"Just lemme stop at the pub okay babes? I need a pint in my belly before tonight's fuck" says the random guy Ayla had met at a rave earlier that day, grabbing her waist firmly and escorting her toward the pub entrance. She's cold and wants to get home. He pushes the door open, the smell of beer and raw meat engulfing them.
"Right. Question 23... A swan is the only bird with a penis, but how long can a cockroach live after you've pulled its head off?" Uncle Keith asks. It was pub quiz afternoon and all the Bristol oldies had gathered to compete for meat. Literally. Ayla's eyes dart through the room, noticing the three musketeers sitting in the corner and Naomi and Emily sitting over near the bar. She immediately feels sick and tugs on the guy's sleeve. He bends down as she whispers in his ear.
"Please don't be long" she begs, not wanting any of her friends to see her like this; tired, tripping and with some random guy. He nods, walking over to the bar. Ayla stands awkwardly by the door, waiting impatiently to leave. Cook is the only one who notices her at first, his eyes glance from her to the guy she is with. Ayla looks at the floor, not having noticed Cook was looking at her.
"Oi, Cook" Freddie grabs his attention, Cook's eyes darting back to him. The three musketeers cheer and drink down some gin.
"Keith, what's up with these questions?" groans Naomi. Ayla cowers, hoping most of all her and Emily don't see her. Ayla inches towards the bar and tugs on the guy's shirt, trying to get him to hurry up. Unfortunately, Naomi catches her eye.
"What's up? You all right?" she asks. Straight to 'you all right?' not even a hello. Great. Ayla just nods as Emily eyes her up and down. Ayla tugs at her velvet dress, trying to make it seem a little longer and less revealing. The guy Ayla was with pulled her closer to him as he picked up his pint from the counter.
"Who's this?" Emily asks, tilting her head and look at Ayla unimpressed. Ayla doesn't know his name or anything about him.
"What is it?" Ayla asks the guy quietly, looking up to him.
"Mike," he answers taking a big gulp from the pint. He's tall, blonde and very muscular. Probably late twenties.
"Romantic," Naomi says sarcastically as Mike ushers Ayla over to one of the bar stools. She sits down unwillingly and looks over her shoulder to Cook, who isn't paying her any attention.
"You alright babe?" Mike asks, his arm still strangling her waist.
"Yea. Fine".
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Carrying a stack of takeaway boxes, Ayla walks down the Fitch driveway and knocks on the door.
After a few hours of Mike ushering her over Bristol, Ayla had gotten a little fed up and had told him she wanted to go home. This made him pissed off and spurred him on to call her all kinds of names which just made her chuckle. So she fucked off to buy take away for her family, hoping that doing so would ease her mothers anger in the fact Ayla was rarely home these days.
Jenna opens the door and leans against the doorframe, crossing her arms.
"Where have you been young lady." Jenna raises her eyebrows. Ayla swears she is about to drop the massive amount of takeaway she's carrying. "And why are you dressed like..."
"Mum. Please just let me put this down first." Ayla cuts her off. Jenna looks personally offended.
"No. I would like you to..." Jenna is cut off again as James barges past her and grabs the takeaway off Ayla in awe.
"Yay takeaway! Bollocking wank yeah" he yells. Hearing James, Katie, Emily and Rob swarm to the door with excitement. They help Ayla carry the boxes inside, chattering in thanks as Jenna continues to give her a stern talk.
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"Then I tell Simon Mackey that Michael Buble is rubbish and he tells me to suck a..." James rants as the family tuck into dinner.
"James!" Jenna cuts him off knowing what he is about to say.
"All boys have one mum" James answers with food in his mouth, a noodle running down his chin. The clink of cutlery fills the silence for a few moments.
"I broke up with Danny" Katie gulps, pretending it means nothing to her as she twirls a bunch of noodles around her fork. Jenna, Emily and Ayla's eyes shoot up to her. The boys take minimal notice and continue shoving their gob.
"Oh, dear Katie! Is everything okay?" Jenna asks
"No mum. Obviously not" Katie replies
"What happened?" asks Emily before realising maybe it wasn't the best thing to ask.
"Nothing." Katie responds " We just don't click anymore". Ayla knows she is lying.
"Aww, its alright kiddo" Rob comforts her, wrapping his arm around her neck and kissing her on the check. "It always is". He had been so busy shoving his mouth with food he didn't even hear what Katie had said, but just knew she was upset.
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Ayla knocks on the bathroom door gently.
"What?" asks Katie, who is soaking herself in an extremely hot bath. Emily and Ayla had allowed her to use up their share of hot water for such a luxury.
"Can I come in?" Ayla asks.
"Yeah, hold up" Katie replies, pulling the curtain around the bathtub. "Okay". Ayla opens the door slowly, the strong scent of lavender making her eyes water. She sits down on a wet mat next to the bathtub and crosses her legs.
"Are you alright?"
"Yeah" replies Katie sounding a little weak. Ayla can faintly see her silhouette through the patterned curtain.
"He dumped you didn't he?" Ayla gulps, a little hesitant in asking. Katie doesn't say anything for a moment.
"He cheated on me. So I left him" Katie explains. Ayla sighs and leans her head back against the tiled wall, unsure of what to say.
"You know, feeling upset doesn't make you weak Katie."
"How come I feel weak then?" Katie replies. "I found out at Panda's. I'm surprised it wasn't Sambo, Jonno or Keeno the way he talks about them". This makes her and Ayla chuckle a little. It's silent for a moment as Katie rinses out the conditioner in her hair.
"I know who you fancy anyways" Ayla grins cunningly, trying to take Katie's mind away from Danny.
"Um excuse me?" Katie raises her voice, pulling the curtain aside swiftly to look at her sister.
"The underground. The rap. The sweet boy" Ayla looks Katie dead in the eye with a chuckle. "I know you better than you think"
"Oh my god shut up!" Katie whines, annoyed at the fact her little secret was quite obvious to her sister. Ayla laughs at Katie's annoyance which just makes her more irritable. "Get out oh my god, I thought you were trying to help me!" Katie groans in annoyance, grabbing her hairbrush and throwing it at Ayla aggressively. Ayla dodges the brush narrowly and breaks out into hysterics. She stands up and zooms out of the bathroom to avoid being knocked out by all the things Katie was throwing at her.
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