Chim - Double Walker

Chapter 7

Chapter 7

Nicola's P.O.V

I'm surprised to say I have had a very good night's sleep, up until I was awoken by very animate shouting. The three of us ended up sharing the king-size last night, after finally stopping Sarah and Nadine from arguing and wrestling. I sat on the end of the bed, waiting for them to decide to share the bed so I could have my own room, only to be pulled back on the bed, by Sarah and Nadine, and sandwiched in-between the two of them.

But now Nadine and I are sat on the sofa, clutching cup of tea and coffee, after both being woken up by Cheryl's shouting about 10 minutes ago.

I have never heard them argue... well I have, but only over petty things which they forget about within minutes. I find myself glancing towards their bedroom door every now and then, willing Cheryl to stop shouting and for them to join us on the couch, happy as ever. Though I can tell this argument isn't going to end that way.

I glance over at Nadine and she looks just as worried as I do as she looks back at me with a sad expression. We go back to watching telly, not really paying much attention, until we hear a door open.

Our heads snap back to look at the door to the master bedroom, but it is still closed. We twist around on the sofa and see Sarah stood in the doorway from across the room.

'What the hell are they arguing about?!' she groans with a dry tone.

One side of her hair is tangled and she is squinting at how bright it is in here, compared to the dark room behind her.

'We don't know' Nadine sighs, 'Cheryl's shouting woke us up about ten minutes ago'

'Yeah I felt yous leave the bed. I couldn't wake up properly so I stayed put.' She explains, walking into the kitchen, probably going to get a cuppa.

'Are you wearing another fake pregnancy bump?' Cheryl lowers her voice, before raising it again, 'You have the fucking cheek to try and trick me again?!'

Hearing this, Sarah appears in the kitchen doorway again as me and Nadine watch the bedroom door again, all of our concern and confusion quickly escalating.

'Now she's accusing her of faking her pregnancy?' Nadine questions, her voice becoming high pitched and squeaky.

'Had we better go in there do you reckon?' Sarah suggests, still stood in the kitchen doorway, not knowing what to do with herself.

'You know we can't Sarah' Nads sighs sadly, reaching forward and placing her empty mug on the table. 'We're not involved in this and it's not like we can force them to stop arguing and get over whatever the problem is'

As a girl group and friends, we have always been very close with each other, so when someone in the group is arguing, the others quickly try to put an end to it.

But it is different with Cheryl and Kimberley. They are married. They have a personal life together which we don't know every single detail about. We can't but into the lives of the happily married couple... well... at least, we thought they were happily married.

'It's their business for now, nothing to do with us.' I take Nadine's mug, still holding my own, and I stand up from the couch, 'it would be best if they solved it by themselves anyway. They always manage to solve their problems in their own unique ways'

As soon as I finish saying this, we hear a smash coming from their room, followed by a scream easily recognised as Kimberley.

There is a moment of eerie silence, during which we are all frozen, staring at each other with wide eyes.