Chapter 4
All four of us walked through the doors of Nandos; since it was Tuesday it wasn’t that busy. We waited until we were shown to a table. I sat on the right side of the booth with Russell next to me, Karl opposite me and Dan next to him.
“What you having Karl?” Dan looked at the menu he and Karl were sharing.
“Dunno mate, what about you?”
“Probably.., CHICKEN.” Dan started bobbing his head like a chicken, we just stared. After a few minutes of joking, Karl and Dan said they’d go and order but before they went, they gave Russell a wink, causing him to blush.
“What was that?” I saw it and I wasn’t going to let it go.
“W-What?” Russell’s voice went high; he coughed and tried to sound manlier. “WHAT?!”
“The winking, you three are up to something.” I looked at Russell and turned so my back was against the wall. “I’m guessing you told them?”
Russell seemed confused. “Told them what?”
“About the kiss.”
“Oh, right.., yeah, sorry.” He looked to his drink of water and went quite.
“No, it’s fine.” I put my hand on his hand; he turned to me smiling and just looked at me with those eyes. OH GOD.
After a while the boys arrived back. “Right ordered.” Karl clapped his hands together and smiled to the other two men.
“What shall we talk about?” Dan rubbed his chin and looked at me.
“I know.” Russell put his finger up and continued. “What about, how Chloe, shagged her boss.” I just stared at them, they were in stitches.
“Fuck off!” I wasn’t happy; they were really pissing me off.
“Why did she say that?” Russell looked at me and smiled politely.
“Because.., she’s a twat, like you.” I felt bad but laughed with them. “No, it’s just mum, she thinks I sleep with everyone, I mean, she’s old school.”
“Russell’s mum is hilarious.” Dan pointed to Russell and carried on. “Some of the things she says about sex are brill.”
Russell looked at Dan and simply said. “Fuck off!” We all laughed and Karl joined in.
“He’s only mentioning your mum because he fancies her.” It was getting a little weird, it turned out he did. We were interrupted by a young waitress and our meals. Two of the men made comments about how fit she was. Russell didn’t, he just looked at me, smiling. About 2:30pm, we went back to work. Lunch was great, the boys were nice and twats at the same time.
“Hey Russell, we’re going to do some recording now.” Mark came round the corner, scaring the shit out of us. “I’ll need all three of you.”
“Right, OK. Can Lauren come.” Russell stood next to me and Mark nodded. “Great, you’ll get to see us three make complete and utter twats of ourselves.” He seemed really happy I could go with them.
It was great watching them trying to act. A little awkward though, it involved them being half naked but seeing Russell with no top on. WOW. You can tell he’s been working out. “Like what you see.” Russell walked up to me. I just nodded with my mouth open. ‘Shit, talk Lauren.’
The only thing I could think to say was. “Very nice.” We both laughed and Russell was called back. Just before the recording finished, my friend Marie text me. She wanted me to send a picture to her of me at work.
“What’s wrong?” Russell and Karl came over, still with no shirts on.
“Err; my friend wants a pic of me at work. Not going to happen.” I put my phone back into my pocket and smiled.
“Why not? Here, hang on. Mark!” Russell put his hand on mine and turned to Mark.
“What?”
“Take a picture of me, Karl, Dan and Lauren on the set.” He put his hand out for my phone and he gave it to Mark. Mark didn’t get it. “It’s for Lauren’s friend.” Russell had an idea. I was to stand in the middle of the three men and smile, I could feel Russell’s hand slide round my back and his hand rested on my hip.
