Uncover

Uncover Part VI

Ant POV
Hurley's barking woke me up. I flashed my eyes at the digital clock standing next to my bed. It was past midnight. Suddenly the barking stopped and I heard footsteps on the stairs. My door opened. "Decky?" I asked sleepily. "I told Ali." he said. I signed that he had to step in my bed. He put his jacket on the wooden box in my room and laid next to me in bed. He cried. "Come 'ere." I said and I took him in my arms, putting his head on my chest. He needed my comfort as hard as I needed his. We were in this together.

I woke up at 8.30 am. My alarm went off. Dec groaned on my chest. I sweared. There was a Saturday Night Takeaway meeting this morning. We had to be at ITV at 10. "Wake up, pet." I whispered, going through his hair with my hands. "Why?" Dec mumbled. "SNT meeting." I answered. I felt him tensing up. I immediately knew why: Ali would be there too.

I stood in front of the mirror in my bathroom and looked at my face. It was still puffy because of all the crying the night before. I splashed cold water in my face. I saw that I still had my ring on my finger. I started to panick. Suddenly I felt 2 reassuring arms around my waist. Dec hugged me from behind. "I'm panicking too, you know" he mumbled. I turned around and pulled him in a warm hug, tears streaming down my face again. "I never cried as much as in the last 24 hours." I told him. "I have to face Ali in a moment, I don't know if I can handle that." Dec admitted. "And I have no idea what I have to do with my ring. I'm scared of all the questions." "Me too. I just want to make a good show, but I'm so afraid." I confessed. Dec hugged me again. "Come on, we'll be late." he said. I dried my cheeks and followed Dec to the waiting car outside.

I was the first who saw Ali. She was drinking tea and I saw there was no ring on her finger. "She doesn't have her ring anymore." I whispered to Dec who was directly behind me. His face fell, but he put his ring in his pocket. He had hoped that they could do the meeting without questions asked. "Goodmorning." we said in sync, way less enthusiastic than we normally would. This would be really hard. I saw everyone staring at Dec and Ali who were desperatly trying not to look at each other. "Okay, let's start brainstorming for the new series." the director smiled, sensing the tense air. I loved him already.