Chapter Forty Seven

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Meg agreed that Johnny would come by around 7, before the family dinner. She was touched he was making the effort. She kissed him passionately before he led her to the front door and showed her out. He lingered at the door and watched as his girl made her way down the drive. Meg waved and headed back to her house to get ready for the dinner.

Poppy entered her sister's bedroom a while later, Meg had showered and was in the middle of curling her hair. "How was your work meeting?" Poppy said sitting on the edge of the bed. "Meeting? Oh yeah fine." Meg said turning to her sister. "In fact. Johnny has kindly agreed to join us tonight." "For dinner?" Poppy asked skeptically. "Yes is that ok?" "Course... I just, umm, why?" The little sister asked. "Why?" Meg repeated going back to curling her hair. "Yes? Why is that dish spending his Saturday night with us?" "Oh because I spoke about you meeting Matt, and Dan and Poppy. I guess he didn't want me to be lonely.." "I see....you could have invited Travis again?" "Oh come off it... he's got better things... and women to be doing." Meg smirked. "Like you?" Poppy asked. "What??" Meg asked shocked. "Are you one of the girls he's doing?" "Ewww Pops! No way!!" "What?? He's nice, and although you fell asleep on him last night I'm sure he would give you a second chance." "No. There is categorically nothing going on between me and Travis." "Oh okay..." Poppy said before beginning to rummage through Meg's make up. "And what about Johnny's girl?" "What about her?" Meg asked nervously. "Well is she not slightly put out by the fact he's spending the evening with us and not her? It's weird right? Like if I was a girlfriend and my man said oh I'm off for dinner with another girl and her family I wouldn't be happy.." "I don't know, I hadn't thought." Meg said. Secretly she hadn't thought because she hadn't had time to come up with a proper excuse. Johnny's girl was her. "Maybe I'll ask him.." "Yeah you do that... wait no don't. That would be rude." Meg called after Poppy who had already left the room.

Meg finally got dressed and wandered down the stairs, carefully navigating her way in her towering heels. She looked up when she heard voices. It was her brother and Johnny conversing in the foyer. Johnny looked up and smiled. "Hi." He said. She was speechless, he looked rather dapper and it took her breath away. "Ah here she is now... if you excuse me Johnny I need to go hurry my wife along." Dan said rushing up the stairs. "Looking good Megs!" He said as he passed her two stairs at a time. Meg smiled and finished her journey down the stairs and approached Johnny. "You look beautiful." He said sweetly. "Well you look rather dashing yourself." She smiled as he stole a kiss. "Thank you again for coming tonight.." she said quietly. "It's my pleasure. Thanks for having me." "Wine?" She asked and he followed her into the kitchen. His eyes on her the whole time.

Polly and Dan finally arrived in the kitchen, disturbing the flirtatious whispering going on between Johnny and Meg who immediately broke apart when the couple entered the room. "Hi! It's wonderful to meet you, I'm Polly!" The bubbly lady said reaching her hand out to Johnny who politely took it and lent in kissing her on the cheek. "It's lovely to meet you Polly, I've heard a lot about you." He said with a smile. "And umm you've met Dan." Meg said awkwardly gesturing to her brother. "Yep.. baring in mind you girls take an AGE to get ready, it's a good job I was available to open the door to Mr Depp." "It's his house... he has a key." Meg smirked before pouring more drinks for her brother and sister in law. "No sign of Poppy then..." Dan said sarcastically "Nope.. give it ten and I'll go hurry her up. I'm pretty sure she's more excited about meeting that Matt than dinner." Meg said as Johnny stood close to her. "I mean the way that girl picks up guys, Dad would have gone mental." "Alice will when he hears.." Meg added.

After making small talk for a while, Poppy eventually arrived looking very glamorous. After compliments from her sister, the youngest sibling said "Meg you look amazing!! Let's get photos! If you post them to socials.. Alex will be drooling." "I don't care what Alex does..." Meg replied rolling her eyes. "Okay fine... somebody might, if you don't fall asleep on them that is and then you won't be single." "Maybe I'm fine as I am.." Meg said trailing off and ensuring she didn't say the word single, she could feel Johnny's eyes on her. "Oh please, come on.. I can't go back travelling and leave you in this big house all alone." "I'm hardly alone Pops." "Go stand there.. go on." Meg stood up off a bar stall and walked to the blank wall. She stood and posed whilst her sister snapped some photos. Dan said something rather humorous making her belly laugh and she clocked eyes with Johnny who chuckled. Was this happiness?

"Boom! That's the one!! You look hot sis

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"Boom! That's the one!! You look hot sis." "Ok ok thanks. Pipe down.. now we should get going shouldn't we?" Meg said grabbing her bag and finishing her glass. Everyone made their way into the foyer and Johnny lingered beside her. As she placed her glass down he lent in and whispered. "Your sister is correct. You're sublimely beautiful." Meg smiled and blushed before kissing him, wiping off the lipstick on his face and heading towards the front door.

Dan was helping his wife with her coat as Poppy got lost in her phone probably texting the new man in her life, as Johnny grabbed a cigarette from his tin. He opened the front door and headed out onto the drive. Meg followed him and they stood awaiting the car. "Here." Johnny said shrugging off his suit jacket. "No don't be silly! You'll freeze! I'll be fine! In fact I'll run in and grab my jacket." Meg said with a smile as Johnny took a drag. She re entered the house after her siblings had joined Johnny and she returned with a leather jacket on. She pulled her hair out the back of the collar when she heard Poppy say "So Johnny, what's your girlfriend like?"

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