There's a knock at the door before Sophie says anything. Sky stands up and opens the door.
"Hey, Soph, a ferry full of people just got here and they should be here any minute." Donna tells her, smiling, trying to convince her to come back.
Sophie nods her head and walks over.
"We'll talk later." She says to Sky while walking out.
"Everything okay?" Donna asks, walking back.
"Yea, it's fine." Sophie replies, unconvincing.
Donna doesn't say anything else and trusts her daughter. They sit down at the desk right in time for a big flood of people walking through the lobby. It takes them an hour to check people in and show them to their rooms.
"Sophie." A man says, walking over to the desk with 2 guys behind him.
Sophie moves back in the chair and looks at him.
"It's good to see you again." He says smiling.
She stares at his hand as he puts it out to shake hers, almost as if it was a reflex, she moves back.
"You know her?" A man from behind him asks.
"Yea, we used to date." He continues smiling at her.
Donna comes walking down the stairs and sees him talking to her, but doesn't realize Sophie's reaction.
"Hi, can I help you guys?" Donna asks, standing next to Sophie.
"No, thank you. Just, catching up with an old friend."
"Soph, you okay?" She asks, noticing her blank expression. "Sophie." She hits the chair but doesn't work.
"I'm Adrian, by the way."
"Donna, Sophie's mum." She shakes his hand. "So, how do you know Sophie?"
"We actually used to date. A long time ago."
"Date, okay." Donna says, letting it sink in.
She looks at Sophie, who still has the same blank expression. She kicks the chair, trying to look casual.
"Uh," Sophie says, "I have to go." She says, standing up, to Donna.
"I'll see you later, then." Adrian says as she walks past him.
Sophie walks out the doors back to the house.
"Hey." Sky greets walking down the stairs.
"Hi." She sits on the couch.
Sky sits next to her on the couch and pulls her close.
"Did you see him again?" He asks.
"Doesn't matter. He's only staying for 3 days."
"You can last 3 days with him around here?"
"Can you?" She looks at him.
"I don't know."
"Well, luckily you don't know what he looks like."
"Does your mum know?" He asks hesitantly.
"No, I don't want her to."
"How did you hide it? Make-up?"
"Yea, and sunglasses." She can feel Sky's chest move as he takes a deep breathe. "That was the past though." She says, putting her hand on his cheek.
Before he can respond, they hear Noah. Sophie stands up and kisses him quickly.
"I'm going to go see if Donna needs any help." He says as Sophie walks up stairs. "I'll see you in a bit."
"Okay."
Sky walks over to the lobby and sits down. He needs something to take his mind off of everything and working always seemed to do it when it came to stuff like this.
"Hi, what can I do for you?" Sky asks as a group of 3 walks up to the desk.
"Yea, I was wondering if we could extend our stay here from 3 days to a week. It's under Adrian Castle."
"Adrian." Sky repeats, looking at him.
"Yea."
"Do you mind if I ask why you will be extending?"
Adrian leans down on the desk smiling. "My ex works here. It's been a while since I saw her, and she's been avoiding me. I just want to talk to her, but I think it will take it bit longer than I thought."
"You thought it would take 3 days to get an ex to talk to you?" Sky asks, trying to play along.
"Well, I didn't think it would be this hard. I know she will always remember me since she was like 17 and I was 21 when we were together. You know what I mean, like you just can't get her out of your head?"
Sky looks at him with a small smile. "No, not really. I'm married so, I don't think about my exes."
"If your ex looked like this, you would." Sky bites his lip, stopping himself from saying anything.
"Why is she avoiding you?" He asks, typing on the computer.
"I made a mistake when we were together, got a little angry and something happened. I'm not worried though."
"Really, why's that?"
"This girl needed an older guy in her life and was not like other girls. She wasn't interested in the whole commitment shit, so, I can work with that."
"Alright, you're all set for a week." He fakes smiles at him, still biting his lip.
"What's your name? I forgot to ask."
"Daddy." Hayley runs over to him.
"Hey." Sky smiles and picks her up, sitting her on his lap.
"Who is this?" Adrian asks, smiling at her.
"This is my daughter, Hayley."
"Sky, Ali and Lisa said they can-" They look over to the doors and see Sophie, stopped, staring at them.
"Hey Sophie." Adrian says, looking her up and down. "I was just talking about you." Sky looks at him as if he was ready to punch him.
"Hayley," She says, quickly turning her head to them, "come on, daddy's working." She walks over to her.
Sky looks at her in the eyes as she gives him a death look, picking up Hayley.
"Bye daddy."
"I won't be too long." He says quietly, she nods her head.
"Bye Sophie." Adrian says, as she walks past.
Sky stares at him.
"I should get going, I'll see you around, maybe." He walks out.
5 minutes later, Sky walks to the house and goes upstairs. He smiles when looking into Hayley's room.
"Hi." He leans on the door frame.
"Hey." Sophie says, looking up at him.
"Hi daddy." Hayley still plays with her toys.
"Can we talk?" He asks quietly.
Sophie nods her head, smile gone.
"We'll be downstairs, okay." She says, as she moves Hayley off her lap to stand up.
They sit down on the couch. Sophie looks away while Sky stares at her.
"He's extended his stay to a week." Sky tells her.
Sophie looks up at him.
"Why?"
"You."
"Do you think we'll ever get rid of our exes for good?" She asks, jokingly but also serious.
"God, I hope so."
"A week, with him here." She says, staring at the couch.
"I can get him to leave, just say the word."
"No, no, it's fine." She takes a deep breathe, "I need to talk to him."
"Sophie, no."
"I have to. Then he will leave."
"What about what happened when you broke up with him." He reminds her, "And the reason you broke up with him."
"That won't happen again. I'm not 17 anymore."
"Sophie,"
"Sky, it will get him to leave."
"Fine, but you stay at the hotel, in public."
"Okay."
"If he as much as touches you,"
"Relax." She smiles at him.
Noah starts crying. Sky laughs.
"He's got timing." He jokes.
