| Chapter 2 The next day Becki woke to find a large bruise on her cheek where she had been slapped. "How am I gonna cover that up?" she asked herself as she got ready for work. She put on her suit and picked up her toast as she ran out the house late after spending a long while trying to conceal the mark with make-up. As she began to close her front door, she checked her reflection in her mirror, she hadn't managed to hide the bruise very well, but it would have to do, if she didn’t leave soon she would be late. She locked the door behind her and began to walk down to the train station, when she bumped into her new neighbours. She dropped her files all over the floor. "I am so sorry!" an Irish voice said as he helped her to collect the dropped papers. "That’s ok," Becki said, as she stood up she tried to not show her face as she didn’t really want him to see her like that. She sneaked a quick look to see which of the five it was, it was the shorter dark haired one. "Shane, what you doing out there?" a voice called from inside the house, "It shouldn’t take you this long to get the milk! Hurry it up! I want me cereal!!" The voice got louder as one of the blonde guys came out, "ah, so here you are!" he said staring at Shane incredulously. "I don’t know, we only moved in yesterday and you are already chatting up the neighbours! You don't waste any time do you!!" "Shut-up Kian!" Shane said as he looked to check on Becki again, she was now looking from one guy to the other, and had forgotten she was meant to be hiding her cheek from them. "Oh my god!" Shane said, Becki looked at him for a moment and then realised what he was staring at, "How on earth did that happen?" He asked as he moved forward to check it was ok. "What? This?" Becki asked as she covered her cheek with her hand. "Nothing really, I walked into a door," Shane and Kian looked at each other unconvinced of her story, but if she didn’t want to talk about it that was fine, besides, she didn't really know them. "Well, the next time that door goes for you, set Shane or me on it!" Kian joked in an attempt to lighten the atmosphere. "Thanks, I will remember that" she said with a smile, "By the way, I am Becki, the neighbour you came to visit who wasn’t up to visitors yesterday." "ah yes," Shane mused, "Well, I hope you and your friend enjoyed the biscuits!" "yes, thanks" "Good Good," Kian said, "Well, as you may have gathered now I am Kian, and this is my buddy Shane, The Other guys are inside" "Yeah, too lazy to get up!" Shane joked " Now, you know that ain't true Shane" Kian said "Nicky got up and made us all tea, before he went to watch the television!" "Nicky??" Becki asked "Yeah, Nicky" Shane began to answer for her "he is the other short blond, Then we have Bryan the tall blond and mark, the other dark haired bloke" "Ok then, Thanks for clearing that one up" Becki said "You college students?" she asked "Er, not exactly" Kian said, "Well, what do you do then?" Shane and Kian exchanged worried glances, "We are…" "Painters and Decorators!" "Really?" Becki asked "Of course not," a voice from inside the house said. "We just fancied a change of scenery from Ireland, and we all know how London is full of opportunities, so we thought we would try our luck. I'm Nicky," the blond guy reached to shake her hand "Becki" she said back "Wouldn't listen to these to jokers if I were you" he said as he smiled at her, they are a but loopy before their breakfast!" "Ok then," Becki said quite hesitantly, "Well, I am afraid I am going to have to be on my way now" she said "don’t want to be late for work" "Ok, Bye Beck" Shane said "Yeah, Bye, watch out for those doors!" Kian joked "See ya!" Nicky shouted after her and she continued on her way to the train station. "That was a close one" Nicky said as they got back in and shut the front door. "I still don’t see why we cant tell her we are in a band," Shane complained. "Look Shane, we are here so that we can have somewhere to get away from all the media attention, we need our own time too you know!" Nicky replied "Yeah, I know, but she seems alright." "When we know her a bit better you can tell her ok Shane" Nicky finished and went back the television. "You know, I don’t think she got that bruise from a door" Kian said "You don’t say!!" Shane said back "I reckon someone hit her!" "first prize for perceptiveness goes to Kian!!" Shane continued "Alright mate, No need to be sarky" Kian finished "Oh shut up and pass me the cereal!" Shane said. |