Just a really short Chater something to keep you going until I finish the next chapter which I promise will be longer, thankyou very much for the reviews, good or bad keep em coming, Hope youve all had a Merry Christmas and also a Happy New Year to you all x
It was the weekend the one time of the week that all four friends got to spend sometime together without them having to leave for work, it was ritual in the household that every weekend one of them would have to take there turn to make tea and toast for the other members and this wknd it was Aidens turn. Joey, Belle and Geoff were sat watching telly whilst Aiden was in the kitchen making breakfast he just placed the last mug of tea on the tray next to a plate stacked high with toast when he looked up and noticed Charlie doing some stretches in the neighbouring garden, he stretched out his neck a little so he could get a better look, he gave a little grin and a nod to himself at the sight of Charlie in her running gear before turning on his heels and heading for the lounge.
"The finest tea and toast this side of Sydney as prepared by yours truley Chef a la Jeffries" joked Aiden entering the living room tray in hand.
"Obviously the finest slice for my beautiful girlfriend" he said gesturing to Belle to take the top slice, she raised her eyebrows jokingly at him and took her tea and toast off the tray.
"and for you Geoffrey a well done slice just how you like it he said gesturing to something on the side of the tray that resembled a burnt cinder, Geoff opened his mouth in horror and was just about to say something when Aiden cut across "keep your knickers on I'm only joking, take one of them" he said nodding at the stack of toast, Geoff tutted at him and took a slice.
"and last but not least, some brekkie for the invalid" he said smirking at Joey
"oh ha ha" said Joey sarcastically "its not funny Aide, honestly-how am I supposed to go out this weekend looking like this" she said pointing to the remainder of the black eye and cut she had from the other night when she had bumped into Aiden.
"I still think you look beautiful" smiled Belle "I wouldn't worry about it Jo, its nearly gone now" chipped in Geoff.
"Don't listen to them" joked Aiden "it looks like youve been ten rounds with Mike Tyson" he said breaking out into laughter, Joey faked a ha ha , she was gutted that her shiner after three days still hadn't totally dissapeared there was no way she was going clubbing with the others looking like that,no way,not a chance so that meant staying in the whole weekend.
"Nevermind Jo , look at it from this point of view at least you got to be nursed by Charlie" he grinned, Joey grimaced she wasn't sure what to say so she just didn't answer himand her silence spoke volumes, Aiden continued to grin at her and Belle threw a cushion at him.
"Well I think Charlie seems really nice" said Geoff sincerley
"nice, is that it" said Aiden "Honestly Geoff your supposed to be a single hot blooded male and thats all you can come up with" laughed Aiden, Geoff shook his head in disagreement.
"well I agree with Geoff, I think Charlie seems genuinely nice" said Belle " and I mean its not often someone as beautiful as her isn't up there own arse", they all nodded in agreement apart from Joey who was pretending that she had no intrest in the conversation when silentley she agreed with everything Belle had said about Charlie, she was beautiful –stunning in fact.
They all turned to Joey and waited for her to give her opinion on their new neighbour.
"What" she asked feeling all three sets of eyes on her.
"Well what do you think of her" asked Belle
"She seems alright I suppose" shrugged Joey, trying to play it down, Belle eyed her suspisciously and Joey found herself unable to lie and unable to hide the smirk that crept up on her face.
"Okay.....so she's nice " said Joey casually "not to mention the hottest woman I think I've ever clapped eyes on " she grinned letting her guard drop.
The other three let out a laugh, "Joey Collins you tart" laughed Aiden "you dark horse Joey Collins" pipped in Belle, "Joey she's straight" said Geoff more seriously, the others sighed at him, trust Geoff to have to be the serious one.
"Geoff I know, I only said she was hot I didn't say I was going to try and jump into bed with her" she said shrugging at Geoff ,after all her saying Charlie was hot was only harmless .....or was it? "I mean I've got pictures of Angelina Jolie over my wall but it doesn't mean I think she's gonna leave Brad Pitt for me does it?" she said laughing.
"Yes Father Geoff, I think Joey is right" laughed Aiden, both girls laughed at Aiden's Father Geoff joke because sometimes the boy did act like he had been brought up in a convent or something.
"Honestly Geoff you do need to loosen up a little" agreed Belle
"Yeah well, I was just saying that's all and I don't suppose Angelo would find it very amusing" he said sulking.
"That's why I'm going to bump him off before I make my move" joked Joey, all of them started laughing all of them bar Geoff of course, there laughter was interrupted by a knock on the door.
"I'll get it" said Aiden jumping over the back of the couch.
A few seconds later and Aiden strolled in grinning "Its for you Jo" he sniggered, Joey look puzzled until a couple of seconds later Aiden was joined by Charlie.
"Charlie" coughed Joey nearly spitting out her tea, her mind instantly flicking back to the conversation her and her friends had been having seconds earlier "Uh Hi, come in" OMG did I just say come in , she's already in -you idiot she thought to herself, the others killed themselves laughing , Joey motioned with her eyes for them to pack it in, she could feel herself getting embarrassed.
Charlie smiled slightly even though she had no idea what they were laughing about "Hi, I just came by to see how you were after the other night"
Aiden looked at Joey and raised his eye brows in a teasing manner Joey glared at him , she recomposed herself before speaking this time "Yeah I'm good well apart from this" she said pointing to her black eye, Joey got up from the couch and walked in Charlies direction "would you like a cup of tea" said Joey realising that the others were bound to listen to everything she said to Charlie and guarunteed to tease her about it after,she decided it would be less embarassing to talk to Charlie away from her friends.
"Yeah thanks that would be lovely" said Charlie accepting politley, Charlie smiled at the others who were all grinning at her oddly and followed Joey to the kitchen.
"That looks nasty" sympathised Charlie , she was reffering to Joey's black eye
"you should have seen it a couple of days ago, Aiden was calling me the elephant man" joked Joey, Charlie giggled.
"I was wandering why I hadn't seen you with the others" said Charlie "Yeah I've been hiding away until this monstrosity dissapears" replied Joey gesturing to her eye "It doesn't look that bad" smiled Charlie "yeah right" blushed Joey , Joey would never normally blush or get embarassed so easily, she was always so sure of herself, she put it down to the fact that Charlie was so breath takingly stunning that Joey somehow felt out of her depth talking to her.
"Sugar" said Joey, trying to disguise her akwardness but at the same time she couldn't help but take a moment to smile at how sexy and toned Charlie looked in her running gear.
"no thanks, I'm sweet enough" both girls breathed out a smile "Thanks for taking care of me...I mean the other night, fixing my eye up and all that" stuttered Joey "Its fine, I'm happy to help and Angelo would have only insisted anyway" said Charlie, Joey smiled and handed her a mug of tea.
"Angelo mentioned you like to keep fit" "well I don't know about keep fit but I do like to run and swim" replied Joey, she paused for a second "maybe you'd like to go sometime, for a run that is" continued Joey she remembered t that Angelo had said Charlie was into her fitness and she thought it would be a nice gesture after Charlie helping her the other night "Yeah that would be great, I've been here three days already and I've been itching to go but lots of unpacking as got in the way" she smiled "do you fancy going this morning, Angelo's at work prepping for some fancy party he's catering for tonight so if you want" "urm uh well I'm not sure I want to go out looking like this" said Joey with regards to her black eye "nonsense , you look fine" said Charlie genuinley, Joey smiled Charlie was sweet aswell as hot.
They chatted at ease for about ten minutes and then Charlie waited whilst Joey went and got changed into her running gear.
"Enjoy yourselves" winked Aiden as the girls were leaving, Joey glared at him and smiled falseley.
"Nice to see you guys again" said Charlie sweetley "you too" smiled Belle, she had instantly took a liking to Charlie she got a good vibe from her and the others would all agree that Belle's first impression of a person was usually never far off the mark.
"Bye Geoff" called Charlie, Geoff had been sat there quiet, still slightly sulking from earlier "Yeah Bye" he smiled.
"Bye Aiden" "Bye Charlie" he grinned " and Joey we don't want to see you back here until youve worked up a sweat" he smirked, Joey grimaced, Belle slapped him playfully round the head. "Ignore him Charlie" said Joey, Charlie laughed, she didn't have a clue to what Aiden was refering to as she wasn't in on the joke, with that they both left for their run.