Baby I'm A Sinner novel Chapter 64

"You have three hours to wander about, and then we'll meet back here so we can go to the Royal Castle. We have a tourist showing us around at two, so don't be late!" Mr. Andrew yells so everyone can hear, before he and the rest of the teachers are off.

"So what can we see here?" Noah asks and comes up to us, directing his question at Nins.

"There's nothing much to see in the centre, but there's a really good coffee shop close to here if you want to go."

"Great then! 's everyone in?"

Emma and I agree, and Julia, Oskar, Lucas, Amy, Kacpar, Liam, and Zack also say that they want to join us.

We make our way towards the coffee shop Nins told us about, and it's fairly empty when we get there so we settle down outside, pushing two tables together so the ten of us can fit.

As soon as we order (well, our exchange students order because it's really difficult to understand the writing and the language), Noah takes out his cigarette pack and lights one up. Zack, Liam, Julia, and Oskar follow.

"You know how cheap the cigarettes here are? A Marlboro is like two pounds something. I can buy four here and one in England. Fuckin' amazing."

I immediately make a plan to buy some cigarette packs while in Poland, because honestly the prices were the best ones I've heard yet.

The hours we have to spend in the coffee shop until the teachers need us to get back pass by quickly and are filled with fun conversations and laughter. I immediately hit it off with Oskar, who tells me about the things they do for fun in Poland. I'm not surprised that they mostly involve alcohol and weed, but I like it. It's not like we don't do the same things back in England.

I catch Noah shooting us curious looks from time to time, and although I'm pretty sure he's jealous, I don't flatter myself. However, making him jealous was one of Jake's suggestions when I asked him how I should make Noah notice me a couple of months earlier.

So I lean further to Oskar and bump our shoulders together.

"So which are your best nightclubs?"

He starts telling me out the usual nightclubs they go to, and the one we'll be going to tomorrow. I tell him that I'm not legal, and he smiles.

"Don't worry about it, they usually let the pretty girls in without checking their ID's." Oskar assures me and winks.

I hear Noah snorting across from us, so I shoot him a confused look, even though inside I'm congratulating myself.

The teachers meet up with us at the time they told us to be back, and they're not that surprised to learn that all of us spent the three hours inside a pub or a coffee shop instead of wandering out and about. They don't say anything though, because they're glad we're getting along well.

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When we get back to Nins' house, it's already getting dark and we have one hour to shower and get dressed so we can get to Kacpar's house at nine.

I put on a checkered shirt, my blue jeans, white Doc Marten's, and a jean vest in case it's going to be too cold outside. Eleanor dresses up quickly when she's out of the shower and Nins is already waiting for us downstairs, ready to go.

We call a taxi that takes us to Kacpar's house, and I'm in awe of how cheap the taxis here are. Everything is cheaper than in England and I'm quite jealous of that.

Kacpar's house is a two-stoDani Victorian building, and there's music coming from the backyard, so we ring the doorbell.

A minute later, Harry comes out to let us in with a big smile that indicates he might already be tipsy.

"Heyyyy Dani. Eleanor. Nins." He smiles and leads us inside.

Everyone is in the back, sitting at a large picnic table. There are several packs of cigarettes, lighters, bottles of alcohol and phones scattered on it.

I sit down next to Emma after greeting everyone, but don't get to talk to her much because Lucas calls me inside. I look at him confused but follow him inside nonetheless.

"He seemed pretty mad and Oskar told him that he'll leave you alone because he wasn't aware you were taken."

"That fuckin' prick! Where does he get off, telling Oskar to back off? Maybe I fancy Oskar and maybe I'd like to make out with him, did he ever think of that? God, I'm so mad." I exclaim.

"I get it, and I told Noah he shouldn't have done that because it wasn't his place to, but he seemed so possessive I was afraid to say anything else."

"If he thinks he's being cool by being 'possessive', well I'll give him a reason to."

"I think you need to calm down-"

"Calm down? He can flirt with everyone and I'm not allowed to glance in a guy's direction without him going off? He says he doesn't want a relationship, and that he doesn't do girlfriends, yet he gets all mad about it. What the fuck? How is that fair for me?"

Lucas looks at me apologetically. "It isn't. I'm sorry Dani, I just thought you should know in case Oskar might seem a bit distant."

"Oh, I'll clear things up with him, no problem."

"Be careful."

I shrug and get myself a bottle of beer before we walk back outside. I change my seat and instead of sitting next to Emma, I squish myself between Liam and Oskar, who are smoking and talking about football.

"Hi." I tell Oskar, and Liam doesn't seem to have a problem directing his attention to someone else.

"Hey." He says, and I know he's being careful, so I place my hand on his thigh. Oskar seems surprised by my action, but not uncomfortable.

"Look, I don't know what Noah's told you, but I don't have a boyfriend. And I was definitely flirting with you back at the coffee shop."