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Café et fraises

Chapter Twenty

Swibby and Lill

Lucy could tell something was going on by the huge smile plastered on Libby's face, her big brown eyes sparkling happily.

'Okay… what's the grin for?' smiled Lucy as she shrugged out of her jacket and tossed it over the chair. She put her keys on the coffee table.

'Me and Swill have been thinking…' Libby began, looking casually at her chipped red nails. 'And I'm going to move in with him!' Lucy's mouth fell open as Libby gave a squeal and chucked herself at the older girl. Then, the Dunham hugged her tightly.

'Oh, Libs!' she beamed, feeling tears in her eyes. 'That's… great!' she spluttered, finding it hard to say much else.

'What's 'appened?' asked Pete as he came in from the bedroom, pulling a jumper over his head.

'Libby's moving in with Swill,' Lucy said with a smile.

'You can't leave us!' said Pete as he approached. Libby smirked at him.

'We decided on it this morning,' she grinned. 'I just need to pack my things.' She squeezed Lucy's hand.

'But, if you go then we'll have no more cooked breakfasts! I love waking up to the smell of bacon and the sound of you singing and now Swill will get that all to himself,' Pete continued to complain, but there was humour in his face.

'And we won't be able to stay up late again watching Most Haunted Live to see if we catch anything scary.'

'You were shitting your pants,' laughed Pete. Libby shook her head and looked at Lucy with big eyes.

'He was hiding behind a cushion!' she said in a dramatic whisper. The three fell into laughter.

'She'll only be a few blocks away,' Lucy reminded him. 'And you can come back whenever you want,' she added to Libby. Libs, however, had a dazed look on her face, a bemused smile on her lips.

Suddenly, Lucy felt a stab of panic and gripped the smaller woman's hand tighter. Libby and Swill were like a pair of children; both simple and amazed easily. It was bad enough with Swill in a home of his own, but Lucy had always been there with Libby. They had never really been apart in the past three years they'd known each other.

And now, Swill and her were moving in together! Lucy couldn't help but feel like a big sister to her little friend.

Swill had better look after her.

But, her fear subsided when Libby looked up at her and smiled and looked so grown up; Lucy knew she was mature enough and ready to lead her own life.

'I've packed Henry's suitcase,' Libby said sincerely. Well, almost grown up, Lucy thought with a grin.

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'Do you know how much I love you?' asked Libby, leaning over a cardboard box and staring at Swill's back. He turned and raised an eyebrow.

'A lot, I 'ope.'

'Hmm… maybe,' she giggled. He approached, pressing his lips against hers.

'What?' he asked with a small smirk.

'Maybe,' she repeated, laughing when he lifted her off her feet and fell back with her on the sofa.

'What?' he asked again, lips grazing her neck, placing soft kisses on her pulse point. A small moan left her lips, the grin spread across her face.

'A lot! A lot!' she surrendered, shifted so she was on his lap sideways on. Swill let his lips trail up her neck and jaw before kissing the corner of her mouth.

'I've never 'ad this before,' he said. She looked at him with a frown.

'Had what?'

'This. A big relationship… a girl moving in with me.'

'You haven't?' Swill shook his head.

'Nah, it's all new. I aint really had a relationship longer than a couple of weeks. I've 'ad plenty of one night stands.' Libby giggled.

'That's nice. What makes me so different?'

'I 'ave no idea,' he said with a grin. 'But I fucking 'ope it don't go away.' And he kissed her lips again.

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