Hey!
Quick update because I've got a busy week ahead so wouldn't get a chance otherwise(reason why I wrote this in the middle of the night haha)
Your comments are all so amazing and make me smile so much:D
By the way how amazing was Friday's episode of Eastenders!
Enjoy
Becca x
The next morning Carol knocked on the door of the room David was staying in, a coffee in her hand
"Hello?" David said from inside the room
"Morning" Carol said half-heartedly to him as she went into the room, walking over to where he was still lay in bed and passing him the mug of coffee
David thanked her for the coffee, he smiled knowing that, deep down, she cared about him; he just needed to make her know that "Thanks so much Carol"
"It's just a coffee" Carol said quite abruptly, she was being as cold as she could to him after he'd told her he still loves her last night, she wasn't letting him get in to her head again
"Not just the coffee" He smiled at her "For helping me, letting me stay here. It's lovely of you"
"I wasn't just going to let you bleed to death all over my step" Carol said as she sat down on the bed next to him "You'd have made a right mess if I left you there any longer" she joked, not being able to hide the slight smile that escaped her lips
David picked up on it and gave a small grin "Nice to know where your priorities lie: with the step"
"I have a lot of sympathy with that step-you know after feeling like a door mat for all these years, letting certain people walk all over me" Carol spoke, looking directly in the eye
"Don't tell me that dig was aimed at me" David said giving a little laugh but then wincing in pain, holding on to his side
Worry quickly struck Carol "David, are you alright?"
"Hmm…" He murmured, still clutching on to his side
Looking at his bruised face and his swollen eye she sighed, she couldn't help but sympathise, she was only human "David I really think we should just see the doctor"
"Carol" He hushed her
Just at that moment, Morgan and Tiffany came in the room with a plate of toast "We made you breakfast granddad"
"Great, I'm starving" he smiled at them as they came and sat beside him on the bed asking all about how much his bruises hurt and who beat him up
Carol got up and left David to be interrogated by the kids, as she walked out the door David caught her gaze and gave her a relaxed smile, she gave him a blank look for a few seconds before exiting the room, not bothering to return the smile
As Carol grabbed the bag of laundry and began to walk across the square to the laundrette, she bumped into Masood on her way out the house
"I was just coming to see you" He smiled, giving her a questioning look "How's things?"
"David?" He asked before continuing "He's just being very…David"
"Right" Masood said giving a worried look "Is there a sign of him clearing off anytime soon?"
"God knows" she said before gesturing towards the bag of laundry she was holding "You go inside, I'll be back in a few minutes"
"Okay" He said giving her a quick kiss before she went "Don't be too long" he said before going into the house, hoping he wouldn't have a run in with David. Whitney was in the kitchen making breakfast.
"Will you shout the kids down for their breakfast?" she asked him
"Sure" Masood said helpfully
As Carol started emptying her laundry into the washing machine, Max came in to collect his washing and noticed David's blood stained shirt from last night going into the washing machine.
"You covering up a murder?" Max joked with her
Carol rolled her eyes at him "It's nothing"
"Okay I'm curious now Carol" Her brother told her
She considered not telling Max about David but she had nothing to hide, he'd surely find out soon enough
"It's David" She sighed "He's back again"
Masood had shouted upstairs for the kids to come and eat their breakfast but had received no reply so went upstairs to get them.
"Kids, breakfast" he carried on calling, he then went into David's room where he heard him telling Tiffany and Morgan stories about him and their grandma when they were younger.
"…She was the first girl I ever loved your gran" David said in mid-sentence
"Just like I'm the first girl Bobby's ever loved" Tiffany interrupted
"Sorry to interrupt" Masood said sarcastically to David before looking to Tiffany and Morgan "Your breakfast is ready kids"
"But Granddad was telling us stories" Morgan moaned
"Go on, it's not like I'm going anywhere is it" David said purposely to annoy Masood
Once the kids had exited the room Masood frowned at David "You shouldn't get their hopes up like that you know, they'll be sad when you go"
"Who says I'm going anywhere" David grinned smugly
"Carol for a start" Masood stated
David raised an eyebrow "You really don't know Carol at all do you" he continued "Guys like you Masood, they come and go, she lets them, doesn't give them a second thought. Although when it comes to me, once she gets near me again, she can't stand to let me go"
Masood scoffed "You think you can scare me off?"
"I just know Carol" He told Masood "Every time we see each other again, she falls in love with me, what makes you think this time will be any different"
"This is all a game to you isn't it" Masood glared "You don't care about what you do to her, how much you hurt her, you're quite sick, you know that"
His words hurt David in a way, of course he found it fun to wind Masood up but he'd never intentionally hurt Carol. David shook his head "You're wrong, I do care about her, me and her we go way back"
"I'm not going to let you hurt her David" Masood said calmly, not letting David annoy him "I want you out of this house by the end of this week, away from Carol"
"Is that a threat?" David gave a sarcastic laugh "This should be entertaining"