Trapped In Lace

Fifty Nine

It's still quite dark for a Monday evening it's only 5 o'clock.

" I'm back!" I shout walking into Lucas house

"How was it!" Lydia asks dragging me into the living room to see Thea Luca and Izzy.

"I told one of them they don't have to marry me" i say

"Who?" Luca asks

"Jordan, he's really nice and I didn't want him to put him through it" I say

"That's a nice thing to do" Izzy says and i nod

"Harold is a prat" i say and Luca laughs

"What about the other?" Thea asks

"Matthew" i say

"He's a bit off that one" Luca says

"He means well, he's just misunderstood. He doesn't want to get married so it's in between Harold and Matthew. We're friends and he said he'd rather marry a friend so I can only hope that I can marry him instead of Harold because if it's Harold I'm not doing it. I can't, he's despicable and desperate" i say

"It's alright Lily, if you can't do it" Thea says

"How did you do it? How?" I ask them

"It was easier back then, it's not the same as it is now" Luca says and I sigh and put my head in my hands.

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"Hey points" Alex says as I walk into work, it's Tuesday and I don't have school because it's a training day or something.

"Hey cranky" i reply, a smile instantly appearing on my face

"How was your trip?" He asks making me nervous, I need to tell him, but I don't know when.

"Boring" i say and he nods

"What did you do?" He asks me

"Not a lot, just met up with a few people. Just a lot of talking and a lot of sleeping on planes" I say and he chuckles

I head into the back room and put my things on the table, before heading back out to see him talking to Mary.

"Hey darling!" Mary says and I walk towards them

"Hi Mary, how was your weekend?" I ask her

"It was great, thanks for asking" she says and i smile

Alex stands behind me and arms his arms around my waist and rets his chin on the top of my head and i chuckle.

"It's no problem" I say

"You two, you remind me of me and my husband" she says and i smile

"Really?" I ask

"Oh yeah, we didn't really get on at first but we just clicked" she says and i smile

"How long were you married for?" Alex asks

"Fifty three years" she says and my jaw drops in shock.

"Wow" Alex says

"that's such a long time" i say

"Best years of my life" she says

"Do you not have any kids?" I ask her

"I do, I have a son but he lives in Croatia and a daughter who lives in New York" she says, "I only see them at Christmas"

I frown and she smiles, "it's alright, I have you kids to keep me company"

"Yeah you do, we're the best" Alex says and i laugh

Mary smiles at us, "yeah, you are"

I watch her as she walks away, I wish her family would come and visit. It must get pretty lonely for people on their own. It's hurts when you lose somebody, especially when it's someone you love but I can't imagine losing your other half. It does make me worry about her sometimes, I guess that's why she has the cafe, to keep her busy, she talks to people here so I guess that stops her from feeling lonely all of the time.

"Lily!" Lydia and Izzy pant rushing inside and my eyes widen at their red, panicked faces.

"What?" I ask

"Grandmas coming to visit!" Izzy says

Oh shit.

The queen, of Greece.

Is coming here?

"What!" I shriek, "When?"

"Tenth of March" Lydia says, "I need to start cleaning my room now"

"Oh my god" Izzy says pacing

"Guys calm down, you have like three weeks" i say

"Don't tell us to calm down! You've only met her once, she is a clean freak and analyses everything" Izzy says

"Lydia, what's the big deal? You've just spent a week with her" i say

"The big deal is that she's coming to see us! She never visits" Lydia says

"Now that you say that, I've only talked to her once and I don't think I made a good impression" I say nervously, that was the day I had a hangover and was a bit out of sorts, I knocked down a champagne glass tower... it went everywhere.

It was so embarrassing.

"0kay, so I'm going to be not at home when she's there. Have fun!" I say

"Lily, you have to help us" Lydia says

"Help you with what?" I ask

"We think they are going to talk to us about something. You know mum and dad have been keeping secrets from us, we think it's all going to explode" izzy says

I glance at Lydia who looks kind of nervous when Izzy was talking about secrets, does she know something?

"Your being dramatic. Very dramatic" i say

"Am I! Am I!" Izzy says and I roll my eyes

"If your not buying anything get out" i say

"But-"

"No" i say sternly and they look at each other for a second before looking back at me, "you can talk to me about this at home if you must, now I have some work to attend to"

"Fine" the mumble before walking out.

Alex laughs and i just shake my head, "mental"