Chapter Thirty-Two

Barbara Brand rifled through the black sports bag, seizing a pair of grey denim skinny jeans and holding them up, wordlessly waiting for the excuse. Russell shurgged.

“I've gotta have something to wear when I get papped coming out of hospital.”

She sighed, putting one hand over his.

“Russell. You will feel and look an ( Read more... )

Chapter twenty-nine
    Dee and Matthew were sat somberly at either head of the square table, looking at one another, she growing all the more nervous as he chose his words carefully.

"What about me attracts you, Dee?" He asked slowly.

"How kind you are," She replied without hesitation, "Your respect for me. Your wit. Your eyes. And your body' ( Read more... )

Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
    The sound that awoke Noel was an unpleasant and upsetting one. He could hear Russell in the bathroom, being sick and what sounded like crying. Noel arose and drifted down the hallway, wordlessly entering the bathroom. He stood behind Russell and gently held the younger man's hair back and out of he way. Russell ( Read more... )

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    Just five minutes after Matt and Dee had been bundled out of the house, Noel had noticed that Dee's jacket was still draped over the back of the sofa. He picked it up and was contemplating trying to rush after them when Russell came up behind him and rested his head on his shoulder.

"Don't worry about it," He ( Read more... )

Chapter Twelve
    "Everything," Russell announced, perched on Noel's knee, "Is made better by a cup of tea."
They were all sat in Russell's living room, indeed with cups of tea, having traipsed back to his house, all seemingly wearing one another's clothes. Russell was wearing a pair of Matt's jeans, because he refused to put his own too-right pair ( Read more... )