Hey guys!

So I haven't posted on here in ages and I decided I should write a new story. This story is about The Midnight Beast (they are a parody band if you haven't heard of them). This is my first TMB story so I hope it is alright :)

Anyways, I hope you enjoy it :) xxx

Chapter 1

Stefan POV

7:30! Who gets up at 7:30? Crazy people, that's who. People should still be sleeping at this time. I bet you're wondering why I'm up this early if I think people should still be sleeping. One word. Ash. He wanted to see the late night showing of this new horror film he's been going on about for weeks. When he said late night, I thought he meant 11pm – 12am, but no. he meant 3am. How is that late night? He also didn't tell us that it went on for 2 and a half hours, not including the trailers they show before the film. By the time we finally got out, it was 6am. Alls I wanted to do was go home and sleep, but I couldn't because that film that Ash really wanted to see because it was 'so cool' and 'totally not scary', had scared the life out of him and he was scared that the murderer was going to "kill him in his sleep when he couldn't defend himself" (his words, not mine). He decided he was going to stay wake for as long as possible, but not on his own because "he's more vulnerable on his own" (again, his words, not mine), and to do that, he would need coffee.

This brings us to now. I am currently sitting in Starbucks, where I have been for the last hour. It took Ash 25 minutes to decide that he didn't want to be alone. By that time, we were about 2 minutes away from our flat. So we all went back out to find somewhere to get some coffee, and Starbucks was the closest.

So as I was saying. I'm currently sitting in Starbucks, waiting for Ash to finish his drink. He insisted on staying there to drink it and then decided he wanted another, which meant we couldn't leave. He's taking his time drinking because he thinks we won't go home after this. Of course I will! I'm tired as hell and I want to sleep. Stupid Ash. I'm making it sound like I hate him. Well right now, I do. He deprived me of sleep. But we are best friends any other time, as well as Dru, who is also here and is probably mentally killing Ash right now. No one's even talking. I think everyone is too tired. I can't take it anymore.

"Ok seriously Ash. Can you hurry up? I want to sleep." I said to him.

"Can you let me drink my coffee in peace please? I will be done soon." He told me.

"You said that 20 minutes ago and since then you have only had a sip of it. If you don't finish that in the next 5 minutes, I'm leaving." Dru told him. Go Dru.

"Ok, ok." Ash took a sip of it before pulling a face. "It's cold now. I don't want it." I gave him a look.

"Are you serious? You couldn't have said that 10 minutes ago? Come on, get up, we're leaving. Now." I said to him, standing up. Dru and Ash followed.

We walked out of Starbucks and into the chilly October air. It was about mid-October and the leaves on the trees were yellow and brown. I zipped my hoodie up and carried on walking. We were all too tired to say anything, so we walked in silence. I was looking down at my feet, instead of ahead of me so I couldn't see anything or anyone in front of me. As I was walking, I accidently walked into someone. I only accidently hit their shoulder with mine, but I wasn't expecting it and it made me jump slightly and I looked up. I stopped and turned around. A girl with brown hair, put into a plait, turned around at the same time. I looked at her before freezing.

"I'm so sorry." She said. I carried on staring before realising she had spoken.

"Perrie." Breathed out. She gave me a look as if to say 'what the hell are you talking about?'

"Um, excuse me?" She said.

"It's you isn't it? Perrie. That's your name, right?" I asked her.

"Um, yeah. Do I know you?" She questioned.

"Don't you remember? It's me, Stef." I said, slightly embarrassed.

"Sorry, I don't know a Stef." She said to me. I was slightly disappointed, but I was so sure it was her, so I tried again.

"From when we were 15? That summer?" I tried one last time. I could feel Ash and Dru's eyes boring into the side of my head, but I couldn't see them because of my hood, so I ignored them. The girl's (I'm sure it is Perrie) thought for a second before her eyes widened. But as quickly as it happened, she looked at me with the same expression as before. I knew she had remembered now. It was definitely her.

"I'm sorry, I don't know what you're talking about. But I have to go now, I'm late for work." And with that, she was walking in the opposite direction to me, and then she disappeared from my sight. I carried on staring at the corner she had turned.

"What was that about?" I heard Dru say from my right. I had forgotten they were there. I turned towards them.

"Um, nothing. It was…nothing. It doesn't matter." And with that, I carried on walking.

Perrie POV

How could I have woken up so late? Usually I'm up before my alarm, but there was a power cut in my flat this morning and my alarm didn't go off, so I didn't wake up. It was 10 past 7. I was going to be late for work. I rushed into the bathroom to have a quick shower before getting out and running to my bedroom to get dressed. I looked at the clock. 20 past. I have to leave in 5 minutes. I quickly got out my work clothes, a white shirt and black trousers, and got dressed. I brushed my hair and then put it into a plait. I put my socks and shoes on and then went to the electric box quickly to sort it out. Then, I grabbed my keys, my phone and my bag and left, locking the door behind me and then putting the keys into my bag. I looked at the time on my phone. 28 minutes past. I was going to be late. I sped-walked down the road, hoping I might just make it on time.

I work at Starbucks. It's never busy until about 8-8:30 because that is usually when people around here go to work.

I was walking down the road, trying to find my name tag in my bag and I wasn't looking where I was going. I accidently bumped into someone. I stopped looking in my bag and turned around.

"I'm so sorry." I said to the boy I had bumped in to. He just stared before realising I had actually said something.

"Perrie." I heard him say quietly. She looked at him as if he was mental, but he did say my name.

"Um, excuse me?" I said.

"It's you isn't it? Perrie. That's your name, right?" He asked.

"Um, yeah. Do I know you?" I asked him.

"Don't you remember? It's me, Stef." He said. Remember what?

"Sorry, I don't know a Stef." I said to him as nice as I could manage. I was running late, and this was making me later. I saw his face drop slightly, before he spoke again.

"From when we were 15? That summer?" He said. I thought for a moment. The summer I was 15. I was at that–. No, it could be. My eyes widened before I composed myself.

"I'm sorry, I don't know what you're talking about. But I have to go now, I'm late for work." And with that, I left. I quickly walked round the corner, making sure I was out of view before slowing down. I didn't want to remember that summer. While it was fun at the time, I was disappointed after.

I managed to get to work at 7:37. I burst through the doors to find it almost empty, with the exception of the man that is always here at 7:25 everyday, and Vicky behind the counter. I walked behind the counter and through the door to the staffroom. Vicky followed.

"You're late." She said to me.

"No shit." I said sarcastically. Vicky and I don't get on very well. She is bearable sometimes, but most of the time she is bitchy and thinks she's better than most people. We had that conversation a couple of weeks after I started. She had been a complete bitch to me and I was fed up.

*Flashback*

"You should be serving these people." Vicky said to me from the stool she was sitting on.

"Clearly I'm busy with someone else's order. Maybe you should get off your lazy arse and actually do some work for a change." I said, and turned back to sorting out a coffee.

"Why would I do that?" She asked.

"Oh, I don't know. Maybe because it's your job?" I said sarcastically. She scoffed before turning back to the magazine she was reading.

"Do you think you're better than everyone else? Because I don't think you are." I told her.

"Please. Of course I am." She said cockily.

"You work in a coffee shop." I said flatly.

"Your point?" She asked.

"My point is that you aren't better than everyone else because otherwise you would have a better job. So get off your lazy arse and serve these people before I pour boiling hot coffee down your top!" I practically shouted at her. I heard a couple of people in the line laugh quietly. She stared at me shocked for a second be fore standing up and putting the magazine on the stool and walking to the till. From then on think she had a new found respect for me.

*End of Flashback*

"You're lucky Maggie wasn't here. You might have been fired." She smiled. I put my coat and bag in my locker and then turned to her.

"Oh, and then you would actually have to work." I said, putting my hand over my mouth in fake shock. She smiled sarcastically before walking back to the counter. I smiled cockily to myself. Maggie is the manager of this Starbucks. She's a nice woman, but she is often away doing things for the shop.

I grabbed my apron and put it on. I looked down at the apron, to find my name tag on it. If I had remembered that I had left it on here yesterday when I finished, I might not have had to run in to him. I pushed the thought of him aside and walked out to the front of the shop. There were a couple of people waiting.

"Oh my god. You're actually doing work." I said to Vicky as I passed her. She turned her head, her short blonde bob flying out.

I walked up to the counter.

"Hi, how can I help?" I asked the woman in line.

"Can I have an grande espresso to go please?" She smiled.

"Of course. That will be £2.90 please." The woman handed the money over. "Thank you. It will be about 5 minutes." The woman nodded her thanks and went over the collection point.

No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't get him out of my head. Why did he have to just appear one day? This carried on for the rest of the day and by the time my shift was over, I wanted nothing more than to go and rent a couple of DVDs and sitting on my sofa and watch them with my best friend Kirsten.

I hung my apron up and collected my stuff from my locker.

"See you tomorrow Vick." I shouted to her.

"Don't call me that." I heard her mumble. I laughed and walked outside. I got my phone out of my bag and called Kirsten. She answered after 3 rings.

"Sup Kirst." I said to her.

"Hey Perrie. What's up?"

"You wanna come over in about half an hour? I'm going to go get a couple of movies to watch." I told her.

"Ooh, sounds fun. I'll bring the chocolate and popcorn." She said. I laughed.

"Alright then. Any particular films?" I asked her.

"Anything Disney will do." She said to me.

"The Little Mermaid and Peter Pan it is then." I said to her.

"Ok, I will see you soon then." She said.

"Ok, bye." I hung up the phone and put it back in my bag. Because she had picked Disney, I had those films anyway, so I walked home and got changed into some joggers and an oversized t-shirt, and sorted the films out.

Half an hour later, she knocked at the door.

"It's open!" I shouted to her. She walked in the living room carrying a bag full of popcorn, different bags of chocolate, and a 6 pack of diet coke.

"Come on, hurry up." I joked as I sat on the sofa.

"Alright, alright. Let me go get a bowl for the popcorn and we will be all set." She said, walking into the kitchen. She came back a minute later with an armful of chocolate and a massive bowl of popcorn. She sat down and I turned the movie on.

After about an hour she turned to me.

"Are you ok?" She asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Why wouldn't I be?" I asked her.

"I don't know. You just seem a bit distant is all." She said, and turned back to the movie. The was a reason for that, and it was two words. Stefan. Abingdon.

Well, I hope you enjoyed the first chapter. I felt I should upload something new on here as I haven't for about 6 months now. Anyway, please review after so I know if it was good, or even if I should carry it on :)

Pinkcookie2011 :) xxx