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GLOSSARY:
MRE - meal ready to eat, a pre-cooked ration pack
Bog - toilet
Carvery - an eating establishment at which customers pay a set price and may then have unrestricted helpings of food from a variety of meats, salads, and other vegetables
Cushty - excellent, very good, enjoyable
Who Dares Wins
Chapter Forty-Nine: Lockdown: Part Twenty-Eight: Jeffster: Part Three
Somewhere in London
Thursday, 22 November, 2007
07:00 hours
"Heads up," Chuck said, commanding the attention of his teammates from his spot in the driver's seat of Red Team's surveillance vehicle. "They're mobile."
Chuck soon set the vehicle in motion, tailing Jeffster's van from a safe distance as Cole, Bryce, Jamie, Dan, Chris, John and Morgan—already awake and eating MREs—processed the change in circumstances.
"Hopefully they stop soon, fella, 'cause I need the bog," John Murray suddenly declared.
"Look at him!" Big Dan said, snorting. "We're on a serious assignment while he can't wait to get to the bathroom to jerk off!"
"Ya wee bastard!" John Murray hissed back instantly, glaring at Big Dan.
Intense laughter broke out from every corner inside the van as most of the team shook their heads in great amusement at Big Dan winding John up, principally because it came early into the morning. While the elite squad was locked inside a small, miserable van, they needed a good laugh to help their moods on this cold and gloomy day.
"You're a legend, Dan!" Bryce said in approval.
"Yeah, that was good," Chuck agreed.
Everyone nodded.
Twenty minutes later
"They've stopped and are disembarking," Sarah apprised her teammates in the rear from her position in the front passenger seat. "It looks like they are heading into a breakfast restaurant. Yeah, they are."
Chuck replicated Jeff's actions, pulling Red Team's surveillance van to a stop a short distance away.
"Are there any other cafes nearby?" Chris asked.
Chuck and Sarah looked around briefly, each observing multiple cafes and at least one extra restaurant with open doors.
"Yeah, there is at least one other that's open right now," Sarah said.
"Nice one!" Chris replied. "So, here's what we'll do: in three groups of three, we'll each pay quick visits to the restroom facilities and then make back for the van. While two of us will remain behind to place and collect a breakfast order for all of us."
Excitement quickly broke out and filled the air within the surveillance van. A nice warm breakfast and a quick visit to the bathroom was what all of them needed right now.
"A nice bacon sarnie, just what I need this morning, mate!" Jamie said with immense glee.
"You and me both, fella!" Big Dan quickly agreed.
"I would murder for one right now," Cole admitted.
"Right, so are we all agreed?" Chris asked.
"Agreed!" the whole van said in unison.
Elation continued to build as the Staff Sergeant continued with team instructions, "Ok, so I'll go in first with Cole and John. Then, Dan, Jamie and Bryce will be next up, and we'll finish with Chuck, Sarah and Morgan. Dan and I will remain behind to bring our order back to the van, which I'll be paying for, and you can later repay me with a pint at Jim's as soon as following these idiots on a goose chase is all over."
"That's nice of you!" Cole said in approval with a chuckle.
"I should think so, mate! He's the team leader, so he has to set an example!" Jamie joked.
Chuckles erupted within the team as Chris warned, "Any more of that, and it will be you carrying the order on your lonesome, and paying for it, Laddie!"
"Yeah, and we can't be having that 'cause he'll either nick it from us or drop it on the floor!" Chuck joked.
"I'll have you for that, mate!" Jamie laughed towards Chuck.
The laughter continued as Chris said, "Right, each of us set up our comms, and then we'll get cracking most pronto before the idiots depart before we do."
Everyone nodded, complying with the instructions and set up their communications.
Once everyone was done around the same time as each other, Chris, Cole and John departed the back of the van, closing the door after them.
"The cafe we'll be using is to our left," Sarah apprised her teammates. "The cafe Jeff and Lester are in now is to our three o'clock on the other side of the road."
"Affirmative," Chris replied as he made his way towards the cafe with Cole and John. "So, what will we be having?"
"I'll take anything they're offering, Chris, so long as it's nice, fresh, and hot. That's all I care about in this freezing climate," Chuck said.
"Me too, give me anything hot," Sarah quickly agreed with her lover.
"Same for me," Bryce said.
"To save all of us saying it, I'll speak for the rest of us in saying we'll all have the same as what Chuck said as well, fella," Big Dan said.
Everyone who'd not spoken promptly muttered their agreements into comms.
Chris, Cole and John then entered the cafe and got to business on visiting the restroom in the facility, and once they were finished, Chris remained behind to place the team's breakfast order while Cole and John returned to the van.
As soon as Cole and John were inside, Bryce, Dan and Jamie made for the cafe to visit the restrooms, and when finished, Jamie and Bryce returned to the van while Dan remained behind.
Climbing back inside the van with Bryce, Jamie moved with Cole to enter the front seats because it was now their turn on stag.
Chuck, Sarah and Morgan quickly departed the van and made for the cafe, where Chris and Dan were still waiting to receive Red Team's breakfast order.
"And make sure you don't get up to any hanky-panky in there," Big Dan said toward Chuck and Sarah as they went past him, ensuring to leave comms open as he said it.
"Fuck off!" Chuck said in blunt complaint, also on comms, while Sarah turned back to glare at Big Dan for his continued remarks about Chuck and Sarah's sex life while off-duty, which was harming nobody.
Big Dan's comment set off laughter within the team, which Dan joined as he watched Chuck, Sarah and Morgan continue away from him and Chris.
Chuck, Sarah and Morgan soon disappeared from view before returning to the cafe's central part after a few minutes, and they promptly exited the premises to return to the van.
With everybody but Chris and Dan now present in the surveillance vehicle, the teammates and Morgan waited for a few more minutes until they heard their team leader back on comms, "Right, open up, we're on our way."
Excitement instantly built up again with the prospect of being just seconds away from warm, fresh food for the first time in almost a day.
Chris and Big Dan soon appeared in view at the vehicle's rear.
Chuck, Bryce and Sarah rushed to take the food wrappings out of their teammate's hands to allow them to enter the van, but more so because they wanted to take in the luscious smell of fresh food and the warmth of it, with it having just been freshly cooked inside the cafe.
Once everyone was inside, Chris closed the doors after them.
"Right, fellas! Let's get stuck in!" Big Dan said with pure, uncontrolled enthusiasm.
The entire team shared the joy with the big Geordie as Bryce handed Morgan and Chris a bacon and egg sandwich while Chuck moved towards the front to pass one to Cole and Jamie.
Cole and Jamie were grinning from ear to ear as Chuck handed them the food.
"I'm looking forward to this!" Cole said in excitement.
"Not half as much as me, mate!" Jamie said back.
The two teammates shared laughter while Chuck shook his head at the trademark phrases used by two of his closest bonds.
Once he was finished, he glanced at Sarah, observing as she finished dispersing breakfast when she each handed John Murray and Big Dan a sizable sandwich.
In sync, Red Team plus Morgan moved to take seats on the metal flooring and hastily got stuck into their breakfast.
"God, it's so lovely!" Sarah moaned in immense pleasure through the bite of a bacon and egg sarnie.
Chuck grinned towards her, very much enjoying watching his lover's actions.
"Point of reference," Jamie joked as he looked into the van's rear. "If you want to get Sarah into bed, just give her some food."
Snorts erupted within the vehicle, quickly turning to laughter, while Sarah met Jamie's glance, shook her head in scorn at him, and proceeded to give him two fingers in an insulting gesture.
Jamie chuckled at her reply before he turned back to his front and got lost in continuing to acquaint himself with the bacon and egg roll in his possession.
The unit continued with their food for a few minutes.
Bryce was the first to finish and complained, "He could have got us a double!"
"You greedy bastard!" Chris shouted, lunging for Bryce as he did so.
The whole van erupted in laughter again as they watched their team leader attempting to grab hold of Bryce, who dodged it successfully and moved towards the front.
"I have to say," Big Dan said, looking around his teammates, "I'm becoming very impressed by Speedy Gonzales lately. Because he's right, the old timer could have gotten us all doubles, but the tight arse left us with just a single roll!"
The laughter intensified as Chris shot his glance to the other side of him, now firmly focusing his stare on Big Dan.
"That's all I was saying!" Bryce laughed.
"Yeah, and he won't even let us stay in a nice, heated facility," Chuck complained.
The amusement continued as Jamie said, "Maybe it's time to give Cole the job as team leader, mate?"
Cole pointed in endorsement right at Jamie while Morgan got in on the exchange and said, "For what it's worth, I think Chris does a good job."
This time it was Chris to point in endorsement, but at Morgan instead. "Keep talking like that, Laddie, and I'll have you on the team very, very quickly, even if I have to pull a few strings to swing it!"
Morgan suppressed laughter, nodding in approval.
While most other Red Team members shot their gaze onto Morgan, each giving him belittling eye stares as they did so.
"You're dead, fella!" Big Dan said with a straight face.
Morgan chuckled. "I was just telling the truth."
"You want to be careful," Chuck cautioned. "We're all very trained at making people disappear."
Chuck's comment set off laughter again as Cole said, "How will we do it? What do you reckon, lads, Sarah?"
Everyone mused over the question briefly until Chuck said, "We'll hang him from a tree."
The laughter continued as John Murray said, "Or throw him on the bonfire instead of Speedy Gonzales!"
Snorts erupted to prevent the latest intense outpouring of laughter as Bryce said in immense excitement, "Yes! I love the sound of that, mate! If any of us should be sacrificed, it should be Morgan or Chris!"
"I'm already regretting buying you a bacon sandwich now, Laddie!" Chris shot back, glaring at Bryce with a look that showed he wanted to kill him.
"Typical," Big Dan said, shaking his head. "He buys you something, then reminds you that he did and uses it against you!"
Bryce suppressed laughter, nodding.
The unit shared the moment for a brief period until they relaxed and spent the next few minutes in silence until Cole declared, "They're on the move."
Jeff's van soon became mobile, and Jamie put Red Team's van in motion relatively close behind.
X-X-X-X-X-X
Thirty minutes later
"They're pulling up," Cole apprised his teammates in the rear as Jamie soon stopped a short distance behind. "Looks like they're heading for a shop."
"What kind of shop?" Chris asked.
Cole and Jamie studied the apparent destination for Jeff and Lester for a brief moment when suddenly, the two teammates erupted in intense laughter together.
"You're never gonna believe it!" Jamie declared incredulously through his laughter.
"What is it?" Sarah asked as everyone in the rear took a sudden interest in learning what was happening.
"It's a ruddy sex shop!" Cole declared, still laughing—and Jamie was too—and he shook his head in amazement as he watched Jeff and Lester enter a marked sex shop.
Cole's declaration triggered the team's laughter as Big Dan and Bryce got up and raced to the front to investigate.
"Fucking hell!" Big Dan said in disbelief after a few seconds, his eyes connecting onto a 'Madame Lucy' sex shop. "They're right as well!"
The laughter continued as Big Dan soon said, "I might go in meself and get something for the wife!"
"He's got a death wish! She already wants to kill him!" Cole said, laughing.
Dan's joke and Cole's reply caused the whole van to snort as they each fought hard not to laugh anymore, but they were unsuccessful as another outpouring of laughter erupted.
Most of the unit's stomachs were hurting from today's extensive laughter already.
However, this latest development was by far the most humorous moment of the day so far!
"As long as it's not Chuck and Sarah going in to get toys, we're fine," Chris soon said.
Instant snorts erupted again as Chuck and Sarah shot glares at their team leader.
"Don't look at me like that," Chris said. "You deserved it for ganging up on me."
"But I never said anything," Sarah protested.
"But that soft bollocks did," Chris said, pointing at Chuck.
Chuck shook his head and drew out a sigh.
"Speaking of which—" Big Dan initiated a joke, but he paused once Sarah started to speak.
"Oh, here we go! Look what you've started now, Chris!" Sarah complained, glaring at her team leader before she looked up to the heavens.
"Which sex toys do you think they'd be up for purchasing?" Big Dan finished his joke once she'd stopped speaking.
"Come on then!" Chuck said as he lunged at Big Dan and pushed him into the side of the van—half playful, half serious because he was tired of the teasing of him and Sarah— which almost caused the van to flip onto its side.
Big Dan laughed in reply as the two of them started to scuffle.
"Fucking hell!" Jamie complained because his position in the driver's seat was shaken by Chuck's actions just behind him as he and Cole darted their glance into the rear to see what was happening behind them.
"Right, let's settle down and get our heads in the game," Chris said after a few seconds of Chuck and Big Dan scuffling.
Everyone nodded before they resumed their seats, each shaking their heads at the development that their two targets were presently inside a sex shop….
X-X-X-X-X-X
Lester and Jeff spent a few minutes browsing the sex shop before the best friends finished and settled their position at the location of blow-up sex dolls.
"Let's go over the plan again, Lester," Jeff said.
Lester broke his leering glance from the sex dolls on display, turned to look at Jeff, and said, "We will purchase three of these blow-up dolls as part of our activism, Jeffrey! At precisely 3pm today, a wedding will occur at St Mary-At-Hill's Church, in The City. We will crash the wedding, attempting to prevent it, and in the process, we will hand these fine sex dolls in front of our eyes to the groom, the best man, and one other guy close to the altar. We will tell them that rather than marriage and babies, they will get more happiness from blow-up dolls, thus preventing the first of many marriages, which we intend to crash in our activism to support population control! If things get a little hot, and our intervention is unwelcome, we will bail back to the van, making a hot exfiltration. However, after we inform every individual in attendance at the wedding of the damage overcrowding in population is doing to the world, who could ever possibly want to continue ahead and contribute to the problem with marriage and litter of offspring? The thought alone of marriage and babies in a world where homelessness is becoming out of control and world hunger is growing by the year makes me nauseous, Jeffrey! Yuck!"
"I would want Blondie's babies," Jeff said instantly.
Lester narrowed his eyes as he raised a hand to his chin in serious contemplation for a long moment. "Ok, Jeffrey, hot ladies to have babies only!"
Jeff nodded in immense excitement and agreement. "We'll start with Anna and seek to find Blondie again somehow."
"It will be difficult, Jeffrey! After we exposed them several weeks ago, they have probably gone dark!" Lester said.
"How much would Blondie charge if we paid her to be with us?" Jeff asked.
"Much more than we could afford, Jeffrey!" Lester said quickly.
Jeff nodded. "But why did the trackers stop working, Lester?" he asked. "They are usually reliable. Maybe they are preparing to abduct us because we exposed them?"
Lester quickly shrieked in fear before he looked over his shoulder and all around him in search of an assailant.
"Let's not wait around and make it easy for them!" Lester said
Jeff nodded as they took three blow-up dolls and headed to the counter to purchase the sex toys.
X-X-X-X-X-X
Jamie and Cole were idle and glancing into the street from the front of Red Team's van when Jeff and Lester exited the sex shop.
Jamie quickly locked his glance onto what Jeff and Lester were holding.
"FUCKING HELL!" he soon said, erupting in immediate thunderous laughter, and Cole promptly joined him in suit.
"What is it?" Big Dan asked as he raced up to the front, as did Bryce, Chris and Sarah.
At this point, Jamie and Cole were already bent over in stitches, their glances razor-sharp onto the blow-up dolls Jeffster was carrying.
"Fucking hell!" Big Dan incredulously, his glance also now locked onto what Jeff and Lester were holding, and he quickly joined Jamie and Cole in immense laughter.
"They've got three fucking sex dolls!" Bryce said in intense excitement, looking back at everyone who wasn't at the front to apprise them of the development.
Bryce's comment only further increased the laughter of everyone in the front, while everyone not presently looking out into the street raced to the front to get a vantage as Jeff and Lester made their way back to their van.
The new arrivals at the front instantly joined their teammates in laughter as everyone now had eyes on the sex dolls.
"Why do they need three?!" Chuck asked in shock as he tried but failed to stop laughing.
Big Dan snorted away, then said, "Maybe one of them wants one of them to sit on his head while he's busy downstairs mounting the other one, fella!"
Red Team's van immediately exploded with laughter significantly louder than they had ever laughed before as the area reached loud decibels, to the point Jeff and Lester heard it and turned to look towards the unit's van, which quickly caused the SAS soldiers to duck and hide from sight.
"They almost bloody caught us!" Chris chastised his team. "Keep it down!"
"You were just as bad, Chris!" Chuck reminded him, still laughing because the sight of Jeff and Lester holding three blow-up dolls was the funniest thing he'd ever seen, by some margin too!
Everyone nodded, including Chris.
"So, from what I could see, Sarah looks like one of the blow-up dolls, but which of us would you say looks like the others?" Big Dan asked.
The whole team's lips, minus Sarah, burst out, and they spat out everywhere in an attempt not to laugh anymore.
While Sarah instead proceeded to unleash a sharp punch into Big Dan's arm for his cheeky remarks.
"I'd probably go with Cole for one of the other ones, mate!" Jamie joked.
This time everyone, including Sarah, but minus Cole, snorted while Cole shot a glare at Jamie and warned, "Any more of that, and it won't be Morgan who's going on the bonfire, Jamie!"
Jamie chuckled away, feeling satisfied with himself until Chuck said, "I'd probably choose Jamie as the third."
Jamie quickly stopped laughing while everyone else started laughing at his expense.
"You fucking twat!" Jamie said, shaking his head at Chuck.
The team shared a few further chuckles until they saw Jeff's van becoming mobile again.
Jamie refocused on the job and pulled out of the park-up place to continue close surveillance of their assignment.
"We're going to need to bug that van at the earliest opportunity," Chuck said.
"Agreed," Chris said. "Considering they are living out of it; I want access to their communications as much as possible and a tracker in case they give us the slip."
"They won't be giving me the slip, fella," Big Dan said. "But you, in your old age, I'm not so sure."
"Keep it up, Laddie, and you'll be having an accident during our next HALO jump," Chris warned.
Red Team merely shook their heads, each incapable of laughing anymore today because their stomachs would explode if they did.
X-X-X-X-X-X
11:30 hours
"Ok, guys, the support team from MI5 has arrived to take over surveillance for two hours," Morgan said.
Cheers in excitement broke out within the team.
"Morgan, you're a godsend, fella," Big Dan said as he moved to kiss Morgan on his cheek.
Morgan suppressed laughter.
"Right, let's head to the nearest carvery and get a massive plate of HOT food!" Chuck said.
"Sounds good to me!" Cole said quickly.
"Yeah, and me, fella," John Murray said from the front seat. "We'll have a wee pint too."
John's comment caused immediate loud mutterings in immense agreement until Chris said sternly, "Hey! I never agreed to any alcohol!"
"Come on, Chris!" Bryce encouraged his team leader. "Just one pint. Who Dares Wins, ey?"
Chris paused as he entered serious contemplation as his team members looked expectantly at him until he caved and said, "You lot are going to land me in serious trouble!"
Once Red Team sensed the demeanour change in their team leader, the excitement reached new levels.
"Right, we're heading for the nearest carvery we find. We'll fill our faces for an hour and have a pint or two at the very most!" Chris stated as he turned away from tailing Jeff's van as MI5 took over the surveillance.
"Chris, there's no one else I'd rather have leading the team!" Chuck said passionately, thrilled with his team leader for saying they could have two alcoholic beverages, not just one.
"Sweet talking will get you nowhere, Laddie, but keep doing it!" Chris said back.
A fresh wave of laughter broke out as Sarah approached the front, then said, "I know this area. I'll lead you to the nearest one."
"Right on, mate!" Jamie said, clapping his hands together in excitement as Red Team headed for their carvery.
Ten minutes later
Chris pulled Red Team's surveillance van to a stop in the car park of a large Toby Carvery restaurant.
"Right, fellas, let's get fat!" Big Dan said with glee.
"Speak for yourself!" Sarah said back.
Laughter broke out as warm spirits spread throughout the team.
The group of nine rushed to depart the surveillance van and stretched their legs briefly before they linked up as a group.
"Sidearms are to be carried but concealed carry ONLY. We don't want to spook the locals, so I don't want to see any of your sidearms on display at any point. I will not be happy if I see any of you soft bollocks's doing so!" Chris cautioned.
Everyone nodded.
"Considering time is of the essence, let's leave it there and head inside," Chris said.
"Lead the way, fella," Big Dan said, rubbing his hands together. "Two pints and a massive roast. Christmas has come early for all of us today!"
The team shared additional laughter as they promptly headed inside. However, as always, Chuck and Sarah, as lovers, were slightly slower to enter because it was always the only real chance they had to spend a brief moment alone away from the team.
Once they were alone close to the entrance, they turned to look at each other.
"Another carvery, huh?" Sarah asked.
Chuck nodded. "Yeah. It reminds me of that Saturday over three weeks ago when we went out together, which was destined to turn into so much but became so little after the red alert…."
"It reminds me of it too. That's why I said it…." Sarah agreed with a sigh. "But we more than made up for it in Manchester."
"Agreed," Chuck said, grinning.
After a few seconds, Sarah said, "God, that was so awkward this morning when they caught and woke us up how they did."
Chuck nodded, suppressing laughter. "It was. But I can only apologise, Sarah, because if it was me who instigated it, I assure you I didn't do it intentionally."
Sarah smiled in reassurance. "It's ok, and anyway, it's possible it was me who instigated it. But we should probably try to avoid it moving forward, maybe even taking spots away from each other just to ensure we do."
"As much as I'll miss it, I'm inclined to agree," he said, nodding. "But anyway, during assignments isn't the time to be snuggling up, so we should definitely find others to sleep next to, not just on this assignment, but all future ones when we're placed in that environment unless we're sharing a room alone."
Sarah nodded, forcing a smile which showed no teeth. "I agree. But don't worry," she said, looking around briefly to ensure none of the team had eyes on them. Once she was sure, she brushed her hand over his own, gripping hold of it once she finished. "As soon as this assignment is over, lockdown will be over too. And you know what that means," she said as her smile developed into a full-shaped affectionate one. "Unless you forgot?"
"I could never forget that," he said, grinning, but he soon shook his head at her for winding him up.
"Tell me then," she said, lifting her head back, smirking at her lover slash boyfriend slash teammate.
Chuck shook his head incredulously before he moved into her proximity, arched his head, and whispered into her ear, "As soon as we're off-duty and free to live our lives in our own home again safely, then I'm coming back to your place to screw your brains out and then we'll sleep naked in your bed. Happy now?"
"You forgot the other part," she declared as her smirk developed significantly. "But it will be me who is screwing yours out."
He merely shook his head again before he grabbed her, pulled her a little out of sight from the door, where he pushed her against a wall, and she loved every bit of it.
"What am I gonna do with you?" he asked.
"I know many things I want you to do with me," she said saucily. "Including the one you've not yet told me."
"Ok, fine, we'll play it your way," he grinned. "We'll have sex in your bath too."
Sarah giggled sexily in approval. "I was starting to think you'd forgotten that part I'd whispered outside our barracks when we got back from Manchester," she teased.
He shook his head again, drawing out a sigh, which caught her breath this time because he did it right into her face.
"We should head inside," he said after a few seconds.
"After this, beautiful," she whispered, moving her hand to caress his face before she closed the distance between them, closed her eyes, and connected their lips.
The lovers kissed for a few seconds, and they got lost in the moment briefly until they started to spook in case they got caught, so they reluctantly parted.
"That was risky," Chuck admitted.
Sarah bore him a smitten smile. "But worth it," she said, holding her loving gaze.
"I'm not so sure it was, baby, but what the hell?" Chuck said, grinning.
Sarah giggled back as they took a final second to compose themselves, then headed inside the restaurant to rejoin their teammates and Morgan for a cushty, warm roast dinner.
"You two took your time," Chris said, looking at Chuck and Sarah as they arrived at the bar.
Chuck nodded. "Yeah, we wanted to finish a private conversation we were having while we were on stag earlier," he lied.
Sarah nodded, careful not to allow any giveaway in her body language over Chuck's lie.
Chris soon nodded, turning his attention back to his front.
"We've ordered your drinks," Cole said.
Sarah smiled at her teammate, then said, "Thanks."
Chuck, meanwhile, nodded and grinned at his best friend.
Red Team's drinks soon arrived, leading to Chris declaring, "Right, let's take the drinks to our table and then get stuck in. Time is short."
Chuck, Sarah, Cole and Big Dan nodded before they took hold of the nine alcoholic beverages and made for Bryce, Morgan, Jamie and John's position at their large table, dropping off the drinks as they arrived.
The unit then departed for the serving counter to collect their hot, delicious roasted food and they returned to their table after a few minutes to tuck in and enjoy each other's company.
End of Chapter
AUTHOR'S NOTE: I hope you enjoyed the chapter today. I would appreciate and be thankful for a brief comment to be left before clicking out of the story.
FOOTNOTES: Because the feedback level is very low right now, I intend to do shorter chapters for a while until I see a consistent upward trend. Consequently, of the four scenes I spoke of last chapter, including the two long ones, only one was in today's chapter, none of which was one of the two long ones. However, the Charah carvery scene was a new addition and a good ending for today's chapter. The next chapter will begin with Jeffster's wedding crash, and things will really heat up from there. There will also be a cinema scene, which facilitates Charah spending time together, which will be so freaking cute, and you'll have to check in to see what happens (and not just the cinema, trust me on that)!