Baby I'm A Sinner novel Chapter 72

Goodbyes are just as emotional with the french students as they were with the polish ones, and we arrive in Manchester after noon. Noah and I are back to normal, which means teasing and joking around, like last night didn't even happen.

"Dani?" Emma asks as we walk towards the arrivals section.

"Hm?"

"Did you have sex with Noah?" Jake asks, ambushing me from the other side.

"Uh."

Emma looks at me insistently because we're getting closer and closer to our parents, so we're on the clock.

"Yeah." I eventually say.

They start freaking out, congratulating me and smiling like they just got the best news ever. To be honest, I wasn't expecting anything else anyway.

"How was it?" Emma asks.

"Good."

"Did you bleed?"

"No? Was I supposed to?"

"Well I'm not surprised." Jake says before waving to his mother. "If he fingered you before, those long fingers of his already took your virginity."

Emma and I laugh, just as I make eye contact with my dad. He's talking on the phone but smiles when he sees me.

After a couple of 'see you on Monday''s, we finally part ways from everyone. Jade starts talking about how great Poland was, and then France, and then her exchange students, while I remain silent in the backseat, thinking about how I desperately need a shower.

"Happy birthday Dani." My dad tells me when Jade finally stops talking, but that causes her to start talking about my birthday party.

When we get home, my mother's car is also in front of the gate, which is just...super.

She greets me with a hug and a kiss on the cheek and wishes me happy birthday before handing me a small envelope that probably contains money.

"Thanks mom."

As soon as I open the door to my room, Nacho pads over to me and paws at my leg.

"Hi baby." I smile and bend down to pick him up and cuddle her into my cheek. "Has my mother been taking good care of you?"

He looks at me innocently and I kiss his head before placing him on my bed. His food bowl is filled and his water is fresh, which is something I didn't expect to come back to if I'm being honest.

I take a shower and then sit down at my desk so I can call someone for the homework that's been piling up for the past week.

I don't really talk to Noah for the rest of the weekend unless it's on our WhatsApp group, but I try to convince myself that I don't care. After all, we had sex; we didn't get married.

***

Going back to school feels like coming home after having a good time on holiday. Or going back to hell. Both fit.

The only thing keeping me going is the thought of going to see Arctic Monkeys in concert on Saturday.

We're in the cafeteria for lunch, and of course I can already feel Noah staring at me as I look down at my food.

His eyes fall down at the back of my hand, probably looking if I have any recent marks there. There are none.

I shoot him a look and he goes back to chewing his food.

"I can't wait for the concert on Saturday." Jake excitedly says as he eats.

"Who can? These days will pass by so slow I'm going to grow White hair."

I laugh at Liam's words and make eye contact with Emma.

"Don't look but Luke is coming over." Lucas asks and all of us turn our heads at the same time.

"I said don't look!"

Luke walks over quite determined and I am scared of what's to come.

He stops at our table next to me and I look at him curiously.

"So you didn't want to fuck me but you fucked Noah on your birthday?" He asks.

Judging by Noah's face, this won't end good.

"Alright then, everyone at this table, including these two idiots is going to spend the rest of the week in detention!"

Everyone groans, and Mr. Flack interrupts us by sending us off to class and telling Luke to go to the nurse to put some ice on his face.

Noah doesn't seem to be too hurt, but he's send to the nurse too, for precautionary measures.

The rest of the day is spent whispering about the fight, or hearing whispers about the fight and joining in. Everyone is on Noah's side of course, and I even hear some girls saying how courageous it was of Noah that he punched Luke.

Detention starts at three pm until six, and I have no idea what I'm going to do for three hours. On the plus side, I'm in detention with everyone at my table so it won't be that boring.

The tension in the room is however suffocating, because Luke is at one of the tables, and Noah is sitting right across from him.

We've got Mr. James as our supervisor today, but we know we won't be as lucky tomorrow. Mr. James makes sure that the hallways are clear before he shuts the door and goes to sit on his desk, facing us as he crosses his arms over his chest.

"So can anyone tell me what in the world went on today? Why did you punch each other like crazy?"

Obviously everyone knows, but no one wants to go first. I see Noah looking at me like he doesn't know whether I want Mr. James to find out, so I take it upon myself to explain the whole thing. I mean after all, the fight technically started because of me.

"I slept with Noah." is probably not the best way to start a topic, especially with a teacher. But to hell with it, 90% of the people here are my friends and Mr. James is a Sex Ed teacher, so this shouldn't be news to him.

"You did what?" Mr. James asks, leaning forward.

"I slept with Noah."

"Why you were with Luke?"

"No. A long time after that. But Luke was too mad about it for some reason-"

Luke perks up and interrupts me. "Because you didn't want to have sex with me, when we were together for like two months, but you slept with this poor excuse of a human being!"

"Luke, calm down." Mr. James warns, looking at him, and then at Noah. "So is this the reason the fight started?"

"He called her a slut, so I had every right to punch him and break his nose." Noah explains, leaning back into his chair.

Everyone in the room is quiet, and I feel too exposed for some reason.

"So let me get this straight. Luke, you were mad because Danielle slept with Noah and not with you, then you called her a slut, and you're still wondering why Noah punched you?"