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Chapter 6

Zoe.

I woke up at around 8 the next morning to find myself alone in the bed. I saw the scrubs I had got for Ash gone from the floor of the room. I felt hurt. He had left me.

Then I heard laughter coming from downstairs and I remembered Jess. She wasn't the only one laughing. A deep male laugh joined her soft childish giggle. He was still here. I smiled to myself, happy.

An hour earlier. 7am

Ash.

I woke up to the noise of laughter coming from downstairs. I sat up and looked at the unfamiliar surroundings that I was in. then I remembered last night. Kissing and sleeping with Zoe for a second night in a row. I looked down at the sleeping figure next to me and smiled to myself, happy.

I remembered the laughter coming from down the stairs and I remembered Zoe's niece Jess. She must have woken. I wasn't going to wake Zoe so I felt that I should go and look after Jess myself. I got up careful to avoid the sleeping Zoe who lay next to me, just as careful as she had been the day before. I found my scrubs on the floor and put them on silently. Taking one last glance at my beautiful girlfriend I went and found Jess sitting in her room playing with her Barbie's.

"Ash!" she said looking up as I entered her bedroom.

"Morning Jess, how about some breakfast?" I said cheerfully.

"Yes please!" she replied jumping up from the floor and giving me a hug. I was surprised by her actions, the girl had known me little more than 12 hours and yet she hugged me good morning and was happy to chat away to me as if she had known me for years.

She grabbed my hand when I offered it to her and I led her downstairs. When we go to the kitchen I opened cupboard after cupboard trying to find something suitable to give Jess for breakfast. I eventually found some coco pops in the last cupboard I looked in. Jess ate them hungrily and asked for more afterwards, she reminded me of when Ella was younger. She had long, fair hair and a cheeky smile. Her front teeth were wobbly and she showed me them as she chatted away to me and I nodded at her continuously trying to understand what she was saying, she had a slight lisp but she reminded me so much of Zoe in the way she talked, the way she behaved and her smile was just the same, a sweet smile that Zoe only had when she was really happy. The smile I had grown to love not despise of over the last couple of days.

After breakfast I took Jess upstairs again to get dressed and she choose a pink fairy top and pink leggings from the many different clothes she had the choice of. By the looks of things Jess stayed over a lot or Zoe just had lots of clothes for her niece. Charlie had told me at some point that Zoe couldn't have children; I wondered if that was why she spoiled Jess so much.

After getting Jess dressed I took her and some of her toys back downstairs and into the playroom which was once again full of things for Jess, we sat playing with toys for about half an hour before I put the telly on and we watched Peppa Pig. It reminded me of when Ella was little, the toys the children's programmes and the laughter young children provided you with.

8am

Zoe.

I couldn't quite believe what had happened over the days since Linda had left. I had gone from being single and lonely to having a boyfriend and a happy life that wasn't centred around work. I now had the perfect boyfriend who had got up to play with my niece. My life was great.

I got up slowly and took my time getting dressed. I had a shower in the en-suite and stayed upstairs whilst I dried and straightened my hair, leaving Ash to look after Jess. After putting on my make-up I left the sanctuary of my room and entered a world of Jess and chaos.

"Auntie Zoe!" I heard as I went into her playroom and saw Ash watching Peppa Pig more intently than Jess.

"Hey sweetie! Have you had breakfast?" I replied watching Ash carefully. He still hadn't torn his eyes away from the screen.

"Yes, Ash gave me coco pops!" She smiled up at me.

"Did he now. Well we need to go and make all that chocolate milk disappear from your teeth before your mother arrives and she finds out you had pizza and coco pops, otherwise you won't be allowed to stay with me again!" I said picking her up and taking her to her en-suite bathroom upstairs, I left Ash sitting on the sofa in the playroom watching Peppa Pig.

After brushing her teeth I left her upstairs to play with her toys and went to see my boyfriend.

"Morning." I said cheerfully as I entered the playroom.

"Morning beautiful!" he replied now clearing away Jess' toys from the floor as Peppa Pig had finished.

"What do you want to do today?" I asked him. "We should probably go to yours and get you some clothes." I sat down on the sofa and he came and sat net to me.

Placing his arm around my neck and pulling my head into his chest he replied. "Yeah sounds good."

"Lou's coming at 10 so we have Jess until then but she's fine playing with herself." I said.

"Perfect. Just prefect." He said.

I looked up at him and placed a gentle kiss on his lips, feeling him respond I grabbed his head and pulled him in closer to me as he grabbed my waist and pulled me on to his lap. We sat facing each other our lips locked, together.

We kissed passionately for a while and then we sat next to each other on the sofa and hugged each other watching the news on the TV.

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