Young, Free and Single Ch. 04

Dad popped his head in to say that he was just taking the dog out and took a double take at Chloe. I assume Mum had told him I was bringing her back and it wasn't just for the convenience of public transport. He eyed her again and it was then I realised that he was silently approving of her. She was cute, but come on, ewww.

I heard my brother moving around upstairs and the next thing I knew he came downstairs as well. "Whole family," I said to Chloe, "So sorry."

"It is fine," she said smiling at my brother.

If Dad took a double take, then he took a triple take at her. He wouldn't know why she was there and would have assumed it was Hanna until he looked at her properly. His mind was probably running at a thousand miles an hour as he no doubt arrived at the reason she was there.

We had our breakfast and Chloe finally got to leave. She refused a lift home, we had a quick kiss on the doorstep and she left. I went back up to my room and closed the door. I hugged my knees and smiled. I flopped onto my side and kept the same stupid smile on my face. My sheets smelt of her perfume, and it was nice, really nice.

My phone lit up with a message.

Chloe -- Awesome night, thanks. Your family are cute

Me -- Yeah, it was nice. They are embarrassing

Chloe -- Nar, super cool, do they know we... er.. yeah

Me -- Mum does, I assume Dad does, brother probably does now

Chloe -- Awesome. So cool. Very awesome. Speak soon. XxX

Me - XxX

I skipped lunch but went down for dinner. "Who was she?" my brother asked casually.

"Chloe," I replied.

"And she is..." he asked. He suspected, but he just wanted to confirm it I think.

"A friend," I replied.

"Close friend?" he offered.

"Very close," I replied smiling at him.

"Fucking hell Sophie," he said grinning at me, "How hot is your girlfriend?" he asked.

"Language," Mum said in a monotone.

"Friend," I corrected.

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