Nobody's Gotta Know

14- Bounce Back

Leigh POV

I woke up a little earlier than usual because I was having trouble sleeping. I kept thinking about what I said to Lauren and I just feel bad about it. Sure she was wrong for dating my ex-boyfriend behind my back but the person I'm really mad at is Andre, not her.

Jade's still asleep in our bed so I snuck out to the kitchen so I didn't wake her up. Here goes nothing I guess.

Ring....ring....

Please pick up, I don't think I'll have the confidence to do this later if you don't.

"... hello?"

"Hey, this is Lauren right? It's Leigh-Anne, I got your number from Andre"

"Ooh hey Leigh-Anne! Look, I'm really, really sorry about what happened yesterday. I shouldn't have done what I did, the only reason I did was because Andre made it sound like you two were broken up already. Again I'm so sorry, if there's anything I can do-" she started rambling.

"Hey, it's ok. I'm not mad at you or anything. I think I overreacted a little bit because I was in shock but I'm definitely not mad at you. So I'm really sorry too. Do you think we can kind of forget this happened and not be enemies or anything like that?" I cut her off.

"Yeah, for sure. Thanks for calling by the way."

"No problem, I hope you two are happy together."

"Thanks Leigh. I have to go but I'll see you around sometime?"

"Definately. Bye Lauren."

"Bye!"

I let out the breath that I didn't know I was holding. It feels so good to get that over with.

"Hey.." I heard Jade say and turned around to face her. She had just walked out of the bedroom and her hair was a mess and she was wiping her eyes but she still looked so cute.

"Hi babe" I said as I walked towards her to give her a hug.

"I woke up and you were gone" she said in a small voice "I wanted morning cuddles"

"Aww baby, we can have morning cuddles now on the couch" I said optimistically. "I called Lauren to apologize for yesterday and I didn't want to wake you up."

"Ooh how did that go?" She asked suddenly more awake.

"It was good, we both apologized and we're okay now. I realized I wasn't really mad at her, I was mad at Andre so I figured it would be better if we didn't fight for no reason."

"I'm proud of you bubs" she said as we shuffled to the couch still hugging.

We snuggled on the couch and watched cartoons for a little bit while we both started fully waking up.

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Jade POV

"So... I was thinking. My flat is great but I think me and Leigh should get a bigger place. Like we can afford one and I think it would be cool to have a place that we both agree on. What do you think?"

"Ahhh ok I LOVE this idea, just make sure Leigh is ok with it. But I think that she's gonna love that and be so happy! One condition though..." Perrie said as she sat across from me.

I asked her to get a snack from Starbucks with me so I could ask her advice on my plan with Leigh.

"Ok, what's the condition?" I said, happy that she thought it was a good idea but confused as to what condition she could possibly be talking about.

"When you guys get your new place you have to invite me and Jes over to see it" she explained, putting emphasis on the word have.

"That's fine, I would've invited you guys over anyways Pez. I gotchu"

"Yayyyy!" She exclaimed. "When are you gonna ask Leigh-Leigh?"

"I was thinking later tonight?"

"Sounds good to me"

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Jade POV

I'm kind of nervous about asking Leigh to buy a place with me but we already live together so I guess it's not too big of a deal.

Leigh is currently sitting on the couch reading a book. She looks so calm and cute in her reading glasses and her sweatpants and sweatshirt.

"Hey" I said, interrupting her reading as I walked over to her.

"Hey" she said with a cute smile and put her book down, opening her arms to ask for a hug.

I walked over and laid on top of her to give her a hug.

"I love you" I told her as I looked up into her eyes.

She smiled widely and squeezed me tighter. "I love you the most".

I melted into her and put my head in the crook of her neck to give her kisses "I wanna ask you something..."

"Mhm go on babe"

"I was thinking we should get our own place. Like somewhere we both pick out together. I like it here but I want to live with you in a place that you think of as home too."

"Aww baby" she said smiling down on me. "Of course I want to buy a place with you. I think that would be fun!"

"Yay! I'm so happy! You make me so happy." I said leaning up to give her a kiss.

"Your a mush, you know that?" She said teasing me. "And you make me so happy too." She said as she gave me another peck on the lips.

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Leigh POV

We bought a new place. Jade wanted something more small like her flat but I'm used to living in a bigger house so we compromised and got something in-between.

We decided to have a sleepover with Jes and Pez, mostly because Jade promised Pez she would.

One of the compromises to having a smaller house was me still getting a movie room. We were all sitting in the room with popcorn and candy. There's only enough room for three of the comfy chairs in the room so Jesy and Perrie used two and Jade and I shared one. Normally I would have been upset having to share my seat but Jade and I usually cuddle during movies so we would've been using one chair anyways.

She had her head on my chest and her arms wrapped around my torso. Her breathing has slowed down a bit so either she's sleeping or she's really calm.

The movie came to an end and Perrie and Jesy wanted to play a game. Jade woke up about 10 minutes before the movie ended. It had been a long day for Jade and I so we decided to go to sleep.

I told Jesy and Perrie they could sleep in the guest bedroom or stay in the movie room and I'd bring them pillows. Apparently they liked the movie room as much as I do because they opted for the second choice.

Jade and I took turns showering and cleaning up the kitchen and then settled into bed for the night.

A/N: I'm rlly sorry about not updating this sooner since all of u wanted an update, i've been kinda stressed with school and lacking motivation. This has been sitting in my drafts for a while now, I just decided to finish it up. If you want to see anything pls comment bc I love hearing ur ideas!! Also I get writers block so it would help out a lot. Thanks for reading, I love you guys 🤍x - Riley