Reaching for Happiness

Chapter 10

I woke up after a long sleep. I heard footsteps in my room. I panicked, thinking someone had caught me in bed with Aston. I kept my eyes closed, but reached my hand out for Aston under the duvet. My hand searched for him, but I couldn't find him. I peeked out of one eye. Aston was just pulling up his boxers. He was facing away from me. 

'What are you doing?' I asked, propping myself up on my elbows. He jumped a little, as he probably thought I was still asleep.

'Well, we can't let Marv or your guest catch us in bed together, can we?' he smiled.

'No, I guess not..' I sighed. I watched him as he pulled up his trousers and zipped them up.

'What are you looking at? Perv' he giggled.

'Shush, cheeky!' I giggled. 'How can I just lay here and not watch you get dressed? This is only the third time I've seen you like this remember' I smiled.

'Third? We've only.. Oh, the time when you came to ours for that party, when you had a nightmare' he reminded himself.

'Yeah, so that makes three' I said. Aston pulled his top over his head, and made his way over to my bed. He leaned over me and pushed his lips onto mine. 

'You better hurry Merrygold, Marv could be awake soon' I reminded him when we pulled apart.

'Okay, see you later' he pecked my lips and left the room. I laid back down, and drifted back to sleep.

When my eyes opened, it was light. I stretched and climbed out of bed. I put my pyjamas on, with my dressing gown and slippers. I crept downstairs. I noticed Aston asleep on the sofa with a blanket wrapped around him. I smiled. I walked through to the kitchen, to see a red haired girl sat at the kitchen table. I wasn't expecting it, so I jumped out of my skin. I screamed a little. The girl jumped, and spun her head around. That was when I realized it was Nikki..

'Nikki?! What are you doing here?' I asked.

'Well, last night, me and Marv.. Well, we..' she tried to explain.

'Okay, okay, I get it, you don't have to explain' I told her. I walked over to the kettle.

'Brew?' I asked.

'Sure' she smiled. I made us both a mug of coffee, and I sat down next to her.

'You don't mind about me and Marv do you? I mean, I know your really close and everything, I don't want to come between you..' she after a while, breaking the silence.

'No, of course not! Don't be silly!' I assured her. We sat talking for a while, until I noticed a bag on the floor in the corner of the room.

'I wonder who's bag this is' I wondered out loud, as I walked over to it.

'Dunno' Nikki answered for me. I picked it up and placed it on the kitchen table.

'Check to see if there's any credit cards' she told me. I looked through it and found a purse. I opened it, and found a bunch of cards. In the corner of one, it read; Faye Smith. Faye's bag. 

'It's Faye's' I said. 'I better call her and let her know. I'll be back in a sec' I said, as I skipped out the room. I ran upstairs and searched for my phone in my bedroom. When I finally found it, I called Faye.

Me - M Faye - F

F - Hello?

M - Faye, its Chloe

F - Oh, hi Chloe1 Is everything okay?

M - You left your bag at mine last night

F - Oh.. can I pick it up this afternoon?

M - Sure, I'm in all day