"Hey you… What you doin’ with ureslf 2nite? Fancy catching a film…. P.S this is my new number xxx"
smirked to herself in confusion wondering who this was before feeling slightly disappointed that the only reason she’d gotten a text was because it had been a wrong number. She thought about whether or not to reply and smiled to herself as her posters caught her eye. and was how they panned out. The smile even turned to a small laugh as she realised that the person who had sent her the text had the same initials as her dream boy . This alone made her decision to reply and she clicked reply and typed, " Sorry…think you have the wrong number. No idea who you are? Hope you catch that film xXx" she clicked send slightly worried that the text might be a bit too chatty for someone she didn’t know. She didn’t even know if the person was male of female but didn’t have time to worry as her phone signalled she had another text in a matter of minutes "How embarrassing...really sorry to bother you…nice to meet you . XX"
She smiled warmly as the poster of smiled back at her. What a coincidence. "Nice name. Gd to meet you too." She replied not being able to stop the thoughts of how bizarre not to mention dangerous this was.
The texting went on for quite sometime. She established was 20; a year older than her and only lived a few miles away. She was still quite careful about what she told him and they stuck to favourite bands, more his, as he seemed reluctant to talk about , as did most blokes. She eventually ended the conversation, not knowing, but hoping she’d speak to him again.
She didn’t have to wait long to find out the next day. She was sitting having a coffee with who had finally returned full of apologies for her lack of contact. As predicted by her pretty friend had spent the holiday with some hunk. was telling her about the bizarre text when her phone beeped again. Both girls looked at each other in anticipation as fished her phone out of her bag. "It’s him" said as looked on excitedly. "Hey again…sorry for texting you…really enjoyed our conversation last night x"
"Should I reply?" asked her friend for advice "definitely" told her handing back the phone as thought about what to say. She admired ’s daring streak. She’d always been the pretty friend. was too shy. She didn’t know why she was worried. She didn’t even know this bloke. The only thing that had made her reply had been his initials. Regardless she typed in a reply "Yeah I enjoyed it too. Give me a shout next time ure bored. Haha x"
Within five minutes she had a reply "WILL DO haha"
It made her smile and then redden as she realised how stupid this must look. Texting some bloke she didn’t know. She put her phone back in her bag without replying as her and went shopping.
She got in the house later that day and immediately put the new single she had just bought in her CD player and began to get ready for the long awaited night out she had planned with . She fished her phone out of her bag and was disappointed to see that no one had text her. That no-one being . She played with the phone in her hands. ‘Would she look to desperate if she text him’ she decided that yes she would and put the phone on the table as she decided what to wear. She kept returning to the table and picking up the phone before placing it back down. This ritual continued for ten minutes before she decided to text him. "Hey. Not sure why I’m texting!!! Haha. Hope you’re ok n had a gud day. Vx" she pressed send before going in the shower.
When she returned to her room in a towel, drying her hair she went to her phone and smiled seeing the familiar number "Hey…glad you text…was worried I’d freaked you out. I’m off out with mate’s 2nite. Prob go to revolution. xx"
’s heart flipped as she paced the room and re-read the text over and over. Her and were going to revolution. Should she tell him? Texting was one thing but meting him was another. What should she do? She took a deep breath and replied "I’m going there too 2nite!!! "
"Might c u there" came the reply
"Yeah maybe" she sent back
"Cool…txt me when you get there"
She got ready, her stomach in knots and went to ’s. "I think I’m gonna be sick" she told as she re-counted the story.
"Don’t be daft. replied casually. "I’ll be there so if he’s awful we’ll make our excuses and go. But at least give him a chance. And he’s bringing mates" she said smiling cheekily as laughed at her man hungry friend!!
They arrived at revolution pretty tipsy and plucked up the courage to text and tell him they were at the bar. Well took ’s phone and did it for her. They ordered there drinks and tried to ignore her shaking knees as she took a gulp. "Someone’s thirsty" she heard a voice say. She was sure she recognised it and turned around dropping her glass as she looked into the eyes before her " " was all she could mutter.
"That’s me" he said smiling at her goofiness although it was nothing he wasn’t used to. He couldn’t help but scan his eyes and admire the figure of the girl next to him. Dressed all in black and her hair loosely over her shoulders she looked pretty hot. didn’t notice this, as she was too busy picking up bits of broken glass but did and couldn’t help but raise her eyebrows at who noticed and reddened before helping with the glass. hurriedly picked up the glass not quite believing what was happening. She wasn’t paying attention and a piece of glass scratched her finger causing her to scream out in pain. looked worried and instinctively took her finger whilst asking the barman for the first aid kit. He smiled thanking the barman as he took the tissue and pressed on her finger to control the bleeding. It stung but was too busy watching . She flinched as he wrapped on the plaster making him look up and smile at her. "There you are…good as new. So now we know you know my name. What’s yours?"
"erm… " she told him trying to smile as naturally as she could. She failed. They looked into each other’s eyes, not quite sure what to say. Someone clearing their throat made them divert their gaze and see smirking "and I’m " she shook hand laughing. "So…you come here often," laughed at choice of line "I didn’t mean it like that" he said laughing embarrassed by what he had just said. "It’s ok" she told him as bought her a drink "I’m just finding this all a bit odd" she confessed "I love your band and now your buying me drinks?!" suddenly remembered her new text friend and scanned the bar to see if there was anyone looking for her. "Lost someone?" asked her
"Erm…not exactly…it’s just…" never mind she smiled at . There were loads of blokes at the bar and she didn’t even know the bloke who’d been texting her. This was much more important.
"So who are you here with?" asked trying to keep up the conversation
suddenly remembered his friends and led and over to his table where , and some of their friends were sitting. "Thought you’d got lost mate?" looked up and laughed at his friend before noticing and raising his eyebrows before nodding. "You must be .." stopped suddenly "Ow what did you kick me for?" he looked up at "My foot slipped" said sharply glaring at "This is and her friend " he told the group as the girls smiled shyly. immediately moved up making room for who sat down next to him. and took a seat too and eventually started to relax around her company. spent most of the night asking questions about her and she felt pretty special by the end of the night. He seemed genuinely interested. Not like the guys she’d been out with in the past. She hoped he didn’t get the wrong idea though as she couldn’t stop checking her phone and looking around. She was surprised that her text-friend hadn’t been in touch but relieved all the same. The time flew by and eventually they were asked to leave for closing time. "You wanna come back to mine?" asked hoping he didn’t sound too keen. looked at who was stood against the wall laughing at something had said. "erm…yeah ok" she eventually decided. face lit up "Cool" he said as they began to walk, sliding his arm around her shoulders. let it lie there, pretending she hadn’t noticed but looked up and smiled at who did the same back. The walk home didn’t take long. had found herself telling about the text-friend. He’d gone a bit quiet and she was worried he thought it was odd. Who could blame him? Once inside he got her a glass of water and they sat on the sofa. couldn’t help but yawn. "You wanna go to bed?" asked her. nodded but the pair remained seated. They both fidgeted, clearly feeling awkward about the sleeping arrangements. took a deep breath before breaking the silence " I don’t want to push you into anything. You can stay in the spare room if you want." He said to her. took her time before replying. She studied gorgeous features. He was even better looking in real life than he was on her posters if that was possible. The drink he’d had made his eyes wide and the brilliant shone out of them. His skin was pale but looked so soft as his hair brushed against his eyes and fell over his forehead. And his lips….they looked so soft and pink as he rubbed them together waiting for to reply. She didn’t say anything as she raised herself onto her knees on the sofa and crawled towards him. His breathing got deeper as he waited to see what she was going to do. When she was so close he could feel her breath he allowed himself to raise a hand and move her hair out of the way. She stopped, as their lips were inches apart. moved his head forward slightly so she knew that it was ok and stroked the back of her neck with his finger. tilted her head and softly kissed . He responded with a hungry kiss, pushing there lips together using the handful of her hair he still had a grip of to pull her on top of him. She let her hand rise to his neck and stroke his skin under his beaded necklace before gently letting it lie on his cheek. placed a hand on top of hers before linking their fingers together. The kiss eventually broke apart and without talking moved his eyes upwards gesturing towards the bedroom upstairs. nodded and slowly raised her self off him as took her hand and led her upstairs. didn’t have time to survey room. Once inside he turned to her and kissed her. The force pushing her back against the door before she gained control and undoing his shirt and pushing it over his shoulders walked him backwards towards the bed as he helped her undress.
The sun streaming through the window and handing her a mug of tea woke up the next morning. She smiled as she stretched and sat up taking the mug from him. "Morning" he smiled
"What time is it?" she asked him after taking a mouthful of tea. "11" he told her kissing her warm lips. She smiled still feeling slightly awkward about the situation "I’m gonna have to be heading off" she said beginning to get dressed. looked slightly disappointed but understood needed time to think. He showed her to the door and they had one final kiss before she left his house. She couldn’t help but feel crestfallen that he hadn’t given her his number or asked for hers. Her phone signalled she had a text before she was at the bottom of the path. She saw it was from her text friend . She clicked open and read as she walked "I had a great time…please let me see you again… XxX" She spun round to see watching her from the window with his phone in his hand. She looked at him startled and laughed so hysterically she prayed the neighbours weren’t watching. She turned back round before replying "What you doing tonight?" smiling she placed her phone back in her bag, taking a quick glimpse of laughing as she walked down the street to her house.
Her phone beeped later that night as was getting ready to go out. All she knew was that she had to dress up. "You nearly ready" the text made her smile as she looked in the mirror at her black skirt and halter neck top and replied "Ready and waiting"
"Good…come downstairs then".
She grabbed her jacket and did as she was told. Opening the front door she gasped at the gorgeous bouquet of flowers lying on the doorstep and picked them up reading the card "Pretty flowers for a beautiful rose – Now put them in water and come back to the door". She did as she was told and came back to find looking amazing in a blue suit with a white shirt underneath. She could tell by his posture that he wasn’t used to wearing these clothes. She smiled as he looked up at her his eyes growing wide as he scanned her body as he had done when they first met. "W….W…WOW..You look…..amazing" he told her making her blush and look down at her feet. He walked towards her and used his hand to gently push her chin up so they made eye contact. Those eyes making her forget to breath. He kissed her softly on the lips before taking her hand and leading her out of the door. refused to tell where they were going all the way to their destination. They held hands all the way as they walked along the riverbank. It was still quite early but beginning to get dark and couldn’t help but notice yet again how lovely looked in the lighting. His hair fell over his face as she lightly brushed it away and kissed his cheek "Why have we stopped?" she asked him. She followed his gaze to se what he was looking at and looked back at him confused wondering why he was staring at the London Eye. "We’re going on that" he told her walking her towards it. His hand clasping hers. There was a man standing by the wheel and thanked him and winked as they stepped inside one of the carriages. followed him and gasped as she saw the perfectly set up dinner table set up inside. The man at the door, who turned out to be there waiter for the night followed them inside and held out her seat for to sit down. thanked him and smiled as took the seat opposite and immediately took her hand over the table. They had a lovely meal and found herself really falling for the man before her. He spoke to her about his childhood and she realised there was so much more to this man than a poster on a bedroom wall. He laughed when she told him her conclusion "Well, I’m glad you think so" he leaned across the table and kissed her softly. When they were finished got out of his seat and held out his hand to . She accepted and let him pull her up. He walked her to the window and stood behind her, placing his arms around her waist. She placed both her hands over is and looked into the beautiful landscape of the capital. "Beautiful" said in awe of the scenery. "Certainly is" said in a loving tone making look at him, smiling when she realised he was referring to her.
They got back to house later that night and were barely through the door when placed a hand on ’s cheek and began sending little butterfly kisses across her lips. gratefully returned the kisses, resting her hand on his chest and letting her fingers work the buttons of his suit jacket. Still kissing her he guided her into the front room and stopped suddenly. opened her eyes and tried to pull towards her until she realised he was distracted and spun round to see what had made him stop. " , what the f*ck are you doing here mate?" said irritated by his friend letting himself in. shrugged his shoulders "Was bored" he said simply. "Remind me to take that spare key off you" told his friend laughing. rearranged her skirt and laughed as looked her up and down "Oi" said throwing a cushion at his friend "You leave this one alone" he took a seat next to and placed an arm around her. The three sat in silence for a while until spoke "Are you planning on staying" He asked , his tone indicating that he really wanted to go. sensed this and stood up "No I’ll go … suppose I could always text someone…you never know where it might lead!!!" he laughed as pushed him out the door and walked back to where was sitting with a cheeky grin on his face. "So…where were we?" he said kissing her softly as she smiled at him and took his arms pulling him onto the sofa. "Well…" said laughing and raising an eyebrow suggestively as she unbuttoned his shirt and slid it over his toned shoulders as he raised his eyebrows in the same suggestive way whilst removing her top and lying her back as he planted small kisses over her neck. She didn’t need to say anymore. They both knew exactly where this was heading…
kissed ’s sweaty neck and laughed at her satisfied grin on her face as she dozed off. "Maybe we should make it to the bedroom next time" he said laughing as he admired how beautiful she was. He gently lifted himself from her and kissed her again as she smiled at the feeling of his soft lips on hers. She licked her lips and opened her eyes as she felt the warmth of ’ body leave her. "Bed?" said holding out a hand to help her up. She accepted and pulled on his shirt as she followed him upstairs. "That looks so much better on you" said pretending to be upset as he put on his puppy dog eyes and jumped into bed closely followed by who snuggled up next to him. "You happy?" he asked her as they drifted off to sleep. "You bet" whispered as they both fell asleep in each other’s arms smiling.
woke the next morning to discover she was alone. Something on the pillow by her head caught her eye. She propped herself up with her elbow and took what she realised was a photograph in her hands. She giggled to herself seeing it was of . Her mobile was on top of it. She had a text : "Had to go away with the band…..make yourself at home and be waiting for me when I get back…..should be a couple of days…love xxx"
She laughed and lay back down, clutching the photo. She re-read the text message and let her eyes focus on the word "Love". Her heart seemed to do a flip and her stomach knotted. In fact it always seemed to when she thought about . She couldn’t eat, sleep, he was the first ting she thought about on the morning and the last thing at night. She took deep breaths as the realisation of her feelings hit her. ’ casual use of the little L word meant much much more to . She picked up her phone and dialled ’s number. She needed advice.
"Just tell him," told her like it was the easiest thing in the world
"And if he doesn’t say it back…I could scare the one thing I’m really happy with in my life" she said exasperated.
"Don’t tell him then" said simply
"And then wonder what if….?" She argued, more with her own emotions than with
"Look…are you sure you Love him" asked "I mean really sure?"
took hr time to think about it. She looked at the photo she was still holding as she paced back and forth and smiled as she looked down at his shirt she was still wearing. Her mind was cast back to her date with the night before. How right it felt to be held in his arms as they looked into the London sky together and how natural it felt to spend the night together "I’m crazy about him" she said quietly down the receiver.
It felt like the longest two days of her life apart from . They kept in touch with constant text messages but now had realised the true extent of her feelings, her nerves and insecurities were sensed by . He was due home the next day and had sent a text telling her to meet him at his house the following night, as they "needed 2 talk". "What if he wants to end things? She said as her and sat in her room flicking through the latest Sneak magazine. Her and had revamped her bedroom and taken down her posters of as it seemed silly now and she knew would find it freaky. She couldn’t help but stop on the interview. The headline "The boys talk Rock and Roll…..fame…..life and LOVE" caught her eye. had told her about the interview in a text. It had only been done a couple of days ago. She read the interview…just plain old normal questions until towards the end she saw the question she was looking for yet dreading "So boys, how are things on the girl front" answered in his normal cheeky manner which seemed to annoy . knew they’d been getting on well together but they were both holding the pretence that it was casual. knew wanted more and was sure did too. gushed over as usual making smile at how happy he was and then it was turn. "I can’t read it" she said. laughed and took the magazine off her friend reading his answer out loud "It’s early days but I am seeing someone at the moment called and am very happy and hope the fans will be for me too" looked up wondering if was winding her up before grabbing the magazine off her and reading over the words had just read. A smile couldn’t help but form on her lips as she hugged and fell asleep feeling slightly reassured about seeing her boyfriend tomorrow.
took her time to make sure she looked good but casual the next night. She wore a pair of low slung hipster jeans with her belt and a green stylish t-shirt and her black jacket over the top. She arrived at 10minutes later than she told him following ’s advice to be fashionably late. As she knocked, the door opened. Confused, she opened the door slowly and walked into the house. Looking at the floor she noticed ’ fave snack of leading a trail. Laughing and wondering what was going on she followed them into the kitchen. The trail stopped and she looked up to see a small teddy holding an even smaller box. She picked up the bear and took the box from it. Just as she was about to look inside she noticed a mobile phone. At that second it beeped a text. "What better way to tell you how I fell than to communicate the way we met.". Baffled she put down the phone and opened the box, hoping it would have the answers. Inside she found a ring. It was a gorgeous gold band with a simple jewel in it. The phone beeped again. She read the text "I love you…please don’t leave me". She pressed reply as she tried to type a text though her watery eyes blurred her vision "I love you too"
"And you won’t leave me" ’ voice made her spin round
"Never" she told him walking towards him and he placed the ring on her finger before kissing her. They held each other tight, both wanting to feel the others emotions, to be part of them. looked up at who wiped her happy tear from her cheek as she smiled up a him. "I love you " she said firmly and kissed him before he had time to reply "but that doesn’t mean I won’t make you clean up these " she said laughing. "Why don’t you?" he told her "It’s your house too". She looked at him, this boy never seized to shock her. Had he just asked her to move him. His expression suggested he had "If you want to?" he asked her. She responded with a passionate yet sensual kiss "When should I get my things?" she said smiling and looking as deep as she could into his eyes. removed her jacket and kissed her neck softly and tantalisingly "Later" he mumbled.
THE END.