Hey guys, sorry for the hideous update delay, I have had about a 3 month bout of writers block, hopefully cured now! Dedications to my lovely Chryedians 3
1 week later
"So what he announced it to your family?" Christian asked, sitting across the table from a clearly excited Jade, whose blonde hair was flapping about everytime she spoke, her green eyes lighting up. Christian tried not to sound hurt. Not that he was..
"Yes! In front of my mum, who absolutely adores him..if she wasn't going out with Max.." Jade started babbling, and Christian had to smile a little, he could see where Jodie's constant stream of mindless chatter came from
Christian forced a laugh, then moaned "Jaaay..im the only sad single one left now, you've left me!"
"Don't worry, you'll find someone" Jade smiled dreamily, and Christian smiled a little
"Need any help moving in then blonde bombshell?" Christian asked, pretending to flex his muscles but wishing he hadn't offered, it wouldn't be awkward, or would it? Why was he thinking of this stuff?
"Yes yes yes! Bit of muscle, come with me" Jade grinned, clinging onto Christians arm and using her strength to pull him up
"They should give you more personal training classes your quite the heavyweight" Christian commented, and cackled as Jade punched him in the arm.
They both laughed as they left the cafe
"Oi! What you two so happy about?" Roxy asked, bounding over with a big bag from the off license
"Jades moving in with Syed" Christian said in a monotone, then realised his error and started doing jazz hands, complete with a very cheesy grin
"No! I thought I could steal him" Roxy laughed, and Jade laughed with her
"Sorry babe, hes well and truely mine" Jade winked, in a suave manner
"Well at least have a house warming!" Roxy pressed, and Christian also looked interested
"Have a housewarming!" he chanted, and Roxy started chanting with him
"Fine fine, i'll have a housewarming, just let me move the boxes in yeah?" Jade laughed "what are you two like, any excuse to get pissed" she remarked, pointing towards Roxy's bag "whats that then Roxanne, early christmas?" Jade cackled
"No actually, I just needed some vodka for the club and thought I would save a bit of money. Serves Jack right for not letting me see Amy, watch his customers drink the cheap nasty vodka!" Roxy grinned, rubbing her hands together
"Thats not going to end well" Christian tried to add, maturely, "but invite me when your doing it" he laughed, throwing his head back and giving the first genuine smile he felt in days.
"Will do Jayjay and Christiiian...see you later" Roxy grinned, obviously happy with her plan, and she bounced away to the club happily
Syed was sitting in what would be him and Jades room, surrounded by boxes, suitcases, and a empty room.
Was he ready for this? Sharing a bed with someone just felt so, so intimate. He hadn't slept with Jade,she respected his religion, his culture, even though his take on it could have more modern aspects. It felt so personal, the way they would decorate their room together, that their life would suddenly be inbetween these four walls.
The way that her annoying habits would be accenuated
She would come in drunk, wake him up
She would probably have all her low-calorie dietary snacks everywhere, and try and stop him eating any calorie laden "junk" as she called it
He would get a full speech on what colour she wanted her hair, every day, every time they were together
Syed could of slapped himself. He was taking a step in his life, for once he was getting a little bit of independence, direction, and all he could do was think about Jade's bad traits? He wasn't exactly perfect either. He was moody, stubborn, a bit too passionate, he needed about 2 hours to actually become a human in the mornings, he always wanted his TV choice.
He looked at the background of his phone, which was a picture of him and Jade. In a club, arms wrapped around eachother, looking every inch the perfect couple. They were good looking, young, vibrant. Anyone else going out with Jade would value her like she wasn't on this earth, he had heard Ant and Tyler going on in the Vic the other day about how she was the prettiest girl in Walford.
He wanted nothing more then to feel the intense feelings of love for Jade, to feel that without her he was nothing, but he didn't. He liked her, he knew she was gorgeous, quite classy, well spoken, fun. But what was that to do with love? Did he find himself yearning to kiss her everytime she stepped into a 10 metre radius of him? Did he want to hold her all night?
Syed looked at the phone wallpaper again..he had convinced himself that if he put a wallpaper of the two of them, it would make Syed love her more, it would push him to see Jade as family, it would push him to see how lucky he was.
He shook his head, hearing the door go, and he stood up, trying to look like he was surveying the room
"Hey you" Jade smiled, dropping her bag neatly on Christians foot, and rushing over to give Syed a hug
"Hey" Syed smiled, almost shyly, as he was covered in blonde curls
"Shes been like a excited puppy all day" Christian laughed, neatly kicking Jade's bag off his foot, and proceeding back into the lounge with the two boxes he was carrying
"So you didn't get your family to help you with the boxes?" Syed asked her, not that Christian being there was a problem, the opposite in fact. For perfectly friendly reasons, it was nice to have some male company. And you couldn't get much better then Christian..
"You mean my mum, the beautician, my sister, the nail painter with dopey side attachment but sweet friend, or my mothers boyfriend, the ginger bald wheeler dealer?" Jade raised her eyebrows, and Syed chuckled. Jade was funny..good quality, she was funny
"I see your problem" Syed grinned, glaring at himself in the mirror, even if he was insecure, he didn't want Jade to feel that way
"What about your family eh? Glad to see the back of you?" Christian lent against the door frame, accompanying his sentence with a cheesy wink which Syed grinned at
"My mum rushed about colour coordinating my shirts and telling me not to let alcohol corrupt me, my dad said Kamil could have my room, and Tam said it would be nice to be the number one brother for a bit..so no none of them were that useful to be honest" Syed laughed, feeling instantly at ease
"Zainab must of been like the terminator" Christian retorted cheekily
"You know what shes like on a mission" Syed bantered back quickly, and Christian laughed
"Quite, I was a employee at Masala Queen" Christian laughed again, deciding to further his conversation and develop a oddly "Zainab-esque" voice "Christian Clarke! If you do not chop those potato skins evenly you will be putting me in disgrace.." he started, and Syed chuckled
"And I thought she only treated me like that..glad to know it extends to members of the community aswell" he weakly chuckled, while Jade stood inbetween them looking a bit confused and a bit out of place
"I didn't know you used to work for Syed's mum, Christian?" Jade piped up eventually, watching as the two mens smiles faded and focused on her, Syed looking intently, like he was reading her soul
"Oh yeah, me and Zainab became best buddies" Christian cackled
"I worked there for a bit too" Jade smiled, cocking her head to one side, it was ok she had needled her way into the conversation
"That best be me off then if thats the last of em, have a good first night lovebirds! I'll see you at work tomorrow Jay" Christian grinned, and jumped out the door, tearing his gaze from Syed's unsuspecting profile, knowing that for whatever reason, the situation had suddenly become awkward
"Bye!" Jade shouted, but the door had all ready gone
"So what do you fancy doing?" Syed asked Jade, smiling and wrapping what he hoped was not a awkward arm around her shoulders
"I fancy getting this place spruced up thank you!" Jade grinned, tying up her blonde hair. A couple of loose unruly curls floated around her face, making her look almost angelic
"What about a lazy night with a chinese in front of the telly I just installed, we can work later" Syed grinned, pulling at her hand, as Jade had just got on the stepladder
"Syy..we need to sort our room out!" she said, in disbelief
"Its 11.00 we'll get bored after half a hour, what about tomorrow" Syed smiled, trying to give her the puppy dog eyes
"If you turn me into a slob you'll have psycho-Susie to answer too" Jade cheekily retorted, stepping down and getting out her phone
"I thought she liked you.." Syed laughed, oddly
"The other day when I was in charge I gave Christian a unauthorised break..she thinks im working with him to snare her ex husband now, paranoid cow" Jade laughed, and sat on the sofa, sinking in
Syed smiled at the mention of Christian, then rolled his eyes again. What had got into him? Definitely some sort of strange mind-addling virus..
"So, prawn crackers?" he said, taking out the menu and focusing on his girlfriend. girlfriend. girlfriend. his new flat-share.