McHay re-written

Chapter 1

"What better way to show you moved on than to go to your divorce party with a new engagement ring on your finger?" James says kissing me again.

"Come on, I need to get dressed ready for this party." I say grabbing his hand. He needed to change as he was in a full suit.

"Button up shirt and trousers then." James asks.

"I was thinking nice top and jeans" I say looking through my side of the wardrobe.

"At least wear black jeans." James says pulling out a pair of black trousers and a white shirt for him.

"Fine. As long as you leave the top 2 buttons undone." I say to him seeing him changing one shirt for another.

"Deal." He says and we both get dressed.

At the Hutchinson

James and I arrive and I knock on the door. Harry opens the door with less than a welcoming face.

"Who invited you" Harry says as if he was annoyed.

"Ste did." I say and he steps aside so that we can enter. I see Ste sitting at the kitchen table.

"I'll have a beer" James says to me. When James says he wants a beer that means he doesn't want to stay long. I nod and walk over to the kitchen table where the drinks are.

"Sorry about Harry. He can be protective. I don't get why he was like that though. We just divorced so there is no reason for it." Ste says drinking more of his beer.

"It's ok. I have dealt with worse than him" I say not going into detail. Ste lived through it all with me.

"You don't think it's James he has a problem with." Ste says handing me two beers.

"Why would he be miffed that James is here" I ask Ste.

"Don't know but I think I might do some digging." Ste says. I just nod and go and sit next to James and hand him his drink.

Soon that party was dead, people were here but no one was dancing or talking. James and I were stood with Mum and Diego. Mum was congratulating us on the engagement even though she doesn't like James. I saw Harry storm out about 5 minutes ago and Ste looked pretty upset. James got a phone call.

"Sorry. That was work. There is a double overnighter in Manchester that they want me to cover." James says to me.

"What... But we just go engaged" I say to him.

"I know and I will celebrate with you soon and I will bring you flowers and chocolate and anything but this is a big job for my career." He says kissing me and leaving.

About 30 minutes past and everyone had left and there was only me and Ste.

"Look at us. Abandoned by our loved ones." I say to him and sit down next him.

"Come on. Grab your jacket, let make a night of this." He says grabbing his jacket. I followed suit and went out the door so that he can lock up behind us.

"Do you want to get chips or something?" Ste says to me as we walk down the steps.

"I could eat" I smile at him and we head off to go and get chips from a local fish and chip shop.

We made small talk about life in general.

"I forgot to say congratulations. I bet you're dead happy" Ste says pointing to my engagement ring.

"Yeah, I have been waiting so long for James to make a commitment and now he has" I say to him giving a half-hearted smile.

"You don't look very happy. Is this really what you want" Ste says looking at me.

"Well, James is like a robot. Sometimes I think I see a flash of something human then it goes" I say to him looking down at my ring.

"Well I guess thing have changed then" Ste says to me, looking at the side of my face as I was still looking down.

"Feelings don't change," I say looking him in the eyes. Every time we lock eyes, I just melt, "Maybe marrying James isn't what I want." I smiled at Ste and surprisingly he smiled back at me.

"What do you want?" Ste says smiling at me.

We both just looked at each other with the same serious expressions.

"James is out" I say to him smirking and gesturing to the Nightingale house.

"Harry stormed off" Ste smirked. I knew we were both thinking the same thing. I threw my chips in a nearby bin, Ste discarded his a while ago. I grab his hand and we both grin like Cheshire cats as we basically run to the Nightingale house. I knew no one was in as Marnie was in America with Tabby and James was out in Manchester. I heard Ste's phone ringing but we both just ignored it. I unlocked the first door, let Ste in and then locked the first door. Literally as I locked the door, Ste's lips were on mine. We hadn't even got into the house and we were in a heated lip lock. I pushed Ste against the main door and tried to unlock it. Ste detached his lips and re-attached them to my neck making it harder to open the door. He knew exactly where my weak spot was. I did get the door open and basically slam it shut. Ste reattached his lips to mine and made our way to the bedroom.

We woke the next morning wrapped in each other's arms, bare chested and breathing softly.