chapter 52

The rest of the week had gone really well for Mandy. She and Brian got in brilliantly and even though she felt uncomfortable around Nicky, she was on speaking terms with him. She had just been to see her solicitor about a divorce, when she came home, laden with decorating stuff for her room. She had planned on spending the weekend doing her room up. She walked into the living room and saw Brian laying there watching Telly. He looked at her and smiled as he straightened up on the sofa.
“Hiya love. How did it go at the solicitors?” he smiled.
“It went ok. I filed for divorce!” she shrugged with a sigh.
Brian got up and walked towards her, “Awww babe, you’re doing the right thing. The sooner you get it over and done with the better!” he soothed, rubbing her back.
Mandy sighed and nodded against his chest. Brian pulled away and looked at her.
“What have you got there then?” he smiled, nudging his head towards the plastic bags.
“OH some paint and material and stuff for my room. I am decorating this weekend!” she smiled.
“Oh great. I’ll give you a hand then!” he grinned.
“If you want!” she shrugged.
Brian stood there, staring at mid air for a while, “Oh shit!” he suddenly cursed, “I am supposed to be playing football with the lads tomorrow afternoon!”
Mandy shrugged, “So?”
“So I won’t be able to help you. I’ll just call them and cancel!” he sighed, grabbing the cordless from the table.
Mandy ran to him and stopped him, “You’ll do no such thing. Don’t cancel. Just go and play footie. I can manage on my own!”
“Mandz. It’ll be quicker with 2 of us!” he argued.
Mandy shook her head, “ I can cope, Brian. IN the morning I shall paint the room and whilst I am waiting for it to dry, I’ll make the curtains!”
“Make the curtains?” he questioned.
Mandy smiled and nodded.
“So they are not ready made?” he questioned again.
Mandy shook her head, “no. Normally I make my own. I don’t usually like the ready made ones. Either the style is all wrong or the colours are not to my liking. SO I just buy the material and make them myself!”
“Wow! Is there anything you can’t do?” he smiled, “Nicky sure was a fool to let you go!”
Mandy bowed her head down and frowned. Brian instantly realised his mistake, “OH god, babe, I’m so sorry. I didn’t mean it like that…oh shit!” he cursed.
“It’s ok!” she sighed.
Brian stared at her and leaned his head back on the sofa.
“Well, I guess I’d better put all this upstairs and then I’ll have a shower!” she sighed. She then stopped and looked back at Brian, “Oh Bri. Do you have a tape measure? I want to measure the windows so can get started on the curtains tonight!”
Brian smiled and nodded, “Yeah. It’s in my room. Top drawer on the nightstand. Just go in and get it babe!” he winked.
Mandy nodded and thanked him as she walked upstairs. She opened his door and let herself in. She looked around the bedroom, remembering what happened the last time she had stepped inside his room. She sighed and shook her head free of those thoughts. She then sat on the bed and opened the top drawer. Straight away, she saw the tape measure laying there. She grabbed it and took it out and as she did so, something fell on the floor. It was a picture. She picked it up and stared at it.
“OH my god!” she gasped, not taking her eyes off it. She stared at her own image in it, only 10 tears younger. He was standing next to her with his arm around her. It was at that party they went to when they went as dates. She laughed lightly at it at the state of her hair and laughed even more at the state of Brian’s hair. She did not notice Brian coming in, “Did you find…” he stared at her, staring at the picture, “…it…What are you looking at?” He walked over to her and towered above her.
Mandy looked at him, “Where did you get this from?” she screeched in laughter.
Brian sat beside her and stared at the picture, “Oh, my mate took that picture and gave it to me when he had it developed!” he smiled, looking down at it.
“How come you still have it?” she asked with a grin.
Brian shrugged, “I dunno. I was looking through my old photos the other day and I came across it!”
“And how come its in your beside drawer?” she queried.
Brian blushed deeply. What he really wanted to tell her was that it was the only way it would be her face he saw last thing at night and first thing in the morning. He wanted to tell her how he kissed that picture every time he went to bed. But somehow, he knew she wouldn’t agree with it. Instead he sighed.
“Brian?” she asked.
Brian zoomed back down to reality, “oh uh…I kept it there to show you, but I kept forgetting!” he lied.
Mandy smiled and looked at it again, “It’s a great picture.” She stared at him hugging her and kissing her cheek. She was laughing hysterically in it as he did so. She smiled at it again and put it back in the drawer. She then closed it and stood up, as she looked at Brian, “Well, thanks for the tape measure.”
Brian nodded and put the music on. Mandy went to her room, measured her window and then went to have her shower. When she was done, she walked back to her room, wearing nothing but a towel around her body and a smaller one around her head. Brian came out of his room and saw her. His breath got caught in his throat. She looked at him ad smiled. He just stared at her.
“You ok?” she smiled.
Brian swallowed as his eyes travelled the length of her body and back up to her face. He nodded, “Erm, great outfit. You should wear that the next time you go out!” he joked.
Mandy laughed, “Yeah I might do. But with tights on!” she joked back.
Brian smiled, “Good idea. Listen. I am making myself some toast. Do you want some?” he offered.
Mandy shook her head, “NO thanks Bri. I am gonna measure the curtains now and get started on them tonight!”
Brian smiled and nodded. He walked away and Mandy walked to her room. She put her her house clothes on, a t-shirt and short shorts, grabbed the material and walked downstairs with all her stuff. She lay the material on the floor as she crawled on all fours on it, measuring it carefully. Brian walked in from the kitchen and saw her on all fours on the floor. A very erotic image popped into his head, and his eyes could not be removed from her bum with those revealing shorts. He shook his head and sighed, “God living with her is going to be a lot more difficult that what I thought!” he thought to himself, He sighed and sat on the sofa as he munched on his toast. Mandy looked at him and smiled.
“Nice material!” he smiled as he chewed on his toast.
Mandy crawled along the yellow and orange material and snipped at the unwanted bits.
“Thanks. I wanted some nice warm colours for my room!” she smiled.
Brian smiled and nodded, “What colour are you painting the walls?”
“Yellow!” smiled Mandy, “And my duvet cover is the same pattern as this. I am making it too!” she smiled as she put the pins on the material as she folded the hem.
“Do you ALWAYS make your own bed wear?” he watched her, fascinated by her hard work, “Isn’t it just easier to buy the whole bed set?”
Mandy shrugged, “I already said earlier, I normally don’t like what they have, so I make my own. It’s not that hard, really. It’ll be done by tomorrow!”
Brian smiled, “Seems too much like hard work!”
Mandy grabbed the last pin from her mouth and pinned it on the hem. When it was ready, she got the other piece of material and lay it on the floor too, to repeat what she had just done on the first one.
“Now what are you doing?” he chuckled.
“Curtains are ready to be sewn tomorrow. Now it’s the duvet and pillow cases!” she grinned.
Brian watched, still in fascination as she pinned everything and got it ready. When she was done, she folded the material and put it back in the bag.
“So you’re playing football tomorrow huh?” she smiled.
Brian smiled and nodded, “Yup. Me and some guys from work form a team and we’re in this club. We play most Saturdays!”
Mandy just smiled and nodded.
“So, do you have any plans for tomorrow, apart from doing all this stuff for your room?” he asked.
Mandy shrugged, “This is pretty much all I am doing tomorrow!”
Brian smiled and helped her tidy up, “How about we hit a club tomorrow? We had a really good time the last time we did that!” he laughed.
“Yeah, and also a big argument the day after!” she frowned.
“Yeah, but that won’t happen this time, coz I know where I stand. Come on, we both need one. We’ve worked hard enough all week. Let’s treat ourselves!” he pleaded.
Mandy smiled, “We’ll see how tired I am tomorrow after decorating my room, ok?”
Brian smiled and nodded, “Great.”