Tomorrow Never Dies

Chapter 11 - "Shut your whore mouth"

I woke up to Michael's hair tickling my neck. I squirmed and rolled over to face him, but he was still asleep. I pressed a kiss on his forehead and his eyes opened slowly.

"Good morning baby," he spoke softly. "How did you sleep?"

"As well as I always do when I'm with you," I smiled. "What about you?"

"Very well," he said, dragging his finger across my stomach under the sheets. "You know you've still got makeup on?"

"Shit," I laughed, but I shivered from his touch. "I'll take it off and wash your pillowcase." I got up and wandered to his bathroom, doing the best job of removing my makeup as I could without any products, and came out.

"I'm walking you back to your dorm, come on," he said, offering me his hand. I took it and kissed him quickly before we set off back to my dorm. I pushed open the dorm to see Ashton and Grace lying naked together, asleep. I put my finger to my lips and crept up to Grace. I put my mouth close to her ear.

"WAKE UP WIFEY," I shouted, and she yelled as she jolted awake with Ashton, who pulled the covers up to cover his chest.

"Fucking hell Flora," Grace grumbled, and I could hear Michael falling about laughing behind me. "It wasn't funny Clifford, shut your whore mouth."

"It was a bit," Ashton admitted.

"Shut up," Grace glared at him. "You're supposed to be on my side."

"I am princess," Ashton told her, and kissed her.

"Please do not," I said, getting into bed. I signalled for Michael to come cuddle me.

"I've got band practice in a bit, that's partly why I came with you because I knew Ash would still be asleep, and if I get into bed I won't get back up." I pouted, and he kissed me quickly.

"Please do not," Grace mocked me. "Get out boys, me and Flozza clearly have a lot to catch up on."

"Bye," I called as Ash and Michael walked out, and my boyfriend blew me a kiss quickly. "Cheesy bastard!" He rolled his eyes and shut the door behind him.

"So, what happened last night?" Grace asked, and I told her everything that had happened the night before.

"What about you?"

"Fucked a few times, talked about our plans after uni, I texted you but you left your phone over here."

"What's his plans after this then?"

"Go on tour with the band."

"And yours?"

"Become an equine vet, you've always known that. Just come hug me, I'm tired," she demanded, and I clambered into her bed. We spooned until we fell asleep again.

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I woke up to Grace singing Beyoncé incredibly loudly.

"Shush," I told her.

"Get me a Starbucks and I will." I rolled my eyes and got out of bed. I changed into sweat pants and a band top, and grabbed my purse as I left the dorm. I began to make my way to Starbucks when I heard my name being called.

"Flora you bitch," Georgina yelled at me, running up to me. "You've got me kicked off the course!"

"Maybe don't abuse other dancers then, it's not that hard," I said calmly. "And for your information, I didn't want you to lose the opportunity to dance here."

"I didn't abuse you," she snapped.

"You pushed me over, you pinched me hard enough to leave a bruise, you embarrassed me in front of the whole group!"

"Banter," she said.

"Don't you dare," I hissed, spinning on my heel and trying to walk away, but she grabbed me by the hair and pulled me back.

"Don't turn your back on me," she spat, and slapped me. I recoiled in shock, gave her the middle finger, and stormed off, still on my way to Starbucks. I arrived and stood in the queue. As I arrived at the till, the barista looked at me in horror.

"Are you okay? Your cheek is a little red," he asked.

"Girls," I told him simply. "Can I get a caramel macchiato and a breakfast tea please?" He nodded.

"What's your name?"

"Flora." He scrawled my name on the cups with the orders, and before he told me how much I owed, he turned round and grabbed me an ice pack and wrapped it in a napkin.

"Get that on your cheek, it'll help the swelling go down," he told me, and handed it to me. "Don't worry about paying, I've got it."

"Thanks a lot," I smiled graciously, and went to wait for my drinks. I sent a quick text to Grace.
tea ordered, drama happened on the way see you in a bit bbycakes xx
She didn't reply, so I slid my phone into my pocket and waited for my name to be called. I collected the drinks, put them in a portable carrier and added a sugar to my coffee. I walked back to the dorm and kicked the door instead of knocking.

"Guess who got bitch slapped on the way to Starbucks?" I said to Grace as she opened the door.

"Who did it to you?"

"Georgina," I laughed. "I was more shocked than anything."

"You okay?"

"Starbucks guy gave me these and an ice pack for free, I'm bloody wonderful," I said, handing her tea to her. She took a sip.

"Georgina needs to get herself together, Jesus Christ," she said. "No one gets to slap my wifey." I shook my head and laughed, drinking my coffee.

"She's off the course now."

"Good."

"I feel kind of bad, she was a good dancer and she's lost her chance to showcase." Grace shrugged.

"She hurt you," she pointed out. I hugged her and we sat down to watch a movie.

"Why didn't you reply to my text?"

"Couldn't be arsed."

"Nice," I chuckled as the film, Paper Towns, started. My phone buzzed with a text from Michael.
Michael C(era): date night tonight, not too fancy clothes xx
I smiled and replied.
see you later x

*****
hola
i need to be revising but this chapter was happening so i needed to write it down
if anyone is going the tide fanfest on 29th may in manc hmu

song of the chapter: long way home by 5sos
farewell my loves