Chapter 4
The buzzing of Georgie's mobile on her bedside table woke her up. Georgie groaned in annoyance into her pillow, she was warm and comfortable, and some idiot was ringing her phone! Georgie reluctantly lifted her face from her pillow, some hair was sticking to her face but the bulk of it was flying in all directions. With bleary eyes she reached over to her bedside table and started feeling around for the annoying device that tempted her to just throw it out of the window. She didn't even bother looking at the caller ID before she answered the incoming call.
"What?" She growled down the phone as best she could still half asleep. She flopped back on her bed, hugging her warm duvet to her.
"Good morning to you too sunshine." Elvis' charming voice reached her ears. Georgie groaned in frustration at how happy and awake he sounded.
"It's too early Elvis." Georgie told him and was about to hang up on him. Serves him bloody right for waking her up at the crack of dawn, she couldn't even hear the rest of her family getting ready to go to work and school yet!
"George it's nearly midday love." Elvis told her incredulously, making her pause in her actions. She rubbed her eyes gently and then sat up to look at her alarm clock. 11:47.
"Well it's not midday yet. Call me back in 13 minutes." Georgie retorted quickly before hanging up the phone on him. Nearly midday? It was not like her to sleep so long, she didn't even go to bed that late as it is.
Georgie groaned at the thought of leaving her warm bed, but she needed a shower and food, lots of food, she was starving!
Once she showered and got changed she headed downstairs to make some breakfast. Elvis hadn't called her back. She was still towel drying her hair but paused when she heard noise coming from the kitchen. She knew everyone else was out for the day. She quietly approached the kitchen doorway and peered in. She released the breath she was holding and stomped into the kitchen in frustration. Elvis turned around from looking in the fridge and he closed the door after seeing Georgie make an appearance.
"You nearly gave me a heart attack. What are you doing?" Georgie told him with a less than impressed look.
"Well I was going to make you breakfast but you apparently have nothing in the fridge. So cafe?" Elvis said with a raised eyebrow. Georgie looked at him for a moment as if he's gone mad, why was he breaking into her house to cook her breakfast?
"This time of the day I think they call it Lunch. But I am starving," Georgie admitted, backed up by her vocal rumbling stomach. "So yeah let's go." Elvis looked pleased with himself and rubbed his hands together in anticipation. Georgie rolled her eyes at him before going to get her jacket and keys.
The short walk to the Polish café proved to be worth the wait as Georgie scoffed her food down as soon as it hit the table. Elvis glanced at her admirably from time to time and Georgie glared at him whenever she caught him looking. Georgie leaned back in satisfaction when she had finished, she felt very full now.
"What? I was starving." Georgie defensively said to Elvis when she saw him staring at her again with that ridiculously happy expression on his face.
"I know, I've never seen you eat that fast before." Elvis told her, enjoying her company.
"Much better than Coco pops cereal, aye?" Elvis told her with a cheeky grin. Georgie narrowed her eyes at him, he went through their cupboards too.
"They're Lulu's." Georgie excused, not even bothering to tell him off about going through the cupboards, he wouldn't care anyway.
"Sure they are," Elvis replied with a chuckle before taking a sip of his coffee "Besides this was healthier for the baby." He added. Georgie looked at him but didn't say anything as she knew he was right. They sat in comfortable silence for a while.
"Have you told your family yet?" Elvis asked her as they let their meal go down.
"No," Georgie replied while shaking her head "I'm trying to think of a way to break it to them without them either having a heart attack or forming a lynch party to find you." Georgie truthfully told him. Elvis chuckled softly.
"Good luck with that," Elvis told her with a smile. "Besides I don't think you'll find a peaceful solution in the 2 weeks you have off." Elvis broke it to her to Georgie. Georgie sighed in agreement but didn't say much more.
"Would you… Would you like me to be there when you tell them?" Elvis asked unsure if that was what Georgie would want.
"So they can kill you instantly without the hassle of going out to find you?" Georgie joked with a grin. Elvis chuckled at her humour, he missed it.
"Well they won't need to look much further than where you are because I'm not straying far from you," Elvis truthfully told her. Georgie opened her mouth and then closed it again, stunned at the sweet declaration. "Besides I thought maybe it would help give you some moral support, I don't suppose they're going to be ecstatic." Elvis added, unable to take his eyes off her.
"Um yeah that would be great thanks." Georgie told him with a small smile. A short silence took over till Georgie realised something Elvis said.
"So you're staying in Manchester a while?" Georgie asked curiously.
"Yeah, got a room at a premier inn but I'm gonna look for somewhere to rent." Elvis told her. Georgie looked into Elvis' eyes and saw that he was serious about staying in Manchester with her.
"Elvis you don't have to do that. I'm fine in Manchester, you don't have to stay in the same city as me." Georgie told him with a raised eyebrow.
"I know I don't, but I want to," Elvis told her truthfully. He sighed and leaned back in his chair and looked away from Georgie for the first time since they entered the café. When he turned to look back at her he had a sad look on his face. "I missed the pregnancy with Laura and I missed her birth and I don't want to miss anything this time." He told her while reach out across the table to take Georgie's hand in his for a moment.
Georgie couldn't look away from him. His face was full of sorrow and anguish and she had the irrational feeling of doing anything she could to wipe it from his handsome features.
"Ok," Georgie quietly told him accompanying it with a reassuring squeeze to his hand that encased hers.
"Thank you." Elvis gratefully said, making no move to release her dainty hand from his giant one.
"I know it's not the right time to bring it up, but I want you to know that I still love you George." Elvis told her while gently caressing her hand with his thumb. Georgie sighed as if she knew their relationship would be brought up sometime today.
"Us loving each other Elvis was never the problem." Georgie told him, not willing to admit out loud yet that she did still love him.
"I know, and I want you to know that I won't let you or our child down." Elvis told her seriously while looking deep into her eyes. Georgie's eyes watered uncontrollably, and she gave Elvis a small smile in acknowledgement before she severed their entwined hands. Georgie desperately wanted to change the heavy air that surrounded them. She caught a waitress' eye and beckoned her over.
"Can I have a coffee please," Georgie asked politely before turning to see if Elvis wanted anything else to drink.
"I'll have a tea, and can you make the lady's coffee de-caf please, thanks." Elvis told her with his charming smiling, she swore she saw the girl blush before walking away.
"Urgh I forgot I can't have normal coffee, this is gonna take some getting used to." Georgie commented, annoyed with herself for forgetting so easily.
"That's why I'm here," Elvis said with a wink, the heavy air lifted for now. "Um the tiredness of you sleeping in late and how hungry you are, they are effects of the pregnancy right?" Elvis asked hesitantly, not wanting to say something wrong that might antagonise her.
"I guess," Georgie replied with a shrug, unsure on what to expect with pregnancy- it wasn't something they went into detail about in combat medic training. "I'm going to book a gynaecologist appointment soon; would you like to come with me to the appointment?" Georgie asked hesitantly.
Elvis looked surprised for a moment and realised that Georgie was trying to let him in as much as she could for the time being. He knows that he broke her trust years ago, but he was determined to fix it and it was a step in the right direction that Georgie was inviting him to be involved in the pregnancy.
"I would love to come, thank you." Elvis told her with a smile. Georgie smiled back in silent relief that she wasn't going to go alone. Georgie and Elvis received their drinks, and both took large gulps.
"Ok, I'll text you the time and date when I book it." Georgie let him know. Georgie suddenly looked at her watch and saw that the time had flown by without them noticing.
"Wow we've been here ages." Georgie commented to Elvis who seemed content to just watch her from his seat. Elvis checked his own watch after Georgie said that and was surprised as well at how long they've been sitting in the same chairs for. They quickly finished their drinks off before Georgie nipped to the loo while Elvis paid for their lunch. They took a slow and quiet walk back to the house. Elvis insisting on walking Georgie back despite her protests that the walk was only 5 minutes long.
When they got back to the house, Georgie unlocked the door and hesitated on the doorstep for a second. Elvis recognised that she wanted to say something but was debating with herself and so he waited patiently while watching the internal struggle of one part of her win over the other.
"Could you come back to the house this evening? I think I'm ready to tell my family about the baby." Georgie asked him with conflict clear in her eyes.
"Of course. Around 8?" Elvis immediately responded. He told her that he wasn't going to let her down again and he intended to stick by his vow, even though her whole family hates his guts.
"Yeah that would be great, Thanks Elvis." Georgie replied with a small smile, she's not going to be alone. Elvis took a step towards Georgie and towered over her petite frame before he swooped down to plant a kiss on her forehead before backing away again. It happened so fast Georgie didn't have time to move away even if she wanted to.
"Take care George, I'll see ya tonight." Elvis told her in parting before he walked back down her driveway and across the street. He didn't notice that Georgie followed him with her eyes before he disappeared from sight. Georgie closed the door and fell back against it with a huff. Keeping a safe distance from Elvis was going to be tougher than she first thought.
Eight approached unusually quick for Georgie. They had their dinner as a family earlier on in the evening and then they all started doing their own thing. Her parents were watching the tv, Lulu was texting away on her mobile and Marie was… well Marie was watching Georgie with suspicious eyes. Georgie tried not to make eye contact with Marie encase she tries to interrogate her. Georgie kept checking the time on her watch in anticipation. She couldn't help it, she was nervous!
When the doorbell did finally go, Georgie was up out of her chair immediately with a cry of 'I'll get it' before she reached the hallway. She was too nervous to notice Marie following her quietly. Georgie opened the door wide and smiled at seeing that he had turned up. She did have some minor doubts that he would, but she knew deep down after everything that he would stick by his word that he wouldn't disappoint her again.
Georgie opened her mouth to greet him but was surprised to hear her sisters voice behind her.
"What the hell is he doing here?"
Chapter 4! Thank you for all my reviews! I'm so glad you guys like it! Next week the update will be a few days late on Tuesday because I am away in Paris for a long weekend but I guarantee you that it is worth the wait! As always please tell me what you think! Until Tuesday my wonderful readers!