“What’s a pack?” I ask clearing my throat and hopefully my red cheeks from Harris’s stare. I remember reading about packs of wolves in my class at university but I don’t think they are talking about that. Maybe it’s some kind of gang or a name of a house; I don’t want to guess because I’m sure I’m going to come up with something worse than what it actually is. I glance at Harris who isn’t answering my question so I repeat myself.

“Oh, it’s nothing important,” Harris says quickly, all the while he is glaring at Katy like a parent whose kid just told someone a big secret of theirs. I glance back at Katy, who looks very guilty, as she shrugs at me, and avoiding looking at Harris at all. This night is proving to be all kinds of confusing and I’m pretty sure forgetting it is the easier way. No one says anything else while we drive home and a tense silence descends on the car.

"Are you going to be ok to walk in? I don't think I can get in the car park with the gate down.” Harris says looking at me, as he stops on the road outside my building. The whole building is so close to the university, so it has to be on lock down after a certain time and you can only walk in, past a locked gate. I’m lucky the gate’s broken, so you don’t need a key to get in. Well unlucky in certain ways because it means anyone can get in.

"Yeah, I'll walk in. The gate is open.” I say to Harris and he nods, watching me closely like he wants to say something but I get out the car before he can.