The Chim Factor

Chapter 3

Kim's POV

I wake up all alone in my double bed. I'm getting used to this now, it's been three months since me and Justin broke up. We had been together for 8 years and I came home one day to find him in bed with another woman.

Apparently it wasn't the first either, just the first I had caught.

I couldn't stand to look at him anymore, knowing he had been so unfaithful to me, so I moved out into a house on my own.

It's a bigger than average size house but it's not over the top big, although I do have an indoor pool which I couldn't resist, because I've always loved swimming.

It can get quite lonely but my family and friends visit a lot, which makes it better. I have 3 crazy best friends, Nicola Roberts, Sarah Harding and Nadine Coyle, they are all in the public eye like me which makes it easier.

Nicola is a fashion designer and I've known her since I've come to London, she's the one who introduced me to Nadine and Sarah. Nadine has been the lead role in musicals since she was 18, and she's starting to bring out some music at the moment. Sarah is a film star, she's been in many films but none of them very big so far, however she's filming one at the moment that's supposed to be big.

I've known the girls now for about 9 years and we've never gone a week without texting or 2 weeks without meeting up. They were all extremely proud of me when I got the Xtra Factor job and we had a big celebration.

We often have girls nights in where we do what we feel like, we get drunk, talk or watch films in our pjs. Nothing really can get much better than us being together.

I finally drag myself out of bed and make my way into the kitchen, shivering when my feet touch the cold hardwood floor.

I put the kettle on, hoping for a nice cup of tea and my mind wonders to what I am doing today.

I only have one thing to do today which is meet up with Cheryl, I realise it's now 10 so I have enough time to get ready before she comes over for lunch at 1.

There was something special about Cheryl from the very first moment I met her.

The first time I had met her in person was when I came back into the meeting room and I could tell that she was staring at me as I was walking over to her. I didn't really mind though because I know if it would have been the other way around, I would have done the exact same.

She's beautiful, I don't think there's actually anyone that doesn't think that.

I was excited when I found out she was joining the X Factor panel again this year, I'm not a massive fan but it's hard not to like one or two of her songs. Nicola quite likes her though, I think she was happier than me when she found out I got the job.

She was a really nice person to talk to yesterday and I'm glad I'm gonna be able to get to know her more but something doesn't seem good with her.

I've only known her a day and I can already tell that she is a very closed off person and the text she got interested me. I've heard that Jean is her boyfriend but he really didn't sound happy, maybe they were having an argument or something?

I come out of my thoughts when I realised the kettle had boiled a while ago and I had just been stood leaning agains the counter thinking about Cheryl.

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At few minutes past 1, I open the door to be met with Cheryl's beautiful smiling face.

"Hi Kimberley."

"Hi Cheryl."

She's dressed down in jeans and a jumper just like me and I can't help but pull her into a hug. She seemed very tense, but she soon relaxed into my arms. We stood in the hug for about a minute but neither of us seemed to mine.