"Where the hell have you been?" Lia demanded an answer as Zoe finally returned home; sneaking through the back door of the house. It was now 10 o'clock in the morning and they hadn't seen her since 7pm last night when Nick had picked her up for their meal. Not even a call or a text to say where she was. Not that they were surprised - she had spent every day with Nick since they had met.

"I stopped at Nicks" She replied, trailing through to their front room, as though she was a teenager walking away from her mother.

"Oh the wanderer returns" Beth exclaimed, as Zoe casually took a seat on the sofa beside her.

"Where's Katie?" Zoe changed the subject, glancing around the room.

"She's gone to work in a shitty mood, apparently we are all alcoholics and she doesn't want to be surrounded by that kind of behaviour" Beth mocked, chuckling to herself.

"What a twat" Zoe laughed, shaking her head.

"So how did your date go?" Beth nudged her, prompting an answer for all the sordid details.

"It wasn't exactly a date... just a meal" Zoe explained.

"So a date then" Lia chuckled as she joined them in the room "You must really like him, you've not left him alone for weeks"

"It's just a bit of fun" Zoe stressed; rolling her eyes.

"Yeah right and I'm beyonce" Lia jokingly laughed.

"come on Zoe, spill the dirt" Beth nudged her again. It was always Zoe who came back and gave them every single detail of the night, but with Nick she had barely given anything away. "He must be good if you keep on going back for more anyway" She added.

"of course he is" Zoe tried not to grin "Do I look like somebody that would put up with shitty sex?" She rhetorically asked.

"not really no" Beth muttered "what's your rating out of 10 then?" She grinned. The girls would always rate their men out of 10 on their bedroom skills. It was a little personal joke they all had when judging men and was always hot topic for them on the morning after the night before.

"See that face right there Lia?" Beth teased; pointing at Zoe's grinning smile "that is the face of a girl who's just had a 10" She chuckled.

"a 10?" Lia choked "I've never had a 10 before" She trailed off.

"Don't go getting any ideas either" Zoe warned her off, playfully hitting Lia on the arm.

"give us all the deets then" Lia encouraged her, equally as eager to want to find out more about the 'amazing' Nick Jordan.

"there's nothing to give away" Zoe replied "we went for a meal, went back to his, had sex and his brother caught us"

"what? You've got to be joking" Lia exclaimed, trying not to laugh "how embarrassing" She added, as she chuckled to herself.

"shit, tell me his brother isn't Scott?" Beth gasped as she suddenly realised that they lived together.

"yeah, talk about awkward" Zoe laughed.

"bloody hell does Nick know you've slept with him?" Beth questioned.

"he does now" Zoe nodded.

"and?" Beth prompted her for more.

"and he was fine" Zoe replied "he doesn't own me, it's just a bit of fun" She reminded them once again.

"so you keep on saying" Lia pointed out, winking over at Beth as they gave one another a knowing look.

Zoe sighed; knowing exactly what they were thinking. "I best get ready anyway he's picking me up soon" She announced, glancing at the watch on her wrist.

"for fucks sake Zoe" Beth exclaimed "its a Saturday night" She stressed. Zoe had missed the last 3 nights out the girls had had together and they were not going to let her pass another so easily.

"yes I know Beth" Zoe rolled her eyes; it was just typical of Beth to complain "and I'll try to come out after" She added; wanting to please both parties.

"anyone would think you were in love" Beth mockingly laughed; rolling her eyes over at Lia "choosing a date over a night out, you've changed Zoe Hanna" She teased.

"oh piss off it's not a date" Zoe shouted, storming out of the room. She had just about had enough of their teasing. She knew exactly what they were like, but one sign of anything more than a one night stand and the girls presumed all sorts.

"yeah right" Beth laughed, shouting loud enough for Zoe to hear as she stormed her way upstairs.

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"ooh have fun on your date" Beth mocked in a sarcastic tone as Zoe eventually appeared an hour later in a change of clothes "we will meet you at 9" She called, adamant to convince Zoe to join them.

"yes I'll try my best" Zoe sighed "bye" She called, quickly leaving without another word as the sound of Nick's car pulled up outside.

Ok, so I hope that wasn't too boring, I'm not really happy with how this chapter turned out but I wanted a little chapter where Zoe was just with the girls instead of Nick for a change. I know where I kind of want to go with the story but I'm not sure if to add a few twists along the way. One idea I've had is a big fall out between the girls. Would anyone be interested in seeing that and why they actually fall out or not? Please review and leave me your opinions :) xx