After leaving Sian's room and locking up, Sophie had headed back to her room only to find it empty. She assumed Katy and Sam had headed down to breakfast without her and so after a quick change of clothing, she went down to the restaurant to join them. She passed by Sian and Kerry sat at a table on her way and subtly smiled at Sian as she slipped the key into the blonde's bag before walking over to her friends and greeting them with a smile.
"Is there any point us asking where you got to last night?" asked Sam, looking up from her food at the brunette as she took her seat.
Sophie shook her head and grinned, "Not gonna lie Sammy, it would be a waste of time."
Katy rolled her eyes, "Well it's nice to know you could squeeze your best mates into your busy schedule."
"Oh come on don't be like that," started Sophie, pausing as a waitress approached the table and the brunette gave her order before turning back to her friends, "It's not like I missed a lot last night, you were both sleeping so where's the harm?"
Sam let out a long sigh, "It's not just last night though is it? You've been sneaking off all the time."
"And!" added Katy, pointing her finger at Sophie accusingly, "It's not like you to keep things from us. You must be up to something seriously bad."
"Drug addiction?" suggested Sam.
"Killed someone?" added Katy dryly.
"Guys!" interrupted Sophie, holding her hands out defensively and managing a smile as the waitress placed a cup of tea in front of her, "I'm sorry okay. I'm really sorry and I know this is new but … please, I'm asking you as your best friend to just let this one go."
Both Sam and Katy exchanged glances for a second before both letting out a long sigh and nodding in a defeated manner.
"Whatever you say Webster." muttered Sam, reaching out for her glass of juice and taking a sip.
Katy leaned closer to Sophie and looked at her seriously, "However, if we do this you have to agree not to do one tonight okay? We're all going to the club together after drinks in the bar downstairs. The three of us."
Sophie looked up, glancing at Sian momentarily as the blonde left her table with Kerry and headed out of the restaurant before looking back at her friends and nodding with a smile, "Sure."
Elsewhere Sian was having her own troubles having had to deal with constant merciless interrogation from Kerry about who she'd been with last night. There was only so many times she could say things like 'it was no one important' or 'it's not a big deal' and she was desperately praying Kerry hadn't picked up on the gender neutral terms she'd been sticking to.
"I don't understand why you won't tell me." grumbled Kerry as she stepped out of the elevator with Sian and started the walk back to their rooms.
Sian rolled her eyes, "Just drop it … it was nothing and you don't need to worry about it."
"The fact you won't tell me anything about this mystery guy is making me worry about it." stated Kerry as they approached Sian's room.
Sian frowned, looking back at her friend with a puzzled expression, "What are you doing?"
"Coming in with you." answered Kerry as if it was the most obvious thing in the world, "Unless you've got something to hide?"
"No … nothing to hide." muttered Sian, reluctantly sliding her key into the lock and trying not to think about whether Sophie may or may not have left the note behind.
As she opened the door, Sian quickly scanned the table and the bed and any other places she thought Sophie might have left the note but seeing nothing, she let out a sigh of relief before heading towards the balcony doors to let some air in.
"So what should we do today?" asked Kerry, shutting the door behind the pair of them and stepping into the room.
Sian shrugged, "Dunno, what do you wanna do?"
Sian nearly jumped out of her skin as she heard Kerry let out a squeal of delight, and as she turned around to see what the fuss was about her eyes widened in horror and her heart dropped as soon she set eyes on her friend.
"Oh my god!" shouted Kerry, dropping to her knees and scrambling for a wallet by the table on the ground, "Mr mystery left his wallet behind, lets see if he has a drivers licence or something in here."
Sian had never moved so fast in her life and within seconds was in front of her friend and had snatched the item from her grasp. "If our friendship means anything to you, you won't look in this wallet."
Kerry made a lunge for the item but was left disappointed as Sian quickly moved it out of reach, "Jesus Sian why are you so fucking secretive about him?"
"Not secretive just …" Sian picked up her bag and slipped the wallet inside, "You should respect my privacy."
Kerry rolled her eyes, "Fine … stuff ya then!"
Sian let out a groan of frustration as Kerry headed towards the door, trying her best to shout her friend back and try to reason with her but it was wasted as Kerry left the room and slammed the door shut behind her.
"Sophie Webster I'm gonna fucking kill you." muttered Sian, picking up her bag and quickly exiting the room before storming in the direction of Sophie's.
She didn't consider the consequences of what pounding on Sophie's door without thinking about it might result in but as Sam opened the door and gave her a death glare, she quickly realised she should have stopped to calm down.
"What do you want Powers?" asked Sam coldly, leaning against the door frame and eying Sian up with pure hatred.
Sian rolled her eyes, "Can I speak to Sophie please?"
At the sound of Sian's voice, Sophie quickly appeared in the door way, resting her hand on Sam's shoulder and smiling at the red head reassuringly, "It's alright Sam, I can deal with this."
Sam looked over at Sophie incredulously before seeing the look on Sophie's face and shrugging, "Okay fine, just tell us if you need us."
"I'm sure blondie can be trusted alone with me for a couple of minutes." stated Sophie with a grin, her smile quickly faltering as she saw the fury in Sian's eyes, "So errm … yeah, I'll just be outside."
Sophie stepped out of the room, shutting it behind her and looking along the corridor to make sure no one was around, "Couldn't wait until later or something?"
Sian plunged her hand into her bag, pulling out Sophie's wallet and shoving it forcefully into the brunette's chest, "Forget something?"
Sophie stumbled back at the contact before looking down to her chest at the item, "Oh shit right, didn't even notice it was gone."
Sian snorted out a laugh, "Yeah I bet you fucking didn't, you'd have loved it if someone had found it."
"What?" Sophie looked back at Sian disbelievingly, "Sian what are you on about? It was an accident, nothing more nothing less."
"Oh right yeah, sure it bloody was." muttered Sian, folding her arms across her chest and narrowing her eyes at Sophie, "I bet you want us to get found out. Serve me right wouldn't it? I take the piss out of you at school and you grab the first opportunity that comes your way to get revenge on me."
"Oh my god," groaned Sophie, leaning against the door and shaking her head, "If I wanted to get found out, I could have just stayed in your bed naked this morning."
"Will you keep your voice down!" hissed Sian, looking around the corridor to make sure no one heard.
Sophie laughed coldly, taking a step closer to the blonde and locking eyes with her, "You know I thought you might have actually changed … stopped caring so much about what people think of you … or was it just an act to get me to sleep with you?"
"Don't flatter yourself!" shot back Sian, "As if I'd put on an act for that."
Sophie scoffed, "You've changed your tune haven't ya? Last night it was amazing and you couldn't get enough … now it's nothing."
"It was nothing." stated Sian coldly, instantly regretting her words as soon as they left her lips and she saw the hurt on Sophie's face.
"Nice Sian." said Sophie, shaking her head and looking at the blonde with disgust, "Thanks for letting me see you really are just a fucking bitch."
Sian closed her eyes tightly, trying her best not to let herself get upset, "Soph wait."
Sophie placed her hand on the door handle, pausing for a second as she heard the sadness in Sian's choked out words before quickly composing herself and pushing down on the handle, "Thanks for returning my wallet."
Those were the last words spoken as Sophie stepped back in to her room and shut the door behind her, leaving Sian alone in the corridor.
Sian took in a deep shaky breath, trying her best to swallow down the lump in her throat, begging the tears not to fall as she turned to head back towards her room. Her fight with her emotions was in vain though as before she'd even stepped away from Sophie's door, the tears started to stream down her face. She hadn't meant anything she'd said to the brunette but the fear of getting caught out before she was ready had sparked a strange reaction inside of her. She'd seen a way to blame someone and the fear had quickly turned into anger, anger which she'd foolishly taken out on Sophie resulting in her saying things she didn't mean.
Sian's tears were falling thick and fast before she was even half way down the corridor and she was so lost in her misery that she didn't even notice someone rushing towards her.
"Sian? … Sian what's wrong?" asked Kerry, gripping on to Sian's arms and holding her up straight as she felt the blonde's legs start to buckle. "Sian, come on … what's happened?"
Sian sniffed back a sob, not wanting to let her emotions get the better of her but powerless to stop them as fresh tears started to glisten in her eyes.
"Come on … lets get you to ya room." said Kerry quietly, her anger at the blonde from earlier quickly fading as she saw the state her friend was now in.
Once inside of her room, Sian promptly collapsed onto her bed, curling up in a ball and hugging a pillow tight to her body as she sobbed against it.
Kerry settled down next to Sian, rubbing the blonde's back soothingly as she waited for her tears to subside. She'd never seen her friend so upset the whole time they'd known one another and she was finding it more than a little concerning to see the blonde in such a state.
After a few minutes of crying, Sian's sobs began to subside and were more like quiet whimpers, her tears no longer falling so quickly as she pawed at her face and tried to best to sit up.
"Are you gonna tell me what's wrong?" asked Kerry, brushing Sian's hair out of her face as she shuffled up and rested her back against the headboard, her hands still clutching onto the pillow.
Sian sniffed back her tears and shook her head, "I'm just being stupid."
"Sian I've never seen you this upset before." stated Kerry, moving along the bed slowly so that she was closer to her friend, "Please just tell me what's wrong, I'm worried about you."
"I just got into a fight with … someone." muttered Sian, wiping at her eyes in a bid to look more presentable.
Kerry nodded to express she understood, "The person you were with last night?"
"Yeah." mumbled Sian, snuggling further into the pillow, "I was horrible."
"Did he break it off with you?" asked Kerry, stroking Sian's upper arm comfortingly.
Sian shrugged, "I dunno … wouldn't blame her-im, him."
Sian felt her heart stop momentarily at her slip up but was too upset to even think about it as she considered the possibility of Sophie actually going back to despising her. The last thing she wanted was for things to go back to the way they were after everything that had happened between them, especially after the previous night.
Sian's words hadn't went unnoticed by Kerry but she chose to believe it was just a stutter due to the crying, knowing her friend well enough that it couldn't possibly have just been a slip up, "What happened then?"
Sian shook her head, feeling fresh tears start to trickle down her cheeks, "I don't wanna talk about it … can you just leave me for a bit?"
"Sian I don't wanna leave you when you're so upset." protested Kerry, squeezing the blonde's arm.
"I'll be fine." said Sian, managing a weak smile in an attempt to reassure her friend, "Honestly I just need a bit of time by myself to think things over."
"Alright well … Tina's back in five minutes so we're gonna go downstairs for a drink." stated Kerry, getting up from the bed, "You should join us if you're feeling up to it."
Sian nodded, wiping under her eyes as she tried not to let any more tears fall, "Sure, I'd like that."
"Okay." Kerry smiled at the blonde, "Are you sure you'll be okay?"
"Yeah I'll be fine." assured Sian, taking a deep breath in a bid to compose herself, "I'll be down to see you guys soon."
Kerry nodded, heading towards the door before stopping just short of it and turning back to Sian, "I'm sorry about earlier, I shouldn't have been so hard on you."
Sian shrugged and managed a smile, "It's fine, I'm sorry for not telling you."
"I'm sure you have your reasons." stated Kerry, her mind drifting back to Sian's earlier words and pausing for a minute before shrugging it off, "Anyway, see you later."
…
Sophie drained the last of her beer, setting the glass down at the table and grinning at her friends, "No trust me, it was damn good."
"So you're seeing her again then?" asked Sam, finishing off her own drink.
Sophie nodded, "Sure, I think I quite like her."
"And how does Rose feel?" asked Katy, playing with the straw and umbrella that were placed in her glass.
Sophie let out a long sigh and shrugged, "Honestly … I don't know. Until this morning I thought it was the same but who knows."
"What's the problem like?" pushed Sam, noticing the torn look in her friend's eyes.
"I dunno …" muttered Sophie, "She's a complex woman."
Katy chuckled, "Well you sure know how to pick 'em Webster."
Sam joined in the laughter, "Yeah … the amount of times we've heard you complain about the complexity of the women you date, it's old news."
"Yeah yeah whatever." muttered Sophie, unable to stop a grin from forming on her face, "Give over, they're not that bad."
Katy scoffed, "Mate you've shagged some right psychos."
"Okay enough." scolded Sophie with a smirk as she stood up from the table, "Who wants a drink?"
Both of her friends quickly made their requests before the brunette headed towards the bar. She'd opted to let Katy and Sam believe she'd been seeing Rose recently and they seemed to be happy with that explanation. That way Sophie figured she didn't have to tell complete lies and could merely change the names and circumstance a bit. She knew it was a weak justification for deceiving her friends but it was the best she had. After her argument with Sian in the corridor, she felt like just outing the blonde to everyone and had been so angry she very easily could have done so. However, it wasn't in Sophie's nature to be malicious just because of an argument and knew Sian well enough by that point to know the blonde just needed some time to cool off and then they could hopefully talk it through like adults.
As Sophie approached the bar, she noticed Kerry stood waiting to be served and Tina at the other end of the bar talking to some men but thankfully no Sian in sight. She wasn't quite ready to face the blonde again and was still both angry and hurt from what she'd said.
Standing at the bar and waiting to be served, Kerry turned her head and managed a smile in Sophie's direction as the brunette stood beside her.
"Alright." muttered Sophie returning the smile, "How's things?"
Kerry nodded, "Not bad Webster … yourself?"
"Can't complain." returned Sophie. She had no problems with Kerry and the few times they'd spoken she seemed like a perfectly nice girl. The waiter approached Sophie and asked for her order and the brunette paused awkwardly for a moment before gesturing to Kerry, "Oh … erm, she was before me but I'll have a lager, two vodka and cokes and whatever she's having."
"Thanks, whiskey and coke please." added Kerry, shooting Sophie a grateful smile.
Sophie nodded her head in approval, "Nice ordering."
"Well it's the bes-" Kerry stopped mid sentence, her mouth agape and her eyes widened in both shock and horror as she watched Sophie pull out her wallet from her pocket. The cogs began to turn in her head as she thought about all the evidence she'd collected over the course of the day about Sian and the person she was secretly seeing and things suddenly made sense to her. The sneaking around Sian had been doing, the reluctance to give away any kind of information about the person, the slip up when she was crying earlier, the time they'd went camping and Sophie and Sian had appeared so chummy and now the wallet that had been found in Sian's hotel room. Everything was blindingly obvious to Kerry and she felt completely numb with shock.
"Are you okay?" questioned Sophie, looking mildly amused as Kerry continued to just stare at the brunette open mouthed, "Have I done something?"
"I've gotta go." blurted out Kerry, fumbling for her purse as she tried to get away from the bar to go and talk to Sian as soon as possible.
Sophie frowned, "But what about you drink?"
"Yeah thanks, I'll pay errm … I'll pay you back later." muttered Kerry, picking up her belongings and walking out of the bar as fast as her legs would carry her, leaving a very confused Sophie behind.
