Summary: AU. Sian is a wealthy girl who, by mistake, is in the wrong place at the wrong time. Sophie is involved with gang crime. Drugs, thieving, the lot. When she notices Sian out in the open, her gang sees it as a perfect opportunity to attack. But what does Sophie do, being that she's fallen for her in an instant? Siophie, Sophie/Sian. Sophie's POV.
The Gangster and the Mistress
Chapter Eleven
The following week was long, monotonous and difficult. I hadn't got over Sian at all. Rosie was trying out numerous dating sites to try and hook me up with someone, but none of the girls appealed to me like they had done with Sian Powers...
She was haunting me. And I couldn't stop thinking about her, despite how she didn't want to see me.
To relieve my stress, I'd gone to my gang in the middle of the day while Rosie worked, so she wouldn't suspect me any longer.
Crime wasn't a good thing, but thieving always satisfied me for some reason.
Like I was worth something in life.
"Wow, Webster," Chris had said to me in shock, "Never seen you volunteer to be here before. Stress-related?"
"I guess..." I mumbled, "Didn't feel like going to school. My GCSE's are fucking boring me to death," From my pocket, I took out a lighter and a cigarette packet. I lit the cigarette and popped it in my mouth, stuffing the lighter back in my pocket, "I always feel reluctant to stab people, even deal drugs, but I'm cool with knicking small things."
"Eh, it's the easiest thing really. Like that girl that you got the bag from a few weeks back. Even though she got away, she was pretty damn stupid to walk down the alley. And spoilt for having all that nice stuff."
My face went as pale as a sheet, my heart feeling like it was going to fall out of me at any moment. He had to bring it up about Sian! He had to! Of course he did, didn't he?! Still...I'd reassured her that she wasn't stupid, nor spoilt, and Chris had gone and brought this up.
But he didn't know that I'd met up with her. No one even knew the truth about it. Only me.
"S'pose, yeah..." I took the cigarette out of my mouth, puffing smoke out along with it as I held it in-between two of my fingers.
"Webster, Hamilton, get over here!" Katy shouted for us at the end of the alleyway. Chris and I walked towards the rest of the gang, who were all grouped up in one large circle.
Ryan kissed her cheek, "Cheers, babe."
"No problem." Katy was obviously satisfied with herself.
"Right, Webster," He looked down at me, "And Hamilton," He looked at Chris, "I want you two to...well, do anythin' ya can, really. Pick pocket, threaten, all that shit. And Webster, keep up the performances like the other week. We were all pretty shocked to see ya had it in ya to threaten that girl."
For God's sake! Would nobody stop reminding me about what I did to Sian, how I had met up with her, and how it went down the drain from the moment I snogged her?!
"Thanks..." I mumbled.
"So we good to go?" Chris asked me.
"Yeah, s'pose..."
"Cool." He grinned, tapping me on the head.
I stuck the cigarette back in my mouth and took a few drags of it, following Chris as we walked down the alleyway.
The whole time I couldn't stop thinking about Sian...
Chris and I, for the rest of the day, snuck around places. We stole a couple of things in The Kabin down Coronation Street including a chocolate bar, a bottle of Vodka, and a cigarette packet. It wasn't much, though at least we'd got something to take back to the rest of them to get their hands on.
But I was distracted...distracted by Sian...
"You OK? You seem...off..." Chris questioned out of concern.
Could I trust him? We were close mamates after all.
"Well, if I tell ya, will ya swear not to say a word to anyone?"
"Course', Soph. We're mates. I won't tell a soul."
I confessed to Chris about everything. That I was gay (which he came across as being disappointed about, though I never payed too much attention to at the time), how I had tracked Sian and returned her bag to her after she was mugged, how we'd become friends over it and how I'd fucked it up by snogging her, which caused her to hate me. Being honest with others for once was actually refreshing. Much different to how I usually worked...
"Oh..." Chris sighed, "Why did you do that?"
"I dunno..." I shrugged, "I'm a twat.."
"No you're not," He reassured, "If she won't except that she likes you, then she's the twat. But Soph, you shouldn't have got involved with her in the first place. She's the daughter of a big business man, and if he finds out what you've done-"
"He won't!" I interrupted, though I wasn't too sure myself. Sian had already mentioned to Tina, so who else knew about what I'd done? Quite a few, for sure, "Sian won't tell him..."
"Did you get to know her well enough to know if she'd do that? Normally these girls are always loyal to their dads, for whatever reason."
"I...dunno, Chris..." I sighed, "I actually dunno..."
"I think you should forget about her, Soph. She clearly doesn't want to see ya again, and in my opinion, it's for the best."
"Yeah, you're right..." Was he? I don't know if I'd be able to forget her that easily. It was always easier said than done with situations, and something like this was no exception.
"Hey, to cheer ya up, wanna open this bottle and have it all ourselves?" He held up the Vodka, grinning.
"Nah, too depressed to drink...you can, though..." I mumbled.
"Oh, alright then," He ruffled my hair, What do ya wanna do?"
"Dunno...I...think I might go home...I'm a bit tired..."
"It's like 2:00. How are you tired?"
"...Forget it...see ya..." I stuffed my hands into my pockets, walking away from Chris. I'd never get over Sian. I couldn't stop thinking about her, or what I'd done to her. How she had rejected me...
I walked down the pavement to my house, which was a short, five minute, walk. A couple of neighbours glanced over at me, probably wondering why I wasn't in school. It wasn't their business. Everyone in this road was so fucking nosy! It drove me absolutely mad at times! Especially Noris...irritating little shit.
Completely oblivious to everything around me, I hadn't noticed that I was being watched by someone. Someone who I'd least expect to be in the Weatherfield facinity.
"Sophie?" They called out.
I turned around slowly, facing the person who sat on top of a wall beside the bus stop. Sian?! What was Sian doing there?! I hadn't even recognized her voice until I'd seen her!
She stared at me with no emotion, her legs crossed together. She played with her hair, twirling it in her fingers. One of her habits. She wasn't scared, repulsed or reluctant to be around me. She just...stared...
"What are you doing here?" She asked after a minute.
"I live here," I spat, "Not that you care. Do you know how upset I've been since you told me to 'have a nice life'? Do you know how much it hurt me, Sian? To be spoken to like that?"
She didn't reply.
"Well?!" I stormed over to her, "And what are you doing here?" I mocked, which she seemed quite hurt by.
"I come here once in a while...I've got mates here, so I like to visit them. So...you live in Weatherfield...small world, huh?" She smiled softly.
"Don't play the innocent little girl, Sian! And don't try to talk to me! I'm surprised you even want to...I'm surprised I'm even seeing you again, cos' I thought I wouldn't..."
"I'm sorry..."
"You what?!"
"I'm sorry," She repeated with slightly more confidence, "After I'd reacted like that when you kissed me and accused me of liking you, I felt so bad. Really, I did. I heard you come back to my house, shouting out that you loved me...I watched you leave, and after that I cried myself to sleep. I can't believe how sickening and bigoted I acted towards you. I was such a fucking bitch..."
"Oh..." I sat down next to her on the wall, "Well, thanks I guess. But why did you act like that, Sian?"
"...Well...I thought it was a bit 'out of the blue' and I was pretty shocked...but...the real reason was because...I...like you back..."
I knew it!
"Huh?!"
"Yeah...you were right," She turned away from me, blushing ferociously, "I...like you back...you were right about everything...the flirty smiling, the blushing, even when I swayed my hips," We both laughed at this, "I like you cos'...you're different from anyone I've ever met. And you were so kind...I fell even more in-love with ya once you gave back me bag. But I was scared...I've never felt like that towards another girl before, and when you kissed me and told me up front that you fancied me and how I fancied you, I panicked. My parents don't even know about it...I didn't even know I was gay until I met ya...that's why I was so rude. I didn't know what else to do..."
"Oh, Sian," I stroked her cheek, "S'OK. It weren't right for me to pounce on ya like that...it was Rosie's suggestion, so...yeah, she's a twat, but she meant well."
"Hmm...I like your sister...she's alright."
"Eh, she's OK...she's a pain in the arse, though."
Sian giggled, "Aw, Soph. Don't be mean."
"I am mean. It's who I am."
"Y'know I don't think of ya like that..." She inched closer to me, a cheeky smirk on her lips.
"Yeah...I know..." I grinned back at her.
Without thinking any further, we moved our faces close together, slowly closing the gap between us. We planted our lips together, enjoying the sensations that our second kiss was giving us. Sian moved her hand on the back of my head, mashing our lips closer together. We parted them for a couple of seconds before drifting apart, smiles on our faces.
"Wow..." I mumbled.
"Yeah, wow...I've never felt like that with any boy before."
"Same with me and girls...so yeah, I guess we've hooked up, then?"
"Uh, duh Soph." Sian rolled her eyes, "Why else did we snog?"
"Cos' you're fucking fit..." I whispered huskily.
"Course' I ain't as fit as you..."
"Wanna see who's fitter?" I moved close to her face one more.
"You know I do..." Sian accepted my reference for another kiss. We kissed for a couple of seconds before Sian pulled away, getting off of the wall, "I gotta get back home. I'll see ya, yeah?"
"Yeah, course'. Wanna come back here tommorrow, since it's a Saturday? We could...get chips if ya want..or if that ain't classy enough we could always go eat in some fancy restaurant."
"I don't mind, Soph. You pick. It's our first date, after all."
"Oh, alright then...I'll see ya here around about 6:00."
"Alright...bye." She kissed my cheek, walking towards the bus stop, "Oh, and Sophie?"
"Yeah?"
"I love you."
"I love you, too."
After departing from my brand new girlfriend, I quickly made my way home before Rosie arrived. I got dressed into my uniform to trick Rosie into thinking I had been at school that day, when really I had bunked off. I didn't want her getting up my backside anymore, not to mention I'd promised her I wouldn't miss any more school.
Rosie came home late, around about 6:30 PM, to see me lying around on the sofa, clad in an untucked shirt and a messy tied tie as I watched The Chase.
"Hi Rosie," I greeted, "I don't know why people bother going on this quiz. The Chasers are bloody sponges. They absorb everything there is to know about anything."
"Oh, The Chase?" She asked. I nodded, "Eh, they hardly win on that thing. It's impossible. How was school?"
"Alright," I shrugged, "And when I left I saw Sian."
"Whoa, you saw Sian! Blond bitch who upset us the other week?!"
"Rosie, she apologized. It turns out she comes here often cos' she has some mates here. We talked and she...well, let's just say you'll say to me 'I told you so'."
"Wait, she admitted about liking ya?"
"Yep," I said proudly, "We kissed, and guess what? We're together!"
"No way!" Rosie tackled me in a bear-hug, wrapping her arms around my upper torso, "Oh, babe! Well done! I so knew she fancied ya! And now you've gone and hit it off! I'm so happy for ya! You were dead depressed for the past week, so I was pretty worried. But you've gone and made up! Aww, I bet you two love-birds are adorable together! Sian really is something special, Sophie."
"She might even be me soulmate." I declared.
"Soulmate? Bit much. You've only known her for a few weeks."
"Yeah, but when we kiss...I dunno, it feels so different...different to when I've kissed other girls..."
"Wow, since ya met Sian you've got proper soppy!" Rosie teased, walking into the kitchen.
"Oy!" I gasped.
"It's the truth, Soph," Rosie smirked, "So, what's for dinner? I think I can already tell what you're having for desert..."
"Hey, we ain't gone further then kissing, Rosie! I'm taking this nice and slow, alright?! No sex until Sian's ready for it! And that could be a while. I don't mind, I'm alright with doing it tommorrow when we're gonna meet up, since I ain't a virgin, but I don't know if she is or not. I don't want to force her into something she don't want to do."
"Oh, you're meeting her tommorrow? Where?"
"Don't change the subject, Rosie." I groaned.
"And since when did you loose your virginity?! To who?! Was it that Chloe Davies?!"
"We're getting off topic here. And if you really must know, it was Chloe!"
"I knew it! During that party last year!"
"Yes Rosie!" I spat in exasperation; why was Rosie so 'in your face'? So annoying! "And she's coming down here. I'm meeting her at the bus stop at like 6:00. She said she'd leave it up to me to decide where we went."
"So you two are official then?"
"Yes! We are!"
"Hmm..." Rosie chuckled, turning to the kitchen. She got a couple of plates out, and from the freezer she took out two microwave dinners, "Shepherd's Pie?"
"Yeah, go on then."
While Rosie microwaved our dinner, I decided to take out my laptop. I turned it on and logged onto Facebook, where I found a surprise notification in the 'Friends Request' section. And it was from no other then Sian...
I smiled to myself as I looked at her profile picture; a selfie of her at an angle, pouting adorably. Her hair was tied up in a messy bun, and she wore her geeky glasses. Could this girl get any more cute?! I moved my mouse over to the 'Accept' button and clicked on it. A caption came up, saying, 'You are now friends'.
Yeah...friends...we're a bit more then friends now.
Immediately after I'd accepted her friend request, a message came through. I clicked on it, which opened it on the full screen. Sent from Sian, yet again:
'Hi baby thought i would send u a request so we can chat on here. ur profile pic is so sexy xxxxxxx'
Baby? Were we on nickname tour already?
'hey u ;) yay chat time! And i know my pic is sexy. im just so fit it hurts xxxxxxx rosie and i are having dinner soon xxxx btw did u get home safe? xxxxx'
'Yeah I did xxxxxx god ur so full of yourself...but u know I love it xxx what u having for dinner? xxx'
'im full of myself cos i KNOW im sexy xxxx btw we are having microwave shepards pie xxxxx'
'Yummy xxxx I love Shepards pie xxxxx but microwaved?'
'Rosie cant cook xxx'
'Oh haha xxxx'
'But she works in mcdonalds so i dunno xxx'
'Lool does she? Do u get free food? xxx'
'Nah xxxx'
"Soph, the foods done!" Rosie called out, seconds later handing me a plate with the plastic container holding the food inside, and a mug of tea, "Oh, who's that you're talking to?"
"Sian." I took the plate and put it on the coffee table. Rosie put the mug of tea on it.
"Right..." She grinned, leaning down to look at the conversation as she sipped her own tea, "Oy, talking about me like that to your GF! Such a two-faced cow you are!"
"Ugh!" I rolled my eyes, looking down at the screen to see what Sian had said next.
'Gotta go :( sorry xxxx got a formal dinner with my mum and dad with the accountant Mark. U met him the other week. They keep pushing me to take over my dad's company and it's rly annoying :( lysm baby xxxxx see u tommorrow xxxxx'
'bye babe xxxxxx see ya xxxx'
'Ly xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Ly 2 xxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
I clicked on my profile after finishing my conversation with Sian, looking first at my profile picture. I was sticking my tongue out, holding up the middle finger at the camera. Was I really that sexy? Probably. In Sian's eyes, anyway. I was only saying I was when talking to Sian because I was trying to make her laugh, that's all. I'm not that cocky.
Or am I?
I decided to scroll down my profile to the 'About' section, where it broadcasted my relationship status; single. I'd have to change that now. I clicked on the arrow next to the word 'Single' where a collum of different categories came up. I selected the category, 'In a relationship.'
In a relationship...with Sian Powers...
TO BE CONTINUED...