After the three of them had finished their boozy lunch they all returned to Chloe's office to continue with the preparations. What none of them had realised is that Mel, Chloe's ex had been hiding in the corner of the pub watching the three of them. She was waiting for the right moment to say hello to Chloe as she knew it could be a fiery encounter.
"Aaron I need you to do me a favour?" Elly asked.
"Sure thing? What's up?" Aaron replied.
"Can you pop to the shops and get some new banners for us?" Elly asked.
"Well why can't you do it?" Aaron replied.
"Because I'm heading over to Susan's to pick up some games so I can't" Elly said trying to get rid of Aaron for a little bit.
"Ok, fine what do we need?" Aaron reluctantly asked.
"Just some brightly coloured banners that will look good up in the waterhole".
"Ooh how about the flags? They always look good" Chloe added.
"Ok, I'll see what I can do" Aaron replied as he left the office to head into town.
"I thought he would never leave" Elly joked as the door closed.
"Aren't you off to Susan's?" Chloe said as she hadn't clocked onto Elly lying about needing to go there.
"No! That was just a ploy to get rid of him for a little bit" Elly replied.
"Ohh! Oh my god I was totally oblivious to that" Chloe said.
"He's been hovering over us all day, I get that he's worried about us after the whole being held captive but we need to be able to breathe" Elly explained.
"Yeah, I agree" Chloe replied relieved that Elly had no idea at all that Aaron knew about the fact that Chloe was in love with Elly.
"So, how about after we finish preparing the waterhole later we stay and enjoy a few cocktails?" Elly suggested.
"Sounds great, I need to ask Shane to come up with a signature cocktail for tomorrow so we can try all of them..." Chloe replied.
"I can't wait" Elly said with a smile on her face.
The girls continued sorting things for the games night, Elly was dying to ask Chloe a question but didn't want to make things awkward.
"Can I ask you a question?" Elly said quietly.
"Of course you can... what's up?" Chloe replied.
"Have you ever been in a serious relationship with a woman? Or has it only ever been lust?" Elly asked.
"Um there was this one chick, I'd say we were pretty serious but it didn't end well" Chloe replied.
"What was she like?"
"Beautiful, funny, bossy and devious" Chloe replied with a hurt look on her face.
"So nothing like me then?" Elly joked.
"You are ten times a better human than she will ever be" Chloe explained.
"I doubt that..." Elly said trying her best not to blush.
"Can I ask why you wanted to know that?"
"I don't know I guess just curious".
"Fair enough" Chloe said as she continued sorting through some paperwork.
"Is it different being in a relationship with a woman?" Elly asked.
"What's with all the questions?" Chloe said giving off a nervous giggle.
