There are absolutely no characters under the age of 18. All sexual acts take place between adults over the age of 18 years.
Jack and Phoebe 4
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"Then put your warm little hand in mine. There ain't no hill or mountain we can't climb. Babe, I got you babe, I got you babe, I got you babe." sang out from the radio beside Phoebe's bed.
Phoebe walked back from the door, towel pulled tight around her, turned it off and then headed towards the bathroom for a shower.
When she came down the stairs, she was dressed in her school uniform and had her hair held up with a wide blue hairband. She passed a mirror and paused briefly to check her appearance before walking into the kitchen and sitting down at the table. Phoebe's mother had left earlier, so her father was alone with his head buried in the Financial Times, a cup of coffee steaming away in front of him.
"Morning PB!" he said, briefly dipping his paper down to look at her.
"Morning, Daddy," she replied, "all good news I hope!"
"Nothing more profitable than bad news, if you know what to do with it, Peebs." he said, this time without moving his paper.
Phoebe poured herself some cereal and ate it whilst reading celebrity gossip on her phone. After a while Phoebe's father folded his paper and stood up, he drained his, now cold, coffee and then spoke.
"I don't know if you recall but, your mother and I have a charity do tonight, I expect that we will be back after you've gone to bed, so have a good day and don't get up to too much mischief whilst we're not here." he said, a big grin on his face.
Phoebe loved that her father trusted her so much, although she was sure he would not approve of the plans she had for this evening.
Jack arrived to walk with her to school a little while later, so they walked the short distance arm in arm.
"You're free tonight, aren't you?" Phoebe asked Jack, pulling in close to him as they walked.
"Well, I will have to tell my other girlfriend that I'm busy, but," his joke was halted by a punch on the arm, "Yes! I'm free tonight! Please don't hurt me!"
The pair giggled as they walked.
"I'm going to make it worth your while, don't worry!" she promised, with a devilish grin.
"Hmm, should I be scared, Phebes?" he asked, pretending to be worried.
"Very!" she replied, cackling evilly, pulling her best villainous grin.
Sally and Stephanie were standing in their usual place just beside the entrance to the classblock, they were chatting about some TV show on Netflix that Sally was trying to get Stephanie to watch, but Stephanie lost interest in the conversation when she saw Phoebe walk through the gates. Seeing Phoebe arrive arm in arm with Jack made her feel intense jealousy, and she wished that she could be the one walking into school with Phoebe like that. She tried her best not to let it show, she did not want to jeopardise what she did have for something that she may never be able to obtain.
"Morning, ladies," said Phoebe cheerfully.
"Morning, Phebes," they both replied in unison.
Stephanie and Phoebe exchanged furtive glances and smiles, as Sally started to evangelise her new favourite show to Phoebe.
"Hi, Jack," said Dan, as he attempted to lift the phone from Mike's blazer pocket without Mike noticing.
Mike turned and spotted Jack, and without even looking at him, gave Dan a clip round the ear.
"Morning, Jack," he said, followed by "will you stop doing that Dan, you are not a fucking pickpocket!"
"Jesus, I was just messing about!" Dan complained, "it's not like you can do it!"
"Where's your phone Dan?" asked Mike.
Dan's face dropped as he searched his blazer and trouser pockets, and then began to pull stuff out of his backpack. Mike was smiling from ear to ear, as he held Dan's phone up so Jack could see it whilst he watched Dan frantically searching for it.
"Where'd you have it last?" Mike mocked.
"Oh, very good, give it me back!" shouted Dan.
"Will you quit trying to pick my pockets?" asked Mike.
"Okay, I won't pick your pockets any more," conceded Dan.
"Well, you've got to be honest, you've never actually picked my pockets, just annoyed me all morning," laughed Mike.
The registration bell rang and the pupils on the playground made their way into the classblock and their form rooms.
Later in the morning Tom was sitting in his history lesson trying to concentrate on a task about the contributing factors to the First Russian Revolution in 1905, but he was finding it difficult not to stare at Maggie Sullivan. She was two tables ahead and one to the left of him, so he had a partial view of her face, so he was mostly studying her ear and ponytail. He'd known her for so long, they'd played together, with Jack, when they were little, and she was one of his favourite people. Aria had asked him to do something that would utterly ruin his friendships, with both Jack and Maggie, but he could not see a way out of it, he either threw away his friendships or he threw away his future. Eventually, he tore himself away from Maggie's ear, and went to work on Russian history.
The lesson ended and as pupils filed out, Tom was able to catch Maggie as she was leaving the classroom.
"Hi Maggie,"