Chapter 13
No Regrets
Rating - T
Disclaimer: I do not own Hollyoaks or any of its character except OCs and Ideas
The Next Day...
The Hutchinson/Reilly/O'Brien Household
10:00 am
Marie Roberts woke up and rubbed her blue eyes, sleepily. She looked around, trying to focus her vision and stared at her new surroundings. The room was about the same size as her room, but it was painted plain white and there were wooden blinds on the windows, as opposed to curtains. She looked around for a clue as to what had happened the night before. She turned and looked to her side and saw O.B sleeping next to her. The memory of the night before flooded back to Marie, and she couldn't help but smile...
The faint autumn sunlight flooded through the blinds and Marie knew it was time to get up. She wriggled out of O.B's arms and held the bedcovers against her as tried to locate her clothes on the floor. She leaned over the side of the bed and saw a flash of her Wonder Woman costume. Marie sighed and flopped back onto the bed.
'Why didn't I bring a spare set of clothes?...I'll have to go home in that thing again...' thought Marie to herself.
She stared down at her red corset top and groaned. She then spotted a baggy t-shirt on the floor. Marie leaned over and slipped the t-shirt on, along with her electric blue skirt from her Wonder Woman outfit. She stood up off the bed and padded across the bedroom to get to the door. She turned back and saw that O.B was still sleeping. She turned the handle of the door and walked out into the hallway, closing the door behind her...
The flat was very quiet and it looked like Marie was the only one up. She knew that Dom and Tina had both gone back to the flat before her and O.B did, but as for Tony...Well, the last time she saw him, he was ogling over Jacqui McQueen and drinking one too many drinks...
She opened the door to the bathroom and closed the door. To her surprise, it was relatively tidy considering that three men shared one flat. She stared at herself in the chrome mirror. Her hair was a little out-of-place, but it wasn't too bad. Her eyes looked a little tired and Marie sighed as she rubbed them again. She noticed the shower next to her, and looked at it longingly...
'God I look tired...Should I use the shower?? But it would be wrong as it isn't my house...It might wake them up too...'
She walked up to the shower and turned the handle, testing to see how noisy it was. To her luck, it hardly made a noise at all. Marie slipped off her clothes and stepped into the shower. She found the water comforting and she felt the water was a good wake-up for her...
Suddenly, the door opened and Dom walked into the bathroom, in his pyjamas. Marie let out a small scream which startled Dom and he quickly headed out of the room, hiding behind the door. Marie quickly turned off the shower and shoved her clothes on, water dripping everywhere...
"I...err...sorry about that...I umm...didn't know...shower..." mumbled Dom, as he stood behind the door.
"No no! I...forgot about the lock..." said Marie, going red. "I shouldn't have been in there...I err...I'm going now.."
She opened the door, fully clothed. Dom was about to say something to her, but she quickly headed down the stairs. Tony was sitting down at the kitchen table, cradling a glass of water and two paracetemols. Jacqui was sat opposite him, chewing on a piece of toast, watching Marie as she quickly gathered her stuff together. She was fully dressed and looked like she had been up for ages...
'Oh dear god...Dom saw you naked! Oh dear...That goes down in my embarrassing Top Ten Moments...Why didn't I see the lock?!...'
"Morning..." said Tony, looking up at Marie.
"Hi. I won't be in your way for much longer..." said Marie, shuffling around, fetching her stuff.
Tony shook his head. "Don't be silly. Do you want something to eat?" he said, pointing to the pile of toast on a plate on the kitchen table.
Marie stopped and stared at the plate of toast. It looked tempting and Marie felt her stomach cry out for food...
"Thank-you, but I have to go and return something in town..." said Marie, putting on a smile.
Jacqui sat staring at Marie, while she munched on her piece of toast: trying to remember where she had seen her before...She stared at Marie closer, trying to look for an answer...
Marie grabbed her mobile phone and stuffed it in her bag. She stupidly didn't bring a jacket and was going to have to brave going outside in the cold with just a t-shirt and short skirt on. At least she didn't have very far to walk...
She headed for the door and picked up her bag...
"Do you want me to leave a message for O.B?" asked Tony, staring as Marie was about to open the door.
Marie felt her whole body die of embarrassment and shame. 'Ah...The one person you had forgotten...'
"Umm...Tell him that I will give him a call later..." smiled Marie. "Thanks for letting me stay here. Bye!"
She quickly opened the door and Tony waved as she closed the door...
Tony popped the two paracetemols in his mouth and washed them down with his water, wincing at the taste. His head throbbed and he couldn't remember a thing from last night...All he could remember was waking up next to Jacqui McQueen...
He and Jacqui stared as Dom came clomping down the stairs in his pyjamas and dressing gown. He had a very different night compared to Tony... He came down the stairs, still reeling from walking in on Marie...
"Morning..." murmured Tony, as he started to read the paper.
Dom walked over to the sofa and slumped down on it, embarrassed. Tony looked up from his newspaper and folded it up.
"What's the matter? You look like you've seen a Ghost..." laughed Tony.
Dom rolled his eyes. "Has Marie left?"
"Yeah, she dashed out like a mad-hatter five minutes ago...Why may I ask?" smiled Tony.
Jacqui turned to face Dom and she raised an eyebrow at him. Tony folded his arms and waited for an answer.
"I accidentally...walked...on her having a shower..." sighed Dom, trying to hide his face from Tony.
Tony burst out laughing. "No wonder she left in a hurry! She probably thinks you're some kind of Peeping Tom now!"
"I feel bad about it already!" Protested Dom, "I wanted to apologise, but she left before I had chance to..."
"Have you seen my sister?" asked Jacqui, looking straight at Dom. "We're supposed to be going to Chester to do some shopping soon..."
"She's getting ready..." said Dom, staring at the TV.
The three of them heard someone coming down the stairs and they saw the familiar face of O.B walk down in his dressing gown. He yawned as he came down the stairs.
"Morning..." said Tony, as he took a sip of orange juice.
"Morning..." yawned O.B as he came down the stairs. He looked around the room and sat down on a chair at the table. "You haven't happened to have seen Marie have you?"
"Yep. She packed her stuff up and left ten minutes ago...She told me to tell you that she totally couldn't remember last night and...err... that you were...crap" laughed Tony.
O.B playfully punched Tony in the arm as Tony laughed. "She didn't say that!...Did she?"
Tony rolled his eyes. "No...She said she would call you later..."
Jacqui got up off her seat and walked up towards the stairs. "Tina! Hurry up! I want to get out of here!"
She walked over to the stairs, rolled her eyes and went up them...
Dom walked over to the table and sat down in Jacqui's seat. Tony put his head down on the table and sighed.
O.B turned to face Tony. "Jacqui McQueen?! You do realise what you have done don't you..."
Tony sighed. "I know...I didn't bloody know that she's on parole until I saw the damn tag on her foot this morning as she was getting dressed! What was she in for?..."
Dom looked nervously at Tony. "I don't know, but I don't think it was very good, as she was put away for a good few months..."
Tony sighed and sat up. "My head feels like a bomb exploded...What happened last night??"
The Night Before...
The SU Bar
9:30 pm
Marie, O.B, Dom and Tina were all sitting down on the sofas, drinking drinks. The dance floor was pretty packed and the music was blasting out from the speakers. The McQueen clan were all on the dancefloor along with half of the students, dancing drunk, even though it was 9:30 pm...
"What's happened to Tony?" asked O.B, leaning over to Dom.
Dom shrugged his shoulders. "No idea...But he's was knocking back shots like there was no tomorrow..."
Tina smiled. "I think he's with my sister...She's been eyeing up Tony since she walked in the door..."
Dom rolled his eyes. "I mean, but why? He's not even that good-looking!"
"But you're his brother, so ultimately, you're saying your ugly too because you're related to him and the ugly genes pass on..." pointed out O.B.
"Aww...I think you're cute Dom!" smiled Marie.
Dom and Marie smiled at each other and O.B turned to Marie and raised an eyebrow.
"From a woman's perspective...I mean..." smiled Marie back at O.B.
"Isn't that Tony there?" asked Tina, pointing to the dance floor.
On the dance floor, Dom, O.B, Marie and Tina stared as they saw Jacqui dancing in her Batgirl outfit. Next to her, came Tony sliding down on the dance floor. He started to dance next to Jacqui and started to show off his hideously bad dance moves. He stopped and twirled around and did the infamous John Travolta pose from 'Saturday Night Fever'. Dom looked on at his brother mortified while O.B, Marie and Tina started to laugh as Tony tried to show off his attempt to dance the 'Mashed Potato'.
"Oh...my...god" stared Dom, horrified at his brother.
"Tony has just gone from Local Chef to Lord of the Spazzy Dance Moves!..." laughed O.B
"He looks absolutely hammered..." said Dom, staring at Tony.
The song finally ended and Faster Kill Pussycat came on. Tony started laughing and stumbled across to where they were sitting. He had Jacqui draping over him and she looked as equally drunk as he did. His hair was a real mess and he had lost his chef's hat somewhere.
"Now that...was...a...top notch song!" laughed Tony, as Jacqui giggled on his arm.
"And an excellent display of dance moves displayed by Tony Hutchinson..." laughed O.B.
Tony and Jacqui sat down and they immediately began kissing. O.B's eyes widened and he scooted up away from Tony. Dom rolled his eyes at Tina and she smiled. Marie got up off her seat and stood up.
"Where you going?" asked O.B, folding his arms.
"I love this song!!" smiled Marie, as she walked up to O.B and took his hand. "You are coming up to dance with me!"
O.B laughed. "Oh no..."
"Come on Robin! You owe me a dance!" laughed Marie, as she tried to drag O.B up from his seat.
O.B rolled his eyes and smiled. "I'm not a good dancer..."
"That's a crap excuse! Come on..." smiled Marie.
"Go and dance with Zorro..." said O.B, pointing to Calvin on the dance floor.
Marie sighed and laughed. "Zorro's pulled...I can't go interrupting his romantic serenade!"
O.B smiled at Marie and rolled his eyes.
"Please..." smiled Marie, putting her hands together.
O.B rolled his eyes. "Alright...But one dance!"
He stood up and Marie smiled. "Yay!"
She took his hand and lead him to the dance floor...
Tony and Jacqui were still kissing, much to Dom's annoyance and he scooted further down away from his brother. Tony started to whisper things in Jacqui's ear and she giggled.
"You know...the thing is...is that fences...are total crap...when made from p-plastic..." rambled Tony, as Jacqui started to laugh, in a drunken stupor.
Jacqui whispered something in Tony's ear and he smiled. Tony turned to face Dom and tapped him on the shoulder.
"I need...the...thingy...you know...to open doors!" said Tony, looking at Dom for an answer.
"You mean keys, Tony?" asked Dom.
"Yeah...them..." said Tony, nodding.
Dom shook his head. "Well, you're not getting them, 'cause you might lose them and plus me and Tina are going back to the flat..."
Tony looked at Dom with a vacant expression his face. "What?..."
Dom rolled his eyes. "Never mind Tony...But I'm going back to the flat with Tina now...If you can't remember the way to get home, ask O.B and he'll help you home..."
"Don't go!" whined Tony.
"Awww...Tony...You're having fun with Jacqui! I wouldn't want to spoil that..." said Dom, smiling.
He grabbed his coat and left with Tina, making his way out of the SU Bar doors. Tony stood watching and turned back to face Jacqui.
"So...Do you want...another drink?" said Tony, smiling...
HCC Residents Hall
Student Flat
11:00 pm
Joe's Room
Joe Spencer opened his eyes and moaned as he was immediately hit with the throbbing pain of his head. The light from the window shone across his face and he shielded his eyes away from the light. He tried to move, but felt something holding him down. He looked to his side and saw Zoe asleep on his chest. He looked down at himself and was still in his Dracula outfit. The talcum powder on his face had rubbed off and the lipstick smeared on his face and his hair was ruffled. His shirt was half open and one of his buttons had come off his shirt.
He sat up and gently moved a sleeping Zoe in her witch's outfit back onto her bed. He rubbed his eyes and tried to focus his vision. He looked down at Zoe. A look of disappointment came onto his face...
'What happened last night?' said Joe, thinking to himself.
The Night Before...
HCC Residents Hall
11:00 pm
Joe put the key in the lock and the door swung open. He switched on the lights to reveal the messy student flat. He looked around and made sure no-one was there. He pulled Zoe into the room and they both smiled at each other.
"The coast...is clear..." smiled Joe and he leaned in towards her and kissed her. She draped her arms around him and kissed him just as desperately as he was...
They stopped kissing for a while and grinned at each other.
"That was a close shave..." said Zoe, sighing. "So much for our plan about keeping it under wraps..."
"But at least now, we don't have to do any more sneaking around..." smiled Joe.
He kissed her again and Zoe broke off. "So why did you look around to see whether or not anyone was around?"
Joe stopped and paused. "Because sometimes It is good to have some alone time..."
Joe took Zoe's hand and lead her into the hallway. The flat had gone from tidy to mess since they were getting ready for the Halloween Party. On the table, were the six shot glasses on the table from when they last had them earlier. They got to Joe's bedroom door and both started kissing passionately.
He opened the door and pushed backwards so that the door would open, but instead it hit his head. He groaned as he moved the door away from his head. He rubbed the back of his head. Zoe looked up at him and touched the back of his head.
"Are you okay?" Zoe asked, touching the back of his head very lightly.
"Yeah...I'm better now..." said Joe, smiling and he kissed her again. Kissing helped in Joe's opinion. They were locked in a kissing embrace and they slowly made their way towards the bed. However, Zoe took a step backwards and bumped into Joe's Fashion Mannequin, making her fall backwards. Zoe began laughing and Joe gave her a hand up.
Joe knelt down to Zoe on the floor. "Oh my god! Are you alright? I'm sorry about that, I should have moved it earlier..."
Zoe took Joe's hand and she was pulled up back to his level. "Yeah, I'm fine..."
They started kissing again and made their way towards the bed. He gently lowered Zoe down on the bed and started to kiss her again, making Zoe shudder. She took off her hat and put it on the floor. He starts to unbutton his shirt...
Zoe smiled up at Joe and she looks at him, waiting for him to smile back. Joe looks down at the buttons on his shirt and he is fiddling with them, trying to get them undone...
"Do you need a hand?" asked Zoe, smiling.
Joe sighed and furiously started to fiddle with the buttons. "The buttons...are...stuck...They won't bloody buge!"
Zoe laughed. "Calm down! The buttons will undo!"
Zoe sat up on the bed and got up off the bed. She turned her back to Joe and moved her hair out of the way. She pointed to the zipper on the back of her costume.
"Joe? Can you help me undo this, please?..." said Zoe, pointing to the zip.
"No problem..." smiled Joe and he started to pull the zip down. Zoe yelped in pain.
"STOP!" cried Zoe, "JOE! MY HAIR IS CAUGHT IN THE ZIP!!"
Joe panicked and tried to free Zoe's trapped hair in the zipper. Zoe yelped out and Joe's started pulling out her hair.
"Sorry! I'm so sorry!" said Joe, apologetically.
The hair became loose and Zoe flopped back down on the bed and Joe did the same, giving up on his buttons.
"This is hopeless..." said Zoe, sighing.
"Way to kill a romantic mood..." sighed Joe. "I mean, do you still want to..."
Zoe sighed. "I'm tired now..."
"Yep. Me too..." yawned Joe, as he lay down on the bed.
Zoe crawled over to Joe and rested her head on his chest.
"Maybe some other time..." said Zoe, her voice sounding disappointed.
"I suppose..." sighed Joe. "Night..."
"Night..." murmured Zoe and she drifted off to sleep.
Joe stared down at a sleeping Zoe on his chest and gave her a kiss on her forehead. And with that, Joe gave into his tiredness and fell asleep...
The Summers/Burton Household
11:30 pm
Louise Summers woke up in a groggy mood and stretched out in her bed. The sun was shining and she turned her head to look at her alarm clock. 11:30 am. Louise sighed and decided it was time to get up. She stared at her bedside table and looked at it. Something was missing...
She shrugged off the feeling and walked over to her window and drew the curtains open, revealing the sunlight. She put on her slippers and opened the bedroom door.
She could hear the faint sounds of Sophie laughing and noise from the TV. She flopped into the living area and Sophie and Russ were on the sofa while Mel was in the kitchen, drinking coffee and reading a message on her phone.
"Morning!" smiled Sophie as she stared up at a sleepy Louise.
"Morning..." mumbled Louise and she shuffled over to the kitchen. "You guys haven't seen my MP3 player which I left on the table, have you?"
Sophie and Russ stared at the table. All that was there was a stack of Heat and Now! magazines and two mugs of Tea.
Russ shook his head. "Doesn't look like it..."
Louise rolled her ways and poured herself a cup of coffee. "I keep losing loads of stuff..."
Mel stared down at her phone and grinned at the text message she has received from Anthony. He had asked her if she wanted to go out again and Mel smiled at the prospect of a new relationship with him.
"How come you didn't come to the party last night, Lu?" asked Sophie, watching the TV.
"Oh...Well I fell asleep watching Sleepless in Seattle...and then I woke up when you lot came home at around 5 in the morning..." sighed Louise, taking a sip of her coffee. "I swear I'm going mad, but my MP3 player has vanished, some of my clothes, and my mobile phone too..."
"I'm sure they will turn up somewhere..." smiled Sophie.
Little did Louise know was that her flat had been broken into...
By someone she knew...
Monday 30th October
Evissa Salon
9:30 am
Marie smiled as she walked into the Evissa Salon. Mel was sitting at the desk, going through the appointments book while Sophie was getting ready for her next customer. Marie closed the door, shutting out the cold and trying to warm herself up.
She walked over to the appointments book and smiled at Mel. Mel smiled back at her.
"Heya..." smiled Marie. "How are you?"
Mel looked up from the book and smiled. "I'm okay thanks...Just trying to sort out the appointments...and I'm also trying to organise something for my date with Anthony tonight..."
Marie smiled. "Oh wow! Was he at the Halloween Party on Saturday?"
Mel nodded and smiled. "Yeah...I really like him..."
"Aww...I hope it goes well!" smiled Marie.
Mel smiled. "Thanks...Oh! There's been a cancellation and now you've got Claire Cunningham coming in 5 minutes now for a manicure...Good luck..."
Marie looked puzzled. "Why? What's wrong with her?"
Sophie came into the room. "Oh...You'll see..."
Marie shrugged her shoulders and took her coat off and walked over to the nail bar. She sat down on the stool and started to organise herself for when Claire arrived.
'Claire can't be that bad...' thought Marie to herself.
Out of the window, Marie saw a figure walking closer up to the salon. The woman was now starting to walk closer towards the salon. Marie took a good look at the woman walking towards the salon. She had bright blonde hair that was straightened neatly and was about shoulder length. She was wearing a long red coat with a black dress with a red belt, showing off her curves. She was carrying a patent black handbag and was wearing high black boots. She had bright red lipstick on and her eyelashes were enhanced by mascara. She looked quite pretty thought Marie to herself...
The woman pushed the door open and she walked up to the desk. Mel looked up at the woman and forced a smile on her face.
"Claire..." said Mel, faking a smile.
Claire stared straight back at Mel and looked straight through her. "Mel...I believe my appointment is now..."
"You're with Marie..." said Mel, pointing to Marie over at the nail bar.
Claire looked stared at Mel again and turned away and looked at Marie. She smiled at Marie, showing of her pearly white teeth.
"You must be Marie, the new beautician..." smiled Claire, as she took off one of her black leather gloves. She offered her hand out to Marie, showing off her diamond wedding ring. "I'm Claire Cunningham...I run the Loft Nightclub..."
Marie smiled and shook Claire's hand. "Hi! Yes, I am Marie Roberts...I'll be doing your nails today.."
Marie offered the stool for Claire to sit down on. Claire smiled. "It's good to have a new face in here...About time too..." she said, looking over at Mel, giving her a sour look.
Marie smiled and walked over to the other side of the nail bar.
'I don't know why Mel and Sophie think Claire is bad...She seems really nice!' thought Marie to herself as she sat down.
"Right. Would you like the classic French Manicure or the other specialist ones?" asked Marie, smiling.
"How very professional of you!" smiled Claire. "I think I will go for the classic, please..."
Marie started to get the false nails out of its case. Claire watched Marie closely as she got everything out.
"So, Marie...Have you just moved here, then?" asked Claire.
Marie nodded. "Yeah. I'm staying with an old friend, but I really like the area, so I hope to get a flat of my own soon, but I need to save up, 'cause they are all pretty pricey..."
Claire smiled. "I know the feeling. I came here last year to work at the Loft as a temporary events organiser...but I ended up meeting the man of my dreams and I got married three months ago actually..."
"Congratulations.." said Marie, smiling. "Who's the lucky guy?"
"Max Cunningham." said Claire, beaming. "He's everything I could have dreamed of..."
"Was the wedding nice?" asked Marie, as she started to file Claire's nails.
"It was perfect...Well, except for a few hitches from a certain person..." said Claire, watching as Marie filed her nails. "So, have you made any friends here, yet?"
"Yeah...There are some really nice people here..." smiled Marie.
Claire nodded. "Although, I should warn you of some certain people that you don't want to get involved with...Well, mainly one...but I hope you don't meet him..."
Marie looked puzzled. "Really? Oh...Everyone seems so friendly here..."
Claire leaned in towards Marie. "Well, not this person...His name is Sam O'Brien...Might go under the name of O.B?"
Marie felt her throat close up and she looked up at Claire, hoping what she heard wasn't the name she thought it was "Sam...O'Brien...?"
Claire nodded and her facial expression changed. "Yeah...He's a nasty piece of work...Almost cost me my wedding..."
Marie looked up at Claire in disbelief. "How?.."
"O.B used to work at the Loft and was the co-manager of the Loft and he was working there when I came to Hollyoaks to fill in as an Events Organiser at the Loft for New Years... We actually used to date too which makes me even more sick..." snarled Claire
'Failed to tell me that...I knew blonde-haired girls were his bloody type...' thought Marie to herself.
Marie looked back at Claire. "Oh I see...Did it last very long...Your r-relationship, I mean..."
"Not really...He's the sort of person who only wants you for one thing..." hissed Claire. "Max is more of a genuine guy really...that's how I met Max...Max and O.B were the best of friends since they were teenagers. But then his jealously got in the way as he was jealous that Max started to go out with me..."
Marie nodded, trying to take in this new information. "I didn't know that..."
"Of course you wouldn't, you don't know him, thank god!" laughed Claire.
'How wrong you are...' thought Marie to herself.
Claire sighed. "Anyway, that wasn't the real problem...It was what he did that broke up his friendship with Max...See, they used to share a flat along with Max's little brother, Tom. But O.B started to go off the rails...He would come back home drunk and he used to threaten me...We were all scared of him, but Max didn't know what to do, because he was his best mate..."
Marie felt her insides scrunch together as she listened to Claire.
Claire leaned in closer and her words became harsher. "He was supposed to be Best Man for our wedding and we thought we'd give him one last chance to redeem himself...But the night before our wedding, when it was Max's Stag Night, he didn't turn up...And then we found out...The Police had come by to the flat and found in his room bags of drugs: Heroin, Cocaine...You name it...He was arrested that night..."
Marie began to feel sick. 'Not O.B...'
"That was his little 'outside job'..." hissed Claire. "He used to and probably still does, sell drugs on the side to earn money for his alcohol addiction...So, Max told O.B not to come near us...I mean, think of little Tom! We couldn't let someone like him be around a small child...But anyway, Tony Hutchinson stepped in as Best Man for Max...but on our wedding day, O.B turned up and started spreading lies about me...Accusing me of all sorts of ridiculous ideas! Saying that I had cheated on Max! As if I ever would do such a thing!..."
Claire pretended to cry and Marie handed her a tissue.
Claire wiped her eyes. "Thank-you...Anyway, he did this all because he was jealous of Max having me and not him! But he got violent and tried to launch for me, but luckily Max restrained him...He could have ruined our wedding, but thank god he didn't...I feel sorry for his girlfriend or any girl who falls under his trap..."
Marie couldn't believe what she was hearing. 'Me...'
Claire sighed. "But Max has tried several times to talk to him and get him on the straight and narrow, but he keeps throwing it back in poor Max's face...Anyway, my advice is to steer clear of him, because you will never know what he's like when he gets angry..."
Marie tried not to let her emotions show in front of Claire. "Thanks for that...I will remember that..."
Claire smiled. "Aww...I like you...You're one of the few decent people here..."
Claire looked down at her manicured false nails. "These look excellent! I will use you again..."
Marie put a smile on and she started to put away her stuff.
Claire opened up her handbag and handed Marie a card with Claire's number on it. "Here's my number...We should go out for a drink sometime!" smiled Claire, wickedly.
Marie nodded. "Yeah...I will give you a call sometime..."
Claire got up off her stool and put her coat on. "I will see you around sometime..."
Claire walked over to the door and left and Marie watched as she started to walk away from the Salon. Marie sat down, again, in shock over what she had just heard.
'Not O.B surely...' she said, thinking back to their first date and O.B ignoring a call from Max. 'Is Claire right? A drug dealer...I thought I got away from them all...'
Mel looked over at Marie, staring out of the window. Mel walked over to Marie and grabbed another stool.
"I overheard that conversation..." said Mel, looking at Marie, who was still dumbstruck. "Don't believe what she tells you, okay? She's a liar and a selfish cow...O.B is nothing like she just said...She's twisting the truth..."
Marie looked at Mel. "But she's telling the truth...Everything makes sense..."
"No, she does this to people..." said Mel, shaking her head. "Don't let her get to you...She's poison..."
Mel got up off her stool and walked back to her desk. "Don't believe her..."
Marie sat there thinking about it all. 'What if she is right? How can I believe Mel when she's one of O.B's ex-girlfriends...I need to talk to him...'
Evissa Salon
5:00 pm
Marie grabbed her coat and headed outside, feeling the bitter sting of wind brush against her face. She looked around at the people in the street...
Was everything a lie?
She started to walk out towards the Hutchinson Flat. She was going to have to find out the truth...
Marie looked around and Claire's words were stuck in her mind.
Who could she trust anymore?
' When you look with your eyes...
Everything seems nice...
But if you look twice,
You can see its all lies...' - LDN by Lily Allen
END OF CHAPTER 13
A/N: I am so sorry guys that I took ages to update! It is all due to my memory stick not working anymore and I have lost all of my chapters, including this one, so I had to start again from scratch. For compensation, I have combined the two chapters together for your enjoyment :)
Thank you for all your reviews on my last chapter! I'm absolutely shattered as I went to a Fireworks Party last night... I will get the next chapter up when I get some reviews for this one...
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