A thumping was targeted right at my temple. As my eyes blurred into a series of mismatched shapes and broken colours. My body was splayed dramatically over the top of Roger, who looked a little rough, to say the least. I groaned rubbing my head and noticing I was still dressed in last nights clothes. I quickly peeled them off, grateful I had made it to my room and had clothes to change into.
"I could get used to seeing this I wake up" Roger said huskily, wincing as he spoke. The volume of his own voice clearly making his head hurt
"Shut up Meddows" I smirked back I loved the way the old pet name rolled off my tongue like sweet honey.
"get over here Evie" I sashayed my way over to the bed and climbed under the covers quickly with him, snuggling my head in to his chest. He gently planted an array of kisses all along the top of my head. Making my stomach do backflips,
"I am so lucky" Roger said slotting his head perfectly of top of mine
"Why?" I replied to him quietly
"I have you, the most beautiful, smart and talented girl in the entire world wants to be with me...I'm not sure where we stand, so I am just going to ask. Will you be my girlfriend again?"
"God, so sappy"
"was that a yes?"
"Yes Meddows, of course" I smiled back at him, fully trusting him again. He kissed my softly on the lips, it was the most loving kiss we had exchanged yet
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I stepped out of the door, dressed in a light golden sundress. Roger followed, holding my hand tightly. A steady stream of bodies were covering every inch of the ground, as if a harsh reminder of last night. I looked back to see Roger in a pair of patchwork jeans, with a tight leather jacket on. A thick pair of black sunglasses covered his hungover eyes and he smirked at me. A loud crash sounded from downstairs and soon Holly was running around the room banging a large pot and screaming at everyone. I grabbed my head at the searing pain.
"GET THE FUCK OUT!" I raised my eyebrows and looked at Roger, who just looked amused by the situation
"Okay down there Holls?" I shouted back, an amused tone lacing itself in to my voice.
"I will be. Once everyone gets THE FUCK OUT" She replied haughtily. She began to bang the pot again making what seemed like thousands flee out of the large house. They all scattered in hurried fleet as Roger and I laughed quietly following the heard down the stairs to meet a very stressed out Holly. She let out an exasperated sigh
"My parents and John's will be here soon, the house is a state and everyone is hungover" She wined rubbing her temple "Oh what were we thinking"
"GOOD MORNING DARLINGS'" Freddie yelled from the top of the staircase spreading his arms out widely and floating down the stairs in nothing but a kimono and a dark pair of glasses
"too loud Fred" Brian grumbled from the corner, he and Christine were in a messy slump together.
"Holly darling do not look so stressed my love. The cleaners will be here soon" Freddie croon
"Cleaners?" Holly said a mixture of relief and confusion sweeping across her face
"Yes darling. I called them last night. Just after Evie and Roger agreed to cook the meal" He smiled
"We WHAT?!" Roger retorted
"Now I think about it, the both of you were rather intoxicated. Oh well!" Freddie said flouncing toward the kitchen and the rest of us trudged after him. A few cleaners had silently entered and were beginning to clean up. However one of them was distracted, she was twirling her finger around her hair as she spoke to Paul. Paul Young, the bastard was still here. Everyone looked at me expectantly as my eyes settled on Paul. Roger's hand tightened on my waist
do you know what, I've had fucking enough of him
I stormed out of Roger's firm grasp and over to where the two were huddled in conversation
"Shouldn't you be cleaning?" I said haughtily to the giggling girl, earning a series of amused huffs from behind me. The girl nodded and scuttled off
"And YOU!" I carried on angrily at Paul
"What the fuck do you think you are doing here? You can't just show up like this after being such a dick. Do everyone a favour and fuck off!" I finished, surprised by the evil tone I'd found in my anger. I turned around to see my friends faces coated with impressed looks. Paul said nothing, moving silently across the room. He stopped, momentarily. And whispered in my ear
"You are going to regret that Evie" before pushing angrily past the watching crowd.
"Fuck you Paul"Â Roger placed his hand on my waist as Paul stormed away. All though I have to admit, Paul's words stuck with me. Roger placed a soft kiss on my cheek
"You're hot when you're angry" He whispered in my ear, smirking dangerously
"Shut up and help me cook Meddows" I said grabbing his hand and dragging over to the stove, handing him a pink apron. his eyes shot open as he looked at me questioningly
"what? I like you in pink" I laughed
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I managed to get Roget to help, he cut the various vegetables for the dinner we were making. Though he did manage to cut himself and ruin half a batch of carrots. He was insanely distracting to cook with as he kept pinching my arse and stealing kisses as I was trying to stir the multitude of pots. I loved the way his smile looked as he laughed, he way his eyes lit up as he spoke about something that he loved. He was wonderful. It felt so perfect, to love him again. After a few hours we had created a gorgeous spread, enough to feed the whole village. There was a bubbling casserole, including a miniature vegetable one for Brian and I as we were both vegetarian. There was a rainbow array of roasted vegetables. I lifted out the final remains of the roast potatoes, the steam from the over fanning warmly over my face. Making wisps of my hair fly out in a halo framing my face beautifully. I itched my nose gently with flour covered hands and leaned back impressed by the feast we had created. Roger laughed looking at me adoringly from across the room
"What?" I asked feeling a toothy grin spread across my face
"You look beautiful"Â he smiled back
"Oh shut up" I said rolling my eyes, but not feeling the smile slip off my face. He made his way over to me, wrapping his arms around my waist. He pulled me flat against his chest and familiarly placed two fingers under my chin making me look in to his sparkling eyes. He gently wiped the flour off of the tip of my nose, making me giggle. He then leant down slowly, allowing the tension to thicken between us. He gently locked his soft lips on to mine , moving them lushly against mine. My fingers were dancing up the back of his neck and in to his gorgeous wavy hair. I tugged gently on his locks, as his hands wandered their way up and down my back. Drumming a new rhythm. I pulled away gently placing my head softly to his chest, he pulled me close to him. Placing his chin softly on top of my head
"I love you"
"I love you" He smiled down at me
The door flew open and in flounced Freddie in my sparkling jacket from the first night we met.
"Freddie where did you get that?" I questioned
"Ahh Evie. You look so beautiful today, Roger really is very lucky..." He muttered
"You can wear the jacket Fred." I smiled
"I love you Evelyn, thank you" he said storming around in a whirlwind of glitter and cheek kisses. He walked past Roger "Hurt her and I kill you, Taylor" Roger raised his hands defensively
Soon after him, everyone piled in to the room. John and Holly's Parents had arrived, along with Vanity and Katy who had decided to stay another night. Everyone slipped in to seats around the table, a buzz of chatter floating in the air along with the hearty aroma of a home cooked meal.
"This looks great guys" Chris commented through a large mouthful of food
"Thanks Chris, we worked really hard" Roger smiled back
"WE?! Roger you can hardly boil an egg" John quipped from across the table, earning roars of laughter from everyone crowded around the table. Roger shot John a death glare as I patted his thigh sympathetically.
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The dinner passed quickly and everyone chatted happily. Once everyone's stomach's were stuffed absolutely full. John stood up and got everyone's attention
"Hi everyone, I have something I'd like to say" John stumbled over his words a little, taking a second to regain his confidence he spoke again
"I love Holly Hammond so much. She is beautiful, intelligent, kind and opinionated. I simply don't know what I would do without her and that is why we are getting married" Holly lifted her hand from under the table, showing off her gorgeous ring John had chosen for her. AÂ short silence followed a series of cheers and yells from the on looking mother' and fathers' everyone was instantly engulfed in to a series of hugs and kisses. Somewhere out of the corner of my eye I noticed Roger open a bottle of champagne. He had a huge smile plastered on his face. I knew he was overjoyed at the prospect of his closet friend getting married to the women he loved. Holly made eye contact with me across the room, she signalled for me to leave the room with her. I quickly shot Roger a wink, before running out to the hallway with Holly. I saw her pacing and hyperventilating
"Shit shit shit" She said continuing to pace
"Holly wha-" Before I could finish my sentence she was pilling me in to the bathroom. She quickly locked the door behind her
"Evie. This is bad. This is super bad"
"Holly, you are worrying me. What's wrong?" I said looking concerned at her.
"How did this even happen?" She said running her hands through her hair
"HOLLY WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG?" I said
"I'm...Pregnant" She said "I'm Pregnant" She repeated
"WHAT HOLLY OMG YOU'RE PR-" she clamped her hand over my mouth quickly
"SHHHHH" She said equally as loud "WHaT ThE FuCk do I Do?!"
"Stop freaking out for a start" I said trying to be calm
"You are with John, you love him. He will be overjoyed when he finds out. You know he will, he is amazing with kids. He loves you more than anything, this will only bring the both of you together" I said calmly smiling at her, holding her hands in mine.
"You really think so?" she said squeezing my hands back
"I know so" I said smiling at her
"Yeah, yeah, yeah. You're right" She said her breath returning to normal
"I am Pregnant" She said before squealing and beginning to jump up and down. I grabbed her hands and began to jump up and down. Before both of us let out a scream of joy. Next thing we knew Roger had burst through the door, John close at his heels. Roger had a large wok whilst John held a whisk. Both of them posing with them as if they were swords or some other form of deathly weapon
"Is everything oka-" Roger trailed off as he saw two huge smiles plastered on our faces
"You are kidding. We just burst in here and the both of you are okay?" John said
"We look like idiots" Roger said lowering the wok
"Took the words right out of my mouth "I said as John was attempting to hide the whisk behind his back
"Why are you both so happy anyway?" Roger said shooting me a confused look
"Holly has some good news" I said smiling at her, then looking at Roger happily. She looked at me nervously, I took her hand in mine giving it a reassuring squeeze. She looked at John and placed her hands in her stomach, I watched his eyes drift downward to her hands
"I'm Pregnant" she said smiling at John. His face broke in to a wide smile. He ran to Holly and kissed her gently before giving her a huge hug. He then proceeded to hug Roger and I. All of us jumping up and down in a circle. The commotion attracted everyone else away from the table and out in to the hall
"What the hell is going on?" Brian said, standing at the front of the large crowd behind him.
"IM GOING TO BE A DAD!" John shouted, fist pumping in to the air
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Stay cool + kind, Evie xx