Adventures with my Car Share Buddy
The bus that John and Kayleigh were on had just arrived at the stop not too far away from Mandy's house. As John and Kayleigh departed the bus they were still hand in hand as they began their walk from the bus stop to our Mandy's.
Kayleigh had put the cassette player back into her bag as they'd both listened to John's song on repeat for most of the bus journey. When they eventually reached our Mandy's, they stood outside the house just gazing into each other's eyes for a while whilst blocking out the noise around them until it was interrupted by Steve revving his f'ing bike.
"Alright lovebirds!?", Steve shouted whilst still tinkering about with his bloody bike.
John & Kayleigh just ignored Steve's comment as John walked Kayleigh to the door.
"Here you go milady, back at your humble abode", John said in a posh accent causing Kayleigh to giggle.
"Why thank you Mr Redmond", Kayleigh replied back in a posh accent making John smile.
"Listen, I errrm, I", John stuttered
"What is it John, are you okay?", Kayleigh asked.
"Yeah, I was erm just wondering if you'd like to you know go on a date sometime, I mean you don't have to say yes but as you're like my girlfriend now I was thinking it would be a great idea", John said still a little unsure.
"Aww John! I'd love to go on a date with you, as long as you don't think were moving too fast, I'd hate to put pressure on my lovely boyfriend", Kayleigh answered still smiling from when John called her his girlfriend.
"Okay great!", John replied smiling, "I'll pick you up at 7:30 in the PM just dress casually", John told her as she laughed at the 'in the PM' part remembering the morning conversation when she looked like a Carol Decker tribute act.
"Great, I can't wait. Right I'm gonna get going but before I do just wait here a minute!", Kayleigh says before quickly running inside.
Kayleigh returns a minute later with an envelope. "This is the £140 for the lock I never paid you back for and £200 for you to recover your car", she stated pushing the envelope towards him.
"You don't need to pay me back for all of that", John said.
"Well they were both kind of my fault though", Kayleigh said looking towards the ground frowning.
"Hey, yeah you caused us to be hit by a bloody lorry but were both okay right and as for the lock I said it back then only you could get locked in your house, life's never dull with you – you're a crazy, funny sorry fluffy when drunk woman who I think the world of regardless if you want to adopt a bloody monkey or rescue hedgehogs on motorway's, so don't you be feeling guilty about it", John said reassuring Kayleigh.
Kayleigh just smiled at him – he always knew what to say to cheer her up.
"Okay as long as you're sure and I really do have to go now so I'll see you tomorrow?", Kayleigh said.
"Yeah, I'm gonna have to pick up the hire car before I drive to you but I should be here at the time I always pick you up – oh and by the way you can keep the cassette player cause no doubt you'll be having it on repeat", John said.
"You know me too well Johnathan", Kayleigh said before John leaned in for a kiss which Kayleigh reciprocated increasing in passion gradually.
Mandy started to wonder what was going on outside as she saw the door open and Kayleigh stood in the doorway.
"Bloody hell Kayleigh! Put him down you don't know where he's been!", Mandy said looking at her sister and John.
Kayleigh broke the kiss and replied, "Oh believe me Mandy I know where he's been", sounding a lot more sexual than she intended trying to pretend she never said it.
"I don't believe we've met I'm John", John said outstretching his hand.
"Oh so you're the famous 'gorgeous, amazing John that drives me to and from work every day' John", Mandy asked.
"Mandy! That was meant to be between us!", Kayleigh said looking slightly embarrassed as John just smiled at them both.
"Well I don't know about that but yeah I'm John", he answered.
"Ahh, glad to finally meet you, she hasn't shut up about you since the day she moved in here", Mandy said gesturing to Kayleigh.
"Right Mandy, I think you should let John get home as he's a very busy man", Kayleigh said trying to change the subject.
"I'll see you tomorrow John", Kayleigh said before kissing him on the cheek and stepping back into the house.
He waved at them before Steve offered John a lift home after hearing the conversation about the car.
- NEXT DAY-
John was driving to Kayleigh's to pick her up for work. Singing along to 'She Drives Me Crazy' on Forver FM.
"Fine Young Cannibals. 1988", John said to himself whilst smiling.
# She drives me crazy
# like no one else
# she drives me crazy
# and I can't help myself
Yes, she bloody does John thought whilst chuckling himself.
[A BUNCH OF ADVERTS ARE PLAYING AS JOHN ARRIVES AT MANDY'S]
Kayleigh came running down the stairs putting her extensions in when she tripped over the strap of Chloe's school bag that was on the floor in front of the bottom step causing Kayleigh to fall over and almost rip the extension out of her hair.
"Oh shit! Ouch! Shit, shit, shit", Kayleigh said trying to get back up off of the floor.
"Aunt Kayleigh you're not allowed to swear its not a nice thing to do", Chloe said.
"Listen you'd be swearing if you'd just nearly ripped an entire chunk of hair out and next time move your bloody school bag!", Kayleigh shouted walking into the kitchen.
"And good morning to you too sis!", Mandy said handing her a cup of coffee.
"Oh don't you start!", Kayleigh replied.
"Not much of a morning person, are you?", Mandy asked whilst sipping her coffee.
"Whatever gave you that idea Mandy?", Kayleigh answered drinking the coffee whilst trying to tame the mane – known as her hair.
There was a knock at the door.
"Alfie answer the door please!", Mandy shouted to her son.
Alfie opened the door and John walked in.
"She's in there Uncle John!", Chloe said gesturing to the door.
"Tool!", Alfie said as John walked passed them making his way over to the kitchen.
"Shit Mandy keep John in the living room till I've sorted this!", Kayleigh said pointing to her hair.
"Relax Kayleigh, he's seen you in a worse state than this remember when you told me about the Carol Decker look alike incident" Mandy said trying so hard not to laugh.
"Oh, shut up and just tell him please!", Kayleigh shouted.
Mandy walked out of the kitchen and came to meet John.
"John, if you'd like to have a seat, Kayleigh won't be a minute she's just finishing getting ready", Mandy told John before finishing getting Alfie & Chloe ready.
"Aye, thanks love", John said before sitting down.
Kayleigh meanwhile was still in the kitchen still taming the mane and eventually getting somewhere whilst humming the song John wrote for her causing him to smile to himself.
After a few 'tweaks, ouches and oh shits' she had eventually finished, drank the remainder of her coffee, grabbed her bag and made her way out of the kitchen.
"Hi, thanks for waiting", Kayleigh said walking towards John.
"It's okay, I'm only this early because I had to pick up the hire car", he replied.
"Right shall we get out of here", Reckless Redmond!", she teased as she walked towards the door.
"You're in a good mood for once, you're not a morning person usually", John asked following her.
"You're the only reason for my good mood, if you'd have been here about 20 minutes ago you wouldn't have thought that", Kayleigh said walking out of the front door.
"What the bloody hell is that John?", Kayleigh asked looking at the hired vehicle.
"That sweetheart is a car, you put diesel in most of them and drive them", John answered her sarcastically.
"Yeah you're funny", Kayleigh said whilst laughing.
"I mean why is it that bloody small, yeah the Fiat was small but a Mini is even more smaller", Kayleigh said still re-living when John called her sweetheart.
"Look just get in grumpy!", John said trying to hurry her along.
"Right, are you gonna tell me why you're in such a bad mood?", John asked whilst Kayleigh fiddled with her nails.