That evening, after an intense rehearsal session, Cheryl had returned to her house with Gary whilst Tre had agreed to go to the gym with Tyrell and some of the other dancers. Cheryl had had to have a shower as soon as she'd gotten in, the sweat had literally been dripping off her as she'd been dancing solidly for hours. She started giggling uncontrollably, standing next to her wardrobe as Coco started licking the water off her legs with her tiny tongue. “Hey that tickles ya little tinker!” she laughed, picking the little dog up to give her a kiss. “Stop being so cute!” she put Coco onto the bed, suddenly hearing Gary yell up the stairs.
“CHEZ!!!...DE YA FANCY A CHINESE TONIGHT?!” he called loudly.
“Yeah go on then!...Erm, just order me some lemon chicken and some chips please!” Cheryl shouted back through the door, grabbing her PJ’s from the chest of drawers to get changed. “Right, come on poppet” she smiled, picking Coco back up and carrying her down the stairs, nuzzling her tiny head with her face.
“It’s on its way!” Gary announced cheerfully as Cheryl wandered into the lounge, lounging back on the sofa with her feet up. “You look knackered!”
“Thank god! I’m absolutely starving...and I am knackered!...You want to try dancing nonstop for like 8 hours in wedges!” she whined, pulling the fleece blanket over her and Coco.
“Why the hell would I want to do that Cheryl when I can just sit and work at my laptop in the corner while you lot bust your asses?!” he joked, resulting in his sister pulling a sarcastic face at him. “Haha!...Oh did I tell ya, mam is coming up tomorrow night?”
“What?!!!...No ya bloody didn't and neither did she!” Cheryl burst out suddenly, shocked.
Gary started laughing at Cheryl’s stunned face. “Oh sorry...haha...I honestly thought I’d mentioned it to ya!...Yeah she's getting the train up tomorrow evening, she wants to be here for ‘The Voice’ performance.”
“That’s not for another 4 days!...I love how whenever she comes over she tells everybody except me!...Do you lot realise that this is actually my house?” Cheryl whined, stressing over the fact she would have to introduce her to Tre.
“Ahh shut up man, you love having her here!...She does all ya washing, makes all ya meals, gives ya someone to moan to!” Gary replied, smirking at her getting wound up.
“Yeah I do love having her here...but...did you say much about Tre to her?” Cheryl asked, wondering how she would react. She had told her mam about him but she hadn't said how close they'd gotten recently or that he'd come over early and had practically stayed with her every night.
“Well obviously when I went home, I just thought you'd only been out once with him!” he answered, raising his eyebrows, making Cheryl smile. “...So I didn't have much to say about it all, did I?...she did ask me what he was like though and I just said he was a good guy and all that...anyways, she's always chilled about this stuff isn't she?”
“Yeah I suppose...I’ll have to warn him though!” she laughed as the doorbell rung. “Oooo that will be the food!...be a star and go and get it please” Cheryl smiled, pleadingly.
“I thought this was your house remember!” Gary joked, standing up to answer the door as Cheryl scrunched her nose up at him.
“What’s up with you Buster?” she called softly over to the little Chihuahua who was curled up by the TV, looking miserable.
Gary walked back in carrying the bag of food, chipping in saying “He's been like that since we got back, he looks depressed!” he chuckled as Buster’s nose started twitching as the smell of Chinese wafted through the room.
“Ya know, I bet he's missing Tre!...he hasn't really seen him for 2 days, he loves him!” she giggled, wandering over to the tiny dog before giving him a cuddle. “Hey sweetie what’s up? You missing ya buddy?” she moaned quietly, rubbing Buster softly behind his ears.
“Are you serious?...Is that why he's depressed?...Bloody hell” Gary laughed as Cheryl sat back down, cradling the subdued dog as Gary set out the food.
“You love Tre Tre don’t you baby?!” she cooed as Buster licked her hand.
“Tre Tre!...Urgh throw me a bucket!...It was bad enough when you went all soft over him, now the flippen dog has lost the plot too!” Gary complained, making Cheryl burst out laughing.
Half an hour later, Cheryl finally laid her plate back on the coffee table before collapsing back onto the sofa, her hands rubbing her stomach. “I'm officially stuffed!” she groaned loudly.
“Me too!...That was *Ducking* fantastic though!” Gary replied, lying horizontally across the armchair with his feet hanging over the end. “I feel like my stomach has swelled to 5x the size it was half an hour ago!” he laughed. “Oh that reminds me!...Our Gillian was asking if you were gonna pop around when you’re up there next week for the radio tour.”
“Is that next week?!...sh!t, time is flying by! So that means the single is out on Monday?” Cheryl asked, stunned.
“Haha...yeah I know! It’s mental!...She's massive though sis honestly! She's about to pop soon!” he replied, mocking his other sister.
“Arghh! It’s so exciting! A new teeny tweedy!” she giggled. “Yeah I’ll definitely go and see her; I’ll ring her or something tomorrow.”
As Gary started flicking through the TV channels for something to watch, Cheryl decided to give Tre a text.
<Hi Baby How was your work out? I don’t know how u could b bothered, I feel knackered! Btw Buster misses u lol he's sooo depressed! Xxxx>
<Aww bless him, tell him I’ll see him 2moro 4 sure Work out was actually quite good! I need 2 build on my stamina being with u anyway ;p xxx>
<Hey Cheeky! True though ;p lol I actually think I might b able 2 sleep without u 2nite, I’m shattered, honestly! N just 2 warn u, my mam is coming 2 stay with me 4 about a week 2moro xxx>
<Oh sh!t really?!...OK now I’m scared Do u think she will like me babe? Xxx>
Cheryl awed at his message, imagining him sat in his hotel room fretting. “What’s up?” Gary asked, hearing her.
“Ha...I told Tre that mam is coming tomorrow so now he's a nervous wreck!” she giggled as Gary smirked, shaking his head.
<What’s not 2 like gorgeous? I’m sure she'll love u n don’t worry, my mam is really chilled about these things. Still come over 2moro night, we can all eat together or something, it will be fine xxx>
<sh!t sh!t sh!t! I’m still bricking it! I’ll stay by Buster’s side lol he can protect me if she doesn't like me If she's anything like u, she'll be a complete sweetheart though yeah? xxx>
<She will love u babe, I promise You’re a million times nicer than most of the guys I've let her meet lol and she was always fine with them Right I’m gonna go 2 bed now, Beth is proper crackin the whip atm ain't she?! Night Tre, love u xxxxxx>
<She really is lol it will be worth it though babe, the performance will b fresh OK Sweet dreams Bambi, love u 2 the moon and back xxxx>
Cheryl’s stomach flipped as she read his message <U r seriously the cutest guy in the world! Love u to the sun and back xxxx>
<Just comes natural with u Bambi Night gorgeous, I’ll c u in the morning xxx>
Cheryl sighed to herself on the sofa, noticing Gary had fallen asleep in his chair. She pulled herself up, switching the TV off and throwing a blanket over her brother before making her way up to bed, feeling totally exhausted.
