Chapter 364
The girls had slept peacefully all night after their busy day and then their evening full of chatting and laughing that had been well over due, meaning that when the alarm was just about to go off, they were both pretty much in the exact same positions that they'd fallen to sleep in; Cheryl lying slightly lower as Kimberley rested her cheek against the cushioning of her dark brown hair, while they both had their arms draped over each other's middle so that they were nice and snug, just like they'd always done when sharing a tent during their climb up Kilimanjaro to keep warm on the chilly nights, and consequently having learnt that this was quite a comfortable way to sleep in fact. The bedroom was lovely and peaceful as a dim glow shone through the lilac coloured curtains and vanquished the darkness that had consumed the room throughout the night, making visible the classy, white, French style furniture Kimberley had decked out her bedroom in, with the lilac coloured feature wall behind the bed with its cream duvet and purple throw creating the lilac theme she had running throughout the room, accompanied with the stack of decorative cushions that had previously been professionally piled up on the bed before the girls had moved them onto the vintage chaise longue under the window so that they could actually fit in, as Kim had a bit of an obsession when it came to cushions, something that drove Justin crazy on a regular basis. Eventually however, the harsh tones of the alarm clock began ringing through the peaceful room and dragged the girls begrudgingly from their blissful slumber.
"Ohhhh…I don't want it to be morning yet!...haha…make it stop" Cheryl whined as she felt Kimberley pull away from her to turn over and knock the horrible sound off, switching her lamp on to help them wake up more too. "That was the best sleep I've had in ages…I need to invest in one of these memory foam mattresses…it's like my body is actually being held by God himself…haha" she quirkily continued as she rolled over and began hugging the pillow with a contented smile on her face, while Kimberley just lay giggling away at the weird things Cheryl would randomly come out with on a frequent basis.
"Hahaha...you should be a sales person or something for them…haha…buy a memory foam mattress today, and experience how it feels to lie in the hand of God…hahaha…you fruitcake…Mmmm you smell so much nicer to wake up to than Justin though…haha…I swear he sweats like nobody's business during the night, it’s ridiculous, it doesn’t even have to be hot!" Kim joked back in a funny sales voice, before whining as she snuggled back down under the duvet and cuddled into Cheryl's side, resting her head on her shoulder which meant the sweet aromas from her ever fabulous hair wafted under her nostrils.
"Haha…poor J-dog…I can't sympathise really, cos Tre is like the best smelling guy I've ever come across in my life...I think he has a naturally fragrant odour…haha" Cheryl grinned in response whilst thinking about him waking up around now back at her house, probably with Buster and Coco lying on his chest like they always liked to do as he was so warm, and pretty much like a giant cushion because of all of his muscles.
"Is there anything about that man that you don't like?" Kim smirked back, actually thinking it was lovely how Cheryl very rarely ever complained about Tre, and the two of them seemed to have just got on like a house on fire from the very beginning, without having really annoyed each other at any point with their personal little habits.
"Haha...not really…nothing like that anyway, he's a little dreamboat bless him…haha…He does burp extremely loudly after he's eaten though…like it literally vibrates around the room…haha…it's not really a habit like, he just does it to get a reaction from me…haha" Cheryl revealed the one thing that got on her nerves about him slightly, even though she knew he did it on purpose to irritate her, as she’d always screw her face up and play hell, which he as a result found very entertaining.
"Haha…remember when Nic always used to do that when she was dead young…even when we went to nice restaurants and things…haha…your face used to be a picture!" Kimberley began laughing away while Cheryl screwed her face up just like she’d do with Tre, remembering very well the embarrassment of how other people in the restaurant would look over in distain and shock.
"Urghh yeah!...she was a vile little teenager…haha…thank God she's grown out of it…there's no way we'd be going out for dinner these days to the likes of Nobu with her belching her guts up" she replied in disgust, however still missing Nicola loads too and wished she could have been here as well, but she was currently in Liverpool to visit her family due to it being her little brothers birthday.
"Poor ginge…haha…Ohhh shall we both just ring in sick today?...I seriously could just lie here until lunch time at least…haha…my feet are still stinging a bit even after a full night's sleep for God's sake!" Kim whinged, making Cheryl chuckle as her best friend just rolled over more and seemed to bury her face into Cheryl's neck, whilst wrapping her leg over her body so that she couldn't get up even if she wanted to.
"Well if you'd like to explain that to Beth, then be my guest babe…haha…God, I can't believe it's flipping Thursday!...I have today and tomorrow and then that's it! Tour time!...it's *Ducking* scary!...haha…I can't believe it’s finally here after all this time" Cheryl responded in disbelief as the realisation that she was flying to Belfast this evening suddenly hit her and set her stomach off fluttering away.
"You're going to be brilliant Chez…I'm buzzing to come and watch…are you happy with everything that's in it?...like is it everything you always wanted it to be after all these years you've been thinking about it?" Kim asked as she lifted her head back up and moved back to her side, not even being able to imagine how Cheryl must be feeling about going on her first solo tour, as it was still nerve-racking going on stage as part of a band where they were all in it together, never mind being totally by herself in front of thousands of people.
“I’m literally in love with it babe…haha…I don’t want to tell you too much about it cos I want things to be a surprise, but yeah, it’s just like how I’ve always dreamed it would be…the stage is just how I imagined as well…I kinda freaked out when I saw it for the first time, cos it was so strange to see it in reality and how close it was to the image I’ve had in my mind for ages” Cheryl began grinning like a Cheshire cat as she turned to lie on her side too so that they were both facing each other, Kim not being able to stop herself from smiling back as Cheryl just looked so happy from talking about it.
“It must be mental for you!...haha…to say you’ve had your own tour, playing at venues like the O2 arena and then back in Newcastle too, that’s such a huge achievement Chez…like it’s probably the biggest achievement it’s possible for an artist to have…to have so many personal fans that you can actually have your own tour where everyone wants to see just you…I’m so proud of you Belle, I’m gonna be crying like a baby when I come to watch you…haha” Kim sweetly told her best friend, feeling like she deserved this so much after she’d worked so hard her whole life to get to this point, and had pretty much overcome all the odds possible that had been against her too.
“Aww thanks juicy ass…haha” Cheryl scrunched her nose up and cheekily reached her arm around to give Kimberley’s bum a squeeze, making them both giggle. “Haha…as long as it’s you crying like a baby and not me, then happy days…haha…I don’t know what I’m going to do with myself when it’s all over…I know we’ve got the Girls Aloud tour hopefully coming up after Christmas, but like yanno how we always get really attached to our dancers and the people in our team so it’s always dead emotionally when it comes to an end? Well I’m literally obsessed with the people I work with because of it just being me…haha…like I can’t imagine not seeing them every day and then hearing about them going off to dance for somebody else…haha…They’re mine! They’re not allowed to dance for anybody else!...haha…it’s going to be so strange, I love them all to bits, they’re like my little family…and it feels like I’ve been with them all for ages as well! Like Tyrell’s been with me since the ‘Call My Name’ video all the way back in March!...at least Tre’s stuck with me whether he likes it or not…haha…and Fefe now that he’s with Lils too…there’s no escape for those two poor souls” Cheryl explained how she felt about it all and how she hoped somehow she’d be able to maintain a good relationship with all of her dancers after the tour was over, as the friendships she’d made really were genuine and meant a lot to her.
“It does really sound like you’ve got a good bunch of people around you…you all hang out loads together as well don’t you?...it’s sweet…I can’t believe Lily is finally in a relationship…haha…I’m so happy for her” Kim smiled brightly at how much Cheryl had clearly enjoyed the whole experience of preparing for her tour because of the great people around her, plus the fact that Lily had obviously benefited very well from Cheryl’s choice of dancers as well.
“Aww you should see them together babe, seriously, they’re so bloody cute it’s ridiculous…haha…and she constantly has the biggest smile on her face too, she’s so happy with him, and he’s actually amazing with her…like before I noticed him starting to like Lily, he was always very cheeky chappy and a bit out there, a bit cocky yanno…haha…but since they’ve got together he’s become the biggest sweetheart ever, honestly…he keeps buying her little presents all of the time and they literally can’t stop kissing each other…haha…it’s so funny” Cheryl jubilantly described what Lily’s new relationship was like while Kimberley listened, practically buzzing just from thinking about it as she’d also known Lily for a very long time too.
“Haha…she goes quite soft when she’s got a boyfriend doesn’t she? She always seems to change a bit and relax…I need to have good catch up with her some time, I haven’t seen her for ages!...what’s she gonna do when the tour is over and he goes back to LA do you know?...” Kim asked, wondering how Lily would take to being in a long distance relationship, as she always liked to keep things straight forward really, and this type of situation was far from it.
“I don’t think she’s thought about it much to be honest…it’s one of those things where you don’t know how it’s going to play out until you’re going through it yanno?...like as much as I hated when Tre had to go away that time for a while, it wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be beforehand…like I missed him actually being here like crazy, but we still spoke every day and there’s Skype and stuff like that which makes it feel not so bad…I think she’ll just get on with it knowing her…and then she’s going over to New York with Rosie at some point after the tour, so she might be able to meet up with him out there maybe…it seems to be going really well between them though, so I think they’ll be fine” Cheryl gave her opinion whilst stroking a piece of Kimberley’s hair behind her ear, both seeming to have forgotten they needed to actually get up.
“Aww I hope it all works out for her…I love when people get into new relationships, it’s so exciting…haha…he sounds like a nice guy as well, and if he’s mates with Tre then he can’t be a total bad’un…haha…there must be something about your flaming tour that has a funny effect on you all! You all seem to be hooking up left, right and centre!...haha…” Kim began giggling along with Cheryl who was nodding her head, it being true that it was starting to become a running theme with her little team of people to fall for each other.
“We’re just a very loving group Kimba, that’s all…haha…oh shall we text her and see if she’s up? See if she survived the night with that swine staying in her house…haha…I hope she isn’t in prison or anything after murdering him…I don’t need that extra stress right now” Cheryl smirked as she reached across for her phone off the bedside table, suddenly having remembered that Rosie’s friend had been staying at Lily’s apartment last night, that Lily had been far from happy about.
“Ooo yeah!...hahaha…I think I remember that Spencer guy actually…he came out with us once didn’t he?” Kim pouted as she turned to lie on her back and linked her arm through Cheryl’s as she held her phone in front of them both.
“Yeah…he was really smarmy…like I find the whole flirting on a night out thing quite funny sometimes, when it’s just banter and having a laugh and stuff yanno…but he was like full on with me all night when the last thing I wanted back then was to be anywhere near another guy, never mind having one all over me…I just hate men like that…when they think they’re God’s gift and can just do whatever they want cos they think every woman out there would love to be with them…it’s like *Duck* off man…haha…he’s not even good looking if you ask me…he’s lucky I didn’t punch him in his stupid face last time I seen him, cos he was like proper feeling me up, like when it’s actually really inappropriate…dickhead” Cheryl explained the very bad impression she’d got from him and how she could understand why Lily was worried about him being part of her younger sisters life, even if it was just as a friend.
“Men can be so weird like that can’t they?...on a night out I can’t imagine a woman ever just going up to some random guy who they didn’t really know and start properly feeling them up straight away…like it’s not normal is it?!...haha…what goes through their heads sometimes I don’t know?” Kim shook her head in despair, feeling so lucky that she’d met Justin all those years ago an so had managed to avoid that all situation of being a single woman in a nightclub with guys coming onto her all of the time, as she hated just the thought of it.
“It’s just certain types of men to be fair…you can see them a mile off as well…haha…right, let’s see if she’s awake yet…she should be…haha…unless her and Fefe are getting down like yesterday morning…haha” Cheryl smirked as she began texting Lily, thinking Lily might be pushing her luck to be late two days in a row and so was likely to be up out of bed by now.
