Chapter Twenty-Eight
It had been several hours since the last guest had left the wake. Matt, Jeff, Lily and Mandy were sitting in the lounge room enjoying a few beers and the boys were reminiscing on all the good times they shared with their dad. The four of them ended up staying up most of the night sharing different memories. It was the first time in ages that the boys had had a good laugh.
At about 2 am Lily and Jeff decided to go off to bed. When their bedroom door had closed Mandy and Matt looked at each other before they burst out laughing. Finally Mandy managed to say,
"I don't think they'll be getting much sleep tonight... do you?"
"No me either. Did you notice the way they've been looking at each other all night?" Matt said
"Yeah. I'm surprised they stayed out here so long." Mandy said smiling at Matt who was sitting on the couch opposite her. The two continued to talk all morning long, comfortably to each other about all sorts of things. They were both having such a great time they didn't realise the time flying past. It wasn't until Jeff appeared from his room,
"Morning guys...You haven't been here all night have you?"
"Umm ... well actually we have" Mandy said while her face went redder and redder.
"You two are hopeless. And to think you two always say that Lily and I get up to lots of mischief." Jeff said before laughing.
"All we did was talk" Matt said
"Who only talked?" Lily asked as she walked into the lounge room.
"Matt and I" Mandy said
"Oh yeah ... sure, sure." Lily laughed
"Hey!" Mandy said annoyed
"What? It's just a joke." Lily said defensively
"Well it's not very funny." Mandy said before she stood up and walked off to her room.
"Wow ... was it something I said?" Lily asked
"I think Mandy's just a bit tired. I mean seeing she hasn't really slept since being here. I think she's missing a certain someone. I think I'll go and check to see if she's ok" Matt said before walking off to the room Mandy was in.
Matt knocked on the door before opening the door slightly,
"Mandy it's me. Can I come in?" Matt said
"Yeah but watch out I might bite your head off for no reason." Mandy said with tears forming in her eyes. Matt shut the door behind him before walking over to Mandy. He sat down beside her on the bed and said,
"Is everything ok Mandy?"
"I'm sorry... I'm turning all girlie on you" Mandy said before rubbing her eyes with her palms.
"That doesn't bother me. After all I've got Jeff as a brother. He can be the biggest girl at times. I'm more concerned with you and what's bothering you." Matt said
Mandy looked into Matt's brown eyes before lying and saying,
"I guess everything from the past few weeks has finally caught up with me."
"Just think you'll be able to see Adam later tonight and that should make you feel better" Matt said trying to comfort Mandy
"Yeah maybe you're right" Mandy said
"Maybe... come on I'm always right" Matt said before the two of them started to laugh.
"Thanks Matt. You've really cheered me up"
"That's ok. That's what friends are for remember?"
"Yeah your right." Mandy said before giving him a thank you hug, "I guess I better go and apologies to Lily for being so rude." Mandy said before standing up and walking back to the lounge room.
"Lily I'm sorry about before. I really shouldn't have been so rude to you." Mandy said walking into the room.
"That's cool. Don't worry about it." Lily said. Mandy then walked over and gave Lily and hug before saying,
"I think I might go and have a shower to freshen up."
"Ok but don't us up all the hot water ... there are three others that have to have a shower before we go." Jeff said
"Look who's talking. You're the one that has the longest showers here." Mandy said smiled before walking off to the bathroom.
While Mandy was gone the others finished off their breakfasts before starting to pack.
While Lily and Jeff were together alone, Jeff turned to Lily and said,
"Lily there's something I've been meaning to ask you for ages..." Jeff said looking at her.
"What's that? You can't decide what to wear today?"
"No be serious for a moment. This is really important." Jeff said before he continued,
"You see...umm... how do I say this..."
"Come on Jeffy what is it? You're not going to propose to me are you?" Lily said
"We'll actually ... no ... I was hoping that you would move in with me when we return home. I mean we spend basically every night together anyway. So what do you say Lily? Will you move in with me?" Jeff asked
"Oh my gosh Jeffy. What can I say? I mean what would the girls say if I moved out?"
Lily said before smiling at Jeff and saying, "Of course I will. I would love nothing better than to live with you." With that Lily through her arms around Jeff before kissing him passionately. They were interrupted by a knock at the door.
"Sorry to interrupt you two love birds but I thought I would let you know the bathrooms free." Mandy said
"Mandy guess what?" Lily said excitably
"What?" Mandy asked
"I'm moving in with Jeffy" Lily said with the biggest smile on her face.
"Oh my gosh.... That is so good! Congrats you guys." Mandy said before giving them both a hug. At the point Matt walked in and asked what was going on. When he was told he also congratulated the two before saying,
"Sorry to break up the celebrations but we really have to keep on moving or else we'll miss the plane."
They all them went and finished getting ready before they had to go. Thankfully they were ready on time and they caught the right plane. As soon as they got on the plane, they all celebrated some more.
1.1 Several Hours Later
When Allie finally arrived home Shane and Adam accompanied her. They heard the voices coming from the lounge room and all decided to go and join in with the fun at hand. As Adam walked in he was getting really excited about seeing Mandy but this excitement turned to shock when he saw Mandy asleep on Matt's lap.
"It's not wait it looks like... Mandy was really tied and fell asleep. I just didn't want to wake her up." Matt said after noticing the look on Adam's face.
"Sorry Matt... I just wasn't expecting it..." Adam said before walking over and sitting next to Mandy on the couch.
"Oh my gosh Allie, I've got something important I have to tell you." Lily said getting excited
"What? What is it?" Allie asked
"Jeff has asked me to move in with him and I've said yes!" Lily said
"Wow that is so good. Congratulations guys. Mandy and I will really miss you though... you'll have to come back and visit us." Allie said
"Of course I will. But I'm not moving that far away and I'll see you everyday at work." Lily said smiling at Allie
"I know... hey lets open some champagne to celebrate. I think we have some in the fridge still. And we have something else to celebrate." Lily looked at Allie strangely before saying,
"What else are we celebrating?"
"Two nights ago Shane gave me this promise ring to show me just how much he loves me." Allie said showing Lily the ring.
"Oh that's so sweet. And Shane you have such great taste in rings. This is so beautiful." Lily said pointing to the ring on Allie's finger.
"Thanks. It took me ages to choose just the right one. Shane replied
Allie then walked off to the kitchen to get the bottle of champagne and seven glasses. As Shane popped the cork, Mandy was awoken by the loud noise. She looked up and noticed Matt looking down at her before saying,
"It looks like Sleeping Beauty here is awake." Mandy was just so tired that she didn't want to move and also she was really comfy. But she could feel someone touching her leg, which unsettled her, so she sat up. As she did so she saw Adam sitting beside her who through his arms around her and said,
"I've missed you so much." He then kissed her with which intense passion.
"I've missed you too." Mandy said before turning around to the others and said, "I'm really sorry guys but I think I might head off to bed because I'm exhausted... Hope you guys are ok. You know where I am if you ever need to talk." Looking at both Matt and Jeff. She then leant down and hugged Matt and kissed him on the check. She ended up doing this to everyone before heading for her room.
"Hey Mandy don't forget about training tomorrow. I'll call you and let you know the arrangements." Matt called out.
"Ok thanks Matt. Night all"
Adam saw Mandy enter her room and said,
"I think I might go and join her. See you all in the morning. Good night." Before also walking off to Mandy's room. Once inside her found her curled up in bed. He quickly got changed before climbing in beside her and holding her tightly.
"Do you guys still want to celebrate?" Allie said
"Yeah I'm up for it and there's no point wasting good champagne." Lily said
The five of them, Allie, Shane, Lily, Jeff and Matt stayed up late talking and having a great time together. Finally after drinking 3 bottles of champagne, 3 bottles of red wine and countless amount of beer, they all decided to call it a night. The girls told Matt that he could sleep on the sofa bed as it wouldn't be the best idea to drive home after drinking so much. The girls set up the bed for him before heading off to their rooms.
It had been several hours since the last guest had left the wake. Matt, Jeff, Lily and Mandy were sitting in the lounge room enjoying a few beers and the boys were reminiscing on all the good times they shared with their dad. The four of them ended up staying up most of the night sharing different memories. It was the first time in ages that the boys had had a good laugh.
At about 2 am Lily and Jeff decided to go off to bed. When their bedroom door had closed Mandy and Matt looked at each other before they burst out laughing. Finally Mandy managed to say,
"I don't think they'll be getting much sleep tonight... do you?"
"No me either. Did you notice the way they've been looking at each other all night?" Matt said
"Yeah. I'm surprised they stayed out here so long." Mandy said smiling at Matt who was sitting on the couch opposite her. The two continued to talk all morning long, comfortably to each other about all sorts of things. They were both having such a great time they didn't realise the time flying past. It wasn't until Jeff appeared from his room,
"Morning guys...You haven't been here all night have you?"
"Umm ... well actually we have" Mandy said while her face went redder and redder.
"You two are hopeless. And to think you two always say that Lily and I get up to lots of mischief." Jeff said before laughing.
"All we did was talk" Matt said
"Who only talked?" Lily asked as she walked into the lounge room.
"Matt and I" Mandy said
"Oh yeah ... sure, sure." Lily laughed
"Hey!" Mandy said annoyed
"What? It's just a joke." Lily said defensively
"Well it's not very funny." Mandy said before she stood up and walked off to her room.
"Wow ... was it something I said?" Lily asked
"I think Mandy's just a bit tired. I mean seeing she hasn't really slept since being here. I think she's missing a certain someone. I think I'll go and check to see if she's ok" Matt said before walking off to the room Mandy was in.
Matt knocked on the door before opening the door slightly,
"Mandy it's me. Can I come in?" Matt said
"Yeah but watch out I might bite your head off for no reason." Mandy said with tears forming in her eyes. Matt shut the door behind him before walking over to Mandy. He sat down beside her on the bed and said,
"Is everything ok Mandy?"
"I'm sorry... I'm turning all girlie on you" Mandy said before rubbing her eyes with her palms.
"That doesn't bother me. After all I've got Jeff as a brother. He can be the biggest girl at times. I'm more concerned with you and what's bothering you." Matt said
Mandy looked into Matt's brown eyes before lying and saying,
"I guess everything from the past few weeks has finally caught up with me."
"Just think you'll be able to see Adam later tonight and that should make you feel better" Matt said trying to comfort Mandy
"Yeah maybe you're right" Mandy said
"Maybe... come on I'm always right" Matt said before the two of them started to laugh.
"Thanks Matt. You've really cheered me up"
"That's ok. That's what friends are for remember?"
"Yeah your right." Mandy said before giving him a thank you hug, "I guess I better go and apologies to Lily for being so rude." Mandy said before standing up and walking back to the lounge room.
"Lily I'm sorry about before. I really shouldn't have been so rude to you." Mandy said walking into the room.
"That's cool. Don't worry about it." Lily said. Mandy then walked over and gave Lily and hug before saying,
"I think I might go and have a shower to freshen up."
"Ok but don't us up all the hot water ... there are three others that have to have a shower before we go." Jeff said
"Look who's talking. You're the one that has the longest showers here." Mandy said smiled before walking off to the bathroom.
While Mandy was gone the others finished off their breakfasts before starting to pack.
While Lily and Jeff were together alone, Jeff turned to Lily and said,
"Lily there's something I've been meaning to ask you for ages..." Jeff said looking at her.
"What's that? You can't decide what to wear today?"
"No be serious for a moment. This is really important." Jeff said before he continued,
"You see...umm... how do I say this..."
"Come on Jeffy what is it? You're not going to propose to me are you?" Lily said
"We'll actually ... no ... I was hoping that you would move in with me when we return home. I mean we spend basically every night together anyway. So what do you say Lily? Will you move in with me?" Jeff asked
"Oh my gosh Jeffy. What can I say? I mean what would the girls say if I moved out?"
Lily said before smiling at Jeff and saying, "Of course I will. I would love nothing better than to live with you." With that Lily through her arms around Jeff before kissing him passionately. They were interrupted by a knock at the door.
"Sorry to interrupt you two love birds but I thought I would let you know the bathrooms free." Mandy said
"Mandy guess what?" Lily said excitably
"What?" Mandy asked
"I'm moving in with Jeffy" Lily said with the biggest smile on her face.
"Oh my gosh.... That is so good! Congrats you guys." Mandy said before giving them both a hug. At the point Matt walked in and asked what was going on. When he was told he also congratulated the two before saying,
"Sorry to break up the celebrations but we really have to keep on moving or else we'll miss the plane."
They all them went and finished getting ready before they had to go. Thankfully they were ready on time and they caught the right plane. As soon as they got on the plane, they all celebrated some more.
1.1 Several Hours Later
When Allie finally arrived home Shane and Adam accompanied her. They heard the voices coming from the lounge room and all decided to go and join in with the fun at hand. As Adam walked in he was getting really excited about seeing Mandy but this excitement turned to shock when he saw Mandy asleep on Matt's lap.
"It's not wait it looks like... Mandy was really tied and fell asleep. I just didn't want to wake her up." Matt said after noticing the look on Adam's face.
"Sorry Matt... I just wasn't expecting it..." Adam said before walking over and sitting next to Mandy on the couch.
"Oh my gosh Allie, I've got something important I have to tell you." Lily said getting excited
"What? What is it?" Allie asked
"Jeff has asked me to move in with him and I've said yes!" Lily said
"Wow that is so good. Congratulations guys. Mandy and I will really miss you though... you'll have to come back and visit us." Allie said
"Of course I will. But I'm not moving that far away and I'll see you everyday at work." Lily said smiling at Allie
"I know... hey lets open some champagne to celebrate. I think we have some in the fridge still. And we have something else to celebrate." Lily looked at Allie strangely before saying,
"What else are we celebrating?"
"Two nights ago Shane gave me this promise ring to show me just how much he loves me." Allie said showing Lily the ring.
"Oh that's so sweet. And Shane you have such great taste in rings. This is so beautiful." Lily said pointing to the ring on Allie's finger.
"Thanks. It took me ages to choose just the right one. Shane replied
Allie then walked off to the kitchen to get the bottle of champagne and seven glasses. As Shane popped the cork, Mandy was awoken by the loud noise. She looked up and noticed Matt looking down at her before saying,
"It looks like Sleeping Beauty here is awake." Mandy was just so tired that she didn't want to move and also she was really comfy. But she could feel someone touching her leg, which unsettled her, so she sat up. As she did so she saw Adam sitting beside her who through his arms around her and said,
"I've missed you so much." He then kissed her with which intense passion.
"I've missed you too." Mandy said before turning around to the others and said, "I'm really sorry guys but I think I might head off to bed because I'm exhausted... Hope you guys are ok. You know where I am if you ever need to talk." Looking at both Matt and Jeff. She then leant down and hugged Matt and kissed him on the check. She ended up doing this to everyone before heading for her room.
"Hey Mandy don't forget about training tomorrow. I'll call you and let you know the arrangements." Matt called out.
"Ok thanks Matt. Night all"
Adam saw Mandy enter her room and said,
"I think I might go and join her. See you all in the morning. Good night." Before also walking off to Mandy's room. Once inside her found her curled up in bed. He quickly got changed before climbing in beside her and holding her tightly.
"Do you guys still want to celebrate?" Allie said
"Yeah I'm up for it and there's no point wasting good champagne." Lily said
The five of them, Allie, Shane, Lily, Jeff and Matt stayed up late talking and having a great time together. Finally after drinking 3 bottles of champagne, 3 bottles of red wine and countless amount of beer, they all decided to call it a night. The girls told Matt that he could sleep on the sofa bed as it wouldn't be the best idea to drive home after drinking so much. The girls set up the bed for him before heading off to their rooms.
