A Webster Walks Into A Bar - Part 3
Part 3 - In Which We Come To Meet/Hate Will
When Sophie awoke the next morning she realised three things very quickly: One, that it felt like her head had been used for tennis practice. Two, she was naked and Three, she was not alone. And in that order.
She instantly froze on the last revelation, turning her head slowly to look at the sleeping blonde next to her. What the hell have I done? She thought. And then that's when Sophie did the one thing that she hated doing in tight situations, she panicked. The brunette looked around the room, finally spotting her assorted items of clothing before carefully and slowly sliding out from under the sheet that was covering the both of them. She stopped to make sure that she hadn't woken the other girl who merely shifted slightly but continued to sleep.
Once in the clear, Sophie hurriedly pulled on her knickers and bra and grabbed the rest of her clothes, exiting the room so as to not accidently wake Sian. In the hallway she finished getting dressed then looked around to get her bearings, muttering slightly to herself. What have I done? She thought to herself again, in a way trying to convince herself that she didn't know what had actually happened.
Sophie found her way back through the apartment and grabbed her handbag and went to the front door. After she opened it Sophie hesitated slightly, looking back into the apartment for a few moments. Her final thought was, What am I doing? Before she closed the door behind her and left.
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When Sian finally stirred awake she also noticed three things, however only the first two were exactly the same as what Sophie had realised (though she would have described it as if someone had taken a frying pan to her head a few times as opposed to a tennis racket). The third thing she noticed however was that she was alone.
This last revelation confused her greatly as she could have sworn that when she had fallen asleep (or passed out rather) there was a brunette with her. "Sophie?" She called out, thinking that maybe the other girl had already gotten up then. When there was no response back Sian stood up, taking the bed sheet with her, and walked through her apartment.
"Soph?" She called again but was met with only silence. She checked the bathroom, kitchen and when she got to the lounge her heart sank. Sophie's bag was gone, along with the girl. That was when Sian noticed that Sophie's little prayer book was still on the coffee table from where she had left it the previous night. The blonde walked over and picked it up, reading the inscription on the inside.
Sophie.
The blonde sat down in a chair, tears forming in her eyes as she realised that she didn't even know her last name...
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One week later...
Sophie closed the front door of her parents' house behind her as she walked out onto the street to go meet Will. She was already 10 minutes late but lately she hadn't seemed to care, usually leaving it right to the last minute to meet up with him as if hoping something might happen at the last second which would get her out of it.
Heading into the Rovers, Sophie stuck the fake smile on her face that she had been using all week and found Will who had already taken a booth towards the back and was now waving her over with a smile. He'd also already ordered their drinks by the looks of it. She almost grimaced at the sight but caught herself and waved back, slipping into the booth across from him.
"Hey babe," Will greeted her, leaning over the table to peck her on the lips.
Sophie didn't flinch away but internally she felt sick and hated herself for it. She was trying so hard to just make things go back to the way they were before, between her and Will, but her body wasn't making it easy for her. Every time he touched her she felt...wrong, for lack of a better word, almost dirty even. But she knew she needed to fight through it, she had too...
After she had left Sian's apartment Sophie had headed straight home to Weatherfield on the first available bus, not bothering with her stuff that was still with at the cottage that her and Will had hired for their 'romantic getaway'. However when she had arrived home it was to find Will waiting for her and begging her to take him back, that it was a horrible mistake that would never happen again.
Sophie didn't know whether this was true or not but didn't care, seeing this as an opportunity she told him that she forgave him and even initiated the make-up sex in an effort to try and erase what had happened between her and Sian from ever happening. She was straight, simple as that. What had happened with Sian was just a drunken mistake and since Sophie was never (ever) going back to Southport it could just stay that way, no one ever needed to know. She never had to think of it again. Then why are you thinking about it now? An annoying voice in the back of her head asked.
She was brought back to the present when Will waved his hand in front of her face saying, "Sophie? Sophie are you listening?"
"What?" Sophie asked him. "Sorry, I must 'ave got distracted by summit. What were you sayin'?"
"I said do you wanna get outta here? Grab some chippy or something and have it at my place?" Will repeated.
Sophie finished off the rest of her drink and got up saying, "Yeah, yeah sounds great." The fake smile was back again and as Will put his arm around her shoulders Sophie put one around his waist. I can do this, she told herself. As they exited the Rovers something caught Sophie's attention out of the corner of her eye, causing her heart to appear to stop momentarily and she froze looking in the direction she thought she had seen a blur of long blonde hair at the end of the street.
When she looked though there was nothing there and Will, who had almost tripped from Sophie stopping so suddenly said to her, "You okay babe?"
Still looking at the end of the street Sophie replied, "Yeah. It's nothing, just thought for a second I saw something."
Will looked in the same direction as her and shook his head, "I don't see nothing."
Sophie regained her senses and kept going. "Come on," she said to him with a smile.
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Will and Sophie came out of the chip shop about ten minutes later with their tea. Sophie laughed slightly saying, "I can't believe you lost your wallet! Where was the last place you had it?"
"The Rovers," Will answered sadly, he was a little embarrassed at having to allow Sophie to pay for the chips. "It's definitely gotta be at the Rovers."
They started off in that direction Sophie adding, "Well if it's not there you're gonna be in big trouble mister, and not just because I had to buy our dinner." Sophie gave him a wink and a playful slap on the arm, almost forgetting that it was just a charade.
When they reached the Rovers Sophie waited outside with the chips while Will ran in to grab his wallet. While she was waiting Sophie stood on the curb, glad for the warmth the chips were providing since it was fairly cold out. She heard the Rovers door open behind her so, assuming it was Will, turned around saying, "'bout time, I was freezing out-" but stopped suddenly when she saw that it wasn't Will but in fact a certain blonde who she had been trying for the past week to (unsuccessfully) forget.
"SOPHIE?"
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