Following the Stars

Chapter Thirty Two

It was the second week of January, and the British weather was starting to get Lexie down, it had rained and been cold non stop since New Year's. As she folded a jumper and placed it in her holdall, she wondered if that would be enough layers for tomorrow. This evening she was visiting Johnny, he had returned from Paris and leased a house in London around 25 minutes from hers whilst he worked on his music with Jeff.

He had arrived yesterday morning, and kindly invited her over today for dinner. Their first official date apparently. They agreed that they probably shouldn't go out in public for now, so he had kindly offered to host dinner at his new place. The effort he was going to was incredibly sweet and Lexie was touched by it.

She put on a black mini dress, it had three quarter length sleeves and was fairly fitted. She paired it with black thigh high boots, and a burgundy coat. Grabbing her handbag and holdall she headed out to her car. Johnny had told her on the phone to pack an overnight bag, he apparently had missed her and she had no qualms in staying over. Lexie climbed into her R8 and began blaring music, she put in his new address to the GPS and begun her journey.

At Johnny's new abode, he was wandering round putting the finishing touches to his dinner date. He had a chef's team in the kitchen preparing dinner, and was extremely excited to wine and dine Lexie this evening. They had done things fairly backwards, with sleeping together a month ago but still they were doing it their way and that's all that mattered. He had donned a crisp suit, and white shirt, put on an obscene amount of cologne and grabbed some champagne placing it in the ice bucket. He knew Lexie was prompt and she was due any moment. He really had missed her since he last saw her four weeks ago, even though they spoke a lot on the phone over Christmas and text all day every day. He was old school and liked to be in her actual company, not virtually.

After what felt like an age, he saw Sean allow access to a fancy sports car recognising it as Lexie's from his visits to her house, his heart was beating out his chest. She drove up and parked her car before jumping out, she grabbed her handbag and made her way to the front door. He watched her through the window, she looked incredibly chic and ridiculously beautiful. He opened the front door to her and wrapped his arms round her "Hey you." "Hey yourself." She said smiling. "It's good to see you." "It's good to see you too Johnny, this house looks insane." "Thank you. Just a temporary base." Sean cleared his throat, he had approached behind Lexie. "Sir if I may, shall I move Lexie's car into the garage. Less exposure, less risk of being spotted." Lexie's eyes widened. "I can do that Sean it's no bother." "Honestly it's fine miss. You get settled if you're happy to give me your keys?" Lexie nodded smiling and passed him the keys. "Thank you." The head of security wandered off leaving Johnny and Lexie alone for the first time in a month. He immediately took his girl into his arms kissing her passionately, when he pulled back Lexie bit her lip. "Miss me?" She said coyly, to which Johnny nodded. "Good, because I missed you too."

He poured two glasses of champagne before leading her into the cosy sitting room where a roaring fire was burning in the large gothic fireplace. There was an extravagant bouquet on the side table and Johnny passed Lexie the small card that sat beside it. She opened the envelope and saw a handwritten note.

The first of many I sincerely hope. JD. X

Lexie smiled as she looked up at Johnny, she thanked him for the flowers as he sat down beside her. "Dinner will be just under an hour, I hope that's ok?" He said before sipping his drink. "That's wonderful thank you, you know you really didn't need to go to this much effort, I would have happily hosted again." "Nope, I promised I would wine and dine you and I intend to do so." He said charmingly making Lexie smile. "So did you confirm your appearances?" He asked taking a genuine interest in her work. "Yes I finalised it yesterday at that meeting with the label, I'll be opening The Grammy's which is INSANE, and then I'm performing at The Brits too half way through the night." "Well isn't that something. You know I'll be at both?" "Seriously?" "Yeah, the band has been invited and I've confirmed, plus I've never seen you perform live so why not.." "I guess we will have to be extra careful though.." "I would imagine so, but still you'll be far too focused to worry about me, I bet you don't even think about me once on those nights." "How can you say that? Of course I will be. Especially knowing you'll be watching!" Johnny chuckled.