A Greek Odyssey - Jason Fic

CHAPTER 23

Jason breathed a sigh of relief when Josh and Calum left for the airport. He was relieved to see the back of Calum and knew that it was for the best, as now it meant he couldn't hurt Lexi. He realised that not only did he love her but, he was falling deeper and deeper in love with her with each passing day. The thought scared him to a certain extent as he'd never really given his whole self to a relationship. He sent her a quick text:

CALUM ON HIS WAY BACK TO MANCHESTER. MISSING YOU ALREADY! HAVE A GOOD DAY WITH YOUR PARENTS. CAN I TAKE YOU FOR DINNER TONIGHT? LOVE U J XX

A couple of minutes passed and his phone pinged with the reply that yes, she would love to go for dinner and she missed him too. He smiled to himself and replied to her that he'd pick her up at 8pm.

Jason spent the day by the pool, swimming and sunbathing with Ben and Josh when Josh came back from the airport. Jason had explained briefly to Ben what had happened and Ben had shook his head in disbelief that Calum could have harboured a grudge for all these days, just because Lexi hadn't fancied him. Josh confirmed that he'd seen Calum climb up the plane's steps and onto the plane, so by now he'd probably be on the plane from Athens to Manchester. They all agreed that possibly Lexi had had a lucky escape because Jason had come looking for her.

Lexi had spent a lovely, relaxing day with her mum and dad. They had both been very concerned when they'd seen her face when she knocked on their door in the morning, on her way to the supermarket to see if they needed anything. Neither could believe that they hadn't noticed it either the previous night, but then it had been dark on their way back home in the car. Joe put his arm around Lexi and cuddled her to him after she explained what had happened the previous night at the villa. 'Thank god Jason came looking for you darling, or god knows what would have happened to you! He's a good man Lexi and he quite obviously thinks a lot of you,' he remarked.

James had surfaced with Louise in tow just after lunch. He was looking like the cat who'd got the cream and was feeling in a good mood as he'd managed to put a serious dent in his packet of condoms last night. Luckily Louise had the double bed in the bedroom area and so he'd shared that with her, and when her friends had came back a bit later they'd slept in the beds in the lounge area.

Lexi looked up as Louise scooted over to her like her new best friend and perched on the side of her sunbed. 'Hi, we didn't meet properly last night did we?' she smiled, looking at Lexi with curiosity. She wouldn't mind to get to know a pop-star and it would great to get to know one as famous as Howard Donald, she thought to herself. Lexi smiled back at her indulgently - she knew exactly what Louise was up to and wasn't going to play along with her little game.

'Yeah, I heard you're Take That's greatest fan. Shame you didn't know that it was Jason and not Howard in the bedroom and that you were telling him the name of your favourite Boyzone song eh? Some fan you are!' she then flicked her eyes back down to her book, indicating that the conversation was over and she didn't want to make small talk. Louise sat there for a minute trying to decide what to do and in the end got up and went back over to James.

James introduced Louise to his parents and the two of them wandered over to the bar to get a drink. 'Your sister's a bit uptight isn't she?' Louise sniffed, glancing over to Lexi, who by now had her head stuck firmly in her Lesley Pearse book.

'She can be, but she's alright really. Can't say I blame her when you professed to being her boyfriend's band's biggest fan and didn't even know his name or their songs though eh?' he teased her and gave her a naughty wink. He pulled her towards him, planting a kiss on the end of her nose. 'Any more chance of a bit of jiggy later then?' he asked her loudly.

'You're bloody instatiable James!' she said, rolling her eyes and immediately forgetting about making a fool of herself the previous night in front of Jason and Lexi. They stood in the bar area kissing and cuddling and making a complete show of themselves.