FREDDIE'S POV:
"I'd better be getting off" I informed Sinead at nearly 10pm the next evening
"You're not gonna stay? Why?" she questioned, raising an eyebrow at me
"Busy day tomorrow, early start" I explained "I need my own bed"
"I'm sure I could think of a few ways to tire us both out" she replied, kissing me softly
"As much as I'd love to, I'd much prefer my own bed" I admitted "I'll see you tomorrow maybe, yeah?"
"Freddie, tell me to butt out if I'm wrong but is it Lindsey you're in love with?" she asked
I sighed and ran a hand over my face…
"Oh my God, it is, isn't it?" she questioned "since when?"
"Since the first time I saw her" I admitted, sitting back down on the sofa "she's the one, Sinead, but I can't have her"
"Why not? She's single now, you're single. Go for it. Be happy" she replied
"What about what my family think?" I inquired, raising an eyebrow at her "they'd hate me, and her"
"Who cares? You'd be happy and you'd have the girl you love. Nothing else matters" she stated
"Do you hate me?" I asked
"Why would I hate you?" she questioned
"For stringing you along, using you. I told you to stop selling yourself, that's pretty much what we've done" I replied
"Stop being so hard on yourself" she sighed "it's fine, we're fine. Friends, yeah?"
I nodded my head, signalling yes in agreement… "How about I stay? I know you're still pretty freaked out about the whole Trevor thing"
"I'd appreciate that" she admitted "I'll go and grab you a blanket and a pillow"
I smiled at her warmly as she stood up and left the room…
LINDSEY'S POV:
I lay in Freddie's bed where I'd been staying since mine and Joe's break up, waiting to hear him return but I didn't. Turning to his side of the bed, I pulled his pillow to my chest, inhaling his scent as I tried to sleep, petrified…
FREDDIE'S POV:
I arrived home early the next morning, being quiet as I didn't expect anyone to be awake. Kicking my shoes off, placing them in the rack in the porch, I made my way into the kitchen…
"Oh so you come home then" Lindsey's voice sighed as I looked in the fridge
"Why're you up so early?" I questioned, raising an eyebrow at her
"I've been awake most of the night scared to death" she informed me
"About where I've been?" I asked
"No, about being in the house with Joe and having no one for protection" she admitted
"Linds" I sighed
"No, you obviously had more important things to do. Was she good? Sinead, I take it?" she inquired
"Nothing happened. Sinead and me aren't together anymore" I replied
"Oh" she stated, biting her bottom lip nervously "how come?"
"She guessed it was you" I informed her
"Guessed it was me what?" she questioned
"Guessed it was you I was in love with" I replied
"Was she angry?" she asked
"No, she said we should go for it, screw the consequences" I admitted
"So what happens now then?" she questioned
"Nothing" I informed her "nothing can happen. Joe's my brother. I'm not about to start dating his ex under his nose"
"It's nice to know I mean so much to you" she scoffed
"You know how much you mean to me, Linds" I sighed
"Do I? You care more about what your family might think than you do about being happy" she replied
"If there was any other way I'd take it" I informed her "I'm sorry, Linds"
"Yeah, so am I" she sighed, leaving the room and making her way back upstairs
