We listened to The Chainz for a while and everyone applauded when they finished their set. I was mostly staring at the gorgeous dark haired guy, Ash.
When they finally finished, we were all allowed to go up and greet the band. I saw everyone around me getting up and rushing over. Me and Harry stayed glued to our seats. I mainly couldn't move as Harry's arm was still around me tightly.
I then saw Danny and James walking towards us and sitting either side.
"How's life then?" James asked.
I laughed. "Hell! Thanks to you, Bourne!"
"We're all going for a sleepover round my house on Saturday. It'd be cool for you to come, dude." James said.
"Wow really? I thought you guys still hated me!" I laughed.
"I never hated you." Danny whispered, still letting me hear him.
"Well how could I hate you, you're my boyfriend." Harry muttered in my ear, making me shiver.
"So you coming along?" James smiled.
"Oh okay then!" I laughed.
We started talking for a while but then got interrupted by some old teacher telling us to go up and greet the band like everyone else and we were being 'rude.'
I awkwardly shuffled up the stairs and looked around for anyone to talk to.
"Hey." I heard a voice behind me.
I turned around...wow it was the sex god! I smiled weakly and he held out his hand.
"Ash." He smiled that perfect smile again.
"Dougie." I trembled, shaking his hand.
"So what did you think?" He smiled again, showing his perfect white teeth. Uhh why is he so perfect?! No doubt he's straight though...
"Huh? Oh right!" I said, completely forgetting he asked me a question. "Yeah I really liked it! You're really talented." I said quietly, blushing.
"Ah really, you're so sweet." He smiled.
"How old are you?" I suddenly blurted out before blushing again.
"19." He smiled. "You must be...16?"
I nodded, but was quite upset of the age gap.
"Yeah that's Alex's age, the drummer. He's looking for a school to go to as his mum isn't letting him be tutored. He should come here! I could tell him there's a guy with sandy blonde hair and gorgeous blue eyes that would be friends with him."
I looked around the room for this person when I saw Ash staring at me, still smiling the frickin' sexy smile!
"Wait...who?!" I asked.
"You, dude!" He laughed.
Woah...did he mean it with the 'gorgeous blue eyes' part?! I believe that's how I described his eyes when I first saw him...
I smiled. "Thanks...minearenothingcomparedtoyour sthough" I added, rushing the second part, blushing again.
He grinned. "We all know who has the sexy and gorgeous blue eyes here." He winked.
Was he flirting with me?! I don't know...but I hoped so!
I smiled before blushing furiously another time.
I suddenly felt a hand on my shoulder. I saw Harry appear next to me.
"Hi, I'm Harry." He said shaking hands with Ash.
I suddenly felt really angry that he had interrupted us, he better not say anything about being my 'boyfriend.'
Ash asked him a few questions when he then came to a question that made me listen.
"So do you play any instruments?"
Harry nodded. "I've been playing drums for a while."
"You do?" I suddenly asked.
They both turned to face me, probably forgot I was still here.
"Yeah, I should've shown you my drum kit."
"Oh do you two know each other?" Ash asked.
I nodded, hoping Harry wouldn't say what I thought he would. But he just stayed quiet.
"So do you play anything, Dougie?" I loved the way he said my name, sounded perfect.
"I play bass." I smiled.
"Cool! I'd love to hear you play sometime!"
I smiled in response.
"Everyone make your way back to your form rooms." I heard a teacher shouting.
"Guess you have to go then." Ash said. He quickly got a bit of paper and a pen out of his back pocket and began rapidly writing on it before handing it to me, grinning his famous smile and skipping off.
I looked at the paper and thought I felt Harry's eyes reading it too.
Saturday Gary's Coffee shop down Lester Road. 4pm.
I smiled, remembering the place, me and Tom used to go sometimes after school on Friday.
I saw him smiling at me across the hall. I smiled back and nodded.
So I was going on a coffee date with Ash?! Well...I guess not a date. Just a friendly meet up with a guy I'd just met.
"You can't go to that...that's when James' sleepover is." Harry said.
I turned around and frowned. "I'll just have to be late then!" I said. "Come on, let's go to Geography!"
XO-XO
My first three lessons went fine; Geography, German and Drama, the three I had with Harry. It was now lunch time and Harry and I were meeting Danny and James outside. We did get a LOT of stares throughout the day from people watching us flirt with each other and hold hands.
"How has your day been then?" I asked Harry, as we walked hand in hand to find a table to sit at outside.
"Same as yours." He frowned.
"Oh..." I suddenly remembered, feeling stupid.
"Your sister was smiling strangely at me earlier." He told me as we sat round a blue table.
"Oh crap...sorry about her...you're lucky your sister is...what, 20 something? When mine is fucking 14."
He laughed. "24. Does she know about us?"
"Probably, by now...we're the biggest news around the school." I said, reaching for his hand which was rested on the table.
"I thought you wanted to keep this away from your family."
"Yeah...guess I forgot my sister when to this school, and she's probably going to tell my mum tonight."
"How do you think your mum will react?" He asked.
"Not as well as yours...she doesn't even know that I'm gay." I said, looking down.
"Yeah but I had a girlfriend and had to explain to my mum that I was gay!" He laughed.
"Yeah...what did she even say about that?"
"Nothing really, she was quite shocked by how I just changed from what gender I liked, but I guess it happens. She probably just thinks I'm bisexual."
I nodded as we saw James and Danny walking towards us.
"What's up guys?" James grinned, moving a chair in-between me and Harry and sitting down.
"Nothing really, had a few shit lessons and I've left my wallet at home. Great." I said sarcastically.
They all laughed.
"So we all need to discuss my sleepover!" James exclaimed.
"He can't make it, he has a date." Harry said, elbowing me in the ribs.
James grinned. "So who is she?"
I suddenly remembered that only Tom and Harry knew I was gay...
"Um...er..." I stuttered.
"You don't know them." Harry said.
I turned to look at him and he was giving me an apologetic look, he obviously forgot that James and Danny didn't know. I noticed how he said 'them' too.
"It's not a date." I suddenly said, making Danny raise his eyebrows. "It's one of the guys from that band."
"What one?" James asked.
"Ash." I smiled speaking his name.
"But why would you think it's a date Haz?" Danny asked.
"Oh...I was just teasing. I think the guy was flirting with him anyway." Harry said casually.
"Enjoy your date then!" James grinned.
"Can't you come at all, Dougs?" Danny asked.
I really liked it when he called me 'Dougs'; it still sounded weird hearing my first name being said by these three. Well, Harry and James still call me by my last name unless we're around other people, of course.
"I'm going at 4pm so I'll still be there for the sleepover." I smiled.
"Great!" James exclaimed. "I still need to give you my address." He said, pulling out some paper and jotting something down and passing to me.
My eyes quickly scanned the address. "Yeah I think I know there." I muttered. "I'll have to go home first obviously as I won't take my duvet or sleeping bag with me!"
"Oh right!" James laughed. "Yeah that's fine. So we'll expect you...like 7?"
I nodded. "Sounds good."
XO-XO
We sat talking for a while. I'd asked all of them for phone contacts as I had none on my new phone. I had a lot more people than I wanted but I was actually surprised at some of the people's numbers they have on their phones, like Tom's.
I texted most of the people I talked to and gave them my new number, even Tom, his text being slightly different.
"Uh great he's staring at us again." I heard Harry mutter.
I looked over where he was looking and looked right into Tom's deep brown eyes.
Our eyes stayed locked for a moment before I got up out of my chair and muttered to Harry. "Excuse me."
I slowly walked over to Tom, sitting at our usual table on his own.
"Hi" I whispered, sitting in the chair next to him.
He faced away from me and sighed deeply. "What do you want?"
"To talk." I muttered.
"I'm not talking with them lot there." He said staring at James, Harry and Danny who were grinning at us.
I got up and held my hand out to Tom. "Let's talk somewhere else."
"I'm not really sure if I want to, with you."
I sighed. "Please, you're making this difficult. I just want to explain Tom."
"Explain what?"
"You know what." I muttered.
He sighed again and got up, following me over to the corner of our courtyard.
"Look Tom, I just wanted to apologise." I said.
Tom looked the other way and scratched the back of his head.
"I should've told you, really! You're much more important to me! You're my best friend!" I told him.
"So why would you spend so much time with them then, Doug?!" He said, looking annoyed. "It's either them or me!" He shouted, storming off.
A tear rolled down my face, just like it did when we argued at the school sleepover.
Even though at first the whole thing was just for money, I now feel like I have a real friendship with the 3 of them. I'm really starting to like them, and I can tell that they're feeling the same.
I now know that I have friends. Friends that had fun. Friends that would make me have fun. I would definitely not be choosing Tom...they are my friends now.
A/N: Sorry this chapter wasn't one of my best; it was mainly just a filler : )
