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I’m really tired though I should probably go on up to bed.” He pressed his cool hands to my forehead.
    “ You don’t feel hot.” He lifted his other hand to check my glands in my throat and I swatted him away.
    “ Dad! Stop fussing, I’m fine; it’s probably one of those twenty-four hour things.” I tried to walk through to the kitchen to get a drink but he stood in my way. “Dad, really, I’m fine.”
    “ Are you sure? Let me grab my bag and I’ll check you properly.” I groaned and walked up the stairs instead.
    “ Night dad.” I called as I stomped upstairs.
    “ I need to get to the hospital, I’m due on shift soon; I just wanted to check you were ok. Will you be fine on your own? I can call Uncle Austin to come over if you need?”
    I stopped midway on the stairs and sighed loudly. “I’m sure he has more important things to do than babysit. Seriously… I’m fine. Go… Shoo!” I ushered him towards the door with a wave of my hand. “I’ll call if I need you or mum, I promise.” I turned and made my way up the stairs again, stopping once more as curiosity got the better of me. “Dad? I thought you and mum were in work already?”
    “ No, I’m due in at four.” He looked confused.
    “ So why couldn’t you pick me up?”
    “ I was about to, but your teacher insisted on me letting him drop you home as it’s on his way.” He shrugged at me. He insisted on bringing me home? He’d told me that my Mum and Dad were working. Hadn’t he? “Well anyway, I’ve left you something simple to eat in the fridge in case you get hungry later on and I’ve left the number of my-” I groaned, quickly running up the rest of the stairs and slammed my door behind me. I threw my bag down on the floor beside my desk and flopped down in my chair wondering what I should do.
    Revision may be a good ide a but my head was still swimming from Jamie’s comment. What the hell am I supposed to do with that? I decided on taking a cool shower, maybe that would help clear my clouded thoughts and an early night would definitely help with the enormous headache I had.
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    After another restless night’s sleep I had to force myself out of bed the next morning so I had time to do my hair for school; I refused to spend two days looking like a fuzz ball. I could just imagine what Megan and all of the popular girls thought of the state of me the day before; I didn’t actually care too much but I hated giving them more reasons to bitch about me.
    I ’d felt so nervous since waking up that I wasn’t sure if I could face breakfast. The sound of Jamie’s voice saying he thought I was cute when I was asleep played on a loop over and over in my mind; what the hell was that about? Should I mention it? Forget it? Would I just be humiliating myself?
    On our walk to school in the morning Lily had given me all of the details about my nap through our lesson. She said that for his registration class Mr Matthews had made them all stay outside of the room so I wasn ’t woken by them, he had his lesson before ours moved to the next room as it was free and our class all got held outside while he said that they needed to study in silence. Anyone that so much as whispered and woke me, would find themselves in detention for the rest of the week, lunch time and after school. I purposely never told her about him giving me a ride home; that would set her off going crazy over analysing everything, when I wasn’t sure there was actually anything to analyse at all.
    When Lily and I got to school we headed up to registration. I contemplated hiding in the bathroom until I knew Miss Granger would be there so I could avoid Mr Matthews , but it was too late he was already heading up the corridor. I positioned myself behind Lily with my back pressed to the wall so that he wouldn’t see me. His eyes drifted over the line only stopping when they found me, as if he was looking for me; that sexy smirk appeared on his lips. I was blushing so badly, I