The Other Branning ~ Eastenders

Leave Him Alone

Three weeks had passed, Grace was still failing to get her Dad together with Roxy, and Ronnie was managing to worm her way in again, much to Grace's disappointment. However, she had been hanging out with Lee a lot, the guy she met in the Vic.

Grace was on her way over to the Vic to see Lee. She was wearing a black crop top, black skinny jeans, black and white vans and a black leather jacket; with her blonde hair flowing down around her shoulders and back. She found Lee serving drinks, so sat at the bar to talk to him.

"Hello, you." Lee gave her a glass of wine. "On the house." He told her.

"Why thank you." Grace winked back at him, being flirtatious. She always got what she wanted, and if it just so happened she wanted Lee, then she would get him. "You still haven't told me about your time in the army. Come on, L." She chuckled a little.

"I can tell you one story, it's a bit of a downer though." Lee shrugged, Grace nodded, eager to hear about it. "Well, about two and a half years ago, we came under fire at base, and we were shooting and trying to run away at the same time. My best mate got shot in the leg. I had to decide whether to stay with him, or run and get away. If I stayed, I'd have died. If I had, it would have torn my parents apart. So I hooked him over my shoulders and ran, carrying him. And he's still alive today." Lee smiled.

"So your an actual hero?! You saved his life, Lee!" Grace clapped happily. Lee blushed a little, he wasn't used to people giving him so much attention for what he had done in the army, or call him a hero. "And that story's hardly a downer, it's beautiful."

"Thanks." Lee grinned. Not many people had given him the time of day since he had been diagnosed with depression, especially his girlfriend, Whitney. "Don't suppose you fancy going to the R and R later?" Lee asked her.

"Sure." Grace agreed, holding back a smirk. "I'll meet you here at eight." She told him, grabbing her bag and leaving the Vic.

It was already five, so that gave her three hours to get ready. She went back to her Dad's house, to shower and get changed. Walking back into her room with her long hair falling down her back wet, and a towel wrapped around her body, she went to her closet to find an outfit to wear. She heard the doorbell ring and as she was the only one in she went to answer it.

"What do you want?" Grace spat at Whitney.

"Stay away from Lee. Ugh, look at you. Who answers the door like that? Your only in a towel, you little slut." Whitney grimaced at the sight of Grace.

"Aw, babe. Your just jealous because you don't have a body like this. And Lee's a mate, so piss off. I'm not going to do with what you or anyone else tells me, I'm going to the R and R with Lee later, and your not gonna stop me." Grace sassed her out. Whitney guffawed, and stalked her way back towards the Vic. Grace laughed at her, slamming the door in victory.

Grace rushed back upstairs, picking out her new little black jumpsuit. It had flowy short shorts. With a long sleeve top that attached to the shorts, showing off her cleavage and it had a triangle in the bottom, showing off her stomach.

She let her hair stay messy after her shower, letting it dry of its own accord before straightening it a little. Grace then did her make up, she put on a little bit of foundation, she had naturally good skin so didn't need that much. She put concealer over her few spots and applied eyeliner to her eyelids. Grace put light brown glitter eyeshadow on and black mascara. Lastly, she put on a light pink lipgloss and was ready to go.

Grace put on her black wedge heels, and left her house to go to the Vic. "Your early." Lee checked her out, looking at her up and down. "And you look bloody stunning." He blurted out.

"Thanks." Grace smirked. "I aim to please." She added. Whitney entered the Vic in a white dress, that showed off way too much cleavage, and bright green stiletto heels.

"Er, Whitney's coming." Lee told Grace, Whitney smirked at Grace, as if she had won some sort of competition.

"Great!" Grace grinned as if she was actually happy about it. Kill her with kindness was he plan. "Shall we get going then? Hey, Nance, you coming?" She asked Lee's sister, Nancy nodded, shrugging her shoulders, she may as well.

The four of them made their way to the club, entering, Nancy went to line up the vodka shots; Grace, Lee and Whitney were already on cocktails they had been given when they walked into the club. It was a Hawaiian themed night. Nancy came back with the shots and they downed them. Finishing their cocktails, they were all a little tipsy.

Grace stood up, pulling Lee up with her and pulling him onto the dance floor. There was sea of bodies, pushing them closer together. They were handed more cocktails by some waitresses and kept drinking and drinking.

They ended up in the corner, still drinking and making out.

"Do you know where Lee got too?" Whitney was looking around, trying to spot her boyfriend. "I don't want him to drink to much, not on his pills, you know what he gets like."

"You've gotta lay off of him a bit, man." Nancy told her. "He's young, let him have some fun. "But we should go find him." Nancy stood up, Whitney too, they started walking around trying to find Lee. Where they found him, they would probably find Grace too.

"Lee?!" Whitney finally found him.

"Go away, I'm busy!" He waved her off, going in again to kiss Grace. She smirked at Whitney before kissing him back.

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Is Lee doing the right thing? Should he make it up to Whitney or are you rooting for #Gee ?