"Not too bad, yourself?"
"I'm good, I'm good" Sarah grins.
"Mummy?" Imogen calls from the top of the stairs.
"Hey baby girl, you ready for your bath?"
"Yeah" she smiles.
"I'll be back down soon." I say passing Sarah the shopping bags. "Can you sort this out for us please?"
"Sure" Sarah smiles and I go upstairs leaving Kimberley and Sarah to it.
"Where's Kimba?" Imogen asks.
"Downstairs"
"Kimba bath me?"
"No, mummy's here. Ill bath you"
"No Kimba" she protests. I sigh to myself and shout Kimberley, two minutes later and she's here.
"What's up?"
"Imogen wants--"
"Kimba bath me!" Imogen interrupts.
"Do you mind?" I ask
"Course not"
"Thanks babe, her shampoo is this one and use this soap because that one irritates her skin and her towel is on the rack there. It's the yellow one" I explain, Kimberley nods and I leave them to it.
"You okay Saz?"
"Yeah I'm good. I see you sorted everything with Kimberley?"
"Yeah we're all good" I smile.
"So where do you two stand with each other?"
"Well she told me she has feelings for us.."
"Oh wow"
"I know"
"So are you's friends or what"
"Yeah we're friends. Besides, I'm dating Mason now so"
"Hmm yeah"
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We're half way through our second film and Imogen has fallen asleep on Sarah. Pizza boxes, sweet wrappers and fizzy pop bottles are scattered around the living room, creating a huge mess. Sarah is sat on the arm chair with Imogen curled up on her lap against her chest and Sarah is playing with her dark brown curls.
Kimberley is leaning on the opposite side of the sofa to me watching the TV, nibbling on some popcorn from the bowl between her and Sarah while I'm sprawled out with my legs on Kimberley's lap. I sigh happily to myself as the film plays when the door bell starts ringing. I grunt and stand up and grab my keys to unlock and answer the door.
"Oh hey Mason"
"Hey babe, you okay?"
"Yeah I'm good, come in"
He wonders into the living room as I lock the door.
"Sarah, Kimba this is Mason...Mason this is Sarah and Kimberley" I introduce them all.
"Hello" he smiles politely at them.
"Hey" Sarah smiles.
"Oh..hi" Kimberley mumbles, picking up her drink. Mason looks at me with a confused look but I just smile at him and brush it off.
"So what do I owe this pleasure?" I ask.
"I got you something.." He smiles reaching into his pocket, pulling out a little navy velvet box. "I hope you like it"
I smile and take the box from him opening it up. I sense everybody's eyes on me as I open it revealing some little diamond stud earrings.
"They're beautiful, thank you so much" I say and lean up on my tip toes to kiss him on the lips. I lead him in to the kitchen for a little privacy.
"Thank you babe, they're gorgeous"
"I know we haven't been dating long but I..well erm..I wanted to ask if you'd be my girlfriend?"
"I would love to be your girlfriend" I smile and kiss him on the lips.
"We're having a movie night, you want to join us?"
"Nah it's okay, I'll leave you to it. I can't believe you're friends with THE Kimberley Walsh" he chuckles and I giggle along. "Anyways, I'll leave you to your girly night, I'm glad you like the earrings"
"Thank you again, let me show you out" I smile and lead him to the front door.
"I'll see you soon babe" Mason tells me as we reach the front door, he leans in for a kiss, wrapping his arms around my waist, he kisses me passionately, his tongue battling with mine. Eventually the kiss comes to and end and we pull away, he pecks me on the lips once before hugging me and leaving. "Bye"
"Bye Mason"
He's such a lovely guy, I really like him but I can't help but think that something isn't right, doesn't feel right, I can't put my finger on it. I didn't get butterflies in my stomach or a fiery passion in my heart or the tingling goosebumps over my body. I ponder over these thoughts for a moment before completely pushing them away. I ask myself am I happy? I tell myself yes. That's all that matters. Mason is a really lovely person and we get on well. Maybe it's just because it's early stages. I tell myself that. Early stages. It's just early stages.
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Chapter Twenty:
Start from the beginning
