Lavender - hehe
Thank you for all of that read.
Marian and Robin had decided to lay low for now. They had just gotten back together and they wanted time alone so acted as if nothing happened.
It was Robin's birthday and they were meeting the gang for drinks that night so they thought they'd get a 'workout' in before hand.
Shirts were discarded on the coffee table, Marian's skirt lost in the dining room and Robin's trousers on the banister rail. Robin ran his hand through Marian's dark brown curls as she kissed his neck.
"SURPRISE!" a chorus of cheers came from the kitchen and grew closer. Marian shot up off Robin and stood up faced with the gang "HAPPY BIRthda...... oh" Robin look round and pulled the throw off the back of the sofa to cover himself. Marian ran up stairs cursing. They all stared after her then looked back at Robin and didn't say anything for a while, all recovering from the scene they had just witnessed.
Djaq thought it best to go after Marian, excusing herself with grunts and not looking at anyone for fear of her head exploding with blushing. Allan finally broke the silence with,
"Birthday treat?" pointing to the ceiling. John punched him in the arm and they all sat in silence only broken by Marian's sobs of embarrassment and Djaq trying to calm her down from above them. Robin went upstairs to get dressed leaving the rest of the men to ponder over how the news and how it was broken. Mostly the latter.
Much paced up and down trying to calm everyone down which didn't help because they were calm and just tried to stop the heart attack that came with the disturbing sight. Robin came down eventually and was laughing about it, the gang joined in glad to have direction as how to take it.
Meanwhile Marian was up stairs in her dressing gown with her head buried under the pillows on her bed.
"It's ok Marian, listen they're all laughing about it downstairs." Djaq said trying to calm her down. Marian lifted her head leaving mascara marks down the pillow and her face.
"They're laughing at me Djaq not it" Marian cursed again
"I swear they're not" Djaq laughed at the situation but stopped when she saw Marian was hurt.
"What are you guys even doing here?" Marian asked eager to change the subject.
"Well we thought we'd surprise Robin for his birthday and I knew the spare backdoor key was under the plant pot so thought we'd come round" Djaq said dropping her head like she had been told off by her mother.
"Aww that's really sweet and I guess I can't blame you, you didn't know me and Robin were back together." Marian said feeling equally guilty.
"Yeah." Djaq said. The trauma of seeing such an act had diverted her brain from the fact they had worked things out. "When did this happen?"
"Few weeks ago" Marian said quietly
"Weeks ago?" Djaq shouted, "How could you not tell me?"
"Well we wanted time to ourselves. No surprise visits from celebrating friends" she said laughing at Djaq's fake anger.
"Fine!" Djaq said sitting back on the bed. "I'll go downstairs and let you get dressed"
"Ok I'll be 5" Marian said getting up and opening her and Robin's wardrobe. She loved to think that. Since they already lived together Robin just moved some stuff into Marian's room and now they called it theirs.
"I'm never going to look at him the same way" Djaq said cringingly and left the room.
Downstairs the guys were doing what guys do and laughing at the event.
"So do you still want to go to the bar or somewhere else?" Djaq asked changing the subject. The guys stopped laughing and thought about where to go and celebrate. They all silently agreed the house had to be emotionally sterilised before they could sit down in it.
"I think someone's had their fair share of cocktails for one day" Allan said causing more laughter from the gang. Djaq just rolled her eyes but secretly found it slightly funny.
Marian came downstairs and came into the living room. Everyone was silent and staring at her. Marian couldn't take it.
"Ok me and Robin ARE back together and we DO have sex but it's no different from any other relationship so I don't know why everyone looks so shocked." Marian almost shouted to get all the anger out and still no one said a word until Djaq coughed.
"Erm Marian … your dress is inside out" Marian looked down at her dress and sighed. She gave up. She took the dress off over her head and turned it inside out much to the shock of her friends.
"Oh come on it's nothing you haven't seen before." Marian put the dress back on and grabbed her bag off the chair and headed for the door followed shyly by the rest of the gang.