“More?!” Cheryl exclaims with a raised eyebrow, “what else have you been up to?”
She raises her hand,
“Ooh! No, don‘t tell me…you‘re a secret agent for the government?!”
Kimberley shakes her head, grinning.
“An international jewel thief?!”
Kimberley shakes her head again, laughing as Cheryl strokes her chin thoughtfully.
“It’s nothing exciting like that” she sighs, “unfortunately”
“Not even as exciting as the escorts?” the Geordie questions, slightly disappointed.
“Sadly not but it’s related to that, it’s about Felicity…”
Cheryl pulls a surprised face.
“Oh bloody hell! You and her haven’t been…err…ya know?”
She waggles her eyebrows suggestively.
“Noooo! Argh! God no!”
The look of utter repulsion on Kimberley’s face makes Cheryl laugh out loud.
“Aww pet, you look so distraught!”
“The thought of fcuking that…that…thing’s enough to make anyone distraught” the Bradfordian shudders, gulping down some more wine.
“So what’s up with you and her then” Cheryl asks puzzled, “I mean why’d you employ her if you find her so foul?”
“I don’t have any choice” Kimberley grimaces, “she knows I’m gay”
The Geordie shrugs,
“What’s the big deal, you just said loads of people knew, I don’t understand”
“It’s complicated” Kimberley sighs, fingering the stem of her wine glass as she continues.
“It’s in the best interests of my management to protect me in the long term, they all want to keep their jobs, they’d never out me or their pay packet‘s potentially gone…and the other celebs that know, well, they’re either in the closet themselves or making enough money to not care about blackmailing me…”
“Blackmail” Cheryl interrupts with a frown, “Felicity’s blackmailing you?”
“Yeah” Kimberley nods, “I even offered to pay her off once but she won‘t go, she‘s onto too much of a good thing here”
She pauses, her brow furrowing,
“I’m so annoyed with myself, I’d only hired her a couple of weeks before it happened. I thought it’d be nice to have another woman round the place, turns out I was totally wrong. I mean you’ve met her, she’s lazy, rude and self-absorbed, I was about to dismiss her but then…well…she’d forgotten something so she came back one night after work. It’d been a stressful day so I was...erm…relaxing with a couple of the escorts. I didn’t even realise she’d come back until the next morning when she swans in bragging that she’d seen something very interesting the night before. She’d taken photos, threatened to show them to the gutter press unless I kept her on and paid her some ridiculous wage. I feel so pathetic but believe me I didn‘t have any choice”
There are a few minutes of silence, the builder’s facial expression darkening by the second.
“Cheryl? Please say something”
“What did your management say?”
“Nothing…they don’t know”
“Dammit Kimberley!”
Cheryl slams her fist into the table making the blonde jump.
“That fcuking evil b!tch has been lording it over you all this time and you’ve not even told the people that are meant to be protecting you! It’s bullsh!t…fcuking bullsh!t!””
Kimberley winces as the Geordie spits out the word ‘protecting’ before lauching into a steady stream of profanities, each punctuated by a blow to the table.
“Cheryl!”
“It’s utter fcuking shite man!”
“Cheryl!”
“What?!” the Geordie snaps, her eyes full of rage until she sees the irritation in Kimberley’s.
“Will you please calm down and stop hitting my bloody antique table!!!”
“Sorry” Cheryl mumbles, face like a surly child as she rubs her reddening knuckles, “I didn’t know it was valuable…shouldn‘t have snapped at you”
She gets up from her chair and starts pacing the room, throwing her hands up in the air.
“The whole situation’s just so fcuking frustrating!”
“I know” Kimberley sighs, “I’m living it everyday and you behaving like a psycho isn’t going to help things at all”
She stands up, walking over to Cheryl and taking the diminutive brunette’s face in her hands.
“When I come out it’s going to be one of the most important and significant things I’ve ever done in my life, I have to know that your behind me one hundred percent”
She swallows thickly, her blue-grey eyes burning with intensity.
“I need to be able to trust you to stay in control and with what I’ve just seen I’m not sure if I can do that….I need you to make me believe that this love I’m feeling’s not just misplaced desire…please”
“Love?” Cheryl repeats hesitantly, “you…you love me?”
“Yep I think so”, Kimberley laughs nervously, “pretty much…crazy eh?”
“Yeah…err…no…I mean no…it’s not crazy…ok well maybe a little bit…are you sure?”
Kimberley laughs again before bringing her lips to Cheryls’ and silencing her anxious stammering with a lingering soft kiss.
“God…” the Geordie breathes out shakily as they finally part, “sorry, it’s just shock, I didn’t think you’d feel as strongly as I do”
“So you…?” Kimberley questions.
“Yep” Cheryl nods emphatically, “I love you and I’d never hurt you, I’ll do anything to prove it, anything you need”
The brunette’s sincerity makes Kimberley smile with relief. Taking Cheryl into her arms she plants another kiss on her forehead.
“Look I’ll not book you into any anger management classes just yet but you’ve got to promise me that you’re going to keep your control around Felicity. I want to have the satisfaction of telling her to get her scrawny, worthless arse out of my life and I can only do that once I’ve officially come out…agreed?”
“Agreed” Cheryl nods firmly, “so when are you going to talk to your management?”
“The sooner the better, I’m going to call a meeting with them tomorrow. You never know, I could be out by the end of the week!”
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Chim- Can she fix it? YES SHE CAN
FanfictionAll credit goes to GAM! i did not write this, some parts are very graphic, if you are easily offended do not read ! i will label chapters that are graphic. comments and votes are appreciated xx
