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Chapter One

, and were all queuing up ready to get into their favourite nightclub. It was Friday night and each girl was pleased that there was to be no more work for the next 2 days.

“Oh I do hope I meet a rich man tonight so I don’t have to work every again” “Is that really all you think about , how much money they have”
“Hey I did the love thing once before remember, that didn’t work out, so now I’m doing the shallow thing see if that gets me anywhere”

rolled her eyes at her friend. had been engaged last year and 2 weeks before the wedding, that her family had paid for, he decided that he wasn’t ready for commitment and left. It was thanks to and taking her out nearly every weekend that helped her get over things.

“So anyway what’s going on in your love life”
“Girls I thought the idea of us coming out was to forget about men and stuff and just have some fun”
“Yes but we need to hear about whether Tony has made a move on you yet”
“You guys are obsessed with him”
“Well if you don’t want him I’ll have him”
“With pleasure , in fact next time I see him, I’ll be sure to give him your number”
“No you can’t do that I wouldn’t know what to say to him”
“I’ll go right up to him and Tony sweetie my girl is madly in love with you and wants to have your babies, here’s her number”
“You wouldn’t!”
“I might”

Tony was ’s work colleague and was every girl’s dream. He was tall and handsome and had a natural charisma that made every other guy jealous. It was obvious that he fancied , but for some reason there was just no attraction to him from her side. Her 2 best friends were absolutely besotted with him though.

“Right at last, lets hit the dancefloor”

marched up to the bar got herself and her friends their favourite drinks and was soon showing off her moves on the dance floor whilst laughing with her friends.

*~*~*

“Looks like a good night tonight in here lads”
“It does indeed, I can’t wait to get out on the floor”
“ do you want another drink?…. !…. !”
“Hmm what yeah sorry another drink would be great”
“C’mon spill who have you got your eye on”
“The there, you see her”

He subtly pointed out to and couldn’t stop looking at her. He knew that she had seen him looking at her and didn’t seem to mind at all.
Whenever their eyes met she would gently smile at him and then carry on talking to her friends.

“She’s pretty, her friends aren’t bad either”

carried on watching her. She had hair, he was pretty sure that her eyes were . She was wearing a mini skirt that showed her legs off and some high heels with a top that seemed to show her figure off.

“Here we are”
“Actually you have mine guys I’m going for it”
“Going for what”
“ ’s going to try and pull”
“Should we wait for you then?”
“You know I’m not a one night stand kinda guy”
“Ok well good luck mate”

took a sip of his drink and straightened his shirt out. He checked that his wallet was still in his pocket, took a deep breath and made his way into the crowd.

*~*~*

“Who you smiling at”
“Ok well not now but if you turn your head in a minute there’s a guy, hair wearing a short sleeved black shirt and jeans, he’s so cute!”

Soon all the girls rotated so each one could catch a glimpse of the man was admiring.

“He is cute”
“He looks familiar”
“Maybe he’s been in the club before”
“No I don’t think so…he’s coming quick pretend I said something funny”

All the girls started giggling and made sure that she turned around just in time to see him standing in front of her.

“Hi”
“Hey”
“I’m ”
“ ”
“Well can I get you a drink at all?”
“Perfect timing, just finished”

smiled, she didn’t seem to have a clue who he was, which he loved. He couldn’t help but smile as they walked over to the bar together and placed their orders, while they waited for their drinks they got talking.

“So do you come here often?”
“Haven’t been here for a while, but it’s one of my favourites, you?”
“First time, it’s a great place”
“Yeah well we like it”

They got chatting about what did for work and she told them about the friends she was with. From the corner of his eye could see that was signalling for them to move on to the next club.

“Well I hope you don’t think I’m being too forward, but I was wondering if maybe you fancied meeting up for a drink maybe sometime soon”
“Yeah sure, that would be nice”
“Great well look here’s my number why don’t you drop me a text and we can arrange something”
“I sure will, it was nice meeting you ”
“You too, have a nice rest of the evening”
“You too”

As turned and walked away he gave her a quick wink and she flashed him her smile again. was amazed that she held it together during their conversation but they just seemed to be able to click.

*~*~*
Chapter Two
*~*~*

found the lads waiting for him outside.

“So has fallen?”
“She’s a nice girl, she gonna text me and we’re going for a drink”
“So do we get to know anything about this girl”
“ I hardly know her myself yet, her name’s , she works as a Temping Secretary and she has the most amazing legs I’ve seen”
“Right where onto next then lads?”

led the guys to a local pub where they had some more drinks and talked about all sorts of things ranging from childhood to the antics they got up to on the last tour.

couldn’t help but keep checking his phone. Of course she wasn’t going to text straight away, she was with her mates and having a good time on her own but he was more than confident that she would get back to him.

*~*~*

It was the morning after and was making herself and her friends some coffee. They had stopped over at her flat.

“Here we go girlies, coffee”
“OH it’s only 9.30, let us go back to sleep”
“Uh uh c’mon it’s my flat and I need you 2 out of here this morning I would like some time to myself believe it or not”
“Well anyway on to more important things have you decided what you’re going to do about what’s-his-name?”
“ ? Not yet I think I might leave it till tomorrow and then drop him a quick text”
“I see playing it cool”
“I don’t know I really haven’t thought much about it yet”
“He was handsome though”
“Hang on did you say his name was ?”
“Yep”
“Not ?”
“I don’t know he didn’t tell me his surname, why?”
“Well you know I said he looked familiar?”
“Yeah”
“Well it’s from Westlife, or at least I think it is”
“Westlife, you mean that band that you’re crazy about”
“You like them as well”
“Oh my God ’s going out with a popstar”

Her 2 friends started giggling and laughing.

“Right you 2 time to be kicked out”

She hurried her friends out of her apartment and leaned against the door closing her eyes. Peace at last. She thought about what had said about . She had of course heard of Westlife and even liked a couple of their songs but wasn’t exactly a fanatical fan about them. She went over to her computer and turned it on. After getting herself a fresh coffee she put “ ” in to a search engine.

Yep it was definitely him. She leaned back in her chair as she admired picture after picture of him. Was it too early to text or phone him?

*~*~*

was busy at home unpacking from their latest trip. It was nice in some ways to be in his own company and just take the time to chill out. By the time he had finished he decided he would catch up with his sleep.

It was early evening by the time he woke up. He checked his phone and couldn’t help but jump up when he found that he had a message.

“Hi , here from last night, just texting you and hoping that maybe you would still like to meet for that drink??? Looking forward to hearing from you. xoxo

couldn’t help but grin as he instantly replied.

“Hey , great to hear from you. How about we meet up tomorrow for something to eat? If you let me know your address I can come and pick you up say about 7ish? Looking forward to it. xoxo”

was surprised at such a fast reaction but was pleased at the response she had got. But she thought she would make him wait a while before she replied, didn’t want him thinking she was too keen.


Chapter Three

was round at ’s waiting for to get back to him about their date that night.

“You know a watched phone never beeps”
“Hmmm”
“You ever since you’ve gotten here all you have done is look at that phone, you’ve hardly said 2 words to me”
“Sorry but she still hasn’t confirmed tonight with me, I mean I have the table booked, the taxi booked but no date”
“You should be pleased that she’s not constantly texting you”
“What’s that supposed to mean”
“Well usually when you meet a girl, the first thing that puts you off them is their constant interest in from Westlife, texting this that and the other, now that you have a girl who doesn’t seem to spend every second hanging off you’re every word you’re still not happy”
“Yeah well there’s obsessive and then there’s clearly not interested”
“Relax will you, how about another beer”
“Ok one more can’t hurt”

Just as got up to go out of the room ’s phone went.

Hey , so sorry I didn’t get back sooner, been so busy you wouldn’t believe. Dinner tonight sounds great if it’s still ok, I’ll look forward to it. xoxo

“I think I’ll pass on that beer, I’ve got a date to go finalise”
“Enjoy mate”

was grinning from ear to ear as he left and organised with via text the time and the place.

*~*~*

“Ok girls, we’ve got 10 minutes what do we think”
“Fabulous”
“You’ll knock him dead”
“I don’t want to look like I’ve tried too hard”
“You don’t , please you look great and you’ve got nothing to worry about”
“I still can’t believe you’re going on a date with a Westlifer”
“I’m not going on a date with a Westlifer”
“But is …”
“Yes I know is in Westlife, but I don’t see why that has to be the focus of the date”
“Get you, Miss I’m So Cool”

There was a buzz from the door.

“That’s him”
“Christ he is keen, he’s 5 minutes early”
“Right then girls, give me 10 minutes the clear out of my apartment”
“Have fun don’t do anything I wouldn’t”
“Be good and if you can’t be good, be careful”

shut the door and took a deep breath before going down to meet .

‘Hi there”
“Hey I know I’m early but I didn’t see the point in waiting 5 minutes sitting around at home you don’t mind?”
“Of course not, it was good timing, just finished getting ready”
“Well you look great”
“Thank you, so where we going?”

helped into the cab and as they drove off started to tell her about his plans.

“I know this little quaint Italian place managed to squeeze us in this evening” “Oh how nice of them”

said whilst giggling. She hoped he wouldn’t try and show off with his celebrity status.

“Well I know the chef so it’s a little favour to me, it’s just the food is in incredible”
“Good job I didn’t have much for lunch then isn’t it?”

stared into her eyes and thought again to himself how beautiful she was and how refreshing it was to talk to someone who as of yet had not mentioned Westlife.

“Here we are”
“Wow”

walked in and the waiter showed the couple to their table, it was in a little corner, hidden from view but next to a big window that had a view of a large lake along with some trees. It looked very romantic.

“It’s lovely here”
“Thank you, I’m glad you like it”

ordered a bottle of wine and they had a couple of glasses before looking at the menu.

“The food looks so wonderful, any recommendations?”
“Well it’s all good but I personally love the carbonara”
“I think I’ll have that then, as it comes recommended”

laughed, she really was a breath of fresh air. But now he had to find out if she knew who he was.
“So now we’re here, why don’t you tell me a little bit about yourself?”
“Well what would you like to know”
“Well so far all I know is your name, mobile number address and that you’re ”
“Ok well I work as a Temping Secretary, at the moment I’m doing some work for an accountancy firm, I’ve lived here for the past 5 years, I have a brother who lives in England. My mother died 3 years ago and my father died when I was in my late teens”
“I’m sorry to hear that”
“So how about you?”
“What about me”
“Well tell me a bit about yourself?”
“Ok well I’m a singer in a band, we’ve not long come back from touring, lived here all of my live and I’m the youngest of 7”
“Wow 7 of you, Christmas and birthdays must be fun”
“Oh yes, that they are, especially when my father has had too much to drink and falls asleep half way through dinner”
“So touring you say, that sounds fun”
“Yeah it is, though it does get lonely”
“Well I’m sure you guys get each other through it, you look like you’re a really good group of friends”
“You mean you know I’m in Westlife?”
“Yes well actually I didn’t right away, it wasn’t until my friend told me, she’s a huge fan you see”
“And you’re not”
“You’ve had a few decent records I’ll give you that”

smiled, he was thrilled. A girl was actually talking to him like a normal person.

“So how come you never mentioned it”
“Well just because you’re in a band doesn’t mean I know you and well I don’t know I guess I’m not easily phased by things”

As they continued their meal both and went into a bit more detail about childhoods and getting to know one another. It was the perfect date in every way.


Chapter Four

After finishing their meal and another bottle of wine, it was time for and to leave the restaurant. Before hailing a cab back home they first of all went for a walk around the lake to help walk their dinner off.

“Well thank you for a lovely meal”
“Thank you for the great company”
“Well I try my best”
“So do you think maybe you would like to do it again?”
“Definitely”

’s whole face lit up as he smiled and then placed his hand on her lower back to guide her towards the water’s edge. He didn’t want to come on too strong on the first date, even though everything was telling him to.

“It’s a beautiful evening”
“It certainly is”
“You know sometimes when I’m home from tour I just stand outside on evenings like this and enjoy the quiet, I know that sounds really sad”
“No it sounds quite sweet actually”
“Well I better get you home then”

As they got in the taxi nothing much was said, they had both enjoyed each other’s company and both secretly hoped that it would be sooner, rather than later, that they would see each other again. had never met someone like her before and it was such a relief that he could just be himself. They arrived at ’s house first and asked the driver to wait whilst he walked her to her door.

“I had a really great time tonight , thank you”
“Me too, I’ll call you in the week, maybe we can meet up again”
“Sure I’d like that very much, well good night”

leant in and kissed him on the cheek before allowing herself into the house, she was a lady and had every intention of acting like one, didn’t want to give the wrong impression and felt that a kiss on the cheek was more than enough and he didn’t seem to be pushing things any further. She watched as he got back in the taxi and drove off before shutting her door and resting the back of her head against it. She then walked through to the lounge and put the lights on before getting the shock of her life.

“What the hell are you two still doing here?”

Her 2 friends cheekily looked up at her as they rose from the sleep.

“Urm checking you got back safely”
“ that’s not going to work, I thought I told you both to go once I was ready”
“Well we were going to and then we both remembered that the film with Jude Law was on”
“And you know how hot Jude Law is”
“Well we would have missed it, so we stayed here and watched it and then I guess fell asleep”

“I’m sure you two spend more time here than you do in your own homes”

“Well anyway now that your back and we’re all awake, you can tell us how it went”
“Yeah I mean we already know that you didn’t invite him in”
“I’m a lady and a lady never tells”
“Oh come on stop being a spoil sport”
“It was a very pleasant evening and he’s a really nice guy, we got on very well and yes I am hoping to see him again”
“awww, did you kiss?”
“I gave him a kiss on the cheek”

Her two friends swooned and just rolled her eyes before sitting between them on the couch and looking up at the ceiling.

“What’s wrong sweetie?”
“Nothing’s wrong”
“Come on we know you too well”
“It’s just oh I don’t know, I’m not good at this dating thing”
“You’ll soon get into the swing of things honey, the main thing is you both had a good time and he wants to see you again so you must have done something right”
“Yeah I guess you’re right, so I suppose you 2 will be wanting to spend the rest of the night here”
“Well if that’s ok”
“Yeah alright then, but just don’t wake me when you have to get up for work”
“We’ll be as quiet as a mouse”

headed off to bed and was pleased that she didn’t have to get up early the following morning. She was also glad in a way that her friends had stayed. She soon fell asleep and could still smell ’s aftershave.

*~*~*

hated coming back to his quiet dark and cold lonely house after spending the evening with , he had thought about inviting her back to his but didn’t want to create the wrong impression. She wasn’t like any other girl and she deserved to be treated with respect. He wondered how long he should leave it before he contacted her? He went to the fridge and helped himself to a beer before chilling out in his lounge and then showering and going to bed. He felt good about and knew that good things were going to happen because of her. He would text her either tomorrow or the day after and arrange another date, but what could they do on a second date?

*~*~*

woke at 9 am and instantly checked her phone, no messages. She went into the lounge and noticed that her friends had been true to their words and had cleared off leaving the place as they had found it. They had even washed up their own bowls. After grabbing some breakfast and showering she thought that she would just spend the day by herself and catch up on her reading. Her phone started to ring and something told her it was .

“Hello?”
“Well hello someone sounds pleased to hear from me”
“Oh Tony hi”
“Ok now you sound disappointed to hear from me”
“No I just thought it was someone else, what can I do for you, you know I don’t work Monday, Tuesdays or Wednesdays”
“Well the hospital is having a little charity function on Friday and naturally the staff are all invited from the department”

“Oh yeah I remember reading about it somewhere”
“Well I was wondering whether you wanted to go together”
“What me and you?”
“Yes, you know you should be flattered, all the women have been begging for me to take them”
“I’m sure they have”

answered whilst rolling her eyes, this man really had absolutely no idea how arrogant he was.

“So how about then?”
“Sorry but I have other plans for Friday”
“What!”
“I said I’m not going on Friday, I have other plans”
“Oh I urm I see”
“But if you’ve had so many offers it won’t be a problem for you to find someone else will it”
“No I guess not, well you’ll be missing out on a great night”
“Actually I think I won’t be, but thanks for the offer”

hung up feeling smug. Soon her thoughts drifted back to , she wondered whether she should wait for to text her or should she text him????


Chapter Five

It was ’s first day back at work since her date with . She looked forward to catching up on all of the office gossip but knew that she would have to be careful about what she said to the girls about what she had been up to. As she got settled in and turned her computer on a familiar voice came up behind her.

“Hey sexy”
“Morning Tony”
“So now I have you here is there anything I can do to make you reconsider my offer for Friday?”
“Why did the queue of girls do a runner?”
“No of course not”
“Like I said Tony I am busy on Friday and how do you know that I don’t already have a date for Friday?”
“Because well…have you?”
“My personal life is none of your business I wish you would get that straight in your head”
“Oh come on”
“I’m serious Tony, I know every other woman thinks you are God’s gift, but me I don’t”

Luckily someone else walked in to the office and knew that Tony would leave her alone.

“Well I’ll catch you later , don’t work too hard”

rolled her eyes and got back to starting her work. Then she started to think, what if she did have a date for Friday? What if she did go along and get dressed up, it would be a perfect opportunity to arrange another date with ? But after only meeting up once, would it be a little bit too much to ask him to accompany her to a work function.

“Oh what the hell, he can only say no”

She got her phone out of her bag and started typing.

Hi , hope you’re well. I had a really great time on Saturday. I was wondering what you were up to on Friday night? Wondered if you might like to come with me to a works party (I completely understand if you’re busy). Look forward to hearing from you. xXx

She let out a huge sigh and then started typing, she would just wait now for his reply and hope that he wouldn’t mind her asking him out, well it was the 21st century.

*~*~*

had read the message for what seemed the hundredth time that day.

“But it’s her work guys, I mean this would only be our second date”
“So, you like her don’t you”
“Yes”
“So what’s the problem”
“I don’t think a girl has ever asked me out before”
“Oh so that’s what’s got to you, the fact that she has asked you out”
“Yeah, does that sound really bad”

smiled.

“Look from what you have told us about her she seems like a really great girl, she doesn’t sound like the usual cling-on that wants to know all about your celebrity life, she is only doing what normal people do , so what if it is at her work there’s not going to be anyone there that knows you’re going”
“Yeah I guess so, I just can’t quite get used to how normal she actually is you know, she isn’t phased at all by anything, not by the car, house, money none of it seems to impress her”
“Well were you trying to”
“You know what most girls are like ”
“Yeah but that doesn’t mean they are all like it”

quickly sent the reply.

“Hey I enjoyed Saturday too. A party sounds good to me, do you want me to pick you up? Maybe we could grab something to eat after? Hope you’re not working too hard. x”

nearly fell out the seat, had he just said yes to her asking him out? Now she knew he was up for meeting she was half tempted to say to him to forget about the work due and go straight to dinner, but they wouldn’t have to stay long. She then thought that considering she had asked him out she should make the travel arrangements and said that she would order a taxi and then pick him up en route.

“What you so smiley about?”
“Nothing”
“So you going to the party on Friday”
“Urm yes I am actually”
“I wonder who Tony is going with”
“Well it’s not with me that’s for sure”

then got her head down and now could not wait for Friday to come.


Chapter Six

’s taxi pulled up outside of ’s house and she was pleased to see that had come out to get in the car.

“Hey”
“Evening, you look lovely”
“Thank you, I’m really glad you agreed to come with me tonight”
“No problem, I’m actually looking forward to it”
“Well it won’t be that exciting and hopefully we won’t have to stay too long”

They had spoken earlier in the week about tonight and was kind of relieved to hear that she had no intention on staying all night, they had booked a table and would go out for something to eat after had put an appearance in at work. That was the part was looking forward to.

“So what is this function we’re going to?”
“It’s an annual thing the Department I’m working in hold it every year to try and raise money, originally I wasn’t going to go but then when everyone else said they were I kind of felt like I should make the effort”
“It’s like the functions I go to, in all honesty I dread going but then once I’m there I actually end up having a good time”
“Well at least I have good company with me tonight”

smiled, he was starting to fall for her in a way that he had never fell before. It was just so easy being with her and he could totally be himself, she was a rare find and had every intention of making the most of the time they had together.

“Here we are”
“Well that’s refreshing”
“What is?”
“Not being mobbed by photographers as soon as I get out of the car”
“Don’t worry no press will be here tonight”

paid the taxi fare, which didn’t make all that comfortable but he knew why she was doing it.

“Right then, off we go

It wasn't at all as bad as either of them thought it was going to be. There was food everywhere and drinks. The music was great. Obviously there were whisperings that had got with her but people were too shy to go up and ask him anything, especially given that he was alone.

"Well look who it is, hey babe, who's the guy"
"Tony, this is , this is Tony I have the unfortunate task of working with him"
"Oh come you know you love me really"

Tony left and could tell that something was bothering her.

"You ok?"
"Yeah just Tony being Tony, anyway not going to let him ruin our evening, he's not worth it. I'm just looking forward to getting out of here"
"Hey come on we've only been here 10 minutes, don't let some jerk wind you up, he obviously fancies you"
"Yeah I think the whole world knows that, I just wish the world would tell him that I don't fancy him"
"Why don't we get a drink"

Tony watched as and seemed to be having a very intimate conversation together, it drove him wild. His date soon bought him back to earth.

"What you looking at"
"That guy 's with looks familiar"
"Well I should think so he's in Westlife"
"That's it"

Tony eyed up, just because he was in some boy band did not give him the right to take what should be his.

"Hey shall we get going now"
"Hmmm sounds like a good idea, I'm kinda hungry"
"Thanks for coming , it was really sweet of you"
"It was nice to spend more time with you"
"Oh not leaving the party so soon are we"
"Yes sorry to disappoint Tony"
"huh but we've hardly said 2 words to each other"
"Well I'm sure I'll survive"

tried to hurry to 2 of them out of there before having to speak anymore to Tony.

"Hey you're in Westlife aren't you"
"Urm yeah I am"
"Tony we have dinner reservations to make"
"Surely you can spare 5 minutes"
"No Tony we can't"

looked oddly thinking it was a weird remark to make but then when he saw 's facial expression she looked nervy.

"Goodbye Tony"

took 's hand and left hastily. Out of all the people to say something it would have to be Tony wouldn't it.

"Hey you ok"
"Yeah I'm fine just don't want to be late for those reservations"
"He really gets to you doesn't he, is he your ex or something?"

didn't answer.

" "
He stopped her from walking any further.
"Look I really like you, ok, you're unlike anyone I have ever met before and I really want to get to know you better"
"I want to get to know you too , I really like you as well"
"Then is there anything you need to tell me?"

looked deeply into 's eye, she knew that this moment would come eventually when it was now her turn to be completely truthful about her past. It was something that she hadn't told many people and no on knew the full story.


Chapter Seven

Neither said anything on their way to the restaurant, which unsettled both. was angry, upset and mad at Tony for putting a downer on their night. didn't know what to think? It was obvious that this Tony guy fancied her, but he also made her uncomfortable. When she didn't answer his question and didn't respond to his question.

" , urm everything ok?"
"Yeah sorry, I'm not being much company am I?"
"He really gets to you doesn't he?"
"More than I should let him"
"I know this may sound like a stupid thing to say but if he bothers you that much why don't you move jobs or get someone to talk to him"
"Trust me , I have tried everything, it's not that simple unfortunately, but now is not the time to go into that"
"How do you mean?"

looked at him and he noticed the water in her eyes, this evening was definately not going to go as planned. They arrived at the restaurant and ordered some wine, after they had eaten and made small talk they sat in the intimate setting with their wine and then out of nowhere started to talk.

"See Tony well he is the way he is with any female with a pulse, the behaviour is not just exclusive to me, the only difference is that I haven't fell under his charm and he can't stand the fact that he can't have me"
"But surely he should've got the message by now that you're not interested"
"You'd think, but there's another reason he's after me, you see my parents well they weren't exactly what you would call the normal run of the mill parents, when I told you the other night about my childhood, I wasn't entirely honest"
"Ok"
"My parents ran a very successful business"
"Well that's fairly normal"
"They were multi-millionaires, they owned houses all around the world, myself and my brother went to private school, they bought our houses, first cars, they did everything for us, which is kind of why I'm not phased by your lifestyle, because well I kind of grew up with it"
"So where does Tony come in?"
"He thinks that because my parents have died that I am now a millionaire, he thinks that I have inherited this fortune, that's the only reason he's interested in me"
"Wow that's shallow"
"Well that's Tony, shallow is his middle name, but the reality is is that I am not a millionaire and Tony just can't stand anyone who is more successful or fortunate than them, it's probably why he gave you funny looks because he knows your in a band"

smiled and quietly laughed.
"God I thought you were going to tell me something really shocking, listen to me, I don't care what your background is, how much money your parents have or how much they gave you, you're still just and I like the fact that your not phased by anything and are down to earth, it's very rare to be able to find a girl like you"
"Thank you"
"I really want to make a go of things between us because I don't think I will ever find someone like you again"
"I want to make a go of things too , you're the only decent guy that I have ever met and I think I am growing to really like you"
"The feeling is mutual"

paid for the dinner, much to 's annoyance, and they got a cab back to her's.

"I shall put some coffee on?"
"That'd be great it's a great place you've got, really cosy"
"Thank you, well it's home and I like it"
"It feels homely, unlike my place, my place just feels lonely"
"Well I'm sure it's nice all the same"

brought their coffee in and they both sat on the sofa opposite each other.

"Why didn't you tell me about your parents?"
"Sometimes it can put guys off, they hear that I came from a rich family and assume that I am just some kind of daddy's girl, it got to a point where I just never mentioned it unless I thought the relationship was going to become serious"
"Is that why you told me?"

asked whilst looking down at his cup.

" I told you because you're different from other guys and because there's no reason to keep it from you"

looked up and smiled at her before tentatively leaning and softly kissing her fully on the lips, he put a hand at the side of her and gently pulled her closer allowing their contact to become more passionate.

"Tell me if I'm going too fast"
"You're doing just fine, just bear with me though, it's been a while"

With that stood up and led upstairs where their passion was taken to a whole new level.


Chapter Eight

was the first to awake the following morning. The events of the previous night entered her mind and she couldn't help but smile. It was so perfect. She looked over at and realised just how comfortable she felt with him. She continued staring and then noticed his eyes starting to flicker.

"Morning"
"Morning to you"
"Did you sleep well?"
"I certainly did, but then again I had great company"
"I'll go down and get us some breakfast, come down when you're ready"
"Don't you have work today?"
"Nope, that's the beauty of being part time"
"Cool"

smiled then eased herself out of the bed. She thought that she was still dreaming as it was all so perfect, no man could this perfect. she felt as if she had known for ages because she felt so comfortable in his company.

shortly joined her in the kitchen and helped himself to some coffee.

"So do you have any plans for the day?"
"Well me and the lads are meeting up, we've got a few appearances coming up soon so we like to check the venues out and organise the performances"
"Sounds exciting"
"It is, one of the best bits of the job, performing live"
"I don't know how you do it, stand up in front of all of thsoe people and sing, I'd be terrified"
"Well it's nerve-wracking of course, but that feeling of singing and losing youself in the music, well nothing can compare to that. also having my 3 best friends on stage with me helps, we all give each other confidence and have a laugh"

smiled and looked down at her toast, images of the night suddenly came to her and she couldn't help but blush.

"You Ok?"
"Yeah I was just....never mind, just having a moment"

She giggled.

"I had a really lovely night , in fact one of the best I've had in a long time"
"Me too"
"I'd like to see you again soon, if that's ok?"
"I think that would be very ok"

they held hands across the table and soon was saying goodbye to at her front door.

"So I'll call you later then, see how your day went"
"I hope yours goes well"
"I'm sure it will"
"Well I guess I'll speak to you soon then"
"Yeah, looking forward to it"

leaned forward and gently met 's lips, locking them in a soft and tender kiss.

"Look after yourself"
"Will do, bye"

winked at her before going out to his waiting taxi and blowing her a final kiss before leaving. was smiling and felt like jumping around her house with joy. She went in and started clearing up when he cellphone went. It was a with held number.

"Missing me already"
"I know you're game"

dropped the dishes and went as white as a ghost.

"How did you get this number?"
"You can't escape that easily , you know I'll get what it is I want"
"By threatening me"
"You want to look after that new boyfriend of yours sweetheart, it would be terrible if something happened to him"
"Listen" you stay....."

The line went dead.

"...away from him"

was scared, usually she would shrug it off, but now it was starting to get personal.


Chapter Nine

knew that she was being stupid, but her first reaction naturally was to panic. She must have rang 's phone 10 million times that day and the fact that he wasn't answering didn't exactly help her nerves. She was scared to go out of the house in case she was being followed.

"Please answer "

She couldn't stop pacing around the house looking for anything that would distract her mind from the phone call this morning, suddenly her phone rang. It was another witheld number.

"What do you want now?"
"Oh sorry it's just you've been calling me"
" , God I'm sorry I though you were someone else"
"Everything ok? You sound a bit tense"
"No I'm fine, I just urm well I...you ok?"
"Me I'm grand, sorry I couldn't get back to you"
"It's ok, sorry I phoned so many times I was just worried"
"Worried?"

knew that she wasn't doing a very good job of this.

"Well you know, missing you"
" are you sure you're ok?"
"I don't know "
"What's wrong"

There was a knock at her door and she gasped.

" , what's wrong?"
" I've got to go, keep safe ok"
"What wait a minute"

It was too late she hung up, the knocking at the door didn't stop and crawled round to the stairs and hoped that the stranger would soon go away, she wasn't expecting anyone. Soon enough the knocking did stop but for some reason dare not move fearing that her slightest movement would give her position away.

She didn't know how long she had been sat there but it must have been hours as it was dark. Her phone rang and it made jump out of her skin.

"Hello?"
" , it's , are you home?"
"Urm yes why?"
"Because I've been knocking the door for the past 20 minutes and the house is in darkness"
"Oh sorry I'll let you in now"

hung up and turned the hall light on before letting in and turning the outside lights on.

"Hey"
" , what's going on?"
"Nothing"
"Come on, we spend a great night together, I leave you this morning everything's great then I get like a zillion missed calls and you talking in cryptic code, something is going on"
"It's nothing honestly"
"I can't help if you don't let me in"
"I had a phone call this morning, he threatened me he said that he was going to hurt you"
"Who was it"
" I'm sure it's nothing to worry about"
" ...was it Tony?"
"No"
"Then I don't understand"
"It was my brother"

replied before breaking down into 's arms.


Chapter Ten

“Your brother, why would your brother be threatening you?”
“Because he knows that I still have the majority of my inheritance and he has spent all of his, he’s got problems , problems that unfortunately I can’t help him with, but he’ll stop at nothing until he gets what he wants. It’s why I have to move all the time, why I have to do a temping job, why my life will never be settled”

looked down at the floor, not quite knowing how to react or what to say.

“Welcome to my nightmare world, now tell me that you’re still interested in me”
“You know I am, I just, it’s a lot to get my head around”
“Tell me about it”
“So what’s your brother going to do?”
“I don’t know, but somehow he knows about us and threatened to hurt you to get to me”

laughed.

“Well I’m glad you find this all very amusing”
“Sorry it’s just that, he won’t be able to hurt me , the amount of security that we have to take on the road with us and have with us, he’s got no chance”
“Sometimes I wish our parents never left us anything, my life would be so much easier if I had no money, as ridiculous as that sounds”
“I can relate to that”
“Anything good I’ve had in my life I have had to give up at some point because of it and I’m worried that sooner or later that will happen to us”
“It won’t if we don’t want it to, it’s still early days ”
“I’m sorry I kept phoning, I just panicked”
“It’s ok, I just came round to check that you’re ok”
“Yeah I’ll be fine, thanks for coming”

could tell that she was anxious and he didn’t feel great about leaving her alone.

“I tell you what, why don’t you come around to mine, I can cook us some dinner”
“Are you sure? I mean”
“Honestly, I can give the tour of house, it’s pointless us both being on our own”
“Ok that would be nice, I’ll just go and get some things together and give the place the once over”
“Sure I’ve got the car so whenever you’re ready”

smiled and then rushed upstairs to get some things and other bits and pieces. Soon she was on the way to ’s house, she felt much better getting out of the house and in ’s company. When she saw the house she saw what he meant about security. There were guarded gates that required a code and CCTV cameras. As they went through the gates there was a winding road shielding the house and then it suddenly appeared.

“Wow, this is amazing”
“Thank you, I like it”

He parked the car in the garage and led into the house. She was absolutely stunned, the house was beautiful and was exactly how she would have liked her ideal house to look.

“ this is just stunning, it’s perfect”
“Do you want me to take you on a tour?”
“Sure”

showed her all of the rooms all of which loved.

“This is yet another one of the spare rooms”
“You sure do have a lot of spare rooms”
“Well I hope to bring my family up here one day, growing up with 6 siblings and having to share rooms, it was always a pain”
“I don’t know I think it might be kind of neat, you learn to appreciate your own space and you have to learn to share”

realized that the house was bought up in was probably very similar to his, if not grander.

“Right then let’s get that dinner going”
“Sounds like a good idea”

As they sat down to eat was starting to relax.

“You feeling better?”
“Yeah thanks , I just went into panic mode”
“No problem”
“So do you think I’m a complete nightmare yet?”
“No not yet, but you’re certainly different to anyone else I’ve ever met”
“Well that’s a good thing? Right?”
“Yes it definitely is”

cleared up and sat admiring the house, it was big yet cosy and homely.

“So you fancy watching a film or something”
“I’m kinda tired actually, it’s been a long day”
“Yeah you look beat”
“Is that just a nice way of saying that I’m not looking my most attractive at the moment?”
“You could never not look attractive”
“You’re very sweet, a terrible liar, but very sweet”
“Well you know where the shower is and I’ll make up one of the spare rooms for you if you want”
“Actually that isn’t exactly what I had in mind”
“Oh”

stood up and walked until she was right infront of , he let her take the lead as she started to gently kiss him and stroke the back of his head. led her to his room where he made sure that she forgot all about that day’s events.


Chapter Eleven

It was late morning by the time and awoke it was nice waking up in each other’s arms and felt safe.

“You know I could get used to seeing you every morning”
“It’s nice isn’t it”
“You sure you’re feeling better about everything now?”
“Yeah I just panicked, it’s just this has been my life for so long it’s hard to imagine it being any other way”
“So you would just move house?”
“It was easier, but things are different now”
“Are they?”
“Well I’ve met you haven’t I and I don’t know whether you’ve noticed or not, but I kinda like you”

laughed but felt ecstatically happy at the same time, they hardly knew each other but it was like had always been there in his home, it felt nice.

“So what’s the plan for today?”
“Well I’ve got to get some food in my fridge at home”
“Sounds like fun”
“Oh tons”
“No I enjoy doing normal stuff like that, brings me back to reality, you know”
“Well I wouldn’t mind the company, that’s if you haven’t got anything else to do?”
“Sure it would be nice”

Just then ’s phone started to ring, she leaned across to get it and saw it was the unknown number.

“I think I’ll just ignore that one”
“You know you could go to the police?”
“He’s my brother , I couldn’t do that to him”
“But Tony as well?”
“I’m hoping Tony will soon get the message especially now that we are seeing each other, hopefully he’ll back off, it’s you I’m worried about”
“Me?”
“If my brother was serious about you know getting to you”
“He won’t trust me”

They got up and drove them round to the store whilst did her shopping. If this had been any other girl he would have run a mile but there was something about her that was keeping him intrigued. Maybe because she understood him so well, he didn’t know but he was curious as to where it was going to go.

took back to her house and helped her unload.

“thanks for today , it was great, took my mind off things”
“I’m glad, what you up to tonight”
“I’ve got work tomorrow so could do with an early night”

was slightly disappointed but knew that he would have to leave her at some point.

"Well I better get off, urm see you soon?"
"I should think so"
"You know where I am if you need me"
"Yeah I'll be fine, you look after yourself too "

They kissed before left and took a deep breath after seeing him drive off.

"Now come on, pull yourself together, you've slept on your own in this house before, nothing is different.....well apart from that you know have an obsessed work colleague and a psychotic brother after you, but apart from that"

locked the door and after having somthing to eat she sent a goodnight text and went off to bed

~*~*~

He looked out of his window as the man left 's house, he made sure that he was well out of sight, he clocked the registration number of the car and then watched as he drove away. He then stayed still as he watched her house he waited until all of her lights had been turned off and then started making notes before making his way over to her boyfriend's house.


Chapter Twelve

was late for work the next morning and didn't exactly look her best. 101 different things were playing on her mind and she just couldn't switch it off. She shouldn't have been so surprised to see that Tony was already there.

"My someone is looking rather rough this morning"
"Morning Tony"
"You ok , you look a bit worse for wear"
"Well thank you for bring that to everyone's attention"
"You know you really shouldn't worry about things so much, you need to chill out once in a while"
"What would you know about things I have to worry about, and while we're on the subject you're hardly looking your best either"
"Yes well I er had a late night, I'll catch you later"

As Tony walked out was quite stunned at what had just happened had she actually managed to just get rid of Tony before he could treat her like some form of prey?
Bizarre!

"Hey , you ok"
"Yes I'm fine, just had a bit of a rough night that's all, but nothing a fun filled day of work won't solve"

laughed and then got her head down to what lie ahead for her for the day

*~*~*

He sat in a darkened room going through his notes. It was time to make the call.

"What's the latest"
"Nothing, she's still alone, he left late last night"
"Just keep doing what you're doing"
"But for how long, she's going to notice sooner or later"
"Then you better make sure she doesn't, we have a promise to keep remember"

They hung up the phone and he held his head in his hands.

*~*~*

decided that he would meet from work. He had become absolutely besotted with her, it was like she was the missing part of him and he finally felt complete now that he knew she was in his life. He yawned and then saw her walking out.

"Hey"
" , hey, what you doing here?"
"I just felt like seeing you, making sure you're ok"
"Yeah I'm grand, well a little tired but good"
"No more funny phone calls?"
"No nothing, so what you been up to today?"
"Nothing really that interesting, me and the lads have to go to England next week for a few days"
"Oh right"
"So do you fancy getting a drink or something?"
"Urm yeah sure, sounds good"
"We don't have to if you don't want"
"No I do, but it's just I'm kinda beat"
"Well how about you come back to mine then, stop over"
"You sure?"
"Yeah I kinda like having you over at my place"

smiled and couldn't help but nod.

"You do realise that just because I'm stopping over, doesn't mean your necessarily going to get lucky"
"That was the last thing on my mind"
"Actually while we're talking about that, there was kinda something that I wanted to ask"
"Ok"
"Well you know I like you right, and you like me?"
"Right"
"Well I was wondering if you'd be happy about you making this urm kind of official"
"Official?"
"What I mean is if I was to refer to you as my girlfriend, well how would you feel?"
"I think I would feel very ok about it"
"Ok well that's that sorted then"

drove her car back to her house before going in and grabbing some stuff and then going with back to his house.


TO BE CONTINUED



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