Okay Guys...this is the first chapter of my new story Maria and Dougie which I wrote with my roommate at boarding school, hope you guys like it. I will post the next chapter maybe later this week or next, even though the whole story is complete and on my computer.
Chapter 1: Dark times
I stood up quickly as the doorbell rang.
As I walked to the door, I got more and more nervous. I opened it to see my boyfriend, the god, he was, his ice blue eyes looking at me, but something caught my attention. He was looking at me with worry. I needed to speak with him, and that was why he was here.
I sighed and opened the door wider when he didn't say hi. He understood my movement and walked by me into the house where we had spent so much time together. He knew his way around in the house perfectly and knew me perfectly enough to know that I would lead him to the living room. I think he could sense by me being quiet, what I wanted to talk about.
He sat down in the sofa while I sat in my favorite recliner beside, that didn't match anything else in my small living room. I had my favorite teddy bear that my brother gave me when I was little, Mr. Snuggles. I felt the tears pushing that had been threatening to fall all day, and hid my face behind Mr. Snuggles. Dougie leaned a little closer and took my hand which I pulled away from him. I had to do this.
"Dougie I…" I started but it didn't seem to be the right way to say it. Dougie just looked at me with patience even though I knew he already knew what I was going to say. "Dougie I can't do this," I said breaking down and a single tear fell down my cheek, but it was followed by many others. "Maria, what do you mean?" he asked but I didn't bother to answer. He knew what I meant. He always understood me and always helped me, always made me feel better when I cried, but this time he couldn't. So why was I leaving him like this? Well, many excuses came into my mind but I couldn't seem to find the true reason why I did this anymore.
I kept thinking and there were quiet for a long time. Dougie sat still but his eyes moved around in the room awkwardly. It took a while before I reminded myself again that this was the best for both of us. "You're always together with your fans and with the guys, you've never had the time for me that I need in our relationship," I told him with hesitation at first but my voice got stronger and stronger by every true word in that sentence. I sighed and looked at him. His face was turned the other way and the whole torso was turned slightly away from me. I couldn't see his expression and it scared me. I immediately regret my choice of words.
He got up and left with no words. I sighed and started crying as I pulled my knees up to my chest.
As weeks turned into a month, I started to get worried. I hadn't heard from him since, nor from Tom and the guys from his band, McFLY, until one cold day January, when I met Tom in the super market. I stood in the line with my groceries in hand waiting for it to be my turn. Then I heard a voice behind me. "Maria?" I could recognize this voice anywhere.
Tom, my really good friend – who was also Dougie´s best friend – was standing a little further down the line. He smiled at me, and I couldn´t help but smile back. I hadn´t smiled in so long that it felt weird. "Miss?" a voice asked behind me. It was the cashier telling me it was my turn. I blushed slightly and paid quickly. When I´d gathered my groceries, I walked out but decided to wait for Tom.
It was still cold outside and the wind was blowing my long, blond hair everywhere. It wasn´t more than two minutes later, before I spotted Tom on the way out. He walked over to me with a smile plastered on his face. "Hey Brownie, how´s it going?" he asked, using my nickname that he´d given to me a few years ago. Very weird but I loved it when he called me that. "Well," I lied but he knew me well enough to know that it wasn´t true. There was silent for a few moments. "So…how´s it going with you guys?" I asked when the silent got awkward. "I´m fine and Dougie´s…well, Dougie," he answered and went silent. I nodded knowing Dougie well enough to know that he wouldn´t be the first of us to go out and party and have fun again. He was just as miserable as I was, I knew. "Well, anyway, do you want to come over to my place for a BBQ tonight?" he asked and I smiled. I missed being with Tom, to just hang out with him. "Sure," I told him and I couldn´t get my smile away. "You know, I miss your old smile," he told me and obviously regretted it, I could see.