viiic’s Reviews > Noughts & Crosses > Status Update

[SPOILERS] “‘Callum didn’t rape me. […] I’m pregnant because we made love to each other […] And it was the most magical, wonderful night of my life. […]
Dad slapped me so hard he knocked me off my feet. […]
‘You are no longer my daughter. You are a blanker’s slut […] But I’ll tell you this, you will go to the clinic and you will have an abortion. I will not allow you to embarrass me any further.” oh God

[SPOILERS] “‘Let’s get out of here,’ I smiled. ‘Let’s go away. We can be together, even if it's just for a little while, we could try—’
Light after light after light clicked on around us, dazzling and blinding.
‘Callum, run. RUN!’
I put one hand up to my eyes but I couldn’t see. And then something hit my head and I was knocked to the ground and all the lights in the world went out.” oh no-

[SPOILERS] “‘Sephy […] about that night… […] Why did you cry?’ […]
‘When we made love, I knew I loved you. […] But I also realized what you’d been trying to tell me all these years. You’re a Nought and I’m a Cross and there’s nowhere for us to be, nowhere for us to go where we’d be left in peace. […] That’s why I started crying. […] For all the things we might’ve had and all the things we’re never going to have” :(

[SPOILERS] “ Steeling myself, I turned around, my eyes closed. I opened my eyes slowly. I didn’t even have to pick it up. I could see its colour very clearly.
What am I going to do? God help me, what am I going to do?” shitshitshitshitshit

[SPOILERS] “‘Back off, Minnie. OK? […] My being kidnapped won’t reflect badly on you […]’
‘What’re you talking about? I’m concerned about you? […] What happened to you out there?’ Minnie asked softly.
‘I was kidnapped. I escaped. Now you know as much as I do.’ […]
‘Sephy, are… are you pregnant?’ oh no-” oh no-

[SPOILERS] “[…] this was about the fifth morning in a row that I’d woken up feeling like last Crossmas’s leftover turkey.
[…] As if everything that’d happened to me in the last five weeks wasn’t enough, now I’d caught a tummy bug” … She’s not pregnant, is she?

[SPOILERS] “‘She and her whole family have ruined our lives. It’s as if they’ve made it their business to mix up their lives with ours,’ said Jude. ‘They’ve always believed they were better than us and they weren’t.
I frowned at him. ‘What’re you talking about?’
‘Mum’s grandfather, our great-grandfather was a Cross. That’s what Mum told me that day. We’ve got Cross blood in our veins.’” oh-

[SPOILERS] “Callum stepped towards me. […]
‘Callum…’
‘Just go, Sephy.’ […]
‘Callum, we have to talk…’
‘No. Just go.’ […]
‘Callum…’ And then I remembered what had been bothering me about the stranger […]
‘Wait. That man with the blond pony-tail […] He works for my father.’” Yeah, that’s what I thought

[SPOILERS] “‘Stop her! Stop! […] She’s escaping. Get her.’
[…] I looked towards the open door and realized. Jude and I both took off after her. We raced out of the front door.
[…] ‘There she is!’ Morgan pointed over to the left towards the trees.
[…] All three of us chased after her. I had to find her before the others. I needed to find her.
God help me if I didn't.” Yes please, she doesn’t deserve to die

[SPOILERS] “‘What’s happened? […] Where’s Leila?’
‘Arrested,’ Morgan replied.
‘Where’s Pete?’
‘Dead,’ said Jude. ‘They had undercover police everywhere. They must’ve been monitoring every phone box in town. Either that or they knew exactly where we’d be. Morgan and I changed our locations at the last moment otherwise they might’ve captured us too. We were lucky to escape in one piece.” Well would you look at that