Chim- Can she fix it? YES SHE CAN

Chapter 42

“Did you like it?”

Gathering their empty plates from the table Kimberley carries them to the dishwasher, slotting them in alongside the rest of the day’s dishes.

“It was lovely babe” Cheryl leans back in her chair, watching her girlfriend pottering about, “I couldn’t manage dessert though”

Kimberley grins,

“Good job I didn’t make any then cheeky!  I have got a surprise for you though”

“Mmm…really?”

Cheryl chuckles at the memory of the blonde’s last surprise for her, one which involved a very early night and a stimulating new set of slinky black underwear.

Kimberley shakes her head,

“Naughty! It’s nothing like that, not for now.  Here you go!”

Rooting through a nearby drawer the Bradfordian grabs a large, fancy envelope, handing it to the Geordie and watching her eyes widen as she reads it.

“Tickets to Justin’s new film, the film I‘ve been shittin’ meself about seeing for ages…whoa!”

Studying the invite Cheryl looks up at Kimberley who’s hovering nearby, a hopeful look on her face, 

“So, your first proper premiere! Red carpet! Complimentary drinks and nibbles! What do you think? Cool huh?”

Cheryl gives her a reticent smile,

“Yeah, amazin’ but if I didn’t know better I’d be thinking you’d got these to butter me up for something pet”

Kimberley clasps her hands together as she takes a seat opposite the Geordie,

“Well…actually…”

Cheryl slides a hand over her girlfriend‘s,

“I knew there was something up, you’ve been acting so odd for the past couple of weeks.  What’s wrong babe?”

“It’s my management”

“When is it not?!” Cheryl states with exasperation, “what do they want you to do now, dress up as the Virgin Mary for Christmas?!”   

After Kimberley’s ordeal at the hands of Felicity and the duplicity which had overshadowed most of the Bradfordian’s career Cheryl had little time for her girlfriend’s management preferring not to engage with them on any level wherever possible.  Still she resented some of the tricks Kimberley had to employ to preserve a specific image in the minds of the public.

“Just let me finish” Kimberley sighs, “I know we’re both pretty private people but we’ve been made an offer…”

“We?” Cheryl interrupts before being silenced by a look from the blonde.

“Yeah ‘we’.  There’s this documentary company, they’ve been commissioned by one of the major broadcasters to make a series, it’s about famous people facing various social ‘issues’.  Filming starts in the new year.  They’ve been in touch with my management and they think I’d be perfect for their programme focussing on sexuality.  It‘s only meant to be an hour long but my team think it‘d be good for me to consider at this stage.  Obviously I don‘t need your consent but I need to know you’d be happy with it if I did it, besides I‘d really like you to be a part of it”

Taking it all in Cheryl nods slowly,

“Documentary, that means they’d be following you round with a camera right?”

“Yeah but not twenty-four-seven, plus with my position in the industry we’d have a lot of say about what goes in the programme and what ends up on the cutting room floor”