I woke up after a long sleep. I heard footsteps in my room. I panicked, thinking someone had caught me in bed with Aston. I kept my eyes closed, but reached my hand out for Aston under the duvet. My hand searched for him, but I couldn't find him. I peeked out of one eye. Aston was just pulling up his boxers. He was facing away from me.
'What are you doing?' I asked, propping myself up on my elbows. He jumped a little, as he probably thought I was still asleep.
'Well, we can't let Marv or your guest catch us in bed together, can we?' he smiled.
'No, I guess not..' I sighed. I watched him as he pulled up his trousers and zipped them up.
'What are you looking at? Perv' he giggled.
'Shush, cheeky!' I giggled. 'How can I just lay here and not watch you get dressed? This is only the third time I've seen you like this remember' I smiled.
'Third? We've only.. Oh, the time when you came to ours for that party, when you had a nightmare' he reminded himself.
'Yeah, so that makes three' I said. Aston pulled his top over his head, and made his way over to my bed. He leaned over me and pushed his lips onto mine.
'You better hurry Merrygold, Marv could be awake soon' I reminded him when we pulled apart.
'Okay, see you later' he pecked my lips and left the room. I laid back down, and drifted back to sleep.
When my eyes opened, it was light. I stretched and climbed out of bed. I put my pyjamas on, with my dressing gown and slippers. I crept downstairs. I noticed Aston asleep on the sofa with a blanket wrapped around him. I smiled. I walked through to the kitchen, to see a red haired girl sat at the kitchen table. I wasn't expecting it, so I jumped out of my skin. I screamed a little. The girl jumped, and spun her head around. That was when I realized it was Nikki..
'Nikki?! What are you doing here?' I asked.
'Well, last night, me and Marv.. Well, we..' she tried to explain.
'Okay, okay, I get it, you don't have to explain' I told her. I walked over to the kettle.
'Brew?' I asked.
'Sure' she smiled. I made us both a mug of coffee, and I sat down next to her.
'You don't mind about me and Marv do you? I mean, I know your really close and everything, I don't want to come between you..' she after a while, breaking the silence.
'No, of course not! Don't be silly!' I assured her. We sat talking for a while, until I noticed a bag on the floor in the corner of the room.
'I wonder who's bag this is' I wondered out loud, as I walked over to it.
'Dunno' Nikki answered for me. I picked it up and placed it on the kitchen table.
'Check to see if there's any credit cards' she told me. I looked through it and found a purse. I opened it, and found a bunch of cards. In the corner of one, it read; Faye Smith. Faye's bag.
'It's Faye's' I said. 'I better call her and let her know. I'll be back in a sec' I said, as I skipped out the room. I ran upstairs and searched for my phone in my bedroom. When I finally found it, I called Faye.
Me - M Faye - F
F - Hello?
M - Faye, its Chloe
F - Oh, hi Chloe1 Is everything okay?
M - You left your bag at mine last night
F - Oh.. can I pick it up this afternoon?
M - Sure, I'm in all day
F - Okay, see you later then!
M - Bye!
I hung up and slipped my phone into my dressing gown pocket. As I left my room, Marvin was just coming out of the spare room.. naked. He looked like he was still asleep.
'MARV!' I screamed, turning round.
'What?' he mumbled. There was a moment of silence before; 'Oh, shit!' I heard him run back into the spare room and slam the door shut. I made my way back downstairs giggling. Aston was still asleep, so I had to try and stop myself from bursting out laughing when I passed him. When I got into the kitchen and closed the door behind me, I could let my laughter out. I was almost crying with laughter.
'What the hell are you laughing at?' Nikki asked me, confused.
'Marv.. he, he..' I tried to explain, but I couldn't get it out, I was laughing too hard. I heard the door open behind me, and then close again.
'Shh, Ast's asleep!' I heard Marvin tell me.
'I.. I know' I said, calming myself down.
'So.. are you gonna tell me what your laughing at now?' Nikki asked. Marvin beat me to it.
'She saw me naked' Marvin said, down to the point.
'What's so funny about that?' she asked.
'Its the way it happened that's funny. He cam out of the spare room half asleep, naked, and didn't realize. When I saw him and screamed, he still didn't realize' I laughed. She looked at Marvin, then me, then Marvin, then back to me again. She smirked, and then burst out laughing. We were both laughing ourselves to death when the door opened again.
'What's everyone laughing at?' he asked, rubbing his eyes. He sounded and look so adorable. Marvin explained to him what had happened, but he didn't seem the slightest bit interested. He left the kitchen and closed the door behind him. Marvin followed.
After a while, me and Nikki had calmed down, but we were still having odd little giggles. I sat down next to Nikki and got my breath back.
'So, are you and Marv together then?' I asked breaking the silence.
'No, but I'd like to be with him' she smiled.
'I think you make a really cute couple'
'Thanks. I think you'd suit Aston'
'Me and Aston? No, he's cute and all, but totally not my type..' I said, trying to convince her.
'What is your type?' she asked.
'Um..' I tried to think. I was soon describing the exact opposite of my type.. The exact opposite to Aston.
'OMG, I know a guy that you might like' she smiled excitedly, clapping her hands.
'Um..'
'When are you free? I'll set you up on a date' she grinned.
'I don't think it would be a very good idea..'
'It will! You'll love him! He's called Will.. When are you free?' she asked.
'Friday after work, this week' I sighed. There was no use trying to argue with her. I would just have to meet this William, and hope he wasn't too boring.
Nikki and Marvin went upstairs to get ready. I sat on the sofa with Aston watching TV.
'So, Nikki and Marv, huh?' he said.
'Yeah.. cute, right?' I replied.
'Yeah. Do you think they suit? I mean, I don't really know Nikki, so I wouldn't know..'
'Yes! They're a match made in heaven!'
'As good as us?' Aston asked, grinning.
'Almost' I smiled. He pecked me on the cheek.
'Do you know what Nikki told me earlier?' I asked.
'What?'
'She said we make a great couple' I smiled.
'Does she know about us?!' he panicked.
'No.. She thinks we make a good couple though'
'She's got that right'
'But, I tried to convince her I wasn't interested in you, so, I told her you weren't my type, and explained my type as the exact opposite of you, and..' I trailed off.
'And what?' he smiled.
'And she's setting me up with some dude who is your exact opposite' I sighed. Aston giggled.
'You'll be fine. When are you meeting him?' he asked me.
'Friday night. He'll be a right square though! He's gonna be the most boring person ever' I sulked.
'Don't you get up to anything with this mystery guy!' Aston teased.
'Shut it, you!'
When Marvin and Nikki came downstairs, hand in hand, I went to my room to get ready, and Aston went to the downstairs toilet to get changed. When I got downstairs, they all left. I sat watching TV for the rest of the day. Faye came round to pick her bag up, and we had a good chat, but that was all I did. I went to bed that night with my pillow smelling of Aston.