Secrets – Chapter 2 A Secret Return
Justin & Hannah return to Hollyoaks for a quick visit, Ste attempts to keep his relationship with Doug hidden from Justin while Nancy and Rhys catch up with Hannah. Brendan returns to Hollyoaks leaving Cheryl and more far from happy.
Ok i must say that this chapter is entirely beta, so changes will happen and it will be taken down when i've fixed the next plot.
"These things are irritating my eyes!" a boy with black hair complains rubbing his eyes.
"Quit complaining Justin, you need to keep them in, your still wanted here since you invaded the law when you ran off with Russ" a blonde girl says fixing her make-up in a compact mirror.
"Thanks for the reminder Hannah, you do know thanks to that hair dye you got I'll never be blonde again" Justin complains running a hand through his hair.
"Doesn't bother me cos you look a lot hotter with black hair" Hannah says winking at Justin.
"Oh do I now?" Justin says giving Hannah a quick peck on the lips.
"Justin, we're here!" Hannah suddenly says pointing out the taxi window.
Justin and Hannah finally arrive in Hollyoaks village after their long journey, there visit would be quick due to the fact Justin is still wanted here since he invaded the law. Justin pays the taxi fare while Hannah takes a moment to take in all the changes since she was last in the village.
"This place has changed so much" Hannah says looking around.
"Wow you're right. The Loft got renamed, Ill Gnosh, Mobs and Drive N' Buy are gone too" Justin says pointing out some changes.
"Ill Gnosh and Drive N Buy were burnt to the ground. Steph Dean died because of it. I still can't believe Dom did it…" Hannah says looking at where the two businesses used to be.
"Carter & Hay? You don't think?" Justin asks.
"No! Couldn't be. Could it?" Hannah replies.
"No!" the two say to each other laughing.
"So what you going to do?" Justin asks studying the shop.
"I'm going to go visit Sarah, then I might go see Rhys. What about you?" Hannah says remembering her dead friend.
"Think I'll go catch up with Ste and Amy, then I'll go see Sophie and Mel, might see you there. I hope I can see Charlie too" Justin replies pulling Hannah into a hug.
When Justin pulls Hannah into a hug, he sees someone emerge from Carter & Hay. He looks at the guy thinking he knows him as he got a feeling of familiarity from him. He thinks it could be Ste, but there is no way that Ste ever dressed that well when Justin was around. Hannah pulls away from Justin, says her goodbye and goes off towards the village graveyard. Justin continues to watch the boy outside the shop. He sees another walk down the steps from the old flat where he used to live in when he lived with the Valentines. The guy who came down the steps was definitely injured, he was limping over to the other. Justin sees them hug a bit more amorously and feels awkward seeing the two boys being affectionate to each other. Justin doesn't have anything wrong with gay people, back when he was younger maybe he did, but that was all down to Sonny. Justin then heads off in search of old friends.
"Miss you Sarah" Hannah says looking down at her friend's grave. It wasn't long ago that Sarah was murdered in a parachuting accident. To this day Hannah still can't believe she's gone.
"I miss her too" a voice says startling Hannah.
"Nancy? Is that you?" Hannah asks looking at the girl walking towards her.
"Wow, Hannah. You've changed so much!" Nancy says taking in Hannah's appearance.
"You don't look so bad yourself! Now come here!" Hannah says pulling Nancy into a hug.
"Woah. Easy there Han" Nancy says pushing Hannah back slightly.
Hannah shoots Nancy a confused look. Nancy puts her hand over her stomach and smiles. Hannah instantly get what Nancy is referring to.
"Shut up!" Hannah says happily.
Nancy just smiles back at Hannah.
"No way! Oh my god Nance! Congratulations! Who's the dad? Wait is that a wedding ring?" Hannah bombards Nancy with questions, who just smiles and waits for Hannah to calm down.
"It's a long story and it's too cold to tell it here, come on lets go to the Dog" Nancy says linking arms with Hannah.
They walk through the graveyard but Hannah stops when she sees a familiar name. Warren Fox. She unlinks arms with Nancy and walks over to the grave and spits on it.
"Bastard!" she hisses.
"That was a waste of your time Hannah. I'm surprised that they haven't got rid of it yet" Nancy comments looking down on the empty grave.
"What d'you mean?" Hannah asks.
"Don't you know? Warren is still alive. He survived that fire few years back." Nancy says calmly.
A look of fear graces Hannah's face, Nancy sees this and quickly reassures her that Warren has been locked up for the crimes he's committed. Before they leave Nancy stops at another grave.
"Another one taken before her time" Nancy comments.
"India…" Hannah says when she sees the grave. Hannah remembers all the drama that went on between her brothers and the girl.
"What happened?" Hannah asks staring at the grave.
"Silas happened" Nancy coldly says.
"Who?"
"I'll tell you when we get back" Nancy says and the two girls walk off.
"We guna need more of this ya know!" a loud voice was heard throughout the shop, a voice that Justin instantly recognised as Ste's.
Justin turns around to see where Ste is but is met with the same boy from earlier and a girl with long dark curly hair. Justin is a bit shocked but looks around to be sure that that guy isn't Ste, but his suspicions are confirmed when the man turns around. Justin takes in Ste's new look, he's gone from dressing like a chav to dress in what Hannah calls style, he'd changed his hair too, it wasn't a fair brown and short, it was now darker, black even, the sides shaved and a lot of hair gel on top.
Ste notices a guy with black hair eyeing him up from across the shop, normally he wouldn't have minded the attention but he's in a relationship with Doug now and they were both love and in it for the long run, as in they'll both be old and grey, sitting on some porch looking out watching their grandkids play. But seriously that guy just staring at Ste now was beginning to annoy him.
"Staring problem or somethin'?" Ste says looking over at the black haired man. The man just smiles and holds up his hand in defence, his nods and leaves the shop.
"Weirdo" Ste says watching him leave.
"What was all that about?" Texas asks watching the guy leave.
"D'you not see him eyeing me up? Like I'm a piece of meat or summat" Ste says dramatically.
"From the way he was looking at you I'm sure he wants your brand of sausage and garlic sauce" Texas says winking at Ste.
"Oi! That's dirty" Ste laughs getting Texas's sexual joke.
Justin couldn't believe how much Ste had changed when he left, he always has his suspicions Ste was gay but when Ste got Amy pregnant with Lucas, those suspicions were laid to rest. Still though, it does kinda bother him that Ste never told him, sure they were best friends for years. But as Justin sees it, as long as Ste is happy, then Justin can be too because when he left Hollyoaks he always was worried about leaving Ste on his own especially after the whole Daniel and Abi fiasco. Justin comes up with a plan, he'll surprise Ste later.
"You got married to Darren?" Hannah exclaims seeing Darren and Nancy kiss.
"Nice to see you too Hannah" Darren says wrapping his arm around Nancy's waist.
"When did happen? But wait how did you two get married? I thought we still were legally?" Hannah asks.
"Oh I checked into that, turns out, our marriage isn't legal in the UK, I'm guessing Nancy didn't tell you how we got married then, eh?" Darren says cuddling Nancy who just smiles.
"No, I just found out now and I have to say this place has changed" Hannah says walking around the new interior of the Dog's living area.
"Oh by the way, congratulations on becoming a Dad a again" Hannah says.
Darren and Nancy winced at Hannah's comment and this did not go unnoticed by Hannah.
"Did I say something wrong?" Hannah asks.
"We lost our first one…" Nancy quietly says.
"Oh guys. I'm so sorry" Hannah says pulling the two into a hug.
"So, how long are you here for?" Darren asks when Hannah pulls away.
"Not for long, actually Nancy… Would you mind if Justin saw Charlie?" Hannah hesitantly says.
"Justin is here?" Nancy says quickly and Hannah nods in reply.
"Where is he?" Darren asks just as quickly as Nancy.
"He went off to Ste" Hannah says calmly.
"Oh he's going to be in for a surprise" Nancy says pulling out of Darren's embrace to make some tea.
"What do you mean?" Hannah asks confused.
"Jeez Han, you're really out of the loop around here" Darren says handing a cup of tea to Hannah.
"Ok I'm even more confused now" Hannah says taking a mouthful of tea.
"Oh I'll just 'come out' and say it otherwise she'll never get it" Nancy says putting emphasis on 'come out'.
"Come out?" Hannah asks confused.
Darren and Nancy smile as Hannah gets the true meaning behind Nancy's "Come out" comment.
"No way!" Hannah exclaims.
"Way Hannah, way" Darren smiles seeing the girl's hilarious reaction.
"Ste's gay! Ok I did not see that coming. I mean Amy and he has kids!" Hannah shouts trying to make sense of what she was just told. But as quickly as she shouted her demeanour changed.
"Oh my god… Justin is gone to see Ste!" Hannah jumping up off her seat nearly knocking her tea over.
"That's what I'm worried about" Nancy says taking a mouthful of her tea.
"Ehh why's that?" Darren asks confused.
"You never went to school with us. Justin and Sonny attacked JP when he came out, well Sonny maintains that Justin did it, but he could never keep his story straight." Hannah says pacing around the room.
"Well maybe Justin has done the same Darren did" Nancy says walking over to her husband.
"Oh and what have I done now?" Darren asks ruffling Nancy's hair making her giggle.
"Ok you two are so cute, still can't believe you two got together though, but you're both a case of opposites attract" Hannah says cooing over Darren and Nancy.
"Well Darren here, he grew up" Nancy says softly looking Darren's eyes.
"Thanks…" Darren says at a loss of words and kisses Nancy lightly.
"Wow. Never thought I'd see a speechless Darren" Hannah comments ruining the mood.
Ste, Doug and Texas were sitting in College Coffee when Ste sees the black haired guy from earlier walk in. He tenses slightly and this doesn't go unnoticed by Doug sitting beside him, mainly because it caused Doug a bit of pain.
"What's up with you?" Doug asks.
"Yeah, isn't someone jumpy" Texas says putting her coffee down on the table.
"It's that black haired guy from earlier Tex, I swear he's stakin' me" Ste says hinting the direction of the man they were talking about.
"You mean mister black hair, who was looking at you like sex on a plate and wanted to have more than just seconds?" Texas says smiling devilishly at Ste.
"Oh so someone was checking you out" Doug says moving forward slightly with a smile on his face.
"Ahh go away you two, everywhere I been today, he's been there! And no Doug, he couldn't catch my attention, not when you have mine" Ste playfully says to Doug.
"Wait did I miss something here?" Texas asks confused.
Ste throws a look down to his hands. Texas looks down eventually to see Doug's hand wrapped around Ste's. Her Jaw drops open wide and a huge smile graces her face.
"Oh my god! When did this happen?" Texas says in hushed tones.
"One week" Ste starts.
"Five days" Doug continues.
"Twenty-one hours" Ste says gazing into Doug's deep blue eyes.
"Fourteen minutes" Doug says smiling.
"Twenty-three seconds and still counting" Doug and Ste both say.
"Wow." Is all that Texas can say.
"Ok we were joking about the second's part but the rest is legit" Ste says pulling Doug into a 'Bro Hug' but immediately regrets it when Doug gasps.
"Crap! Sorry" Ste quickly says easing Doug back against the sofa.
"You can make it up to me tonight" Doug says winking at Ste.
"Oh so will I be practicing a firm handshake?" Ste says suggestively.
"Get your mind out of the gutter Ste, I'm still not able for that, but your hands will be busy though" Doug teases.
"Ok guys not to ruin your moment or anything but this is TMI" Texas states getting a mouthful of coffee.
A message from Hannah asking Justin to meet her at the Dog in the Pond, stops him for watching Ste, Texas and Doug any further. He can't help but feel happy seeing Ste happy and having moved on from everything. It takes about five minutes for Justin to reach the Dog, where he's met with Hannah talking to a girl he quickly recognises as Nancy.
"Are you Hannah's friend Will Anderson?" Nancy jokingly asks raising her eyebrow.
"Yes I am…" Justin says confused.
"You see Will, there's someone here that I think you should meet. Can you follow me please?" Nancy says walking into the pub with Hannah and Justin in tow.
"Wow this place has changed" Justin whispers to Hannah as they get up into the Dog's living area.
"I never thought I'd say this but it's good to see you again Justin" Nancy suddenly says turning around and giving Justin a hug.
"It's good to see you too, Nance. Didn't know you lived here. What did you do? Get married to Darren?" Justin playfully asks.
Nancy in reply to Justin's comment about Darren, using her hand with her wedding ring, rubbed a certain area of her stomach with a big smile on his head.
"Wow… Another Nancy or Darren running around. Is that even legal?" Justin cheekily says.
"Justin. You are very lucky I can't hit you" Nancy says smirking.
"Oh don't worry about that Nance, let me do it for you" Hannah says hitting Justin hard in the shoulder.
A small boy walked into the room with Darren not far behind, he walked up and hugged Nancy before asking, what did she need him for or was he in trouble. Justin watched in awe seeing how big his son had gotten since he left Hollyoaks. He was speechless seeing him again after all this time.
"Charlie. You remember Justin don't you?" Nancy sweetly asks. Justin can tell from the way Nancy is with Charlie, she will be an amazing mother.
"Daddy?" the boy asks hesitantly looking Justin's direction. Nancy, Darren and Hannah smile as Justin hugs his son.
"Now Charlie, you can't tell anyone I'm her now ok? Can you keep that a secret?" Justin asks the little boy.
"Yup!" he energetically says.
"Pinky swear?" Justin asks.
Charlie links his pinky with Justin's and a huge smile graces his little face making Justin smile even more.
I have to be honest, the first chapter i posted was originally the story and it was completed, it was only by mistake i didn't put it down as completed. I didn't expect to get such a positive response on this story so because of it, i will continue it :) But first i need sort out the rest of the plot before i continue, this chapter is mainly beta so you guys know i haven't forgotten about it. I hope you guys like this beta so R&R.
Z xx
