Lonely girl (a Tony Perry romance)

chapter 13

"Jaxin, Natalie, this is Lily" said Tony, introducing her. She smiled shyly. "Pleased to meet you" she said, quietly. Tony had hold of her hand and dragged her through to the office area, where there was a kettle and a fridge. He grabbed himself a can of Pepsi and offered her one. She just nodded slightly.

Natalie sat down by her and shooed the guys away.

"Tony told us what you've been through, and I wanted you to know, if you ever need someone to talk to, I'm right here."

"Thank you" she whispered, shyly.

"When is baby due?" she asked Natalie.

"Another three months yet" Natalie replied, grinning.

"Do you know if you're having a girl or boy?"

"Not a clue - I wanted a surprise!"

"Aw, how sweet" whispered Lily.

"Do you want to come with me to the shops?" Natalie asked her. Lily nodded, glad to have another woman to talk too.

They told the guys they were heading out for a spot of retail therapy and Natalie lead to Lily to her car. Lily had kept the money she had hidden from Bryan on her at all times incase she needed something.

They found a big department store not far away and decided to look in there first. Lily saw they sold wool and other craft stuff and an idea came to mind. She saw a star wars t-shirt and bought it for Tony, as another thank you and saw a beautiful baby set that she got for Natalie's baby. At no point did she buy anything for herself. Natalie saw this and when she saw a pretty t-shirt with a lily on it, she bought it for her.

"I can't take this" said Lily.

"You haven't got yourself anything today. You have put everyone else before you so I'm putting you first" said Natalie, giving her a quick hug.

"Thank you. No-one has bought me a present in so long, it took me by surprise. It's beautiful" Lily told her.

"You deserve a treat for making Tony so happy anyway" said Natalie. "He's not been like this in a long time. It's obvious he likes you a lot."

Lily looked at her shocked.

"Me? I think he just feels sorry for me" she mumbled.

"Not a chance lady. He definitely likes you. Have you not noticed how he looks at you?"

Natalie took her arm and they walked back out to her car, via a sandwich shop so they could "feed the menfolk". She got herself and Lily sandwiches too and they took them back to Key Street.