Cheryl and Tre: Goodbye Means Hello

Part 18

Tre and his brother, Shawn, eventually left the kitchen to go catch a soccer game that was on the TV, leaving the women in the kitchen, the lot of them still catching up. Cheryl had to admit; she was quite glad to be with Tre again and was able to see his family, as she, Sandra, Shirley, and Tori were really enjoying their chat together. Sandra, as usual, had left her laughing hysterically at the stories she often told, the most recent one being about her birthday, where she smugly admitted to beating everyone in the drinking game they'd play;ed; Tori just screwing her face up and shaking her head in despair while Cheryl was in hysterics. It felt like a brand new day with Cheryl back in - and this time, it seemed that she'd be around for the long run.

Eventually, they all had a lovely dinner together - though really it was just pizza from a local Pizza Hut, as it was getting quite late and Tre insisted that his mother didn't have to cook for them as it was late. After having dinner together, they all sat around the living room for a while and just watched some TV and talked some more, telling a variety of stories - of course Cheryl telling a lot of stories from her year so far, and also telling them about how she was hard at work on her next album and about to start on The X-Factor UK again, it making Shirley and Sandra smile to hear all the nice things she was up to. They always had admired Cheryl's work ethic, as she was just a very hardworking person who did a lot to get to where she was.

After a while, Shawn went ahead and walked Sandra back home for the night while everyone else decided it was best to turn in. As Cheryl plonked herself down onto Tre's bed while Tre was down the hall in the bathroom, she looked around at the familiar room, smiling to herself. Everything was pretty much the same in here - just as she'd remembered on the occasions she'd stayed here with him. She just felt really happy and settled now - her career was going amazing, and now she had her perfect, dream man back in her life; everything was just going absolutely amazing..

..And she didn't know if it could even get any better..

She was snapped from her thoughts when the sound of Tre whistling a little tune to himself filled her ears, making her look up and smile. Tre was coming back through in just his pajama bottoms, leaving his magnificent body on display that made Cheryl just stare at him for a good minute or so without really blinking. She practically jumped when Tre suddenly clicked his fingers in her face, making her finally look up at his face, smirking as she saw him laughing his head off.

"Eyes up here; your eyes were gradually going towards my crotch." he smirked, sitting down beside her. She giggled, nudging him before looking up again, staring into his warm eyes.

"I love you Tre, I really do." she told him, gazing up at him. He smiled back at her, resting his hand on her knee before pecking her lips.

"I love you even more, Chez." he told her, touching his nose to hers. She gave him one more peck on the lips before standing up with her pajamas in hand. She gave Tre's cheek a quick squeeze before skipping off down the hall to the bathroom, feeling so unbelievably giddy; the feeling almost being overwhelming. 

She slipped into the bathroom and shut the door before quickly changing into her pajamas; deciding to wear some pink and black tartan print pajama bottoms and a pink vest top. She tied her hair up into a messy bun and took her little bit of make up off, before brushing her teeth. Once she was finished, she put her various toiletries back into her bag before looking at herself in the mirror for a minute, just thinking away to herself, her dimpled smile not moving in the slightest. This was a far cry from the Cheryl who had looked in this very same mirror a year earlier, and felt lost and alone - feeling this way even though she had a loving boyfriend who cared about her more than anything, feeling this way even though she had a family who loved and cared for her - everything. After doing a lot of thinking, and realizing how much she would truly be missed by her friends and family if something ever were to happen for her, this was enough to give her a kick up the ass and tell her to fight on, to get herself together and live her life for herself, do the things she wanted to do - to do the things that made her happy.