All Chapters of Daring: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

1 year ago                            It was their one year anniversary today. James and Aurora, the school's 'it' couple were celebrating it with a surprise date planned by James.                             She was flustered and nervous. The boy she loved would be knocking on her front door any moment.                             Love. She really did love him but hadn't figured out how to tell him. She'd known for a few months but could never find the right words to say.                             She was worried he wouldn't

*FLASHBACK* The two were having a lovely candlelit dinner together in a secluded area of Aurora's favourite restaurant.  The night had gone perfectly, every aspect of it was just magical but the most important part about it for both of them was the fact that the person they loved was sitting in front of them, eyes shining and smiling like there was no tomorrow.  Nothing could ruin this night. WW3 could have started right then and they'd still be smiling, that's how perfect everything was for these two.  The only problem was neither of them had the courage to tell the other just how they felt about them. They wanted to desperately but fear had taken over, stopping them from speaking those three words that they meant with every fibre of their beings.  Enough was enough, they'd hidden how they felt for too long. No matter what they were going to tell each other t

Before I can protest, Ava begins sprinting through corridors and downstairs, holding my wrist all the while, until we're in the same toilets I was crying in earlier. Once we've finally stopped, Ava turns to me and begins to glare, "Alright missy, explain." I take a huge breath and tell her everything, from our conversation to me crying in the toilets. Once I've finished I look at Ava dead in the eye, waiting for her reaction. At first, her face holds a blank expression but it soon turns to one full of sympathy. "Oh, Ari, I'm so sorry, come here," she says softly, pulling me into a tight hug. "Don't apologise. It's not your fault," I murmur, trying to contain my emotions but as soon as she wraps her arms around me I place my head in the crook of her neck and let the tears fall once again. This feels better than before. Having my best friend here makes this so much easier. I may st

Good moments can't last forever and before I knew it it was morning. Ava and I had both fallen asleep on the couches last night so I didn't have the best sleep in the world. Ignoring the back pain that was inevitable from my awkward sleeping position, I get up to the smell of bacon and eggs. As I walk into the kitchen I see Ava, Hugo and Alice all already pigging out while my mum is just drinking some coffee. "Morning sweetie, how did you sleep?" Thankfully she knows not to ask about James, I'm so fed up of the topic and just want to forget it for now. "Terrible. Remind me to never sleep on the sofa again." She just chuckles as I sit down and start wolfing down my breakfast. I love food like most people so excuse me for enjoying it. "I don't get it," Ava says. "You eat so much yet you're so skinny." I shrug. "High metabolism." Hugo and Al

"Hey that was mine," I snap in a very harsh and irritated voice.  "Yeah, 'was' being the keyword. Now it's the bins." He smirks after saying that, cheeky bastard. "Why'd y-you do th-that," I hiccup a bit while speaking. "Because it's clear that you're drunk off your arse and it didn't look like you had any intention to stop on your own. I did you a favour green eyes." Green eyes? Oh right, that's my eye colour. Duh, Ari, you idiot. "Puh-lease, I can handle myself thank you very much." He just shakes his head in response. "You're infur-iating d-do you know t-that? Why can't you j-just mind your own goddamn b-business" I snap, getting more angry by the second but my hiccuping rids my words of any seriousness. Stupid fucking alcohol, no one takes you seriously when you drink it. He looks pissed off now. "I'm trying to do a good thing and how do you thank me