Chapter 52: Breakfast Delivery

"That was fun," he says and my mind goes back to what we've just done.

I've broken so many of my parents' rules in the last few days and yet he keeps finding new ones for us to break.

"Your parents would be shocked. That would definitely be against the rules."

"For sure," and for good reason.

I'm laughing now, imagining what my parents might think if they knew. Then I picture how they would react if I did get pregnant. The look of shock my mother would give me. It makes me feel slightly sick, especially after everything, I've learnt in the last few days.

My sister, Aileen had fallen pregnant right before going to university and had had to have her daughter adopted because my parents had forced her to. It's been years, yet I only learnt about it yesterday, so it's all still a bit of a shock.

"Right, bedtime."

He's bossy, but I'm happy to obey him. It's late, and I imagine he has to work in the morning.

"Have you got lectures in the morning?"

"Not until noon," I tell him.