Leanne's POV

I was in the middle of watching my weekly viewing of Blink on the sofa in the lounge when I heard  Enid come in.

I paused my DVD to say hi, and asked her how her evening went.

'I had the best time' she said happily her eyes full of tears. 'Tristan is such a sweetie'

I didn't really know what to say at this point. Did she mean the Tristan that used to date Laura. The one who left college to join the Abbey.

I decided to say nothing at this. Enid was clearly very happy and I wasn't really her friend so she wouldn't want to come to me for advice. Given that I had voluntarily decided not to have a girlfriend in college she wouldn't have accepted it anyway

Enid went upstairs and I resumed watching Doctor Who

Princess_Lucky1731 wrote:

I think Jarrod really.wants me to let go as he tells me he can close the door and shut the curtains for me if I feel I need more privacy to let go. He always knows how to make me feel secure and cared for.

I think about it for a second as Jarrod is holding out his arms for me. I've finally managed to get my sobs somewhat under control, except for a little hitched breathing although there are still oceans of tears still falling fast from both of my eyes. Seeing his warm gesture almost made me completely break again so I took a deep breath and point to the doors and curtains and whisper "Yes. Please. Shut. Them. Both."

Jarrod quickly put his arms down, stood up and quickly yet quietly shut all the doors and curtains before coming back to sit down raising his rams again gesturing for me to lean in for a comforting hug.

I can't hold it in anymore so I quickly lean over to Jarrod who is now sitting next to me and lay my head on his shoulder. I immediately feel him wrap his arms around my shoulders. I can feel another angry sob ready to escape. I feel my breathing increase and I open my mouth and scream "I AM SO MAD!" Before bursting out into another round of body wracking, ear deafening sobs.

I provide all the protection and comfort I can to Camilla, even though I would have faced Sadie in person earlier to avoid all this, I respect Camilla, for now, I place a hand on her back, feeling it flutter and tremble with each sob, and my other hand on her shoulder. Once she adjusts her body in mine, I remove my hand from her shoulder, holding her back firmly still, then I place my free hand on her skirt edge, feeling her smooth, warm skin of her thigh, slowly moving my fingers drawing her toned muscles, trying to soothe her. 

Not a minute goes by, Camilla adjusts the position of her head, I guess she needs a breath, I feel a hot tear land on the hand I have on her thigh, then another, soon I am feeling tears raining on my hand and her thigh. I instinctively remove my hand from her back and bring it to her cheek, softly wiping her obvious tear streaks (as she has it angled down and her hair is covering her face from my view) and I changed the pattern from my other hand, instead of continuing to draw her sexy muscles, I start taking care of the tears that have landed on her thighs. She looks up, her cheeks with four or five streaks each,  I stop all I am doing, cup her cheeks, kiss a couple of tears, following its streaks until they are completely taken care of, give her the most loving glance I am capable of, wipe the rest of her tears and streaks left, it seems she released everything she had in for now.

When her face is clean of tears, yet, still a bit red and blotchy, I place both hands on her thighs, softly squeezing her relaxed quad muscles in a soothing way, making sure her heartbeat is starting to slow down, I slowly move to her inner thigh muscles, feeling them softly molding in my hands, yet, now she seems more relaxed, her breathing is even and her heartbeat seems normal. I smile as I achieved to make her feel better, I lift my hands back to her cheeks, taking care of some leftover tears that managed to slip her eyes, then softly pat and jiggle her inner thighs. "Baby, I think its time to pay Sadie a visit, lets stop thinking how she is and find out in truth. The sooner the better"

Natalie's POV

As all the customers in the juice bar walked out on masse, I wanted to cry. So I did

Adrian had got into an unseemly row with an elderly gentleman over his choice of order because it was after 2pm. First he rudely interrupted Helen who was taking the order with a curt 'No you can't'. Then when this was queried Adrian savagely asked him if he was deaf.

With all the dignity he possessed the man informed him that his family would be leaving now. I silently pleaded with Adrian to not make things worse, but he said 'Good Riddance'

This so incensed the waiting customers that they walked out too.

In response to this Helen told Adrian with tears streaming down her face to 'Get Out!' Surprisingly he obeyed this order and Helen started to type out a message on her phone

'Who are you messaging' I asked her wiping my own streaming tears.

'The only person I want to work with right now' she said

We started clearing the dirty tables. It only took Sadie ten minutes to arrive and think of a game plan

'I've closed the store temporarily so we've got a chance to clear this place down' she said when we came out of the kitchen. She was busy wiping tables down and getting ready to lay them up. 'Helen would you like to get some cutlery for these four tables so we can re-open. Natalie do you want to keep clearing and I'll wipe down'

'Yes ma'am' we told her. It was so good to have her back. I only hoped it was permanent this time

Leanne's POV

'Are you going out again' I asked Enid as I saw her in jeans and a green jumper. She nodded as she tied her dark curly hair into a mid ponytail

'Me and Tristan are going on a trip to Staten Island' she explained as she put on her trainers. 'Have fun'

She took her coat off its peg near the front door and left. I watched her leave getting a little worried. She had the same amount of coursework I did and I was still working through it. I almost certainly did not have time to go to Staten Island.

'It's none of your business' I scolded and went back upstairs to my room

Kate's POV

'Sam, has Sophie told you anything about her girlfriend' I asked. Her eyes welled with tears as she nodded yes

'It's awful she has to keep it a secret. Do you know who it is?'

'Yes, she told me what she looks like. Even that's possibly too much'

Samantha's tears started to run down her cheeks

'I hate her needing to hide, she's like my best friend'

'She is your best friend Sam' I said to her gently 'And I can be too, if you want

Samantha smiled through her tears. She started to wipe her face clean and asked what we should do now

'I don't know' I said honestly. 'Sophie's trying to protect us from her mum interrogating us about her relationship. I think it's because her sister dated someone older too and her mum didn't approve. Mind you he was also a complete idiot so that might be a reason too'

'We should try and scope her out' Samantha suggested as a stray tear ran down her left cheek. 'So we can help to convince her mum her girlfriend is okay'

I agreed and we exchanged a fist bump