"I can't fucking believe her!" Grace kicked the clothes rail sending a fake fur shawl flying off its hanger. "We spent ages on those fucking designs and just because they're a bit alternative she has a fucking hissy fit."

Franky kept quiet. She was sitting on the floor smoking, certain that this was all her fault. Mini would have probably humoured Gracy if she hadn't been involved but Mini seemed to have a serious problem with her.

Shame. She thought.

Still, she wasn't going to slag Mini off to Grace, she didn't think Grace would tell Mini but she had other reasons.

"Fuck!" Grace flopped on to the floor next to Franky "And I thought everything was going so well..."

Franky half turned with a smirk on her face "Rich?"

"How do you...?" Grace said, mouth dropping open a little

"Oh come on!" Franky laughed blowing clouds of smoke over Grace. "I'd have to be blind not to notice – you're both quite obvious."

"Really? I wasn't sure he liked me at all until last night."

"Yeah?"

"We went out for a drink and it wasn't so I could help him ask another girl out."

"Sorry about that." Franky grinned sheepishly, "I didn't know..."

"No it was good; he wouldn't have known I existed otherwise."

Franky laughed and took a drag of her cigarette. She looked sideways at Grace, her eyes sparkled and despite the surface anger, Franky could see the happiness shining in her face. She felt a twinge of jealousy which she ignored, this was what she wanted. She wanted her friends to be happy and she knew Rich could be good for Grace if he realised he didn't have to be a twat all of the time just to be metal.

"So how was it?" Frankie blew smoke away from Grace.

"Really good fun, he's funny. We got totally pissed though. I didn't get to bed until after 2."

Grace went stopped talking and tugged at her hair, wrapping a long black coil around her index finger.

"So?" Franky nudged Grace expectantly

"Yes there was some snogging."

Franky grinned widely; Alo was right about those two.

"Actually there was a lot of snogging!" Grace said. They both laughed.

"So are you seeing each other then?"

"I'm not really sure, I think so. Hope so. We didn't talk about it but I didn't want to ruin things by talking relationships."

"No need really..." Franky mused

"Besides, I could barely string a sentence together by the end of the night. I think I might have asked him to come home with me!"

"And what did he say?"

"No idea. But I woke up alone so it couldn't have been yes."

Franky laughed and leaned against her friend

"Just as well really," Grace continued. "I managed to sneak in without waking my parents but I doubt I could have smuggled in a six foot metal head without them noticing."

"Fucking hell girl," Franky giggled. "Sounds like a night. Have you seen him yet today?"

"No but he texted this morning to thank me for a beautiful hangover."

"Cute"

"Yeah. I called him a lightweight."

Franky grinned at the thought of them both. She felt partly responsible for their finding each other and it gave her a warm feeling of pride in her stomach. She knew she needed to take the positives wherever she could get them so she allowed herself a little bit of pride.

"Well." Grace said getting to her feet and pulling Franky up with her, "better get rid of these if she doesn't want them." She picked up a dress and sighed

"Just wait," Franky touched her arm. "They still might need them, and they're so cool it would be a shame just to throw them away."

"I know they're not traditional glamour but isn't fashion about pushing the boundaries?"

"Totally." Franky looked down at her own clothes and smiled.

AN - Sorry it's taken a while to update. Hope you like this little Grace and Franky interaction - more soon I promise. In the meantime I'd love to hear your thoughts xxxx