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Chapter eighteen - Elsie
Billy and I seem to have gotten into a nice little routine when it comes to sleeping together, as in actually sleeping, we don't even have to pretend we're not in the same house anymore, we just wait for my mum and William to go to bed and then one of us sneaks across the hallway, making sure to lock the bedroom door so we don't get walked in on while asleep.
I've not yet worked out what to tell my mum about the camping trip yet, but I've got to do it today since we're meant to be leaving tomorrow.
In the end I get Billy to drop me at Laura's so I can ask her for any ideas.
"Why don't you say we're going together? I could tell my parents the same and go stay in a hotel for the week." She blushes and I'm fairly sure she's got plans of her own forming in her mind that involve The Four.
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If I thought my mum was angry when she saw us together in the room, it was nothing compared to the unrestrained fury on her face when we walk into the room hand in hand."You." She snarls, pointing her finger in Billy's face. "I warned you not to touch her.Do you have no conscience at all, using my own daughter to try to get me to split up with your father, and you..." She spins around, dropping her hand but glaring at me. "I warned you about what he was up to, he doesn't even like you. Are you really that desperate that you gave it up to the first boy who showed you any interest?""Hey." Billy shouts, pulling me into his side at the exact same time as his Dad steps forward, putting his hands on her shoulders."Let's all sit, calm down and have an adult discussion, shall we?" He says, guiding my mum to the sofa.
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