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staggered. I was feeding off adrenaline, and it was carrying me home.
                  The boy wasn’t following me anymore, which was good because I didn’t want to have to make him stop following me. I refused to do anything like that again tonight, or ever again. I didn’t want to be different. I just wanted to fit in.
                  I dried the tears away from around my eyes, and I ran my fingers through my hair as I paused on the Prestons’ doorstep. Taking a deep breath, I opened the door and stepped into the silent hallway.
                  ‘You’re back early,’ Gloria said as she came out of the kitchen to greet me. ‘Honey, you look frozen, where is your jacket?’
                  ‘I lost it, which I know was dumb. It’s okay, though, it’s not that cold out,’ I lied, as I placed my arms behind my back so that she couldn’t see the marks on my arms.
                  ‘Well, you go and change into something warmer and I’ll make you a hot chocolate.’
                  ‘Thank you, that sounds good.’
                  Gloria went back into the kitchen, and I made my way up the stairs and walked into my bedroom, feeling relieved to be back in it.
                  ‘Did you have a super time?’ Louisa said, as she perched on the edge of my bed.
                  ‘You just totally freaked me out,’ I replied, startled, as I again placed my arms behind my back.
                  ‘Sorry, I just heard you arrive home and I wanted to know how it went.’
                  ‘Yeah, it was great, and thanks for the dress.’
                  ‘No problem, I bet you were the prettiest girl there.’
                  ‘Not quite,’ I forced a smile.
                  ‘I’ll leave you to it.’ She bounced off the bed and moved towards the door. ‘Oh, and Celeste, I’m glad you’re having a good time.’
                  ‘Thanks.’
                  When the door finally closed I let out a relieved sigh before I unzipped the dress and changed into my leopard print pyjama bottoms and a long-sleeved black top.
                  My head was swarming full of questions that I didn’t have the answers to. Would Brandon tell people what I’d done? Would Leo ever speak to me again? And who was that weird boy that had been following me?
                  I felt like my head was going to burst open. I was in thought overload, and I didn’t like it. I just wanted to shake all my worries from my head and rewind back to before I’d messed things up in the park. I just wanted to go back in time and start over again.
                  It was typical that I was capable of doing things that others weren’t able to do, yet I wasn’t able to do what I actually wanted to. I couldn’t fix things. I couldn’t fix myself.
     

Chapter Four
     
    Morning arrived, and with it came the blissful ignorance of previous events before my mind changed from dream state to being awake, and then reality hit me. I didn’t want to face the real world. I justwanted to snuggle up under my pink bedcover and go into hibernation.
                  ‘Come on, sweetie, you’re wasting the day,’ Gloria said as she pulled open my curtains, which caused me to bury myself farther under my bedcover.
                  ‘I’m making pancakes,’ she said in a tone far too cheery for this time in the morning. ‘Then maybe afterwards we could all go out for lunch.’
                  ‘Yeah, sounds good,’ I groggily replied.
                  ‘Lovely, I’ll go and make your pancakes.’
                  I waited until I could no longer hear her footsteps before I pulled my bedcover off and stared up at the ceiling. I didn’t want to spend the day with a perfect family