Hope this chapter is ok, I was running out of ideas for this one if I'm honest! Sorry there isn't Michael/Lorraine drama here, I thought if I typed it, it would ruin it. But there is more drama to come! Please review, cheers, thanks, peace out.
Well that was fucking pointless. Michael just acted like nothing happened, even though he knew full well that I knew what he'd done to Lorraine. A part of me was thinking that he was genuinely sorry about it, as he was such a nice guy back in Rochdale when I first got appointed, but another part of me, most likely the army side, was screaming at me to be vigilant. I really wanted to keep Lorraine safe, as pathetic and as soppy as that sounded. Still, as pointless as it was, I got a lot of planning done in preparation for the girls football team that I was going to be running. I was going to have Kacey as the captain, and I knew a few of the other new girls would definitely sign up. Taking charge of the guys football team may prove to be a bit more of a challenge, especially as Barry Barry had wanted to sign up last term, and I don't think he'd be too happy about having a female as a coach. I did think about having Michael help out, but that thought quickly left my mind. That left George and Grantly, and with Grantly being ill, that left George. Fantastic. I was still working away, thinking about Tom, when I felt a pair of arms wrapping themselves around me, and Lorraine's hair draping over my shoulders, tickling me slightly.
"He's gone Nik… Are you nearly done there?" she asked, her voice barely above a whisper, pointing towards my paperwork.
"I'm ready when you are. We off to yours or mine to get ready?"
"Um…" she thought about it for a moment, nuzzling her face into my neck and kissing it softly. "Let's go to mine? No offence, but your mirror really isn't big enough!"
Slapping her hand playfully, I turned around to look at her, glad to see that she wasn't down about having to be in the same room as Michael.
"Just because I don't spend hours in front of it every morning Lo! Besides, my hair doesn't take much before it's ready anyway!"
"I do not take hours! Ok, maybe a few, but that's normal!" she replied, her voice raising slightly in a joking manner, her smile widening, reaching her eyes. It made me melt inside.
I raised my hand and placed it on her cheek, my thumb stroking her softly, her soft skin taking my breath away. She was so beautiful, it made me feel so pathetically inadequate. Gazing into her eyes, our faces inched closer and closer to each others, her perfume intoxicating me once more. Making me forget where we were and who could walk in at any moment, making me forget about all the shit that's been going on. My lips skated across hers slowly, as if I was trying to prolong the moment. Of course I was, don't be stupid Nikki. Her tongue tracing my bottom lip, making me shiver with anticipation, causing my arms to wrap around her and pull her closer to me, wanting to take things further. Enjoying the risky feeling that somebody could walk in at any moment, although I wasn't sure that Lorraine felt the same. A door slamming in the background confirmed my theory, as she quickly backed away, giving me an apologetic look in the progress. Still, it was a good job she did, as Michael walked into the room, eyeing us up like we'd been caught doing something that we shouldn't. Well, technically we nearly were, but he hadn't seen us so I wasn't sure what his problem was.
"If you two are going to play tonsil tennis, then try not to make it so damn obvious." His snide comment cut through the room, causing both myself and Lorraine to wonder what the hell it was that he'd noticed. Then I saw the look in Lorraine's eyes as she looked at my lips. She'd been wearing lipstick, a noticeable red one at that. And it was all over my lips. I ran my hand over them, quickly trying to remove any traces of what just happened, not that it would make any difference.
"I heard that everybody was going to the pub tonight? Celebrating something?" Michael asked, his voice returning to a happier tone, although I could still detect a slight hint of sarcasm. I looked at Lorraine, not sure what to say. I didn't know if she'd wanted him to come or not, hell, I didn't even know how many people she'd asked to go tonight. It was really unlike her though, so she must have something planned…
"Uh, yeah… Um… No nothing to celebrate, just a… Get together. Down the local. I was thinking of doing something for Tom, a toast or something… It wasn't really for me to decide." She replied, looking at me as she spoke the last few words. Smiling at her, I mouthed thank you. It was all I could do right now that didn't involve kissing her or showing some form of affection, and although I would feel no greater joy than winding Michael up, I really didn't want anything else to happen to Lorraine, so I kept my mouth shut.
"Ah, right. Well, first rounds on me. I'll see you all there." He stated whilst grabbing a few files. Before Lorraine even had a chance to reply, he was out of the door. Shit.
"Lo, are you sure you're ok with him coming…?" I asked, turning back around to look at her, her expression unreadable.
I watched as she closed her eyes, like she was trying to block everything out for a moment, before she opened them and looked back at me.
"Tonight isn't about him ok? It's about Tom. I really want to do this for him, even though I didn't know him as well as you, or some of the other kids. Besides, so many other people will be there, and Sian will be there too. She was a… Good influence on him, maybe she can help? I wanted to try and get her back in her job too. And… Well… There are other reasons I wanted to get everybody together, Nikki." She replied, smiling. The smile reached her eyes again, so I knew she was ok. For now, anyway.
"Hey, I'm really glad you're doing all this ok? I appreciate it, the other guys will appreciate it, and Tom would've appreciated it. It will be nice to see Sian again too, I've not seen her in ages."
Taking her hand, I stood up and started walking to the door, grabbing all of our things in the process.
"Come on Lo, we'll never make it on time if we don't leave now." I stated, winking at her, earning myself a laugh. I dropped her hand as soon as we were out of Sonya's office, as I wasn't sure how comfortable she was with the whole public affection thing, considering she struggled with it enough when we were alone. Before I'd even had a chance to look at her, I felt her hand wrap around mine again, squeezing it softly. Smiling, I squeezed her hand back, and carried on walking towards her car. This all still felt like a dream to me, a Ferrari was something that I would see on the streets of London when I was training, something that I could never see myself being able to drive in a million years. Then there was Lorraine, the sort of woman whose beauty is so damn overwhelming that sometimes you can do nothing but stare. True, her personality could be shit at times, but once you got passed all of the 'work before pleasure' shit, she had once of the most amazing and most caring personalities ever. I was lucky. Too lucky.
"Nikki? Nik? Nik, for God's sake, stop staring at me." She joked, her voice bringing me back to planet Earth. She was too perfect, and I couldn't wait till tonight.
Wow, this actually long. Yay. Ps, I'm still so over the moon for Heather & Ellie. I would pay for the sort of relationship that those two have. That is all.