Out-and-regretting-it comprehensive attendee Jayden Phillips turns his cast-iron plans for life upside-down by falling in love with private-school violinist Darren Peace, a sardonic boy with the craziest hair Jayden's ever seen.<br><br>But all is not what it seems, and Jayden's bullying problem becomes meaningless when he is confronted with what the music does to Darren. How do you stop a dangerous depression rooted in the same thing that makes someone what they are? Dark moods, blank apathy, and the undertow of self-loathing all simmer beneath Darren's dry and beautiful veneer, and Jayden feels powerless to stop them.<br><br>Then a mugging gone wrong takes the music forcibly away, and Jayden is finally given the chance to change Darren's life -- and, quite literally, his mind.

Vivaldi in the Dark

“Here,” he turned it around. He’d logged out; Jayden logged in, and found the notification


“Oh, my God,” he said, grinning shakily, and confirmed it. He threw the phone down the bed and kissed Darren soundly until a hand was in his hair and the first signs of life were coming back into those amazing eyes.


At the foot of the bed, the new status gleamed proudly out of the smudged screen. Jayden Phillips is in a relationship with Darren Peace. 24


“All right.” Mum put her hands on her hips. “Are you sure you’re going to be okay, darling?”


“Mum!” Jayden rolled his eyes. “I’m sure! I’ll be fine. Go and enjoy yourself.”


Mum’s birthday was on Sunday, and Dad had splashed out, booking them in to a spa in Bath for the whole weekend. Jayden was privately doubtful that Dad was going to last the whole weekend in a fancy spa, but it got them away from the house from Friday evening until Monday morning, and he was all for it.


Chapter 69