Chapter Five

        

I'd never told my mom about my afternoon. With all of her problems right now, I didn't want to burden her with any of mine. I was really falling in love with Nora, but I didn't quite know what to do, where anything should go from here. I'd never been this far before. I'm really afraid I'll say something and scare her away, and she'll think I'm some creep and never talk to me again. I'm not sure I could survive without her.

I'm not sure what I could say, I've told her almost everything, and she was alright with it. I'm just so afraid of losing the person I care most about in the world. After only two days, I could honestly say I would be in rougher shape without Nora. I should tell her the whole story. She deserves to know. I'm afraid I'll turn out to be just like my father, abusing women and children. I don't want Nora to have to run away from me. I'm afraid that after I tell her this, she'll wise up and never speak to me again. I couldn't blame her, but I don't know how I could survive without her beautiful hair, expressive eyes and kind face.

 

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James lie in bed until the wee hours of the morning, his head filled with fear and anticipation for the coming day's events. Little did he know, Nora was dreaming of a life together with him. She didn't know it, but she was already too deeply in love with him to leave.

That very same night, Serena Tang lie awake in her bed, worried about her big, beautiful, blonde Alex. She knew Alex had gone out with some friends. She also knew these friends were the type to party, and party hard, regardless of the fact that there was school tomorrow. Ser feared that Alex would do something stupider than usual. She feared he'd really get hurt this time. But what Serena didn't know was worse than anything she could have imagined.