A/N: Apologies for being so rubbish at constantly updating this one. I've been uber busy recently but I'm going to try my hardest to finish this for you, I promise ^-^
Saturday 26th April
I woke up that morning, imagining myself with Danny under the covers. I reached across, wishing I was able to feel his soft, warm, bare skin but all my fingers could find were my empty bed sheets. I then woke up with a start, realising that it was the day that Broken Wings were going to play live in front of hundreds at McFly's gig. And we didn't have a song to sing. We hadn't had any rehearsals in preparation. Nor did I have a clue how I would be able to sneak out the house with my guitar later that evening. Tracie and her girlfriends were attending.
I sat upright and looked around my bedroom. My three brothers were all still in bed, sound asleep. Tracie was not.
I heard voices downstairs and one of them I had recognised as dads. I quickly jumped out of bed and headed for the hallway. Mum and dad were down in the kitchen, discussing loudly. It wasn't an argument as such but a disagreement.
Tracie, who was in her baby pink, fluffy dressing gown was sitting at the top of the stairs, listening to our parent's heated discussion. I, who wasn't in a dressing gown, shivered as I slowly approached Tracie, careful not to step on any of the squeaky floorboards. As Tracie looked up, she beckoned me over. I shuffled and sat on the top step with her. She placed an arm round my shoulders as she rubbed my arm in an attempt to warm me up. We stayed silent as we listened closely.
"No, David, she's grounded." Mum hissed.
I felt a large rock fall in the pit of my stomach. Of course, their disagreement was about me.
Dad however spoke calmly. It was nice to hear dad's voice again. "I just want to see her, Zoe. Is it too much to ask to see my own daughter again?"
"I'm not sure I want to let you," Mum replied stubbornly. "Why are you here, David? I want you out."
"I spoke to your brother, Robbie, earlier this morning and he told me everything you've told him about Kayleigh. Yes I know she's disobeyed our grounded orders but I just need to talk to her."
Mum let out a loud sigh. "Fine," Her voice cracked. "Go talk to her." It sounded like mum was going to cry. Tracie's grip on my arm tightened and I didn't know if it was for anger or sympathy.
There was a pause.
"Kayleigh!" Mum shouted, obviously expecting me to hear her through the flooring. I then heard mum's slippers scuff across the floorboards. "Kay-oh!" Mum stood at the bottom of the staircase looking up at us. "What are you two doing there?" I remained silent, allowing Tracie to speak.
"We were going to come down for breakfast." Tracie said in a timid voice. Dad stood behind mum and smiled up at as. Tracie stood up, ran down the stairs and jumped into his arms. Dad laughed as he lifted her off her feet and spun her round.
"And how's my girl?" He asked with happiness. I looked at mum who was watching me with glazed eyes.
"I'm sorry." I mouthed to her. Mum nodded, understanding me before turning away from the stairs. I paused a moment before cautiously walking down the stairs, my hands gripping onto the banister. Dad's face immediately lit up as he saw me, pulling me into a tight embrace.
After I had a shower and changed out of my pyjamas, I sat in the conservatory with dad. We sat in the wooden chairs, watching the rain fall onto the glass windows. I had made us both mugs of hot coffee, prepared to listen to what he wanted to tell me. Dad was silent for a moment as he clasped the hot mug in his hands. I watched his every move as I started to drink the coffee.
"The thing is, Kayleigh," Dad started. "Your mother and I are no longer in love with each other," He paused as if he wanted me to say something but I said nothing. "I've found a little place in Brighton and as of next week, I'll be staying there, renting the place."
"Are you divorcing mum?" I asked sternly before drinking more coffee.
Dad hesitated. I hoped that they weren't. I wanted to scream out and make them fall in love again. I wanted our family to be just how it used to be when we were all happy. When there were no arguments and we all loved each other.
"I don't know. Your mother and I haven't really spoken about having an actual divorce yet. Right now, we just need a break from each other but because I'm no longer in love with her, I don't think I can hold our marriage together any longer."
"What day will you be moving to Brighton?"
Dad shifted in his seat. "Wednesday," He said, looking down at his mug of coffee. "The apartment I've opened is rather spacious. It has two bedrooms. A master bedroom and a spare one for whenever you want to come down…"
"I've moving with you on Wednesday, dad." I said.
"You have exams to pass, Kayleigh."
"I don't care."
"I do," Dad took a sip out of his coffee as I pursed my lips. "Perhaps once your exams are over you can come to stay with me," Dad paused once again. "You'll have to speak to your mother first. I don't think she would want you to move out to live with me."
"I don't care," I repeated. "I want to live with you, dad."
Dad placed a light hand on my knee.
"I'll pack all my things and move with you on Wednesday. I'll promise I'll revise as much as I can and I'll pay for all my train fairs when I come back to Eastbourne to do my exam. I'll come here every weekend to visit mum. I just want to stay with you, dad!"
Dad smiled after taking a large gulp of his coffee. "I look forward to it, Kayleigh." He said as he wrapped his arm securely round my shoulders and pulled me close. I never wanted to lose my father.
"How are you and Danny?" Dad asked as he pulled away from me.
I felt myself blush at the thought of Danny. I smiled to myself, feeling rather embarrassed to say anything. "Dad, I think I'm in love."
Dad looked rather shocked as I giggled. "Really? But Kayleigh, you're only fifteen!"
"Nearly sixteen actually." I pointed out which made dad laugh.
"I want to meet Danny, properly," Dad said. "And this time I won't lose my rag and pull you both apart."
I chewed on the inside of my check, remembering the memory when Danny had kissed me outside my house and dad came storming out to pull us apart. "Well," I began. "My band is performing at McFly's gig tonight. You're more than welcome to watch and then perhaps after the show I'll introduce you to Danny."
Dad smiled. "I'm so proud of you." He whispered as he kissed me on the forehead. "Does your mother know anything about it?"
I shook my head no. "I don't exactly have a plan on how I'm going to find a way to leave the house when I'm still grounded."
Dad said nothing.
The morning turned into the afternoon and dad left the house by lunchtime. Tracie had gone out to meet with her boyfriend, Paul Carr and my three brothers went to the local park to play football with their friends, leaving me home alone with mum again.
I paced up and down my bedroom, thinking of multiple ideas on how I was going to sneak out the house that evening in time for the gig. The gig was at the bandstand and I had to get there early for a sound check.
On my bed lay a sheet of paper with music notes and lyrics scribbled all over. As soon as dad had left the house, I managed to write a song called Shadows in the Night which I hoped we would perform that night. I snuck back into mum's room to grab my phone and called Lisa, Angie and Sam to inform them about my song. They planned to get to my house later in the day to have a quick rehearsal.
Mum knocked on my bedroom door and walked in before I gave her permission to. She looked rather fed up. Her platinum blonde hair was pulled back into a tight, high ponytail which fell down her back.
"I'm going to visit your Uncle Robbie for dinner. I need to give him some vegetables as you won't be doing so tomorrow morning," She paused as she stood watching me. "You'll be okay alone, won't you, Kayleigh?" She asked.
I rolled my eyes. "I'll be fine, mum. What time are you coming home?"
"I don't know, Kayleigh. Just later this evening." And with that, she closed the door behind her. I stayed motionless on the spot until I heard the front door close.
It was as if luck had fallen my way.
I quickly picked up my guitar and started to strum away at the chords of my new song and sang the lyrics out loud. I had text messages from my band, thanking me a billion times over for writing another song.
As the hours passed, it was getting close to three in the afternoon. I opened my wardrobe and started to pick an outfit. I wanted to wear something that would make a statement of whom I was and who I wanted to be. Yet as soon as I opened the wardrobe, I heard familiar voices downstairs. Voices that didn't belong to anyone in my family.
I crept to my bedroom door, putting my ear close to it, trying to work out who it was.
"Tracie is the most stupid bitch I've ever met," The female voice was coming from the kitchen. "Yet she was right about lending me her house keys. I'd make some use from it."
Then there was laughter and I suddenly recognised who it was.
Jess Wells. Chloe Bell. Jenny Freewood. Katy Thompson.
I couldn't believe it. Tracie was idiotic enough to have trusted her 'girlfriends' by giving them the house key and they have somehow stabbed her in the back. I knew that no matter what I told Tracie about what they said about her, she wouldn't believe a word.
I started to ponder why they had let themselves into our house. Were they going to steal something? Were they going to wreck it all for a practical joke? My mind was racing and I started to feel somewhat scared. I reached for my mobile phone in my back jean pocket as I continued to listen to their voices and footsteps down in the kitchen. Their high heels scratching against the tiled flooring. I glanced down at my mobile phone and dialled Danny's number.
"She's probably upstairs, Jess," Chloe said. "She's grounded so she won't be able to escape."
Heels started to clunk up the stairs. In a panic tried to cancel the call to Danny. But he answered.
"Kayleigh?" His voice called out.
"Danny … help me-"
One of the girls pushed open the door, smacking me on the head.
I fell to the ground.
"Kayleigh? Kayleigh, what's going on?" Danny's anxious voice shouted through my phone.
I suddenly blacked out.
I woke up lying in a ball on my bed. I wasn't too sure how long I was out for but I guessed it wasn't that long because Tracie's girlfriends were still in my bedroom. Before I realised what they had done, the four of them started laughing. Only then did I notice that they had tied my wrists and ankles together in rope. I wriggled in an attempt to free myself.
"What are you doing?" I shouted, feeling rather terrified.
"Stopping you from performing at McFly's gig you unworthy bitch." Jenny cackled.
I paused a moment with my mouth agape, shocked at how ridiculous their plan was. "You're disgusting! All of you!" I snapped. "What kind of sick joke are you playing at?" That was when Chloe drew out duct tape out of her leather handbag. I widened my eyes in disgust before bursting out in fits of laughter. "Are you being serious?" I spluttered although no one responded. They just stood there, watching me lying helplessly on my own bed. "Please tell me you're not serious about this."
"I don't think you'll ever realise, Kayleigh, that Danny doesn't even like you. Nor does he want to spend his time with a stupid, immature little girl who does nothing other than think about herself." Jess hissed as she looked pointedly at my guitar which was stood up against my wardrobe.
I rolled my eyes, thinking about what Danny and I had done the day before. "You are so pathetic, you really are, Jess. Just face the fact the Danny and I are in love with each other and you know it. Pretending that I'm some stalker isn't going to work so just fuck off!"
With that, Jess snatched the tape out of Chloe's hands and ripped off a piece. I started wriggling on the bed, trying to pull my wrists free as Jess approached me. I looked up and noticed that Jenny, Katy and Chloe were all exchanging glances. The look on their faces read that they were not agreeing with what Jess was doing.
Jess bent down beside me, her face close to mine. She smirked as she stuck the tape over my mouth.
"There you go. This'll teach you to keep your mouth shut you little bitch." She paused as she glared at me, hating every single inch of me, as much as I hated her. "Just be warned, Kay. You may think that you're so in love with Danny but it won't last long. Especially when he sees your letters."
I narrowed my eyes as I tried to understand what she meant.
"Just think about what you've written to Panya."
I frowned and yelled at Jess but my words were completely muffled by the tape. Jess laughed hysterically as she chucked me under the chin before leaving with the other three, closing that door behind them.
I heard the front door close and I spent what felt like hours trying to rid my wrists and ankles from the rope but it was useless. After a while I gave up and rested my head down onto my pillow, my eyes filled with hot tears of anger.
I glanced at my clock sitting on my bedside table. It was getting on for four-thirty in the afternoon and I knew that there was no way I'd be able to get to the gig without someone coming into the house to look for me. I knew I needed the rescue but I wasn't too sure if I could completely rely on that. But then I thought that Danny could've at least rescued me. He picked up my call. He must've known that something was wrong.
I then started to ponder what Jess meant about my letters to Panya. What I wrote to her wouldn't effect Danny alone … would it?
The minute hand on my clock was going round swiftly and it was getting closer to quarter past five. I closed my eyes and hoped that I was in some very strange dream. But I knew it wasn't. I fell asleep and woke up suddenly at six that evening.
That was when the front door burst open, making me jump. I stared round my room with wide eyes as the door closed. I was expecting it to be Jess again.
"Kayleigh?" The familiar female voice called up the stairs. I remained silent, not knowing what I wanted to do.
"Kayleigh, sweetie, are you up there?" Another female voice called, less anxious about the one before.
"Maybe Jess took her out or something." I recognised as Sam's voice. That was when I let out throaty yells of help that was still muffled by the duct tape. The sound of footsteps raced up the stairs and in came my twin sister, Tracie, followed by Lisa, Angie, Sam and Charlotte. Tracie had the look of horror on her face as she saw me tied up. She rushed to my side, putting her hand to my cheek.
"I'm so sorry," She cried, tears filling up her eyes. "Can't believe I've been so stupid not to see the awful person Jess is," She then reached for the tape over my mouth, making me flinch a little. "This'll hurt, Kay." She said and then quickly ripped it off. I cursed loudly at the pain.
"I feel your pain." Sam said laughing. I forced on a smile as Lisa and Angie started to remove the rope on my wrists and ankles.
"How did you find out about this?" I asked.
"Lisa had proof from Jess that she was stopping Kayleigh from going to the gig and lucky that Tracie overheard as she came in," Angie started. "It then led to this massive bitch fight and now Tracie is no longer friends with Jess and the other girls."
"And good riddance," Tracie said. "I can accept her bitchiness but not when it comes to my twin sister. That's a whole different story."
"We looked for you everywhere, Kayleigh." Charlotte said as she took me by the hand and helped me off the bed. "You never answered your mobile nor home phone so we guessed that you weren't home. But we bumped into your brothers and they said that you should be home. That was when Jess came over."
I rubbed at my wrists where the rope was tightly tied around, leaving red marks. Sam picked up my guitar, my music sheet to Shadows in the Night and we all scrambled into Charlotte's car who drove us over to the bandstand.
I glanced down at my watch and we were already late. We had no time to have a quick rehearsal or sound check. We ran to the side of the bandstand where the stairs were. I looked around at my surroundings, hoping that Danny or any of the McFly boys would come out but they didn't. The buzz from the audience made me feel sick with nerves. I wasn't ready for that. I didn't want to go on stage.
"Guys we can't sing our new song," I said, spinning round to face my band. "We haven't even rehearsed it together and it could go terrible wrong."
Lisa shrugged. "It's now or never." She said.
I glanced at Charlotte who sighed. "Don't keep your audience waiting any longer. Your father, your brothers and Joe Carr are out there waiting for you," I rolled my eyes at the thought of Joe Carr watching me. "McFly are already losing their heads with stress about this. They've been looking for you all day so it's best if you go on stage now and perform like there's no tomorrow."
I smiled and kissed Charlotte on the cheek. I then turned to my band as we went into a group hug. We were then told that all our school teachers were in the crowd, including Samantha and my boss, Gerald. It made me feel somewhat happier that people I knew were watching us.
We then headed for the stairs. The lights went out and the audience started to cheer as we walked onto stage, one after the other. I plugged guitar into the amp, looked out at the audience and took in a deep breath.
Angie began playing away at the drums for eight beats before I started strumming away on my guitar. Then Sam came in with the bass and then Lisa on the keyboard. We all started to sing the chorus of the song in harmony as the lights went up. The crowd started cheering and dancing during the song.
I was having the time of my life.
The song went perfectly well. Although we hadn't rehearsed it beforehand we performed it well with no slip-ups.
The crowd went wild by the end of the song and we went straight into Leave It All to Me, followed by Too Close for Comfort and then 7 Things.
I was already sweating by the end of our set. The four of us came together to take a bow before walking off stage while the crowd applauded us.
My knees were trembling as we reached behind the bandstand. We cheered, laughed, kissed, hugged and high-fived each other in joy. We couldn't be happier with the result of the gig and how well our performance went.
That was when someone wrapped their arms round my waist, picked me up and spun me round.
"You were amazing." As I heard his northern accent whisper in my ear, I felt a tingle of excitement run through me. McFly had joined us and were congratulating us on such a good show. Angie and Harry were already kissing. I turned to face Danny, his hands on my hips.
"We were running around looking for you all evening, scared as hell that you wouldn't come here in time," Tom said. "It came as a huge surprise as we heard you playing."
I bit my lip as I continued to gaze at Danny. I loved him. I knew I did.
"I'm so proud of you." He said softly as he tucked a bit of hair behind my ear. "I hope to come here more often and see you performing like that," He then leaned to my ear. "I want you to come up to London with me. I want to spend more and more time with you. I love you." And with that, he buried his face into my neck and kissed my skin softly. I gasped, feeling a twang of guilt, knowing that I hadn't told anyone about moving to Brighton. I didn't want to let anyone know. I wanted to see what would happen if I just left without a word.
"Danny." I started, pulling his head up. He looked me in the eyes. I struggled to get out what I wanted to say, but I knew that I couldn't hold it in any longer. "Can I come back to yours after the gig?" I whispered.
Danny paused a moment before a smirk formed. He knew exactly what I meant. "And miss the after-party?" His smile became wider. "All for you." His lips crashed onto mine. I didn't care what my mum would say about not being at home. I didn't care that Danny was leaving to go back to London the following day. And I didn't even care that Jess still wanted to pull us apart. I was ready to sleep with Danny. I was in love with him and that was all that mattered.
We joined Tracie, Charlotte, my father, my brothers and Joe Carr in the audience when McFly went on to perform. They started with Five Colours. Their fans screamed like mad. I danced with Angie. The night was perfect and I knew that it was going to get better.
At the end of the gig, the crowd started to slowly file out as my band found our way behind the bandstand where McFly was. My dad and Joe Carr joined us, followed by my brothers. Dad stayed by my side and I finally introduced him to Danny. Danny seemed pleased to meet my dad properly as they gave each other a firm handshake. After a couple of drinks, Danny took me by the hand and started to take me in the other direction that everyone else was heading.
"Mate, aren't you coming?" Harry called. Danny and I turned. Harry had his arm draped over Angie's shoulders who was giggling.
"Nahh I'm fine." Danny said. Harry raised his eyebrows before nodding and then following everyone else. With that, Danny and I turned and walked through the streets of Eastbourne. We walked in silence but the walk from the bandstand to their hotel didn't take long. Their hotel was on the seafront.
We took the lift up to the floor where their room was.
"Are you sure about this?" Danny asked as the doors of the lift closed.
"Positive." I replied.
"I'm not going to force you, Kayleigh. I don't want to hurt you or anything."
Stopping him from saying anymore, I turned and kissed him on the lips. Danny fell backwards, his back against the wall of the lift. His hands on my lower back, he pulled my hips forward onto his. There was no gap between us as I wrapped my arms around his neck, snaking my fingers through his floppy brown hair. Danny's hands slid down over my bottom and onto the back of my thighs and as soon as the doors of the lift opened, his picked me up. I wrapped my legs around his waist and continued to kiss him as he carried me to their room. I kissed at his neck, sucking at the skin, wanting to leave a mark there as he opened the door. Glancing over his shoulder, I noticed that the first room was a lounge/kitchen and around were different doors to different rooms.
Danny carried me through to a door which led to his bedroom. He dropped me down on his bed. He pulled off his shirt and at the same time I pulled off mine. Danny was on top of me, kissing my vigorously on the lips as his hands touched my front, cupping my breasts and then sliding down my stomach. He reached for my trousers, popping open the button and slowly pulling the zip down.
I gasped as Danny's cold fingertips traced the elastic band of my kickers. His skilful fingers teased me as he eventually pulled my jeans off. His hand slid under the elastic band of my kickers and he teased me once more. I let out a throaty moan as I dug my nails into his bare back. Danny smiled as he leaned in to kiss me softly on the lips.
It wasn't long until Danny was inside me, making love. We both let out groans of pleasure and I found myself moaning Danny's name aloud.
Danny bit my lip before asking if I was okay. I nodded, knowing that it was the best night of my life.
