Hi Guys :)
I'm back with the sequel to The Nerd. Sorry it's taken about a month but I've been working on it and coming up with new ideas. Anyway, I know I may sound repetitive but I just wanted to say thank you to everybody who's read The Nerd, commented, voted, fanned and please please please don't forget that it's been entered into the Watty Awards. You have no idea how happy I am that The Nerd has currently 204,956 reads and 234 fans so thank you so much.
If you haven't seen the trailer yet for Entanglement it's on the side ->
So here's chapter 1 of Entanglement and I hope you enjoy it :)
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Have you ever noticed how bright the stars really are at night? I mean when the sky is clear... It's a beautiful sight but not the most beautiful. I can think of a sight that's more amazing to look at.
Flashback
“I love you too” I whispered to him before pressing my lips against his again. He pulled away and I looked up at him. After a couple of quiet minutes I started to quietly laugh to myself.
"What's so funny?" Jake whispered whilst still holding his hand to my cheek.
"This... I mean this only ever happens in my dreams, not reality. I think I should be waking up any minute now"
"Hayden this isn't a dream trust me" Jake said whilst bringing his hand, that was around my waist, up to hold my other cheek. He pulled me even closer to him, which I didn't think was possible, and then gently pecked my lips. I smiled up at him. “Your look so beautiful” He whispered whilst rubbing his thumb across my cheek bone now and again which I couldn’t help but lean into.
"Do you want to leave now?" I whispered.
"I would but I promised you something and I've only done half of the promise" he reached down and grabbed my mask that was in my hand. He pulled the elastic band of the mask and pulled it over my head and placed it in the right place.
"What's that?" I asked confused.
"To dance with you" I smiled at him when he let me go and pulled his mask on. He gently turned me around, wrapped his arm around my waist and led me towards the gym entrance. I couldn’t help but wrap my arm around his waist as we walked through and saw Scott stood near the door, on his own, looking for something.
"Is everything ok?" I asked him as we made our way over to him. He jumped for a second and held his hand to his chest whilst turning to look at me.
"I was looking for you two" he said. He then looked up and noticed Jake's arm around me. I blushed slightly which made Jake smile and pull me into him even more. "Really? You guys have finally... Thank god for that" he said relieved before pulling me away from Jake and into a hug. "So that means that you’re like my official sister now" Scott said when he released me. I started to laugh to try and cover up my blush.
"Scott" I said.
"Ok ok I should have asked that tomorrow" I reached up and hit his arm which made him and Jake laugh.
"I'm sorry Mr Mac but I promised Miss Smith a dance" Jake said. I felt his arms reach around and slowly hug my waist from behind. He pulled me into him gently which made me smile. I loved the warmth that radiated off of him.
"Of course" Scott said smiling.
Jake released my waist and took hold of my hand. He led me towards the edge of the dance floor, where there wasn’t a lot of people and wrapped his arms around my waist. He pulled me into his chest, gently, which made me wrap my arms around his neck. I placed my head on his shoulder and we started to slowly move to the slow song that was playing at the moment.
"I thought you said you can't dance" Jake whispered in my ear before kissing the spot just behind my ear.
"I can't but my best friend once taught me at a party" I said smiling. I lifted my head so then I could look up at Jake and saw him smiling at me.
"Oh really well I might have to thank this friend of yours"
"Yeah I mean you'll really like him"
"How come?"
"Because I'm in love with him" he smiled at me and leaned down. He pressed his lips to mine gently and kissed me. I pulled away and rested my head on his shoulder, again.
"Jake what if people know who we are?" I whispered.
"Don't worry about that. No one knows it's me and you except Scott and I doubt he'll say anything" I nodded and carried on swaying to the music whilst humming along to the song.
After about 3 songs we decided that we would leave. I told Jason that I was leaving but couldn’t find Becki anywhere so I decided to just text her.
"Drive safe" Scott said to Jake as we were leaving which made Jake roll his eyes.
"Are you being serious?" he asked which made me laugh. Scott looked at us and smiled. He waved as we walked out of the gym and towards Jake's car. I looked around to see if anyone was around but the car park was empty. Jake opened the passenger door for me. I climbed in and watched him walk around the car whilst he took his mask off. He climbed in and started the car. As he was turning out of the school car park I took my mask off and Jake took my hand which made me smile.
"Do you want me to drop you off at home then or?..." he asked whilst turning to look at me when he stopped at a traffic light. I looked down at our hands and felt the warmth which made me decide on what I wanted.
"Can we go back to yours?" I whispered before looking up at him and seeing him smile.
"Of course" he said which made me smile. He carried on driving towards his place. I heard my phone make a noise indicating that I had received a message.
Ok... I left early by the way my mum needed me to get home for something Becki xx
I read the text a couple of times trying to make sense of it. "What's wrong?" Jake asked squeezing my hand a little bit.
"Becki's just texted me" I said.
"What's wrong with that?" he asked as he parked up in the garage belonging to the apartment complex.
"Nothing just... she said she left early because her mum needed her home" I said. I grabbed my mask and bag before climbing out. When I walked around the car and reached Jake’s side I grabbed his hand. We started to walk towards the door that led to the exit of the garage so then he could lock up.
"Soooo..."
"So her mum isn't even home tonight"
Jake looked at me for a while before changing the topic. "I bet it's nothing to worry about maybe she was rushing or something"
"Yeah but why would she lie?" I whispered to myself. As we walked into the lift, we waited until it reached Jake's floor and walked down the hallway towards his flat. He opened the door and I shuffled through the door, due to my dress, and walked towards the couch. I put my mask and my bag on the table and sat down for a second whilst Jake walked into the kitchen for something. I took a deep breath and thought about tonight Jake actually loves me. What? I had dreamed about this moment since I had met him but actually hearing it changed things. It created little butterflies in my stomach and the smile on my face wasn't moving at all.
"Hey do you want some clothes to change into?" Jake asked as he walked out of the kitchen whilst taking his jacket off.
"Yes please" I muttered. Why did I suddenly feel shy around Jake? He smiled and walked towards his room. I took another deep breath, I need to calm down. I think my nerves are due to me worrying whether I won’t meet up to any expectations or anything like kissing. I gently lifted my hand and touched my lips. I had actually had my first kiss tonight and it was with Jake. Oh my god.
"Here you go you can get changed in one of the rooms or the bathroom if you want" I looked up to see Jake stood near the TV holding a pair of what looked like jog pants and a shirt. He had changed out of his suit and was now wearing a pair of pyjamas pants and a shirt. I stood up and walked towards him.
"Thank you" I said and took the clothes out of his hand. I suddenly remembered that my dress was a corset and I couldn't quite reach around to undo the bow. This was going to be embarrassing now. "Jake... Could you help me?" I whispered.
"Of course." he said walking towards me. I turned around and pointed to the bow.
"Can you undo the bow please I can't quite reach it" he nodded and started to slowly undo it. He pulled the material a little bit so the corset wasn’t that tight. I could feel the heat from his hands through the material and had to stop myself from turning around and attacking him with kisses. I seriously need to control my hormones. I’ve never experienced this before... what’s going on?
"There you go" He said after he had finished.
"Thank you" I walked towards the guest room. I switched the light on and closed the curtains that cover the doors to the balcony. I managed to undo the dress even more and slide it off me. I placed it on top of the bed and started to pull on the clothes that Jake had borrowed me. The pants were slightly big so I had to tighten the little bit of string, that was around the waist, so they wouldn’t fall down on me. I pulled the t-shirt on, which was too big for me, and walked back into the living room to see Jake sat on the couch flicking through channels on the TV.
"Is there anywhere where I can put this?" I asked him whilst holding my dress up.
"Yeah follow me" he stood up and took hold of my hand. He pulled me towards his room and opened the door for me. I hadn't really been in Jake's room since he had moved in. The carpet was so soft under my feet and the walls seemed like they were a crème colour but I couldn’t quite see as it was dark. He had a huge bed in the middle of the far wall next to the doors that led onto the balcony. On the wall next to the balcony there were a set of doors. He pulled me over to the doors and opened them which led us into a walk-in wardrobe. His wardrobe was actually really big and was quite full even though he was a guy. I think he has more clothes than I do. I stood in awe for a second.
"I think you have more clothes than me" I whispered which made him laugh. He pulled me into the wardrobe and moved some of his clothes around.
"At least you wear all of the clothes in your wardrobe I only wear about a third of this" he said moving his hand around. I turned around to see that most of them were suits and clothes suited for an evening. In front of me there was a rack that had all of his shoes and ties displayed on it. "Here you go" I turned around to see him holding a hanger out towards me. I took it from him and threaded the little straps that are inside the dress, onto the hanger. I reached up to hang it on one of the shelves that was in front of me. When I turned around I saw Jake stood in front of me. He smiled down at me and wrapped his arms around my waist. I was truly mesmerized by him and slowly leaned back into the shelves for support. He reached up and caught a lock of my hair that seemed to have fallen out of place. He brushed it behind my ear but left his hand on my cheek which made me slowly blush.
"I love it when you blush" he whispered whilst slowly leaning in. My stomach literally burst with butterflies. I leaned up and met him halfway. His lips were so soft but I needed more. I lifted my arms up and wrapped them around his neck and weaved my hands in to his hair. His hair was as soft as what I had dreamed it would feel like. After a couple of minutes of losing ourselves in the kiss we pulled away and stayed there for a couple of minutes. I needed to get my breath back before we even considered moving out of the wardrobe. After we both calmed down he slowly pulled away.
"I think we best go into the living room" Jake whispered in a kind of husky voice. Oh my god why had I never heard him talk in that voice before? It sounded quite... hot. I slowly nodded and he unwrapped his arms from around my waist. He took my hand and slowly pulled me out of the wardrobe and guided me into the living room. I noticed that there was two cups on the coffee table that was slightly steaming. Jake sat down and slowly pulled me down with him so I was sat with my back leaning against the arm of the sofa but my legs were across Jake's lap. He leaned forward and grabbed one of the cups and handed it to me before grabbing the other one and the remote control for the TV.
"I made us a cup of hot chocolate but I'm not quite sure whether it's that warm anymore due to the distraction" he said smiling my favourite smile. I took a sip of it.
"It's just right" I said smiling at him. He nodded and then drank some of his. I turned around to watch the TV and felt a little bit awkward. This is the first time anything like this has ever happened to me and I'm not quite sure what to do.
"Hayden" I turned to look at Jake. "Is everything ok?" he asked and was wearing a kind of concerned expression on his face.
"It's just..." I looked down at my hands which were in my lap. "I'm not quite sure what to do" I whispered. I heard him sigh.
"I knew I shouldn't have told you" I heard him mutter to himself.
"What?"
"I shouldn't have told you how I feel about you. Now look because of me you feel awkward and that's the last thing I want to make you feel... Brilliant" he went to stand up until I stopped him.
"No Jake not that"
"Well why do you feel awkward?"
"I don't feel awkward I just don't know what to do... Jake you know I've never been in this kind of position before." I said looking down at the cup in my hand. I felt his finger move underneath my chin and slowly lift my head up.
"Just do what you would normally do when we hang out. I want you to feel comfortable around me Hayden. Nothing's changed from yesterday to today just the fact that you now know how I feel about you" I nodded and took a deep breath.
“Ok" I said. I grabbed his cup and put it on the table with mine before I started to move.
"What are you doing?" Jake asked.
"I'm making myself comfortable" I slowly dragged myself towards Jake and sat on his lap. I curled up into his chest and sighed. "This is my favourite place" I whispered. I felt Jake run his fingers through my hair and down to my back. He started to rub little circles on the base of my back.
After a while we decided to lie down on the couch with Jake behind me and his arms wrapped around my waist. My back was resting against his chest whilst watching an episode of friends. I wasn't paying attention to it as I was more focused on tracing the outline of his cobra tattoo on the arm that my head was resting on.
"Hayden" I heard Jake whisper from behind me. I slowly turned around so then I was now facing him and snuggled up in his chest.
"Hmm" I mumbled which made Jake laugh.
"Are you comfortable there?" he asked which made me nod. "Anyway I need to ask you something?" I pulled away slightly and looked up at him confused. "Hayden Smith will you do me the honour of being my girlfriend?" my smile widened so much that my cheeks were starting to really hurt.
“Are you being serious?” I whispered. I watched him nod at me. "Then yes I would love that" I replied. He smiled and leaned down. I pressed my lips against his and then that was it. I think we were lying there for half an hour to an hour just kissing and making the whole world around us disappear. When we slowly pulled away I noticed that my legs were really intertwined with his. I rested my head back on his upper arm and cuddled into his chest.
“It’s surprising how much I’ve actually enjoyed prom tonight” Jake whispered. I felt his chest vibrate under my ear when he spoke.
“You’re only happy because Amber didn’t follow through with her bet” I mumbled.
“Well that was one good thing about tonight as well but that might be due to me spending the whole night with my girlfriend” He said into my hair. I couldn’t help but smile when he said girlfriend. It sent a little wave of joy and happiness throughout my body at the sound of it. I could get used to this. “Just tell me when you want me to drop you off at home ok?” He asked after a couple of minutes.
I lied there for a while trying to build up the courage to ask him. I played with a bit of the material that was loose on his shirt before looking up at him. “Can I stay here for tonight?” I asked him. I didn’t want to leave yet and I felt like I’d not spent enough time with him.
"If you want to but what about Cally?" He asked whilst playing with a strand of my hair.
"I'll tell her that I'm staying at Becki's" he nodded. I suddenly yawned which made him start to move. He reached forward for the remote control that was on the table and switched the TV off when I yawned.
"Come on then you’re tired" he said after yawning himself. I nodded and stood up. I grabbed my bag that was on the table and took my phone out. I texted my mum telling her that I would be staying at Becki's for the night which she said was fine. If only she knew. I feel bad for lying to my mum but I needed to spend more time with Jake and no doubt even if I told her the truth she probably wouldn’t be as bothered as what I think she would be because I’m with Jake but I don’t want to risk it. When I finished I went to use the bathroom and then walked towards Jake's room whilst he locked up. I wasn't quite sure what I was supposed to do. Can I sleep in here with Jake now seeing as he's my boyfriend or should I sleep in the guest room? I sat on the edge of the bed and waited for Jake. His bed felt like a huge cloud when I sat down. I noticed a small photo frame on his chest of drawers which was opposite his bed. I stood up and walked towards them to see that there were two separate pictures. The left one was Jake when he was at least about 8-10 with Emily and Alex. The right one was a picture of Jake sat in a hospital chair holding a little baby, Baby Brooke. I smiled and slowly walked back towards the bed to sit down on it. I heard the bedroom door open and saw Jake walk in. "Hey you know you can just climb in right" He smiled softly at me.
I nodded as if being sat on the bed was what I was supposed to be doing. "Of... of course" he slowly turned away from the chair he was stood in front of and looked at me. He slowly walked around the bed and kneeled down in front of me.
"If you want you can sleep in here and I'll sleep in the guest room" He whispered whilst taking hold of both of my hands. I shook my head straight away.
"No... I'm just..." I gulped. "Nervous" he slowly nodded and smiled at me.
"Me too" I smiled down at him.
“Why are you nervous?” I asked him confused. I mean I’m glad that it wasn’t just me who was nervous but he’d shared a bed with someone before... I haven’t.
“Because I don’t want to mess this up... your important to me” He whispered whilst lifting one of his hands to brush his fingertips down my jaw line. I couldn’t help but sigh and feel a shudder run through my body. How did he do that? When he stood up and walked back towards the chair I stood up and lifted the duvet up so then I could climb in. “Urm... you don’t mind me sleeping shirtless do you... it’s just that’s how I always sleep” I shook my head quickly whilst gulping.
“No not at all” I whispered. I watched him nod before he pulled his shirt over his head giving me a view of his six-pack. Oh my god I’m going to end up suffering from brain damage definitely. He turned around and switched the light off before climbing into the other side of the bed.
"I take it you've claimed that side of the bed" he said.
"What no" I said quickly. I wasn't quite sure what he meant.
"Hayden I was joking don't worry so much" I nodded.
"You know you can come closer to me, if you want, I won't hurt you or anything"
"I know I'm just... I'm not used to this" he nodded and watched me for a couple of minutes whilst I built up the courage to move over to Jake. I know I'd shared the couch with Jake but we’re in his bed. This is more... intimate. When I was at the side of him he wrapped his arms around my waist and gently pulled me even closer to him till my head was resting on his chest.
"Hayden please don't worry about this so much ok... We're the same Jake and Hayden but now we're just in a relationship but nothing’s changed." I nodded and for some reason hearing him say that made me physically relax. I liked hearing him say we were in a relationship. I was still in shock that this model-like guy was actually interested in me... an under-average girl who was nothing special or anything.
I felt him rest his head on top of mine and heard him sigh which made me pull away and look up at him. "You looked so beautiful tonight and I'm THE luckiest guy in the world right now" I blushed at that compliment which made him smile and kiss both of my cheeks.
"You looked handsome too in your suit" I said which made him smile that breath-taking smile.
"Oh really so you like me in a suit" I laughed and nodded at him. I yawned and pecked Jake's lips quickly before curling up into his chest.
"Goodnight baby"
"Goodnight" I whispered before slipping away into dream land.
End of flashback
That was the best sleep I ever had and who would have thought that I would experience many more after that night.
"Hayden" I lifted my head up off of his chest and looked at the most amazing sight in the world.
"Hmm"
"What were you thinking about so hard that I couldn't even get your attention?" he asked smiling down at me.
"I was thinking about the first time I stayed at yours"
"You mean the first first time or prom night"
"Prom night" I said which made him nod. He lifted his head up slightly and placed his arm underneath so he had a kind of pillow.
"Yeah that was a good night, do you remember when we first ever met and you had a message on your phone to ring my number"
"Oh yeah... did you actually do that?" I asked which made him laugh.
"No Brooke did because she wanted to call you and the best way was to input my number into your phone seeing as she didn’t have my phone." I nodded.
"Ok... Well I'm not complaining about having your number in my phone." I reached down and pressed my lips lightly to his. He still tasted of the mint choc chip ice cream we had just had seeing as Jake had set up a little picnic for the both of us in my back garden whilst my mum was out tonight. Also, it was Friday meaning my birthday was in 3 days and I was starting college next Friday. I don’t see why they didn’t just let us start on the Monday after so we had all week. I pulled away and placed my hand on his chest whilst I traced little shapes in his abs area on top of his shirt.
"I could get used to this" I sighed.
"Hmm me too" Jake replied whilst brushing my hair with his fingers. I closed my eyes and replayed the whole prom night again in my head. I loved that night. Its funny how I was so nervous that night compared to now but I did have a few insecure issues. I've not told Jake because he'll only worry and he shouldn't. I don't know why but I feel like he'll just slip away from me. I mean he's incredible, caring, sweet and not to mention he's good looking and what have I done to get such an incredible guy? I think due to being bullied since I started school has something to do with the insecurity but no doubt them feelings will go away soon.... I hope.
"Jake do you know when it was my birthday... By any chance did you whisper in my ear that night or am I imagining it?" I felt Jake's chest slightly rumble underneath my ear. I pushed myself up so then I was on my elbow looking down at him.
"Yeah I whispered in your ear that night" he said whilst playing with a strand of my hair.
"How did you get to the other side of the room then in a matter of seconds?"
He shrugged "long strides" I shook my head laughing at him. "Can you tell me what you wished for that night or is it bad luck?"
"It's actually good luck seeing as it’s come true... I wished that I would be able to try and explain to you what I was feeling at that moment and that I felt a kind of 'pull' towards you and I was confused. But after that night I just kept falling more and more for you. You know I was planning on telling you how I felt about you on prom night"
"Really?"
"Yeah I was gonna tell you when you would drop me off but you beat me to it" I smiled.
"I'm glad I did" I smiled at him for a while. "Are you confused about your feelings now for me like you was when it was your birthday?"
"No"
"Good" I heard him sigh “I have some news for you... but it’s not really good news but then again it is.” He started to ramble.
“What is it?” I mumbled whilst making little circles on his chest with my index finger. He stayed quiet for a while. I slowly look up at him so then I could look him in the eyes. “Jake tell me”
“Well...” he turned to look at me. “My position’s been moved in the school”
“That’s brilliant... what to head of maths?”
“Nearly... Urm Head of the A-level maths department... and I still have a class of AS students to teach”
“What?” I felt like my heart had just jumped out of my chest. Is fate punishing me or something why would the school move Jake up I mean it’s good because he’ll probably get paid more but it just means I can’t date him anymore.
“I know... I mean I guess it is good but it just means that we’ll have to be super cautious”
“Jake... what do you mean we?... your not considering that we still date whilst you could be my teacher”
He started to laugh quietly until he saw that I was being serious. “Of course I am... Hayden I’m not gonna break up with you just because there’s a possibility that I’m going to be teaching you”
“Jake if we’re caught you could lose your job... you could go to jail why would you risk that?”
“Hayden... what part of I love you do you not understand... I’ve already told you that I want to risk everything because I don’t want to lose you... It’s taken us a year to finally admit how we feel so why are we going to go back to that?” I took a deep breath. He had caught me out there... I didn’t know what to say to that. I shook my head and put my head back down onto Jake’s chest.
“How come they moved you?” I whispered.
“Well Mr Green looked at the results that all of my students managed to achieve including you receiving an extra GCSE and he thought that the 6th form might be able to use me a lot more. There was also a position seeing as the old head of 6th form maths left this year”
“Why didn’t you tell me?”
“Because I only got the call this morning” He carried on tracing circles on the base of my back until we heard the front door close behind us. I shot up faster than you would expect a rocket to take off. Jake followed my lead and he grabbed hold of the picnic basket and I grabbed hold of the blanket that we had been lying on and we both ran to the bottom of the yard. We shoved them behind the tree and started to walk up the yard towards the back door whilst talking about films to make it seem like it was natural. We walked into the kitchen and I saw my mum carrying some bags. Jake rushed forward to help her.
"Thank you Jake" she said. He placed the bags on the side and started to take things out and place them on the worktop. I walked over to him and put all of the things into the places where they usually went.
"Mum I thought you were out all night?" I asked her whilst unpacking a bag alongside of Jake.
"Well I was but the meeting didn't take as long as we thought" she said. I grabbed the empty bags off of Jake and threw them into the little cupboard in the kitchen. I turned around and saw my mum sat down at the island.
"Do you want a cup of tea?" I asked her which made her nod. I walked towards the kettle but Jake had already beaten me to it.
"Sit down I'll make it" I smiled at him before turning around to sit opposite my mum.
"So how was the meeting?" I asked.
"Boring... I mean there are some imbeciles that are put in charge of finance for some companies." I laughed at my mum and shook my head.
"That bad?"
"Worse" she groaned.
Jake placed a cup of tea in front of my mum and me and grabbed his before sitting down at the side of me. We carried on talking about my mum's meeting some more. I found my mum's job quite interesting at the moment as I had come up with an idea over summer which I think would be quite successful.
After sitting there for at least 2 hours Jake decided that he would go home. My mum was cleaning our empty cups so I offered to let Jake out. When we were stood at front of the door he quickly turned around and pecked my lips which made me laugh quietly. He looked behind me to see if my mum was there but I could still hear her moving around in the kitchen.
"What about our picnic?" he whispered whilst slightly pouting at me. We had planned on it lasting longer than it actually did.
"I'll clean it up when my mum's busy and it just means we'll have to have another one" he smiled down at me before kissing my forehead.
"Hey are you doing anything for your birthday?" he whispered.
"No why?"
"Because I have something planned so make sure you’re free in the evening" I nodded and smiled at him.
"Ok" I said. He pecked my lips again quickly before turning around and walking towards his car. I watched him reverse out of the driveway and waited till I couldn't see him anymore before closing the door and walking back into the kitchen.
"So what did you and Jake do tonight?" my mum asked once I walked into the kitchen. I shrugged.
"The usual just watched a film and then just talked for a while" I said. She was smiling at me but it was a kind of smile that made me wonder if she had seen me and Jake in the garden before. I shrugged it off she won't have seen us else she would have said something wouldn't she? "What are you smiling at?" I asked her curiously whilst picking my phone up off of the counter.
"Oh nothing" she kind of sang. I nodded slowly before turning around towards the hallway.
"Well I'm going to go to bed so goodnight" I said.
"Goodnight" I heard my mum in the distance whilst I started to walk upstairs. I changed and climbed in to bed with a smile on my face. I opened my message box for Jake and saw a new message.
We'll have to have another picnic soon I enjoyed tonight. Goodnight baby xx
I smiled at his text and quickly clicked reply.
I think we should have a picnic somewhere where we won't be interrupted :) Goodnight xx
I placed my phone on my bedside table and snuggled further into my duvet. I started to drift off into sleep and think about tonight. I slowly wondered what Jake was talking about before he left. I have to make sure I'm doing nothing on my birthday he said. I wonder what he was up to.
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I hope you enjoyed it :)
Just wanted to explain two things:
1. Remember that this story is set in England therefore they only think that is against the law for Jake and Hayden is that Jake is her teacher. Hayden is legal as she's 16.
2. I'm not fully sure what schools and colleges are like in other countries but in England after high school, which you finish when your 16, you can either go to college or get a job. College is sometimes called 6th form especally if it's attached to a high school like the college in my story. Your first year at college is known as your AS year and your second year is your A2 year.
Hopefully them two points can help explain a few things.
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