----- Chapter 5ive -----

It's the morning and I wake up in Abs' arms still. He fell asleep first last night and he's still asleep now, looking angelic. I've got a bit of a headache but I'm perfectly happy. I just lay there for a while absolutely comfortable. I'm wearing my nightstuff and he's stripped down a tight black wifebeater, boxers and his socks. I wish I could wake up with him every morning…

After a few minutes, Abs stretches a little a yawns.

"Hey…" I say quietly. He moves a bit and I shuffle over, out of his arms.

"You haven't been awake for long have you?" he asks, sleepily.

I shake my head, "Only a few minutes…d'ya reckon there's any fans out there still?" I joke. Abs shrugs.

"Anything's possible, I spose," he laughs, getting out of bed and walking over to my front window. If you lean out far enough, you can see the pavement and a bit of his front yard. I snuggle up under the covers, shivering a little. It's too early to be opening the windows. Abs looks round, "You won't believe this…" he sticks his head out the window again.

"Try me…" I yawn and walk over to him.

"There's still two there!!"

"That's dedication for you…" I smile.

"When d'ya think they'll go?" he asks, like I'm gonna know.

I shrug, "Well, you've gotta go back sometime…" I reason, wishing that he didn’t have to go. He feigns hurt.

"Is that a hint? That you want me to go…?"

"Well, now you come to mention it…" I grin, "Out. NOW!"

"Thanks…" he sniffs, then pinches me playfully, "…that's not nice!"

"Ow! And pinching me is?"

He nods, "I can do what I want cos I'm famous!"

"Hmm…" I crawl back into the safety of my bed. Abs sticks his head out of the window again, then walks round my room, picking up the clothes he managed to scatter everywhere last night. He looks up at me.

"Can I use your shower?"

"Uh-huh."

And so I'm left in my room all by myself. I can still feel a warm patch in bed where he was laying…I'm really confused. One minute, when I'm with him, it just hurts a lot. Then the next minute, I feel so warm and happy and thankful that I am with him. I wonder how long this has been going on, subconsciously. I mean, Abs has always teased me cos I have major mood swings…I give up thinking cos thinking about what I'm thinking and feeling is way too confusing. I decide to go back to sleep again.

I'm woken up only five or ten minutes later, by Abs making his usual loud entrance. He's now gotten dressed back into what he was wearing the night before - baggy white trousers and his wifebeater. Even though it was really hot last night, he still managed to wear a massive jacket, which is laying in a heap in a corner.

"Where's my shoes?" he mutters to himself, scanning my room. He finds his sneakers and sits down on the end of my bed to put them on.

A phone rings and we both look up. I sigh, "It's yours."

"Mine?" Abs looks surprised, searching round my room, "Phone…phone…umm…"

"Is it on you?" I yawn. He checks his pockets.

"Umm…yeah. 'Ello?" he answers the phone, sitting down a little unsteadily on my inflatable chair, "Oh. Um, hi…yeah…me too…" he coughs, blushes and lowers his voice a little. I close my eyes - it's obviously Danielle, "Yeah…yeah I'd like that…ok…yup…uh-huh see ya then…" my heart sinks. See ya then? He's gonna see her. I spose it was kinda inevitable, the way he doted on her before. She says jump and he says how high? His mother isn't going to be pleased though.

I can feel tears in my eyes so I close them tighter and wrap the covers round me even more.

"Hey…" Abs' hand on my shoulder makes me jump, "Can we go talk somewhere?"

Great. Another talk about Danielle, "I'm tired," I reply flatly.

"Oh. Later then?"

"Maybe…"

"Please…" he's got this tone of voice that makes me feel really guilty for being so cold towards him.

"Go for a coffee or something…?" I suggest in the same dull tone. I'll put up with him talking about Danielle but I won't do it with a smile.

"Ok…coffee or lunch or…something. I'll give you a ring in a little while, yeah?" he asks.

"Ok."

"I really need to talk to you."

"Ok."