The photo made me smile in spite of my nightmares and I read the attached message.

Can't wait to have you over again! X

The next message made me a Little more concerned. Jenny told me that she'd told her parents what had happened with Stuart and they'd phoned the police. Apparently they were going to come over later that day and talk about it with Jenny. I quickly messaged her back to Let her know it was ok and to call if she needed me.

The final message on my phone was from Ed. I guess you could say that if Jenny was my girlfriend now then Ed had gotten the promotion to best friend. Like most self respecting nerds, I tended to avoid sports like the plague. Ed was something of a paradox in that he definitely had some serious nerd credentials whilst being seriously into sports. He also happened to be unnervingly good at most of them too.

Yo dude! Nice going with Jenny! Subtlety wasn't one of his strong suits.

Ed knowing about us meant that Jenny had obviously told her friend Sue

Goldsworth. Sue was a nice girl who could not keep her mouth shut about anything. If she got a new pair of curtains, the whole school knew about it the next day. It didn't really matter of course, now that

Jenny and me were together, I didn't really care if the world knew how

I felt about her. Besides, it wasn't like we didn't have bigger problems to deal with.

After the police had been to visit her house, I got a call from Jenny.

“Heya sexy," she purred

“Hiya. How'd the interview go?" I tried to keep my tone Light.

“It was fine. They were really nice. If Stuart shows up again he's going to jail and they've put his description out there. Hopefully they'll get him soon or..." She trailed off, sounding a little worried.

“Or you'll knock his lights out again,“ I quickly filled in.

I heard her Laughter from the other end of the phone.

“Yeah, sure I will," she agreed.

"So I take it that I'm not invited over again tonight?"

“Sorry, but I think my parents need a few days to get their heads around all this crazy," she reluctantly told me. "But I'll see you tomorrow, right?"

“Unless school gets blown up." I casually agreed.

“We should be so lucky." She giggled with that naughty edge in the noise that made my underwear feel like it was going to melt at any moment .