Sian's POV
Walking away from Sophie and her girlfriend was hard; it should be Kim walking away from us two. We had to lie to Kim and I could see that Sophie felt bad and I bet I looked bad. 'I slept with my best mate's boyfriend,' of course I couldn't think of anything better!
Deciding to just keep an eye on Sophie to see if she broke up with Kim, I slumped down on their front wall with a good view of the pair. Surprising that they didn't notice me though. I saw Sophie's face go red but not in shyness like she is with me but with anger.
Sophie's mouth was moving up and down and you could tell she was arguing with Kim. This time Kim got up and kept stepping closer to Sophie. Then Sophie backed down and a tear rolled down her face. Why did she look so weak? Was she scared of Kim like she said she was? Kim pinned Sophie against the door but that's when I heard a collision across the road.
I turned round and saw the Rovers Return Landlady arguing with another man. Ignoring the commotion, I swung myself back round to face the window. Just then I caught Sophie's eyesight just as Kim swung herself at Sophie, punching her in the stomach. That got my attention. I leapt up from the wall to make sure I saw right. Just as I imagined, Sophie was on the floor clutching her stomach, clearly struggling to breath.
Suddenly Kim pulled Sophie's hair up and smashed her fist into Sophie's beautiful face. As soon as Sophie's nose began bleeding and she fell completely to the floor, I dashed towards the front door.
Knowing Sophie, she wouldn't have locked the door. I was right. Bursting through the door, I nearly broke down the lounge door opening it. Kim stared up at me in shock. I stared at Sophie in shock. Why would anyone want to hurt her?
Kim got up quickly and ran for the kitchen. I saw the back door. Quickly I ran after her, leaping over the sofa in the process. My ninja skills worked well as I got there before Sophie's 'soon to be ex' girlfriend. She glanced at me with a knowing grin on her face.
"I knew you weren't Rosie's best friend," she sniggered.
"And why would you think that?" I questioned.
"Why were you waiting outside then?"
"I was waiting for Rosie to come back."
"Of course you were," she sarcastically stated.
Speedily I spun round her after secretly locking the back door and ran to Sophie's side. Kim managed to slip past me and ran for the front door. I couldn't grab her and she left.
I examined Sophie carefully. A blow to the face – nose mostly hurt and a blow to the stomach – winded. I checked her eyes. Unconscious. I ran to the kitchen and got a glass of water for her. I put the glass to her lips and tipped the liquid down her throat.
"Please work, please work, please work," I mumbled under my breath. Okay, what's mouth-to-mouth used for? Oh well, can't be much worse. I pressed my mouth against hers and breathed deeply into hers. Usually, it would feel amazing to have her lips next to mine but at this moment in time, it was scary.
I retrieved another glass of water and poured half down her throat then threw the other half over her face. Several glasses of water later and Sophie was eventually coming to. Her eyes blinked a few times then she opened them fully.
"Hiya babe, are you alright?" I asked softly, brushing strands of hair behind her ears.
Sophie coughed a few times, "what happened Kim?"
"Kim? Babe, it's Sian," I corrected. No matter how sweet and broken her voice sounded, that hurt. How could I be mistaken for a horrible, manipulative cow like her?
"Sorry Sian. Did I faint?" I don't think she ever remembers Kim hitting her. She must've done it more than once. Maybe that's why Sophie's scared.
"Soph, Kim punched you and you fell unconscious," I explained.
Sophie's expression of broken-ness changed to scared-ness.
"You weren't supposed to find out," admitted the frightened brunette.
"Has she done this more than once?" I asked, anger building inside me at a very fast pace. Unsurely, Sophie nodded. "Never this bad though. It only used to be a slap or blow somewhere else. She'd never knocked me unconscious before," Sophie began to shake.
"Is this why you didn't break up with her because you weren't scared to be on your own, you were scared of what she would do to you if you broke up with her?" I asked, my expression softening slightly. A salted tear trickled down her angelic face as she nodded at my question. "SOPHIE! You are worth way more than her. You don't deserve this," I shouted then licked my lips as I thought, "look; do you want me to be with you when you break up with her? I'm not saying right this instant but as soon as possible because you can't carry on like this," I persuaded her. She smiled and nodded. Now how would we do this?
Sophie and I spent about two or three hours chatting about nothing major really until the dreaded subject came up.
"Sophie, how long have you had cancer?" I asked her as she shifted uncomfortably.
"Not long, a few weeks now," she answered coolly.
"Are you getting any surgery to remove the lump or whatever it is?" I questioned. She blushed nervously.
"I'm getting surgery next week, it's something called lumpectomy where the lump and tissue around the lump is removed," she explained.
"Does it hurt?"
"Dunno, I've never had it done before."
"Do you have that thing where you're hair's removed?"
Sophie shook her head, "no, because I found the lump early I just need the surgery which is good."
That's when I smiled at her genuinely, "that's great! You have beautiful hair," I complimented.
"Thanks," she blushed cutely.
"Can I come with you when you have the surgery?" I asked. I don't know why but I'd like to know what was going on, I care about Sophie, a lot.
She shrugged unsurely, "I suppose but you'll have to wait in the waiting room for about an hour or so. The surgery lasts fifteen to forty minutes."
I nodded, "looks like you have a breast surgery buddy."
"It's not funny," she defended.
"I know, I'm just trying to lighten the mood," I explained. She rolled her eyes playfully then jabbed my stomach with her finger.
"Does you're breast hurt?" I said. I'm not sure why I asked but I just wanted to know.
"Yeah, a bit," she admitted while blushing an extremely hot colour of pink/ red.
"Aww, you're so adorable when you blush," I coo then engulf her into a massive hug on the sofa.
Sophie squirms in my arms then places her hands on my abdomen, "get off!"
"Make me!" I countered. I really shouldn't have said that. Suddenly her fingers dug into my sides and she was tickling me like crazy. I yelped loudly but didn't give up.
Wrapping my arms round her tighter, she dug her head into my chest and just let me hold her. We began whispering to each other about random subjects when it turned six at night. She asked if I wanted to stay for tea. I rejected the offer and insisted to buy us both chips from the Chippy. Sophie agreed after five minutes of my award – winning persuasion.
We ate our chips with the TV on in the background, none of us really interested in it. After our Chippy tea, Sophie's mum entered the house just as we were cuddled up on the all – too familiar sofa. Sophie's mum introduced herself as Sally Webster. We greeted each other and all made small talk.
Soon after Sally's appearance, an older man walked in with a young boy about three or maybe four. The man was Sophie's dad called Kevin Webster and the boy was Jack. That's all the Webster family, I think as well as Rosie. We were all chatting until seven when Jack got a bit restless.
"Hey little man, d'you wanna' play a game?" Sophie asked him. His cute little face soon brightened up and he cracked a great big grin and nodded vigorously. Sophie disappeared upstairs; I couldn't help but stare at her as she bounced on each step.
Kevin must've noticed me staring and winked at Sally then smiled at me warmly.
"Are you lesbian too?" he questioned. Oh no.
"I'm not sure what I am, I like girls more than boys though," I answered as him and Sally nodded in unison.
"Do you like Sophie? You do know she has a very nice girlfriend called Kim, right?" Sally piped up.
I shrugged at her question, "Sophie's alright and I fancy her a bit, I've met Kim and she's not as nice as she seems," I replied just as Sophie skipped downstairs with a box.
The box said Pictionary, what a game! As Sophie placed the game down, I saw her flinch and bite her lip then pull her bra up from beneath her top. Oh no, she's in pain.
"Hey Soph, why don't you let me set it out?" I chirped in. She looked at me gratefully then got up as I sat down and set the game up.
"I'm just going to change my bra. Be back in a sec," she rushed back off upstairs. What a shame.
About an hour later and Jack was easily winning at Pictionary (only because we were letting him win)! Kevin said he had to take Jack to bed so he did so and there was me, Soph and Sal left downstairs. Here comes the awkward silence.
Sophie started the conversation off first about Jack and the game which we both soon joined in. During the conversation, I was thinking about Sophie. She was definitely stringing me along and I have to do something about it, I can't just let her use me. There are plenty more girls out there that might like me the way Sophie does.
Soon I decided I should get off so we said our goodbyes and I left. As I was strolling back to my flat I saw a few girls stumbling out of the Rovers. The one at the back was clearly the most sober out of the rest, and she was also the fittest! We held eye – contact for a few seconds then the rest of the drunken girls scattered off down the street so she was left on her own.
The girl strode over to me.
"Hi, are you new round 'ere?" she asked, I could recognise the scouse accent.
"Yeah, are you?" I answered.
"Mmm, I'm only 'ere for a few weeks. I reckon I'm stayin' for two months."
"I'm living here at the moment. I work over there," I said pointing to Nick's Bistro.
"Ahh, is it nice?" I nodded at her question. "So what's your name, eh?"
"I'm called Sian, you?"
"Amelia. I'm twenty years old. You only look young."
"I'm eighteen years old," I stated.
"Well, you're hot for an eighteen year old!" Amelia flirted. Not even two minutes out of the door and another girl thinks I'm hot!
"You're not so bad yourself, for a twenty year old!"
It was quite a warm night, so I wasn't rushing to get inside, but Amelia was.
"Anyway, I'll see you later. I've got to get in. I'll drop round at Nick's Bistro tomorrow, make sure your there!" and with that, she left.
Suddenly my mobile went off.
Hey Sian, I've organised a date 4 me + Kim 2morra at Nicks 2 break up wi her. Plz b ther, Soph x
It read. Ooh, this will not go down well. Sophie's on a date with her girlfriend while I'll be chatting up another girl to make her jealous. Let's just say it'll be, eventful…