptionist as instructed then went to my sister's room. 'Sephy?' I called. 'I'm in here.' Aiden and I walked up to her. 'Oh.' She said clocking Aidens pres ence. 'I've see you've made a new friend.' 'Yeah,yeah. So what've you done this time?' 'Oh nothing major. Just had a fight in Sainsburys with some next girl. That's al

l.' 'By the looks of it, it looks like the girl gave you a good kick in.' Aiden spok e with confidence to my sister.Looking at her cuts and bruises. 'Err, no. It was a fair fight. It's only cos she had long fingernails.' Aiden looked as if he never even heard what my sister said. He looked up at the time and let out a small faint gasp. 'Listen, Jada. I've got to go. The Doctor is coming to see me about my leg any m inute from now.' 'Yeah and I have to stay in this stupid hospital for like 2 days, the doctor sai d.' Sephy told me. 'I'll see you later Jada.' Aiden told me. 'Aiden, at least let me help you to take you to your ward. It's the least I coul d do.' 'Yeah yeah sure fine.' He agreed. He put his arm around me and I put my arm around his wais and he limped back to his ward.

AIDEN:

'Your lucky enough to be let out early with just crutches on. Don't forget Aiden , you must let your leg heal otherwise your leg could end up even more disastrou s like than the last time.' The Doctor told me. I can't believe it, I was going home. It meant that I could spend some more time with Amaya. But the thought of her sl ammed into my face. We weren't talking. But I could change that right ? Or maybe we just need more space first. I'll just hang around with Jada.

JADA : 'I heard a knock on my door and I instantly knew who it was. Me and Aiden have b een hanging out at the hospital lately. Just before he got out, I gave Aiden my address. I opened the door and smiled at him. He returned my smile and hopped a long inside my house with his crutches. 'You alright babe?' Babe. Geez, I loved it when he called me that. 'Yeah, brilliant. You ?' 'I'm good.'

We sat down at the sofa in the living room and watched tv for a little while. 'So how comes your not at your yard?' I asked. He looked away from the tv and looked at me. 'No reason. Thought I'd just pay yo u a visit.' ' Oh. Cool. Great.' I tried to not give him the satisfaction of him thinking I l iked him. But the smile I gave him wore upon my cheek. 'Listen, Jada.' He gathered. I loved it when he said my name. ' I know we ain't known eachother for that long but would it be ok if I stayed round your yard for like 3 days?' I waited a long moment before I asnwered him. It was certainly a pleasure to tak e him in, but why didn't he just go home. 'Er, yeah, sure you can stay.' I agreed like a fool. I only liked him and he's a lready got me doing things for him. But I am 18 now and he's 19. I'm sure I can take responsibilities for my actions. Learn from my mistakes. That's if I ever d id a mistake with him. But other than that, I really enjoy having Aiden for coma pny. It was fun hanging around him.AMAYA: It's been at least 5 days I ain't seen or heard from Aiden now. I eventually got fed up of moping around the house and decided that I was going to go to the hospital and visit him today. Just to sort stuff out with him, you know, clear the air. I got myself ready and dressed up. Today I wore my grey adiddas hoodie to cover my pregnancy. I wouldn't really say cover up actually seeing as if I wore a type top you still wouldn't have clocked. Truss, i'm not that far gone. I wore my baggy jeans so I was nice and comfortable and not too tight. I quickly strained myslef to put on my black airforece (Geez, how i loved them off .) I quickly brushed my hair into a ponytail and soon left.

I went straight to hiss ward and straight too his cubicle. I've been here so man y times I knew exactly where it was. But.. his bed was empty and his sheets were all layed out in a perfect manner. I went back the way I came and went to the receptionist desk. 'Erm sorry.' I caught her attention. ' But do you know where Aiden Matthews migh t be?' 'Yep, hold on. Let me just check for you.' The woman prompted. I waited at least 5 minutes waiting for the woman to report back to me. She seem ed to be struggling to find him seeing as she was making phone call after phone call... It was another 5 minutes later when she started nodding her head in resp onse to what the person at the other end of the call was saying to her. She put the phone down and came up to me. 'Darling, Aiden Matthews was dismissed 3 days ago.' 'Oh.' I said trying not to look stunned it;s only make me embarassed. Yeah, chec

k the pregnant girl out that don't even know where her own boyfriend is. 'Thank you anyways.' I said to the woman. 'You welcome.' I walked out the building still in shock. Aiden was already gone? - Matter of fact he was gone and he didn't even call me ? Three days ago, serio usly? The woman must've made an mistake. This couldn't be right. I pinched my phone out of my back pocket and dialled his number immediately. Sh#t/ No answer. I called him about 5 more times after that. And then another. I left several messages on his phone. - Should I phone the police. I mean, he cou ld be injured or dead laying somewhere. I couldn't believe this.

I knocked on his friends door that I knew too. And asked them if they'd seen him . They all replied no. Great, just great. Now what was I going to do ? Think,thi nk,think. I walked at a fast pace. Thank the Lord I wasn't three months pregnant or more otherwise I'd probably had pass out by all this walking i'm doing. I carried on walking and I reached Kortneys yard. I knocked on the door, not banging too hard even though it was my hour of desper ation. Kortney opened her door. 'Ahh, thank God you ain't gone Uni yet.' 'Yeah, I know cos I've got delayed. My courses ain't taken regestration yet.' 'Kortney listen. Have you seen Aiden by any chance ?' She looked at me as if I was dumb. Maybe I am if I don't even know where he is. 'No I ain't seen him.' 'Argh.' I let out, getting very frustrated. 'Never mind, forget it.' I set off a nd walked around the streets that circled the park. I was fiddling my nails, bec oming more and more worried by the second. Tears started to well i my eyes, but I didn't cry. Where is he ? Maybe I should just call the police. But I decided to call him again, just one more time. It just went straight to voice mail. 'Listen Aiden hun it's me. Amaya. You Ok? Where are you ? I'm worried sick. Just please call me as soon as you get this.' I spoke. I breathed in heavily and decided to go to the chinese shop for a takeaway then call the police. -I was ordering my food when I heard some laughter from down the road. I took no notice of it until I heard my familiar voice. Aiden. I jogged outside and saw him cracking up laughing, talking with some girl.

I called his name but he couldn't hear me. He was too far for him to hear me. I couldn't run up to him either in my condition. I had to walk at a very fast pace

to them, quick. They were going in a corner and I had to follow them. They walked into some house, I'm guessing hers and my heart beat furociously aga inst my ribcage, it was like a dog trying to escape its leash. I walked to the house eventually and banged my fists on the door. It was silent for a while. SO i banged on it harder. The girl opened the door an d stopped in mid laughter when she saw me. I swear I've seen this girl before? 'Who are you?' She asked. 'Don't bother asking me questions. Is Aiden there?' I tried to walk in but she q uickly stepped in front of the door firmly so I couldn't get in. 'Why do you need to know where he is?' She claimed. 'Listen move outta my way and call Aiden.' 'No. I don't know who you are so get out of my house.' 'Let me in or get Aiden.' 'No.' 'Who are you anyway to Aiden anyway?' I asked her with some attitude. 'His close friend.' She said, sounding very pleased with herself. 'Now answer my question, who are you?' 'His Girlfriend.'She looked so stunned, very stunned. I could tell she wasn't ex pecting that answer but I gave it to her regardless. 'I thought he never had a girl friend ..' She stammered. 'Yeah well he obviously does. Me.'

AIDEN : 'So can you please get Aiden.' I heard. I knew that voice. Sh#t it was Amaya.

AMAYA :

I walked in following this girls lead. She took me into the living room. But for some reason, she never went in, she just stood outside waiting. To be honest, I didn't really care about her. I was here for one thing and one thing only. I wa lked in and saw Aiden siting down on the sofa , he immediately looked up. 'What are you doing here?' I asked him. 'I, er ... ' I knew what I was doing, I knew what I was asking him.

'When did you get out of the hospital?' I asked playing it cool. There was silence. Not a word. 'Oh, let me guess... I think you got let out roug hly around 3 days ago. Why didn't you come home ?' There was still silence, still not a word from him. 'If you'd have just called, or told me. I thought you were dead Aiden or lying somewhere injured.' Still silence. Why weren't this dumb boy answer me or at least speak. This boy m ust seriously take me for a dickhead. 'You know what? Forget it Aiden.' I walked off and barged the girl out the way. I walked along the path leading towards the road. I heard him call mr. 'Amaya, wait.' I never answered or him or even slightly turn around to look at h im. 'Amaya, please.' It was then when he took a hold of my arm and pulled me gen tly to face him. 'What do you want Aiden ?' I said impatiently. ' Why don't you turn back around and run off to your little friend. Never mind me.' He tried to hug me but I shoved him hard in the chest. I gave him a very dirty s crew and strutted back home.

JADA:

I couldn't believ it. When that girl said those two words to me. Shocked the lif e outta me. 'His Girlfriend.' Was all that played back in my mind until I snappe d back into reality. He had a girlfriend? For real ?. Ahh, what was her name. Am aya, i think. Something like that. Well .. she's pretty. Beautiful infact. There was no chance I could compete with her. But why didn't Aiden tell me he had a g irlfriend. Why did he lead me on? Well technically, he didn't lead me but I like d him so much I thought he felt the same way. Obviously not? I stared at Aiden, watching him stand there looking at Amaya walk off. He turned around and looked at me. I stared back at him then went inside the hou se. He followed me. 'Listen, Jada. -' 'Why did you want to stay here? Wasn't your girlfriend keeping you happy?' Damn, those words stung. Using the word girlfriend to him knowing that it weren't me. Well ture say we've only know eachother for a little while so I couldn't be exp ecting too much of him like me and him were going out. But we did proper bond li ke 24/7. I really started to care for him. 'I told you, I just want a change of scene. Spend some time with you.' 'But why. You have a girlfriend. Why didn't you even tell me you had one.' 'What does it matter to you anyway. It's not like me and you are going out, low it.' He let out. If i thought using the word girlfriend stung that was nothing compared to what A iden just said to me. He noticed the hurt in myself.

'Look baby, I'm sorry Jada. I didn't know you ...' He trailed off. 'I think you should leave.' 'Jada don't be like this.' I looked at him and he began walking or hopping to the door. 'Aiden wait.' 'What?' 'You've forgotten your things.' I said to him whilst handing him his items.

TISHAN :

'Ey Michael. I need your help.' I called out to him. 'Yeaah. Anything you want.' He joked. 'We need to try and find out who hurt Reece.' Michael looked at me as if I was crazy. 'Nah man, I can't do that.' 'What? Are you gonna let me down?' 'Tishan man. Just low it. Reece is dead, theres nothing we can do about it.' My temper rose like a boiling kettle . I snapped and grabbed him by his throat a nd thrust his body against the wall. 'Don't you EVER talk about Reece like that again.' Silence. I shook him wildly. ' Do you hear me ?' I recieved a shove from him which made me automatically fall a couple step backw ards. 'No I don't f#cking hear you. Stop treating me like I'm your rass pet. If you wa nt to help Reece, then just leave everything the way it is in peace. Don't go up and cause some trouble.' 'Shut up ! You don't know what Reece would want. We need to take revengee on the guy or guys that did that to him.' 'No not we. You. You do if you want to. Not the rest of us. It's your ting so yo u go along and do your business by yourself.' Michael shoved me heard and walked off. When did he get brave? I'll show him lat er whose boss.

I've been trying to get as many man to help back me up with the Reece ting. They all turning me down. But why? Why aren't they on it. Their boy got shot, they s

hould be happy to take revenge. When Reece was here all dem mans were hyped up r eady for anything. Now their heads are down and aint doing shizzle. I guess I wa s on my own. If it had to be like that, so be it. But finding the person that di d this is gonna be so hard. But I will get it eventually, no matter how long it takes. But right now, I had to take my mind off of all this and go to my girls y ard.

AMAYAH : I heard the key click in it's position. I knew it was him, who else? Why was he here ? Couldn't he stay and play around his friends yard? He was sure happy eno ugh there. KMT. Dickhead. I was deep in thought but placing my eyes firmly on th e tv. He sat down next to me. He tried to place his hand on mine but I shrugged it off. He moved closer to me. I could smell his scent. That lovely smell of his that always made me tingle inside. I had'nt been this close to him like this in such a long time. I still loved him, of course I did. Nothing will ever change that. But why did he always have to give me so much pain. 'Amaya.' He whispered. 'Why did you go there?' I asked him without beating round the bush. 'I just.. I needed a change of scene.' He said. I could tell he was really tired of saying that answer. 'A change of scene ? Aiden incase you haven't noticed here but I'm pregnant. How could you leave me?' 'Leave you? I remember you storming out of the hospital.' 'You were so mean to me in the hospital.' 'Because you were making me feel like I didn't have a choice to do anything, as if your superior in everything that goes on.' 'You were supposed to stick by me. Aiden I thought once you were out of that hos pital you'd be racing home to come and spend time with me. 'Amaya baby. I'm sorry.' A tear trickled from my eye. 'If you wanted a change of scene, why didn't you ju st go to one of your boys yard, like Jamals? Why hers ?' 'I-I don't know. She was just there. Thats all. She's my -' I interrupted. 'Aiden do you still love me.' He looked at me, his eyes playing all over my face . 'Of course I do, I always will, no matter what.' He leaned forwards and kissed m e gently on my lips. We ain't done this for time. And I miss it. I miss us most of all. I kissed him back and there we were lipsing, on the couch.

TISHAN : I needed to take my mind off of trying to find out who killed Reece. I knocked o n my girls yard.

She opened the door. 'Hey baby.' She said. I smiled at her then kissed her on he r lips. I walked in her yard and went straight up to her room. I was kinda black ed out still. Hoodie nearlycovering my whole face stil.. I couldn't risk anyone from these ends see me. After all, I weren't from these ends, from this gang. Do nt want anyone catching me slipping. But my girl doesn't know I'm in a gang. Not just any gang. A gang thats in rival with mine. Not just any rival, a deep one. One of these boys here killed Reece. And I'll make sure they don't make it to t he new years. And I couldn't tell my girl that I was in a gang, she hated them g ang sh#t and it would kill her if she knew I was in one. 'You alright babe?' I asked her. 'Yeah, I'm fine. You?' 'Great. I could see that she was bored on the computer. But I didn't care, just watching her entertained me. Damn, she is sexyy. Her sexy red hair, her green eyes, face not too pale. Ahh, she turned me on. I loved her like mad though. She may not t hink it, but I love her. 'I love you Kortney.' I said to her.'Do you?' She said. Acting like she didn't r eally believe me. 'Yeah I do. And I ain't just saying that.' 'Yeah, well I love you too.' She came up to me and kissed me on my lips. Dammnnn . I kissed her back and we started lipsing on her bed when she finally pulled aw ay. 'I'm bored Tishan.' 'Yeah, well what do you wanna do ?' 'Dunno. But I'll be back, lemme get om and went downstairs. Kortney was mes, but tonight she weren't really year now. This has been the longest one that makes me smile these days. 'em like its nothing. something downstairs.' She walked out her ro so beautiful damn. We've had sex loads of ti feeling it. We've been going out for like a relationship ever. Truss me. She's the only Other chicks are just a quick beat then drop

Kortney came back with pure alcohol bottles in her hand. She was planning to get licked. All I saw was Vodka, Bacardi, Rum, Cider,.. pure things.. I grabbed some bottles and popped them open. Kortney played some music from the computer and turned it up to full volume. Themm sho' bashment came on and she st arted whining on me. Jheeezzz, man drank from the the bottle like it was nothing . Kortney was licked already, dancing round the room like she had some next boos ter sh#t/.

....

I was lying on the bed totally drunk. But Kortney was licked. I ain't never seen her like this before ever. She started giggling to herself. Then crawled up to me and kissed my lips. hmm;

'Babbyyy' She slurred. 'What?' I answered laughing at her. 'Do you wanna know a secret?' 'Yeah what is it?' 'Actually no. I can't tell you, that would be like breaking the friendship code. ' 'Isit?' 'Yeah this secret. Is #topsecret.' 'I wanna know, tell me.' 'I can't, otherwise Amaya will never talk to me ever again.' She slurred, she so unded like a two year old trying to speak like a grown up. 'Why?' 'Cos, this secret is a BIGG SECRET ! It's not a good thing doe.' 'Why aint it good?' 'SHHHHH! Lower your voice they might hear us !' I laughed at her ridiculousness. No one was even in the house. LMAO. 'What's so funny Tishan ?' 'You. When your licked you make me laugh.' She laughed with me and came to lie d own on top of me. 'I love you Tishan.' She said. 'I love you too.'

KORTNEY : I was silly pissed. I could hardly even talk properly. I was laying ontop of Tis han with my head sweating like mad. My mind was just blank. I was just saying th ings, can't even remember what I said like two seconds ago. 'I went to visit some boy called Reece yesterday.' He told me. 'Reece? Whose Reece?' 'My friend. Was.' 'REECE !' my head shot up like I'd been electrocuted. 'I've heard of that name b efore. Do you know why?' 'No. Why?' He said barely above a whisper. Or maybe my mind was just too crazy f or me to pay attention to anything. 'Well, Reece is in on the secret. He's part of the BIG SECRET I was telling you

about!' Tishan looked at me like I was crazy. 'Nah, it musn't be the Reece, I know.' 'Yeah it musn't be.' 'I went to go to his grave. His dead.' He let out. 'Reece is dead?' 'Yeah? But.. I know a Reece that is dead.' 'Ssshh, Kortney your just drunk bequiet.' 'No. Cos If I tell you the secret which has go to do with Reece you'd be so inte rested.' 'No I wouldn't. Kortney shut up!'Tishan was getting angry. Or was he happy? :S 'Why are you angry?' 'Cos your chatting bullcrap.' 'No i'm not. Tishan you have to believe me. Listen to me.' 'No.' 'Listen to me Tishan.' I begged him like a drunk. Hardly even speaking correctly .

TISHAN: 'Fine then. I'll listen to your rubbish story.' 'My best friend Amaya, is pregnant.' 'So?' 'Her mans called Aiden, and he;s .. he's done something bad. Very bad. He's very naughty.' 'Yeahh,yeahh. Whats he done?' 'Hmm; i don't know whther I should sayy? Because it's part of the secret.' 'Tell me the secret then.' 'I can't. Cos if I told Amaya would never forgive me ever ever ever ever ever ag ain. Never.' 'Ahh then stop talking then.Your just drunk, you need to cool off.' I told her. 'Tishan, stop getting angry with me. Fine you wanna know the secret?' 'What?'

'I'm gonna prove to you that I do know some boy called Reece. Well I did. Becaus e that boy Aiden killed him. He shot him and he died.'TISHAN :

I didn't get a wink of sleep. I couldn't, knowing what Kortney said last night. To be honest it wasn't even the bright morning yet. It was around 2 am. I just s tared at the ceiling laying on Kortneys bed with her head laying on my chest. Sh e was REALLY DRUNK when she said all those things. She couldn't have possibly me ant it. Drunk people say things they don't mean, isn't it. And thats what she wa s drunk. But sometimes drunk people seem to always stae what was on their mind, and that fact could be. She seemed quite serious enough when she was saying it. But my head was just confused, i didn't know what to do. I heard Kortney mumbling when her head started to move about. 'Aaah. Babe, get me some paracetamol, my head is killing me.' Kortney mumbled. 'Kortney.' I whispered. 'What?' she sounded irritated. Well i would be if I got so pissed last night and result into having a disgusting head ache. 'What did you say last night ?' 'Argh, Tishan. I ain't bothered to wnstairs to the kitchen and get me head and groaned in agony. I went r the paracetamol. I soon found it answer your dumb little questions. Just go do some paracetamol.' She placed her hand on her downstairs and searched all over the house fo and gave it to her.

KIANNA:

I was finally out of the hospital and was beginning to pack my bags and get read y to leave to uni. I've never ever felt so alone like this. I mean, yeah, my mum s here and that. But other than that, I felt so alone. No friends , nothing. I n eeded to get my life back together and move on. Amaya said if I was near her or her family she'd kill me. I wasn't scared of course. I knew she would try to kil l me. She already attempted it once. Infact twice. And I knew she could certainl y do it again. I just need to leave and get out of here. Clear my mind from all the poison that has seeped through. Or maybe I was the poison and thats why I ha ve to leave.

KORTNEY:

The paracetamol worked quick enough, I was so relieved that it did. That headach e was just literally awful. I won't drink that much again, it's just I wanted to take my mind off of all the things that was going on around me. With my friends . Everyone just always talks 'Oh hows Amaya? Hows Kianna? Hows Aiden ?' Why was it always them three. When I was stuck in the middle of this no one even thought to ask, 'how is Kortney feeling?' I am always stuck in the middle and the press ure of their secrets and lies just kinda weighs ontop of me. I was just sick and tired of it.

'Kortney.' Tishan whispered to me. Since we woke up he didn't look very happy. H e looked traumatised. As if he hardly wanted to speak to me. What did I do to hi m ? 'What?' 'What did you say last night to me?' 'How am I supposed to bloody know what I said? I frickin' passed out and your as king me to remember all those things that happened.' 'What did you say?' 'I don't know, you tell me. Tishan, jeez, relax and cool down.' 'You said ... A boy called Aiden killed my friend Reece.' Those words hit me lik e a bullet just creeped through my chest.

TISHAN:

'You said ... A boy called Aiden killed my friend Reece.' As soon as I said thos e words, her face expression changed into a ghost. She looked really scared. 'What're you talking about?' She finally let out. 'You said . -' 'It's not true. I was drunk. I was just chatting sh#t.' 'Whose Aiden ?' 'I don't know, I've never heard of him. I was just making stuff up .. -' 'Whose Aiden !' I said again. But with the volume of my voice turned a bit highe r. 'No one. Nobody. Tishan, calm down, it's not true. I was just -' 'Where does this Aiden boy live ?' 'I said I don't know who he is. I made him up. Tishan just let this conversation go. Its just lies, how many timed do I have to tell you that?' 'Reece is my friend. We're more than just friends, we're like brothers.'

KORTNEY :

I couldn't believe he knew. How did he knew? Well thats a rhetorical question, I knew how he knew. Me and by big mouth. I didn't mean to tell him, I swear. I ca n't even remember what happened that night. I was just simply drunk, and I was s o drunk that I opened my mouth and told him what has happened in my life. I'm so

stupid. Whats Amaya gonna say when I tell her? 'Tell me who killed him. I know you know Korts.' He said to me. It sounded like he was almost pleading. 'I don't know. Tishan, calm down. I was drunk.' 'I know when you were drunk you were telling the truth. So don't lie to me bi#ch !' 'Don't call me that. Reece is dead, the police are trying to find out who the ki ller is. I don't have the answers can't you see that. So stop and get out. ' He walked up to me and grabbed me. I've never ever seen this side to him before. He thrust me against the wall and his face was so close to my face that our nos e were touching. A tear escaped his eye and it rolled down the side of his cheek . He looked so weak though he was carrying my body against the wall. 'i'mma ask you one more time, who killed Reece?' 'What is it to you anyway? What are you even gonna do ?' 'Get some of my boys and we'll ... we'll ..' 'Your in a gang ?' I asked him shocked. He told me he wasn't in one. How could h e? I thought he loved me. 'I'm sorry Kortney.' I pushed him so hard he managed to let go of me and he look ed me straight in the eye. 'You said you wasn't in a gang. That explains why you come to my yard as if your trying to hide from someone. These ain't your ends. I trusted you, Tishan.' 'I'm sorry. ' He walked away from me and called someone on his phone.

'Ey Michael, rally the man up, I've found out whose Reece's killer.' '....' 'Just hurry up and come. I'm waiting. I'm in their turf, so just quick.' He locked off the phone and looked at me. 'Your gonna kill him?' I said to him. I started crying. 'Your gonna kill Aiden ! ' I ran up to him and tried to do anything I could to try and take his mind away f rom all of this. I hugged him and tried to kiss him but he pulled away. 'Please, don't do this. F or me. Please.' He didn't answer me and that's when the tears started flowing uncontrollably. 'J ust think Tishan. He's about to have a baby. He's about to start a new life. He has family. The baby will be lfet without a father cos of you. Just think about what your doing.' 'I've already thought about it.' He said casually. I had to try and warn Aiden.

I needed to run out, now and fast. I raced for the door and down the stairs. I t ried to open the door but my hands were too shaky. I didn't open it in time and Tishan grabbed me. 'LET GO OF ME!' I shouted punching him as hard as I could but the blows from my hand seemed to be having no affect on him whatsoever.

TISHAN :

I wasn't about to let her leave. Not now. I've been waiting for this moment for such a long time now and it was finally here. I held onto her and carried her up the stairs. She tried her best to wriggle out of my arms. But I was way too str ong for her. She screamed and she ranted but nothing she said was ever gonna let me go. This boy, Aiden, he needed to pay for what he did to Reece. I would neve r ever forgive him. He is gonna die tonight and I'll make sure of it. I forced K ortney to enter her room and I slammed the door behind me. I turned the lock on her door. 'So here how this morning is gonna go. Your gonna stay here whilst the man take care of Aiden.' 'You don't even know where he is.' She spat at me. 'I know i don't. But we'll find him, I'll make sure of that.' 'You make me sick. People like you make me sick.' She said. She was disgusted in me, I could tell. But she had to know I love her. Cos I do love Kortney no one could ever make me change that. But she probably doesn't even love me now. Not after what I'm causing her. I'm causing her pain. I hated doing it to her. Absol utely hated it. But I needed to get my own back for what Aiden did to Reece. I h ad to get him back. I had to show him the pain that my close friend Reece was go ing through. 'It's not too late to change all of this. Start over.' Kortney whispered to me. 'I can't change it. I don't want to. I need this boy to suffer.' 'This isn't the way Tishan, and you know it.' 'It is the way. The only way that will make him feel that pain that Reece was go ing through.' 'Why are you acting like this Tishan ? I don't like seeing you like this. It's l ike a whole completely different person to the Tishan I know.' 'Forgive me.' I said to her. 'No. Not ever. Not if you go through with this.' 'I have to, it's the only way.'

AIDEN :

I was walking up to my house back from work. From the point where I was walking

my house was too far. But it is nice to get some fresh air and take a stroll som etimes. But I didn't use my crutches, I was trying to get used to walking withou t them. It was disastrous at fast but now I'm starting to get the hang of it, th ough I still limp. Amaya should be asleep. Or maybe not. I never know with that girl anymore. I swear when your girls' pregnant it's supposed to make you feel c loser together than ever. But it was slowly drifting us apart. I think its becau se she's becoming so attatched to me and relying on me and anything little that I do could make her angry. I think she's just trying to build her trust, but may be it's not that. It could be so much more. I love Amaya though, I never stopped loving her. Not once. I don't think I ever will though. I just carried on walki ng with the thoughts playing in my head. But why did I feel like I was walking t owards something sad and tragic ? ...

KORTNEY:

I cried to myself. I can't believe Tishan is acting like this. Why couldn't he j ust be reasonable. And to think I loved him. To think I loved someone who had so much hatred stocked up inside. 'When you kill him, I never wanna see you again.' I let out.

He looked shocked at my statement. Did he seriously think that I wanted to be wi th someone who locked me inside my own room and made me wait until one of my clo se friends' die ? He must be so stupid to think I would still love him. And if h e loved me he wouldn't have been doing this. It was now 3 am and it felt like it was even darker than it was when it was 2 am. Or maybe it was just me. I didn't even feel for me. I feel so sad for Amaya and the baby. Their life was just fal ling apart bit by bit. And if Aiden dies it will all be my fault. And I'll never forgive myself for being so stupid enough. There was a knock at the door and my heart skipped a beat. Had they killed him already. Tishan knew that if he left the room I would've found a way to get out so he looked outside from the window and called out. 'I CAN'T LEAVE THIS ROOM OTHERWISE THE GIRL WOULD RUN AWAY!' 'WHAT DO YOU EXPECT ME TO DO THEN ?' The voice called out. 'Just ram it down.'

I waited to hear the loud bang that came from downstairs. I heard the boy walk u p the stairs which led to him knocking on the door. He walked in and I noticed w ho it was. I knew him, since when was he in their little gang? He clocked me too and tried not too make it bait that he knew me. 'Yo.' He greeted Tishan. ' Ey Tishan, all the man outside ain't gonna kill Aiden , they're saying you have to do it.' 'What?' He looked startled . 'Listen, Michael. I'm gonna go outside quickly. Loo k after her, make sure she doesn't escape.' Michael nodded and looked straight at me as soon as Tishan left.

'So your Tishan's chick.' He said to me. 'I ain't anybody's chick.' I snapped at him. 'Michael please let me go. He's gon na kill him, I can't just sit back and do nothing.' 'I can't do that. Tishan will kill me. Literally.' 'So thats how your gonna be?' He looked back at me with sympathy written all ove r his face. I knew I was getting to him. 'Michael, please let me go.' Tears were emerging from my eyes. When the though of Aiden getting killed was too over whe lming.

TISHAN :

I walked outside to where all the boys were. David passed me the knife that I needed to use on Aiden. You see, thats the best thing about it. Using a gun would hardly be painless for him. A knife would sti ck to the end of him, causing as much pain to him than he did to me, to Reece or to anyone who loved him.

KORTNEY :

I found myself kissing Michael, deeply kissing him. I was only doing this so I c ould persuade him to let me go. I pulled away from him. Me and Michael had histo ry. We used to go out and then I left him .. but he stil likes me and all that b ullsh#t . Bla.. blla... blaa... 'I love you, you know.' Michael told me. 'Well if you did, you would let me go.' I knew he was thinking about it in his h ead but he came to a resounding no when he refused to let me go. I was running o ut of options now and I had to quickly say what came to my mind. 'Michael if you let me go me and you could do a little thing together you know. And i'll let you touch me in places where you've never touched before.' I whispe red in his ear trying to sound sexy. It worked though. For at least a second. 'K. Go. Actually no wait. Your not going anywhere, how dumb do you think I am?' He was started to get angry. I couldn't wait any longer. Aiden was in danger and I weren't gonna try and wait until they kill him. No way was I ever gonna let t hat happen. He turned around and I steadily creeped across the room and took a h old of my lamp. 1 .. 2 .. 3 .. I ran up to him, he turned around to see what was going on and I swang the lamp and hit him straight in the face. He looked at me for 2 seconds and dropped to t he ground.

He weren't dead, just unconscious and that was ok. For now.

TISHAN :

'COME ON LETS GO !' I shouted as the man followed behind me walking up to where Aiden lived.

KORTNEY:

I knew I wasn't gonna get to Aiden before them. I ran outside in the hallway and grabbed the house phone and called 999. 'Yes. Police please.' 'What is the emergency?' 'Someones about to get killed. A gang is gonna kill him. Just .. just get here a s fast as you can !' 'Ok, the address please?' I told them the address and dropped the phone as soon as I was done with the ca ll.

I opened the window an stuck my leg out, placing it on some wooden roof tile. I stuck my other leg out and placed on another tile. I prayed to God that I didn 't fall. Please don't fall. Please. I tried not to look down, but I did anyway. I placed my hands on some pipe thing and tried to balance it out and climb down wards.

TISHAN :

We walked in a row pacing ourselves slowly on the streets. I couldn't help havin g a little smirk on my face. The dumb boy that killed my friend is gonna die. Wi th pleasure. But at the same time, I couldn't help stop thinking about Kortney. I loved her too much for him. It may not look like I lover her. But I really do. But I had to do this first. She just needs to know that whatever she decides fo r the both of us, I will always love her, no matter what. It's a shame I couldn' t tell her that.

KORTNEY:

I was finding it so hard to breathe properly. But if I wanted to save so many li ves today, I couldn't think about me. I had to do it. I could risk killing mysel f, by jumping fromm this height. But it's worth the risk. I held my breath in and jumped and tried so hard to land on my toes. The pain th at seped through my leg was in a manner that I tried so hard to prevent. I got u p and limped as fast as I could to Aiden and Amaya's yard.

AMAYA:

I stared outside the window, waiting, hoping for Aiden to come home. He never us ually took so long like this. Since I've been pregnant I've become more and more paranoid by the minute. I sometimes don't feel like I trusted Aiden. But he's m y boyfriend and I'm carrying his child. I have to make do with the love that we have. And I certainly do enjoy the love that we'd share together.

TISHAN:

At the point where we reached the park I immediately heard the mans shouting. 'thats him, thats him!' was all I heard. 'that's him.' Was all it took to get th e anger bursting out, coming to life. I got the knife ready. I raced towards him , anger blocking my sight, anger blocking my ears, anger blocking my mouth. All I could hear in my head 'was kill him.' It was kill him that I didn't even see . ..

KORTNEY :

I raced against the clock or shall I say against the gang to get him. When I saw him my heart skipped a beat. 'AIDEN !' I called out. Tears were streaming from my eyes.

AMAYA :

I stared at the window when I suddenly saw Kortney shouting at the top of her lu ngs for Aiden. Aiden stopped abruptly and looked at her with confusement. What w as going on ? Why was Kortney crying? Whats happening?

KORTNEY :

I ran up to him unaware that the gang was there, unaware that Tishan was there r acing to kill him. I ran to Aiden crying him to get out. 'Aiden get out of here! Run !' He didn't s eem to understand. Why the f'ck couldn't he understand and just get out of here before it was too late. I carried on running, I stepped ...

TISHAN:

The anger that was filled in my body suddenly took a giant wave and took over me . I didn't even know what I was doing. All that was in my mind 'just kill him an d run. do it. do it .do it. do it.' I didn't even know that Kortney stepped infront of him.

KORTNEY :

I ran towards him and stepped infront of him. Aiden gasped at something behind m e. I turned around and thats when it happened. I gasped at the pain.

TISHAN :

I didn't know what just happened. I was reaching in for the kill, then suddenly Kortney was there, unexpectedly. It was too late for me to stop. It all happened in a split second/

AMAYA:

Whatever happened next, I was too in shock for me too describe it. I made a run for the front door.

KORTNEY :

I gasped as the knife seeped into me. Aiden watched in horror. It was Tishan. He was meant to kill Aiden but I stepped infront of him and here we were. The knif e in my body. Tishan with tears in his eyes. Aiden shocked too gobsmacked to say

anything. Amaya watching from her door in horror. And finally, Kianna, running from the end of the street towards me obviously terrified of what just took plac e. The whole street just stood still for a second. Tishans hands were still on the knife. I placed my hand on the wound and saw blo od trickling all over my hand. I looked into his eyes. His eyes, gee his eyes we re filled with sorrow, such hurt. He does love me. It is a shame it had to be sh own this way. He gasped at what he just done. 'Kortney, I'm so sorry.' It was then when the world started moving again and I could hear the loud, squea ky sirens drifting to my ears. The pain hurt like crazy. I saw Amaya and Kianna run towards me. But the world stopped again, I couldn't hear properly or see, or talk. Everythin g was becoming more faiint and faint.

AIDEN :

I couldn't think everything was just happening too fast. But I was ok enough. Bu t Kortney wasn;t. She looked as if she was gonna faint any second. She dropped and I caught her in my arms. There was a massive amount of blood. Sh e was heavy and her weight lowered us to the floor. Tears streamed down my face. WHAT SHOULD I DO !

TISHAN:

I never left her sight. I was too weak to leave her. Especially knwoing what I d id. It was an accident. She was meant to be at her house. I couldn't stay with h er much longer as the police dragged me away. They could kill me too for all I c are. I couldn't live any more knowing what I just done. 'Tishan Graham you are under arrest for attempted murder. You do not have to say anything. But it may harm your defence if you do not mention when questioned so mething which you later rely on in court. Anything you do say may be given in ev idence.' The police officer said to me. They dragged me away and pushed me firml y into the car. 'I love you Kortney.' I whispered. The car drove off with the sirence whisteling around making me feel as if I shou ld just go to hell.

AMAYA:

The paramedics ran to us helping Kortney. 'HELP HER PLEASE !' I cried. Aiden was so stunned. He stood still motionless but tears running firmly. Kianna stood th ere crying. 'I'm so sorry.' The paramedic said. No this couldn't be. This reality must be the cruelest, ever. Nah she couldn't b e dead.

'Time of death 3:47 am.'

'NOOOOOOOO !' I screamed ! I dropped to the ground and cried my heart out. Aiden looked away at shook his head to himself and cried. Kianna screamed too. Why, w hy did this have to be happening? Why Kortney ? Kortney never did anything wrong . My darling, Kortney. My darling Kortney is dead. We waited in my house trying not to look at the scene where it all happened. I' m so upset. My bestfriend Kortney is dead. Theres nothing that I or anyone could do about that. I can't beleive she saved Aiden she ... she .. I cried as Aiden cuddled me. Kianna was crying too. I don't even know why she wa s in my house , I guess we're just all too upset to cause a fuss. It is a time f or grieving not arguing. I missed Kortney so much. I just want her back.

AIDEN :

I walked out the living room away from Amaya and Kianna. Infact, I stormed out o f the house soon after I cuddled Amaya. This weren't a very smart move as immedi ately I walked out the house, there were police, forensic scientists everywhere. I just need to get away from it all. I've never ever felt like this before. Not even when I killed Reece. I couldn't take this anymore. I couldn't take my thou ghts. I stormed off down the road. A policeman tried to ask me some questions bu t I carried on walking. My head was swimming in an ocean of thoughts. The though t swam around in my head was: Kortney's death is all my fault. If I never killed Reece, then Tishan wouldn't b e trying to kill me. If Tishan hadn't been trying to kill me then Kortney wouldn 't have tried to save me. I didn't even know where I was walking too, I just kep t moving my legs. The legs that got shot by Kianna because I killed Reece. Again , because I did this because I did that . I just kept walking.. walking. Expect ing, hoping that I'd walk away from this, all this guilt.

JADA :

There were pure policeman outisde. Geez, I wanted to check out what was happenin g, but I couldn't be bothered to go. So I just stared out the window. Man, it lo oked like one of them clips you see on the news. I soon turned back around and w ent straight back to watching tv.

There was a knock at the door and I went to go open it. The person there shocked me. I was expecting it at all. 'Aiden.' I whispered. He looked.. he ;ppled .. I don't really know what to say. He had so much tears streaming down his face, His nose slightly dripped. His eye s all puffy and red as if he hasn't cried in ages. 'Can I come in? Please.' He asked. His voice was all croaky. I actually gasped a t his emotions. 'Of course you can.' He came in and sat down on the sofa. He buried his head in his hands. He looked awful. I didn't like seeing him like this. He cried as I we nt to cradle him. I rocked him back and forth so slowly and gentle. I didn't eve n know why he was upset. 'Aiden, whats happened ?'

AMAYA:

Aiden left. He must be so angry with himself. I know I would be. It was just me and Kianna. I still didn't even know why she was still here. As if anyone even i nvited her in. Everytime I thought about Kortney another tear escaped. Why did she have to go? Why her ? If only she went back to Uni like she was supposed to then she wouldn't be dead. Dead. I was so deep in thought.

KIANNA :

I studied Amaya well. She was thinking hard. She looked as if she was suffering, as if her heart was slowly crumbling into nothing but dust. And some of that cr umbling, I played a part in. I hated seeing her like this. I rushed into it but she didn't even notice when I came to her and hugged her. She flinched at my tou ch at first. Don't get me worng I was scared she was really gonna react badly to it. But she didn't. Hugging felt good, especially in a time like this. To my su rprise, Amaya hugged me back, I could feel her breathe heavily and she wept and wept in my arms. A few tears escaped my eyes but not even close to Maya's one. W e haven't so much as touched in ages. When we went Uni we touched but it wasn't the same. This means something. This was extra special. She hugged me tighter. I became over whelmed at the fact of us two together, so I cried even more. My te ars were mainly because of Kortneys death but it was also because here we were, Amaya and Kianna comforting each other. After everything we've all been through. Who would've thought, eh ? God knows how long I've been waiting for this moment . For us to be friends again.

AIDEN : I was hurting. So much. You wouldn't even understand my pain even if I tried to describe it to you. Jada just sat with me cradling me. All of this stupid madnes

s is all my fault. I've caused so much pain to so many people. Why did Kortney h ave to be taken for my mistakes? She should've just let me die. I wiped the tear s from my eyes and looked at Jada. She understood everything I said so well. She just listened so well. I told her everything but not everything of course. I co uldn't exactly tell her that I've killed someone. She stroked my face sympatheti cally. I was hurting so much and being with Jada kinda just smoothed out all the rough edges in me. But those rough edges will never be gone. I loved being with her. Maybe I loved it so much cos it was like my one chance to get away from al l the common life and jump into this unrealistic world. She hugged me tight. It was as if she was trying to squeeze out all the pain from me to stop me from suf fering. I stroked her brown soft hair as I felt her eyelashes brush against my n eck. I could feel her heart beating, everytime I touched her, it went a little b it faster. But I had this strange theory stuck into my head telling me that I ne ed the hurting so that I could feel the pain of Kortneys death. Of everything th at I caused. I tried my hardest to blur everything out. I can't take the pain, I just couldn' t. Jada must have noticed my tense body so she looked up at me. I am so hurt, sa id, upset, frustrated, angry. I needed to take my mind off of all those mixed em otions. I can't deal with them properly. Without thinking, I leaned forward and kissed her. She didn't respond back, she just sat there leaning on me. I guess s he was shocked.

I kissed her again. ed out and became a his was even better he pace of our lips rs.

She kissed me back and thats when everything around me block blur. This was good cos I couldn't feel, I couldn't think. T so that I couldn't hurt. Our kissing turned into lipsing. T locking increased , I kissed her wanting more and more of he

I pushed her gently to lie down on the sofa whilst my lips placed ontop of hers. She wrapped her arms around my neck and kept pulling me closer to her. I sucked on her bottom lip gently and she pulled off my top making my chest on show. I s lowly took off her top and making her bra visible which emphasised her breasts. Yes, Aiden keep blocking out everything. I pulled away from her and tugged at my jeans .. then the boxers. She did the smae to her clothes. I kissed her all aro und. Replacing patches of her body with little kisses. We f#cked. That's all it was. Nothing more and nothing less. Something to take my mind off of everything that was happening around me. It was like alcohol, remaining in your system for a while but slowly then starts to disapppear. And thats what was happening now, everything that was in reality slowly came back into my mind. Sh#t. Amaya. I qui ckly got up from Jada and slid on my top then the rest of my clothes. I let out a small gasp at my idioticness. Tell me I didn't just do this? Tell me I didn't just cheat ? Jada stared at me in confusement. 'Aiden, wait.' She called. I didn't stop, I didn't even look back.. I just carri ed on walking. I couldn't bare the thought of what I just done to Amaya. My preg anant girlfriend. I couldn't even bare the thought of going back home and lookin g Amaya in the eyes knowing what I just done. I still can't believe that I'd don e this. If you'd asked me yesterday before Kortneys death 'Would you cheat on Am aya?' I would've probably laughed straight at your face and think how could I ev er cheat on my girl. But I was just hurting .. and Jada was there and then sudde nly we were .. I'm fu#ked. I just carried on walking to wherever the streets too k me.JADA :

He just took off and left. How could he just leave me hanging like that ? Oh so now, he suddnely wants to run off to his girlfriend. I ain't a b#tch or nothing

but .. Well what about me ? Don't I deserve him too. I have needs.

AMAYA:

Daylight was here, finally. And the sun was shining. I should be happy cos you d on't get sun in Britain often. It's April and I feel like so much has happened i n just a few months. It feels like its been at least a year. Kortney would've lo ved the son. I didn't even know where Aiden is either, I feel so sorry for him. He probably t hinks that everything is his fault. But again, maybe it is. But Aiden is mine an d I have to support him whatever the case. I only just realised that Kianna was still here and was laying asleep on the sofa. I had a flashback of old times. Ou r sleepovers. our little outings. Our lovely gossip. She soon woke up yawining. She truned towards me startled to find me staring at her. She looked away think ing of what she should say to me. 'Should I make you some hot chocolate?' She asked getting up. I could tell she w as nervous so she just said something randon to take away the tension in the roo m. For me personally, I think the tension rose even more. 'No.' I said straight forward. 'Oh. Should I make you -' 'I think it would be best if you went.' I interrupted. She looked at me. I think she was hurt at what I said. I don't know, I couldn't tell cos I wasn't looking at her in the eyes. 'Yeah. I think I should.' She didn't say it harshly but she said it quite polite ly which took me by my surprise. She put her shoes on and gave me a weak smile and left. I stared at the door as long as I could imagine. Maybe I should'nt have told Kianna to go. Infact .. I s hould, I did the right thing cos maybe I'm just not ready yet to be speaking to Kianna. Not just yet. I wanted Aiden, just the two of us to sit down and comfort each other. Where is this rass boy ? It's nearly been 2 days. He probably needs some space. Make that alot of space. So, I'll give him a couple of hours.

KIANNA :

I can't believe I blew it. We were just about to start talking again but me and my big mouth went to go and ruin it. I stared at the place where Kortney died. T here were police guarding the area with with them signs that block you from ente ring. I replayed everything that happened nearly two nights ago. The way Kortne y was just laying there in Aidens arms, slowly losing her breath gave me a quick shiver. I didn't want to go back to Uni, not just yet. I think I'll get myself sorted an d organised before I start thinking about all this education. Theres more to thi ngs here for me than I thought. Like I need to work on me and Amaya's relationsh ip. And theres Kortneys funeral ... so many things. I hope Kortneys parents know

about her death, cos if they don't I pray that I won't be the one telling them the news. I thought about Reece for a split second. I still and always will wonder what co uld've happened to us if we were still together. Should I give Amaya some space or should I go back to her yard and insist that she should come and get some bre akfast in the cafe down the road. Maybe not. After all, I didn't want to push her away too far otherwise she's sna p. And.. that won't be so good.

JADA :

My sister Sephy went to order 2 hot chocolates and some oozing, sexy Chocolate B elgian Cake. :P She was so eager for me to tell her my 'entertaining story.' And to be honest, I was eager to tell her. Though I tried not to show it. She sat down and brought our food to the table. She took a bit of her cake and said, 'So... ?' 'So what?' I answered cheekily. I tried to look baffled as much as I could. 'Tell me all about your 'mysterious man.' !' 'Oh, him.' I acted like I was trying to remember my 'entertaining story' as if i t was no big deal. But fact is, I knew exactly how the story went. From start to finish with no hesitation. 'Well his name is Aiden.' Her eyes grew wider as she sipped her drink. 'Aiden? The hottie from the hospital?' 'Yupp.' I smiled, proud of myself as if I just got the hottest boy in the world . 'So basically, he came to my yard all upset so I comforted him.' I said taking a sip of my hot chocolate. A girl walked in and went to the counter, which I to ok no notice of anyways. 'And by comforting him ... you mean ...?' I knew she was trying not to say the w ord sex. But yeah, thats what it was. 'Aaah. Sephy it was great..'

KIANNA :

'Aaah. Sephy it was great. He is so cute. It's a shame he has a girl.' Lool, dum b girls talking loudly about their life. I had nothing better to do so I carried on listening whilst waiting for my food that I ordered to come. 'Aiden has a grilfriend? Ha ! I should've known.' The other girl said. Surely it can't be the Aiden I know.

'Yeah. Her names Amayna or Amaya. Something like that.' I turned my head round p eering at them with the corner of my eye. 'The sex was great.' The girl tried to whisper. I only knew her for about 2 minu tes and already I knew she wasn't good at whispering. 'When was this?' The other girl asked. 'Yesterday. He came in around 4am crying about a girl getting stabbed and thats when we .. you know.. did it.' I turned around full at them, gasping. I stared at them in shock. They both stop ped their conversation and looked up at me in confusement. Surely the girl must be chatting the most bullcrap I've ever heard in my entire life? I walked out th e shop carelessly, not caring about the food I ordered. No, it's not bullcrap. I t can't be. She perfectly clearly stated Amayas name. And Aiden. And someone get ting stabbed, which was obviously Kortney. And the time 4am. Thats the time he l eft the house. Oh. My. Days. I can't believe it. Aiden cheated on Amaya. Yesterd ay.