Chapter 8

Freddie had arranged to meet Lindsey at College Coffee today; he said a quick farewell to Sinead and Katie and then made his way to the coffee shop. He arranged to meet her at 12:00pm; the time was now 11:45am meaning he would be a little early. He figured that being early would be a good thing because he would need to prepare himself and of course calm those much unwanted nerves which were currently in his system.

On his way he decided to head into Price Slice hoping to be able buy Lindsey a small box of chocolates but much to Freddie's disappointment the shelves in the sweet section were unfortunately empty "Charming" he muttered to himself. He shrugged off the chocolate idea and picked up a bottle of wine instead. Once satisfied he walked over to the till groaning at the sight of Holly due to the fact of her being underage Freddie knew that she would have to call Cindy to come and sell him the wine, he didn't want her stupid flirtatious behaviour today.

"Hey Freddie, how's Jason" Holly asked with sweetness in her voice. "He's okay thanks, Yourself" Freddie thought that both Jason and Holly would make a lovely couple it had become clear to him that she probably had feelings for Jason seeing she asked after him, Jason was mad about her he never went a day without mentioning her name. He knew that it wouldn't be long until they were both a couple. "I'm okay thank you, Bare with me I'll just get my mum to come down for the alcohol" she said with a small smile, she quickly got out her phone and made a quick phone call.

"This better be good Holly, I'm in the middle of a manicure you know" Cindy huffed as she stormed into the shop. "I'm sorry to disturb you but I can't exactly sell it myself can I" Holly roller her eyes at her mothers remark. Cindy reluctantly joined her daughter behind the counter clearly not paying attention quite oblivious to the fact that she was about to serve Freddie.

"I'm so sorry about my daughter she's only 15 you see" Cindy said while looking up slightly as she scanned the bottle for a price. "Oh hello Freddie" she sang almost as she noticed him. "No problem" Freddie said intentionally ignoring her flirtatious tone. "That will be 3 pounds please hunny bun" she said giving him a sweet and innocent look, Freddie looked at the bottle and then up at Cindy "That don't seem right, bottles of wine are never that cheap in here. I paid 6 pound 60 last time" he frowned. Cindy couldn't really say much to that. Freddie realised she was trying to make him fancy her; he just shook his head picked up the bottle and left the correct amount on the counter. "Thanks Holly" he said as he left.

Once at College Coffee Freddie scanned the place in hope that he would spot Lindsey, after a few moments his eyes focused on her sat nearest the counter, drinking from a cup occasionally flicking through the pages of a magazine. He stood for a small while admiring her beauty, he watched as she smiled at things that she had seen in her magazine. He wondered what she may be thinking about and how she was feeling and most of all if she was happy. He slowly walked over to the table hoping not to disturb her as she looked naturally content.

"Hiya Fred" she said as she closed her magazine politely so she could give him her full attention. "Hey Linds, You managed to escape then" he laughed hoping to keep up conversation, "Yeah eventually, Sandy cooked us all a fry up and insisted we ate it all. Why weren't you there this morning" Lindsey asked. "I looked after Katie again last night as Sinead went out and she was still sleeping so I didn't see the point of fetching her over" Freddie lied, Lindsey believed him luckily. "It makes me wonder how that poor little girl even knows who Sinead is, she's always palming her off on somebody" Lindsey shook her head. Freddie loved how caring Lindsey was she would always make sure everyone was okay. "I know but at least she's happy and healthy" Freddie said lightening the mood. "Since when did Freddie Roscoe turn into the sensible one" Lindsey teased, Freddie shook his head and smiled.

"What did you need to talk about last night" Lindsey asked. "This is the hardest thing I've ever had to say but" Lindsey cut him off "Oh Freddie what have you done" she said in a concerned tone. He shook his head "I've not done anything like that, I've betrayed my brother by falling in love with my his wife" Freddie announced. Lindsey had a confused look on her face "what do you mean Freddie" she inquired. Tears filled his eyes but he wouldn't let them fall "I've fallen in love with you Lindsey" Freddie had done it he had told her. "I don't understand, why tell me now? Why not sooner?" Lindsey shouted seeming pretty hacked off at him.

"Believe me I've wanted to tell you much sooner but I've never had the time or the courage to do it" Freddie informed her. Lindsey shook her head "I'm sorry Fred I can't do this now" she said coldly, she got up and left without saying a word leaving him sat alone at the table. Deep down he knew that this would be the outcome; he knew she would take the news badly. She didn't even say anything but that was enough for Freddie to realise that he made a huge mistake.