Cold Coffee (A George Shelley/Union J Fanfic)

Missing piece

"You complete me, and together we're one"

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The next morning I wake up to the sound of my mum banging on my bedroom door,

"Lacy!" She screams, "Lacy!"

I roll over, tugging on the quilt cover so that it covers my head fully, "Go away" I grumble,

"Your phone is ringing, it's Chris" she shouts again, "I'm leaving it outside the bedroom door"

I groan and get out of bed, opening my door and grabbing the phone from the floor, "Hello?" I mumble into it,

"Lacy? It's Chris"

Chris' voice greets me on the other end and I yawn, "Hey"

"Hey, you busy today?" he asks,

I sit down on the edge of bed, "Don't think so, why?"

"Wanna go into town? I figured since its Christmas Eve tomorrow we could get into the festive spirit"

I giggle, opening my wardrobe and balancing the phone between my shoulder and cheek to pick something to wear, "I'm up for it"

"Cool, I'll get to yours for 12?"

I glance at the time, 11:09, "Yeah sure"

"Ok, cool, bye" he says before hanging up.

I throw my phone onto the bed, grabbing jeans and a t shirt then quickly getting changed.

Half an hour later I'm ready and wide awake, so I decide to check my phone for emails and texts. Just as I click on the message icon one comes through from George,

G: Good morning beautiful x

The simple message sends butterflies lose in my stomach and I tap out a reply,

L: Morning:) Merry Christmas Eve eve ;) x

A reply comes through almost instantly;

G: And to you too :) What you up to today? FaceTime maybe? x

L: Ugh I'm so sorry I'm in town with Chris, shouldn't be too long though... so later? Xx

G: Chris...?

I roll my eyes jokingly at his reply, sensing the jealously behind the message,

L: Old friend from down my block;) I have to go now, love you and miss you x

G: Have fun:) Love you and miss you more :( xx

I smile at his reply, stuffing my phone in my pocket and pulling a coat on over my jumper just as the doorbell goes.

"Bye mum" I shout, quickly leaving the house and shutting the door behind me.

Chris stands smiling at me, "Hello"

I grin, "Hey"

We walk to town chatting about everything which has happened recently which the other one doesn't know about, just genuinely having a catch up.

By the time we finish shopping around and stop off in costa I'm more than ready for a coffee!

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George's POV:

I type out a reply to Lacy and sigh, as much as I know he's just a friend I still can't help but feel jealous.

A light knock on my door snaps me out of my daydream and I turn to see Harriet looking at me anxiously,

"Jasmine texted me" she says quickly, "She's going to be in town next week and wants to meet up"

I curse under my breath, running my fingers through my hair. The last thing I want is to see Jasmine, but I have I sort this out.

"What if that message to Lacy wasn't even from her? What if I've got it all wrong..." I trail off, lost In thought,

Harriet walks over and sits down on my bed, "there's a high possibility it was her"

"Why though? Hasn't she got over it yet?" I sigh,

"She loved you George, it's hard to get over things like that"

"But we were just friends, I didn't know that she felt that way..."

"And then when you found out you ditched her" harriet says, looking at me seriously,

"I didn't ditch her, X factor came along and it all got muddled up, it was too complicated" I stand up, pacing up and down my room,

"And now you're with Lacy..." Harriet finishes off for me, "And she still loves you"

I rest my head against the wall, "I feel so guilty, but she reacted in the wrong way"

Harriet sighs, "She did go a bit mad"

"A bit?! She told everyone I had forgotten about her and that I had ran away from my feelings, she..."

"Maybe she just wants to talk to you and see how are you are?"

"You know what jasmines like"

"True, but maybe she's changed"

"Look, if Jasmine is jealous of mine and Lacy's relationship she will do everything she can to break us up, you know what she did with Brad and Cindy"

Harriet pauses, "But you were bestfriends for years..."

I groan, grabbing my phone from the side and my keys, "I'm going out, I need to think"

She nods, "Ok, shall I reply to Jasmine?"

I pause, not knowing what to do.

Maybe it's best to sort this mess out

But maybe it's best to stay away from it all

But maybe...

I cut off my thoughts, turning to leave, "Ok" I say, "Tell her we'll meet her next week"

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-Lucy x