n. Maddison, Ca

er to look at my roommate slash best friend Chrystal. She's standing at the entrance of my r

” I say a

h hatred and it's why the sun rises and falls quicker each year. The darkness claiming the light quicker with every new soul possesses. But I do have my doubts that I'll ever truly be worthy of such a precious gift. Losing Celeste at the tender age of eight and witnessing my parents constantly fight followed by a messy divorce is enough to question anybody's sanity. You could say that I suffer from trust issues as well. Yay me! Celestes passing had a big impact on me. It’s always held me back from trying

." She says bringing me back to reality. "So you need to start getting ready i

ut shake my he

stupid is me. She on the other

I have school in the morning. Plus, I c

ng to meet my half

e and walks straight to my closet looking at the

row some of my cl

ou are a size or two small

. Besides, I’ll just ask dad to hook you

er ma

tting a bit tiring having to be

, you will

ways bringing home the stray. Why she'd always have me stay over for dinner most nights during the week and every weekend. Then he got the full background story and slowly started t

on graduating Chr

and me embracing us and blabbering about how proud he was of us

one” Chrissy had sai

an’t afford it,” she says br

harity case Chrissy.” I sh

in life if it wasn’t for you and your

Nessa. If that’s how you think we see you. You real

ch of each other. Man... I’m dreading the hours I’m going to have to put in at my dad’s security firm too. And w

r is Roman Johnston and he owns Johnston Security Inc. It’s well known for getting the juiciest job

Choo pumps to go with the black dress she tossed me. Two hours later and I was finally ready. I stood in front of my full-length mirror making sure I looked okay. truth be told I couldn’t stop staring at the person looking back at me. The thin material dress with spaghetti crisscross straps at the back stopped mi

nin

. I gave my hazel eyes more of a cat-eye effect. I decided to keep my lips nude. I must confess I do consider m

rom being best m

e that body behind jeans and loose tops all the time. I’d

wears. Being blessed with a fast metabolism she never has to worry about what she eats or

barely-there… dress. I’ll never understand why you p

in gold studs. I’d never been able to pull that outfit off the way she can. She’s always getting told she looks like a naughty pixie with her short blonde hair and her larger than most very pink lips. Her blue eyes look too big for her face and people usually make the mistake of calling he

I’ve had a rumble between the sheets with a hot g

to relax some of that built-up

I don’t

night

abit of picking up strange men a

e nights stands Nessa. Might as we

le I've got it,"

onds later with two glasses of wine. She

’s hope the big bad world is ready for us

laugh draining t

kitchen and ref

o visit your parents in Wellington and

with them while I’m there. They still don’t know how to be civilised when they're ar

oss babe.” Chri

en a blip on their radar. They forgot to wish

aces that you made it without them.”

tually gave a shit.” I rai

hat's a weakness I hav

shit proud of y

really can’t believe we m

her stop traffic or at least wa

r in all directions. Horns tooting, Men whistling and the death stares from other woman does my self-esteem no justice. I shiver just thinking about the kind of danger we could be walking into. The street looks completely different with no sun gleaming or any sign of life scattering the pavement. It’s like a horror movie. Inst