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remote and the doors opened.
    I could see a bunch of cars still parked. I
wasn’t worried, I knew they would come back for their cars when
they woke and sobered up. I drove to Cassie’s house first.
    *****
    Jade
     
    Cassie had been grinning like a loon when I
saw her. The bitch hadn’t felt any guilt for leaving me to
Stephan’s mercy at the party. I was angry with Cassie. I’d grabbed
my backpack and changed clothes. I didn’t want to go home to
grandpa, and especially didn’t want Stephan to wait while I got
dressed at my house.
    We hadn’t stayed at Cassie’s house for long.
I was happy because I didn’t like the questions in Cassie’s
parents' eyes when I came in with Stephan. We were now driving
toward the highway. “Where are you going?”
    “Sydney to one of the big shopping
centers.”
    “What? Why? All we are doing is getting me a
replacement phone. We don’t need to drive an hour to do that. There
is a shopping center in Reed Creek.”
    “They don’t have much of a choice there.”
    “I don’t need a choice, I’ll just have the
cheapest they have.”
    “No you won’t. I’m going to get you a good
one.”
    “I can’t afford one that isn’t prepaid. The
new ones all seem to be on plans. The one you broke was a cheap
thirty dollar one. That’s all I need again.”
    “No way am I getting you another piece of
shit phone.”
    “Hey, a phone is a phone. We can’t all afford
the snazzy new ones with all the gadgets.” I glared across at him,
but he didn’t look at me he was watching the road.
    “I can afford to buy you a good phone.”
    “I don’t want you to spend that much money on
me. I already feel bad I agreed to let you buy me a new one. I
should have not worried, as I said the one you broke cost me thirty
dollars.” I was panicking; I didn’t want to be stuck in the car
with Stephan for an hour.
    He grinned. “You just don’t want to be in the
car with me for an hour then be at the shops and have another car
ride home. You were hoping to get a cheap phone and leave me as
soon as you had it.”
    Damn straight that’s what I was going to do.
I didn’t say anything because he’d been spot on. Crossing my arms
over my chest I looked out the window. He stayed quiet for a while
and I enjoyed the peace.
    “You can turn the radio on or plug in my
iPod. It’s in the glove box. What type of music do you like?”
    “I like most things. I’m not a fan of techno
music like you had on last night.” Ha , take that,
wanker. I reached into the glove box, got his iPod out, and
started going through it.
    “As I’m sure you can see I have a wide range.
The techno last night was what the DJ had on.”
    “There was a DJ last night?” Wow, I really
had been drunk. “Where was he set up?”
    “He was set up outside?”
    “I didn’t get that far? You have a massive
mansion for a house.”
    “You didn’t get that far because you were too
busy letting my cousin chat you up.”
    “He wasn’t chatting me up.”
    “Yes he was.”
    “Well he spoke to me first. I was busy
admiring your kitchen.”
    “You like the kitchen?”
    “I love your kitchen. It’s like my dream
kitchen. Baking and cooking is my thing. I like making things.” I’d
learned at a young age the best way to stretch money was to make
everything yourself. I borrowed every cookbook they had at my local
library.
    “Is that what you are going to do when you
finish school? Become a chef?”
    “No. I’m going to go to Uni. I want to become
a kindergarten teacher or group leader at a childcare center. I
love kids. They are so much fun.”
    We were quiet again and I continued looking
through his iPod til I found a group I liked and plugged it in,
filling the car with tunes.
    “Aren’t you going to ask what I’m doing after
school?”
    I didn’t want to know any more about Stephan.
I was already having trouble resisting him. My guard crumbled last
night and I needed to keep it up around him.
    “What are you going to