Chapter 26

I frowned at the text message - was it my imagination that it was a little... abrupt? Pushing the thought aside, I texted back a goodnight and turned back to my girlfriend. Debbie looked up from her knitting, giving me a smile. "What's up?"

I thought about telling her - I mean, she knew that Kathryn and I were friends, that we went sailing and had dinner now and then, so there was really nothing strange about me being slightly put out by a short text message. But something made me smile and shake my head and dismiss the moment as, "Nothing, sweetheart. How're you getting on?"

"Good, good... nearly done with this," she said, grinning. "You'll have a proper pair of woolen socks in no time."

"Just in time for summer," I said with a slight smirk.

"Hey, a good pair of woollies never goes amiss! Besides, it'll be cold again soon enough..."

"God, tell me about it," I said with a roll of my eyes, putting my phone down by the couch and shifting to snuggle up against Debbie, who had to rearrange herself a little to still have elbow room to knit but nonetheless turned to plant a kiss on my forehead. "Still, plenty of sailing days before then."

"True," Debbie said, nodding. "When are you going out next, by the way? I thought I might try and see if Lynn's free for hanging out while you're busy."

"Dunno - we were meant to go this weekend but I'm not sure we still will now that Keith and Jonas are back. Kathryn may either have work to do or something with Jonas."

"Ah. Well, let me know, yeah?"

"Mm, completely. You know," I added, reaching to play with the hem of her shirt, "you can always see Lynn anyway if you want to, sweetheart - you don't always have to keep yourself free for me."

"Oh, I know. It's just that the weekends are really the only days we have together so I like to see you when I can."

"Mm." I hummed my agreement and turned a little, craning my neck to kiss Debbie lightly on the cheek.

She smiled again and turned to peck me on the lips before settling back against the sofa. "So, do you want to pop on another film, or see what's on the telly?"

 

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