Who is she?

Chapter 1

Charlotte is sat at the bar on a Friday a night waiting for her little sister to meet her for a few drinks when the door opens she looks up to see the nursery crew walk in, they walk over to her table. "Hey char what you doing here." Reece says looking at the brunette. "Hey guys I'm meeting someone for drinks." Charlotte says smiling at all her friends. "Are you meeting Mia?" Marjorie says rolling her eyes. "No marjorie I'm not meeting Mia she's at home with the girls." Charlotte says and she gets a message on her phone she picks it up off the table to see her sister has messaged her.

From Bailey 🩷:

Hey lottie I'll be there in 5 minutes order whatever your drinking and I'll get mine when I get there. Xx

Okay Bails and some of my coworkers have come over to the table talking to me. Xx

They can join us if they'd like to it would be nice to get to know them. Xx

Okay see you soon bails. Xx

See you soon lottie. Xx

Charlotte puts her phone back down and looks up at them again. "The person I'm meeting said you can join us for drinks she'll be here in 5 minutes." Charlotte says and they all sit down. Charlotte notices that her sister still hasn't come yet and starts to worry about her. Okay so we have a special guest with us tonight who will be singing 2 songs everyone give it up for Bailey." The dj announces it Charlotte sees her sister walk up on the stage knowing the owner must have convinced her to sing. Bailey looks round the bar and spots Charlotte sat at the table with her coworkers. "She's pretty." Marjorie says, Charlotte smiles at the comment about her sister from her manager. Bailey strums on the guitar and everyone quietens down and turns their attention to the stage Bailey takes a deep breath and closes her eyes starting the first verse of 'Anything could happen by Ellie Goulding.'

"Stripped to the waist we fall into the river. Cover your eyes so you don't know the secret, I've been trying to hide we held our breath to see our names written on the wreck of '86. That was the year I knew the panic was over yes, since we found out, since we found out anything could happen, anything could happen, anything could happen, anything could happen, anything could happen, anything could." Bailey finishes the first verse and opens her eyes to see her big sister watching her with a proud smile, autumn is captivated by the mysterious women singing and how beautiful she is. Bailey starts the second verse. "After the war we said we'd fight together, ooh,ooh,ooh,ooh, I guess we thought that's just what humans do, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh. Letting the darkness grow as if we need it's palette and we need it's Colour, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, but now I've seen it through and now I know the truth that anything could happen, anything could happen, anything could happen, anything could happen, anything could happen, anything could." She finished the second verse and went straight on to the third verse.

"Baby, I'll give you everything you need, I'll give you everything you need, oh I'll give you everything you need but I don't think I need you. Stripped to the waist we fall into the river, cover your eyes so you don't know the secret I've been trying to hide we held our breath to see our names written on the wreck of '86 that was the year I Knew the panic was over yeah since we found out that anything could happen, anything could happen, anything could happen, anything could happen, anything could happen, anything could happen, anything could. I know it's gonna be, I know it's gonna be, I know it's gonna be, I know it's gonna be, I know it's gonna be, I know it's gonna be, I know it's gonna be, I know it's gonna be, I know it's gonna be, oh. But I don't think I need you, but I don't think I need you, but I don't think I need you, but I don't think I need you, but I don't think I need you." Bailey finishes the song and everyone stands up clapping Charlotte looks at her sister proudly. 'I'm so proud of you.' Charlotte mouths to her little sister.

Bailey puts the guitar down as the background music starts playing the tune of 'my blood by Ellie Goulding.' She starts singing along to it.

"That feeling that doesn't go away just did and I walked a thousand miles to prove it and I'm caught in the crossfire of my own thoughts, the colour of my blood is all I see on the rocks as you sail from me alarms will ring for eternity the waves will break every chain on me, my bones will bleach my flesh will flee and god knows, it's the only way to heal now with all the blood I lost with you it drowns the love I thought I knew the lost dreams are buried in my sleep for him, and this was the ecstasy of a love forgotten and I'm thrown in the gunfire of empty bullets and my blood is all I see as you steal my soul for me. Alarms will ring for entity the waters will break every chain on me and god knows, I'm not dying but I bleed now and god knows it's the only way to heal now, with all the blood I lost with you it drowns the love thought I knew and god knows, I'm not dying but I bleed now and god knows it's the only way to heal now with all the blood I lost with you, it drowns the love I thought I knew. And god knows, I'm not dying but I bleed now and gods knows it's the only way to heal now with all the blood I lost with you, it drowns the love I thought I knew." Bailey finishes the song and leaves the stage.

She goes to the bar and orders drinks for her sister's table and follows behind the waiter. "Your drinks." The waiter says taking the drink off tray and placing them on the table. "We never ordered any drinks." Bailey hears a female voice say in a thick Irish accent. "They've all been paid for." The waiter says and walks away from the table. "I wonder who bought us drinks." Another voice says. "Me too." She hears her sister say. Bailey bends down to be ear level with Charlotte. "Now why Lottie why are you surprised at who bought you drinks." Bailey whispers and quickly stands back as Charlotte stands up and turns to face her. "BAILEY WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT." Charlotte shouts and around turns their heads to see who Charlotte was shouting at. "Sorry Lottie." Bailey laughs at her big sister trying claiming herself down, Charlotte sits back down and Bailey pulls a chair from the next table and sits on it with her legs either side of it leaning on the back of it facing everyone. "Bails this is Marjorie and her partner Reece, sorscha and her wife cloghda, winter and that sat near you is Autumn, everyone this is Bailey." Charlotte says introducing them all. "How do you know char." Marjorie says. "I've known her my whole life we grew up together but I've been away for the passed year due to my work." Bailey says. Autumn just sits eying Bailey up and down annualising her and her figure.

A phone starts ringing and everyone checks their phone, Bailey pulls her phone out seeing it's the office. "I need to take this I'll be back." Bailey says, Charlotte nods at her and goes outside to answer her phone after a few minutes she goes back inside and walks over to the table. "Lottie I'm so sorry but there's some of sort of emergency at the office and they need me to fix it."  Bailey says with an apologetic look. "Go, do what you need to we'll catch up soon and I'm expecting you to be at Rosie's birthday Sunday." Charlotte says standing up hugging her little sister. "I wouldn't miss it for the world." Bailey says and dashes out the door and gets in the car waiting for her.

Charlotte stays a little longer talking with her colleagues. "So who was that." Autumn says. "You'll find out soon enough she'll be at my daughter's birthday." Charlotte says and order a taxi. "Well I'm gonna go home to Mia and my girls see you Sunday." Charlotte says picking her bag up. "Bye char see you Sunday." They all say and Charlotte leaves.