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Caroline's P.O.V
I heard Olly thank the delivery man and pay him. He came walking in with a massive pizza, two cans of coke and a bunch of flowers. "Is delivering flowers in his job description, Ols?" I joked as he kissed me and gave me them. He cheekily replied "When I pa him enough, he is" and started laughing. I went in to the kitchen with Olly and got two glasses down from the shelf above me. I could feel somebody watching me. I turned around to see Olly watch my every move with a dopey smile on his face. "Oi Murs, hurry up" I must've disturbed him from a daydream judging by his confused reaction. He came and sat down with the pizza and put it on the table in front of us. "We could always watch a movie?" Olly suggested. "Yeah, sure what've you got?" I stood up and went to his stack of DVDs in the corner of the room. Without him seeing what I had chosen, I quickly placed it in the DVD player and sat back down. The titles for 'The Goonies' came on to the TV screens which made Olly chuckle. "Yes! The Goonies, you know me so well Caz."
Olly's P.O.V
We sat on the sofa to eat. I knew Caroline would feel more comfortable this way, she hated it when people watched her eat. I tucked her hair behind her ear as she did which made her shudder. Neither of us ate very much, at the end of the night we still had 1/2 a pizza left in the box. "Right, I better get you home. Don't want you turning in to a pumpkin or anything" I winked at her indicating to the clock that it was already 11:35. She stood up and put on her coat and shoes. We walked out of the front door and got in the car. Caroline was putting her belt on when I tried to start the car. I tried and tried but nothing was working. That's when I noticed the low fuel light on my dashboard and rested my head on the steering wheel. "What a plonker" Caroline tried to say with a straight face. We were both laughing eventually. "Ok then Miss. Flack. You have two options" I tried to sound serious. "And what would they be, Mr.Murs." Caroline replied, still giggling from how stupid I had been. "Well, I could call you a cab and you not get home until about 1:00 am or you could use that duvet and crash on my sofa for the night?" I rested my hand on her leg, waiting for a reply. "Then, I'll kip on the sofa, with a condition." Caroline was smiling at me. "What condition?" I looked at her, seeing if it was a serious one. "It comes with breakfast in the morning!" Caroline winked at me and instead of replying I got out of the car, opened her door and helped her out. "Anything, for you" I said, and I meant it. I held her hand, walking her back to the door and let her in. I knew her staying would probably cause a stir at work but for the first time I didn't care at all. I loved her, and if loving her meant losing a friend or two, and possibly losing my job then so be it, she was worth all of that. I walked back over to sit with her on the sofa, I stroked her hair covering her face and tucked it behind her ear. She was already asleep. I kissed her forehead and turned out the light. I covered her feet with the duvet, knowing how much she hated having cold feet, and went to bed myself.
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I woke up to the sound of my alarm, I sat up remembering that Caz was downstairs. From my bed, I thought I could smell something cooking, so I put some trousers on and went downstairs to see Caroline cooking breakfast. "What's all this babe?" I asked her, yawning and still waking up. "If I hadn't got up and cooked, neither of us would be eating today Olly." She winked at me cheekily but she was right. I'm a terrible cook, I can't cook so I won't. I watched her as she got on with it. "Very domesticated babe" I joked, this make Caroline turn to face me. "One more comment like that, Ols and I promise I won't ever be here to make breakfast again." She was tickling me slightly, obviously remembering how much I hated it. "Caz, babe, stop." I tried to make a run for it. She just laughed and carried on. "Ok, Caz. I'm sorry for making sarcastic comments. I love you so please stop tickling me" I laughed, still play fighting her. "Hmm, OK. But only because I love you too" She stopped tickling me and turned around to finish breakfast. I went and sat down at the table with a glass of water. Caroline brought over my plate. A full English fry up sat in front of me and all I could do was smile. "Thank you baby." I kissed her cheek gently. "You haven't tasted it yet, how do you know it isn't poisoned?" She joked, tucking in to hers. I was about to eat when my phone buzzed in my pocket. It was Sarah. *Hey Olly, I will be round at yours in 5 minutes to have a catch up. S x* I gave Caroline a worried look. "What is it?" She asked, sensing the worry in my eyes. "Sarah is on her way round... What do you want to do?" I put my hand on top of hers from across the table. She was fiddling with her hair, that was always the big giveaway that showed she was nervous. "Caz, you can quickly freshen up and say you popped round for a chat, hide in my bedroom or we can just be honest with her." I suggested. I didn't mind if Sarah knew, she was probably the one person who I couldn't hide it from. "What do you suggest?" Caroline said looking up at me. "Just be honest with her, she knows you. She likes you too so I don't see the issue. She is the one person we can't hide from, really" I didn't want to force Caroline in to it, it had to be her decision to tell her. I could tell she was thinking about it, she tapped her fingers on the table gently when she was thinking. "We have to be honest with her, she is your manager and my friend. If we don't tell her it might make things worse" Caroline continued with her breakfast. I smiled at how calm she was and finished my breakfast too. Caroline stood up, took my plate and started to wash up. "Caz, sit down babe I can do that later. You cooked so I will clean." I went behind her and put my arms around her waist, my lips brushing her neck. She stopped washing up and just relaxed. I liked moments like this. We were soon interrupted by a knock at the door. I kissed her cheek one last time and went to answer the door. "Hey Olly" Sarah said, walking straight in.
Caroline's P.O.V
I heard Sarah's voice and couldn't help but feel nervous. I knew we had to talk to her about it, it might affect Olly's career. There was only one thing I dreaded, that she didn't agree with it. I continued with the washing up, despite Olly's orders. He walked in first and winked at me, closely followed by Sarah. "Oh, Caroline. I didn't expect to see you here." Sarah smiled at me and came over to give me a hug. "What are you doing here so early?" She went back to sit down. Luckily, Olly answered for me, which was a massive relief. "She came over last night for a takeaway, then when I went to take her home the car wouldn't start. So I said she could sleep on the sofa." Olly smiled at me. "You two confuse me, you went from being so close to recently drifting apart. Now this... What's going on?" She asked, but she was still smiling. Something told me that she already knew the answer to that question. "Sarah, Yesterday I finally came to my senses." Olly looked at me again, making me blush. "I could tell you were thinking about something, you weren't the same Olly on our screens last night." She comforted him, urging him to finish what he was saying. "I told Caroline that I love her, and that I want to be with her. Before you say anything Sarah, we have thought about it. We know we signed the contracts at the beginning of the show and we both know how this could affect our careers, but Sarah for the first time in my life I don't care. I love her and I will do anything to make sure we can stay together." Olly seemed stressed but he still managed to keep a level head, waiting to see what Sarah said. "So?" He asked impatiently. I knew him, and hated waiting. "I'm happy for you two. I know you've both felt this way for a while, you can tell. Who else knows?" She was smiling at us both. "Only you" I said, seeing that Olly didn't look up for talking. "Good" Sarah quickly replied. "Until I have spoken to Xtra, it's best it stays that way too." She looked at me in a comforting way. "Do you have to tell Xtra?" Olly looked up at us both. He was obviously worried. "It's the right thing to do Olly. Surely you'd rather I told them than them find out elsewhere?" Sarah put her hand on his shoulder. He sighed, I could tell he wast thinking the exact same as I was, 'What if we can't see each other?'. I wanted to ask her the question, judging by Olly's face he did too but neither of us did. I think he was looking at me too because the second I leant up against the sink and sighed he came over. He interlocked my fingers with his and looked at me. "I promise we will be fine Caz, whatever I have to do to be with you, I will do it. I don't want to lose you again." I could see a tear forming in his eye and Sarah heard the shake in his voice. "Man up Olly. Caroline, just hug him to calm him down before I clout him over the head" Sarah winked at me, this made Olly laugh but he shed the first tear too. He pulled me in to a hug. He rested his head on my shoulder and kissed my neck gently. I could see Sarah smiling, which almost made me laugh but I kept a straight face for Olly's sake.
Olly's P.O.V
"So what are you two planning on doing for the rest of the day?" Sarah asked me. I looked at Caroline and she shrugged. "Nothing, haven't really thought about it." I replied. I could tell Sarah has something on her mind. "I'm going to drive you both down to Xtra, I will speak to Tim for you, but he will probably wan to see you two" Sarah gave me and Caroline a sympathetic look. I sighed and rested my head on Caroline's chest. "Any chance I could change first?" Caroline asked. "Of course, I've got a car full of clothes, it saves you going home" Sarah said. Caroline stroked my hair, then lifted my head. "Are you going to stop sulking for long enough for me to get changed?" She laughed at me and I playfully poked her. I knew this was something we had to do, it didn't stop me worrying though.
