Luckily, the girls made it home from town just before Sally marched on in. Although Sophie had hoped for some alone time considering what happened in town, but she also didn't mind losing herself in her mum's world. They drank tea and talked over the factory, the Barlows, and such. Most of the time Sophie didn't mind when her mum came to visit. Oftentimes she would bring something, like washing powder, that they would need. It helped since neither of them had lived on their own before. It reminded Sophie of when she lived at home and the worse problem was what nail polish to wear.
Unfortunately, everything seemed to get more complicated the older that you got.
She didn't mention what had happened that afternoon. Sophie waited for Maddie to blurt it out but she also kept quiet. While Sophie had managed to calm her girlfriend down, she found herself still a bit shaken by it. She was nudged out her thoughts by a swift kick under the table.
"Sorry mum what was that?" she said shaking her head.
"Well, I was just saying that I heard from Rosie yesterday" Sally said with a twinge of annoyance.
"Oh yeah. And what did my sister want?" Sophie asked.
"Well, it turns out that she needs something that she's left in that room of hers. Of course she can't be bothered to come down and get it herself" Sally explained in a hurried tone barely bottling her frustration. "And so I was hoping that you two could come over and see if you can find it in that mess of a pile that she left at the house" Sally angled obviously hoping for easy compliance.
"You mean all those slapper clothes?" Maddie perked up. It was the first time she'd entered into the conversation. "That could be a right laugh" she smirked.
"Well mum we might as well just clean up the whole mess eh?" Sophie offered.
"Yeah what do yeh say we clean the whole room for say 50 quid?" Maddie quickly joined in.
"50 quid! You two are a right little double act!" Sally scoffed. She thought about it for a minute. "For 50 quid the pair of you can do the whole upstairs including the bathroom" Sally counter offered.
Sophie looked at Maddie who gave her a nod.
"Alright mum, you've got a deal" Sophie laughed.
So the pair of them found themselves on Sunday working their way thru Rosie's old room. Maddie held up a picture Rosie had taken with her cleavage on display across the hood of a car.
"Your sister is something else" Maddie laughed.
"Oh you have no idea" Sophie smirked.
She held up an old leather skirt. Sophie paired it with a familiar red jacket.
"Can you imagine me in these?" she giggled.
"No Way!" Maddie exclaimed as her eyes got as big as saucers.
"Yep, she dressed me in these once with a face full of makeup. Last time I let her give me a makeover. I looked like a hooker" Sophie smirked at the memory.
Maddie sauntered over to where Sophie was standing.
"Now why aren't there any pictures of that?" she leaned in with a cheeky grin. Grabbing her girlfriend's shirt in a fist between her breasts she pulled Sophie toward her. "What a loss" she breathed huskily before covering Sophie's lips.
Sophie let her dominate the kiss as it got more fevered. It felt good to let go a bit and it built up Maddie's esteem. Her girlfriend had been noticeably less cheery since they woke up that morning. Sophie wasn't sure whether it had to do with what happened in town or something else. Still she had learned that often when she needed reassurance she would become sexually aggressive. It felt as if she were marking territory in a way. Sophie didn't like that Maddie felt the need to claim her body like this but it was better than her being moody.
Her head was getting clouded by desire as well. Maddie knew how to do this thing with her tongue….
Still Sophie stopped her girlfriends hands when they went to lift the hem of her jumper. She pulled away from her girlfriend's lips.
"Not here" she said breathlessly.
"Why not? We've got time" Maddie said resting her forehead on Sophie shoulder. Her face was slowly returning back to normal as she steadied herself against Sophie's own shaky body.
"Later" Sophie whispered into her neck. She took a step back putting some air between them. "Bathroom" she said breaking the silence. Maddie nodded and Sophie walked past her to the door.
"Hey! Wait" Maddie said as Sophie waited on the landing. She came out of Rosie's room holding a tee-shirt. Maddie held it up for Sophie to see. The brunette recognized it immediately.
"This doesn't look like your sister's" Maddie said confused.
"That's because it's not" Sophie took the shirt out of Maddie's hands. Holding it up for herself she broke out in a wide grin. "Headline 2010" she laughed shaking her head.
"How can that be yours? No way that Sally would let you go to that!" Maddie asked.
"Well she didn't know of course. Sian and I lied so that we could go" Sophie explained.
She went into her old room and laid the shirt out on her bed. It was faded with a few holes but it still held together. The list of bands was still readable. She closed her eyes and pictured Sian Powers wearing it with her leather jacket. Sophie had openly teased her about looking like a butch rocker chick all tough when she did. "You love it" she'd scoff and then break out in the brilliant smile of hers.
Sian always knew Sophie better than she knew herself.
"It was hers wasn't it?" Sophie heard as she was shook out of her own head.
She turned toward the voice. Her girlfriend was leaning in the doorway. Her head was down and her shoulders slumped.
"Yeah she must have left it when she…" Sophie trailed off.
"It's hard to escape her lately innit?" Maddie asked. Her voice was soft and unsure as she kept her eyes to the ground.
Sophie stepped toward her and took the younger girls hands. She held them as Maddie's eyes lifted to meet her own.
"I know but it's just history right? Sian's gone, she's not coming back. And if she did…" Sophie paused and put her hands around Maddie's neck. She inhaled as she felt Maddie's hands grasp onto her hips.
"I'm with you" she grinned as she saw her girlfriend's eyes light up.
She moved in and covered her lips. After a minute or two she separated their lips with a loud smack. Maddie groaned as Sophie moved back towards the bathroom grabbing the cleaning supplies. Her girlfriend sullenly followed her moving her shoulders back and forth.
"Do you think that we could ever go to something like that?" Maddie asked playfully.
"Course" Sophie said smirking as Maddie cheered pumping her fist in the air. "But to be honest, it's like being homeless for 3 days but with better music" she snarked.
"Well been there, done that" Maddie said cheekily. "And I didn't even need to buy the tee shirt" Maddie bantered back.
"You assume that we'll be leaving the tent at all" Sophie laughed as she pulled on her cleaning gloves.
"We're not going to tell Sally about that" Maddie arched her eyebrow.