Chapter Ten
When morning arrived, I couldn't be happier to finally get out. I just wanted to go home and sleep in my bed again. I just needed to get away from here. I got up and looked in the mirror. My eyes were bloodshot from all the tears I had cried the night before. I quickly gathered myself and headed into the bathroom to shower before anyone else got up.
I turned the knob of the door and pushed it open to have a pair of eyes meet mine. A pair of big beautiful brown eyes, that I would recognize any day. I looked away quickly hoping that he didn't think I was weak. We both sighed and tried to act as if we hadn't just shown our weakness to the other. He brushed past me without saying a word; I didn't expect him to say anything really. What was there to say?
I finished getting ready just after eleven and Ash was ready by half past. We loaded up the taxi Dougie had called for us. I stood by the door of the taxi and watched as the rain started to fall. It was the prefect I guess, to have the rain fall. The rain was here to wash me away from someplace I didn't belong and to wash away all my pain. Harry and Danny both gave me hugs and kisses before wishing me luck. "Promise you won't forget us?" Danny asked.
"I won't. How can I forget the most talented guys I've ever met?" He kissed my cheek again and smiled sadly.
Dougie and Ash were locked in a kiss. I felt horrible that I was splitting them up, but she was coming home to New York anyway. I could now see tears falling from Ashleigh's eyes. Dougie wiped one or two away before both of them walking over to the taxi. Dougie gave me a quick hug and kissed Ash one more time before we got into the taxi. Dougie shut the door behind us. Before the driver pulled away, I looked up at the studio window to see if I could get one last glimpse at Tom. The curtain was pulled aside and I could see a shadowy figure standing in the window. I knew he would look. The driver pulled away, but I kept my eyes on the window. Slowly Tom vanished from my sight and was never to be seen again.
Ash and I got to the airport two hours before our flight was to leave. We checked our bags and checked in for the flight. We sat at the gate and watched whatever the airport had on the televisions. I was half paying attention to what was on the screen or what the person was saying. I leaned my head back against the chair trying to take a quick nap. I could hear Ash fidgeting around with a magazine she had bought on the way to the gate. I started to doze off when two female voices walked by. They were quiet loud considering everyone else was minding their own business. They didn't seem to care that other people could hear them.
"I can't believe its true!" One of the girls exclaimed.
The other one giggled and replied, "Come one you knew a guy like him would have a girlfriend. Do you think any of the others have girlfriends?"
"Harry seems like the kind of guy to have a serious girlfriend, the kind that they will have kids before they're made kind. Danny runs around too much to have a serious girlfriend. I can see him having a really close girlfriend, like a friend, but nothing more. Dougie, I'm not sure about him. He's hard to predict," the first voice said.
I looked up. Danny, Harry and Dougie…they were talking about McFly. But that hadn't mentioned Tom. I recounted their conversation in my head. I saw the two girls sitting a few seats away from me. I leaned over toward them. "Excuse, were you just talking about McFly?" I asked trying to figure out what was going on.
The girl sitting closer to me was blonde and blue eyed. She glanced at me with a look of contempt. "Yes?"
"What happened?" If something happened to any of them I wanted to know.
The other girl, on the other side of her friend, was a redhead with green eyes, smiled nicely and replied, "Tom wrote a blog on his MySpace commenting on his personal life. Apparently he has a girlfriend."
"Thanks," I said to the girls and turned to Ash. "I'm not surprised at all. I'm sure he called that girl from the bar the other night and asked her to be his girlfriend and of course she's the one that he doesn't want to keep hidden., the one he doesn't want to keep a secret because he loves her," I said gritting my teeth in anger. It's just like Tom to go and do something like this. Thank god I was leaving.
I leaned my head back against the chair again. I closed my eyes tightly blocking out everything around me. At least I tried my best to block out everything. A few moments later, I heard a guitars playing, what sounded only like a few feet away from me.
"It's them!" I heard the girl to next to me exclaim.
The guitars continued to be strummed, but I didn't look. I didn't care who it was.
"It's only been a day
But it's like I can't go on," a familiar voice sang. The voice belonged to only person: Danny.
I looked up to see all four boys standing in front of Ash and me. I didn't say anything. I just listened.
Now I'm so sick of being lonely
This is killing me so slowly
Don't pretend that you don't know me
'Cause that's the worst thing you could do!
Now I'm singing such a sad song
These things never seem to last long
Something that I never planned on
Help me baby I'm so sick of being lonely
I laughed as Tom sang his verse. I was in such a rush I had actually left my coat on the couch and not to mention the pictures of the freezer door. A smiled spread across my lips as Tom sang. Why did it always that when I expect him to be an idiot he turns around and makes me fall for him even harder? I waited until they finished singing before I did anything. Tom took off his guitar and handed it to Danny as he approached me. I stood in front of him just waiting to see what he would do. We stood there looking at each other for a minute, both of us not really knowing what to do. I took one step toward him as he did the same. He wrapped me in his arms. He put one hand around my neck in the passionate men do in the movies. He pulled me close and kissed me good and hard. He hadn't kissed me like that since the first day I had been in England. I couldn't hear anything going on around us. All I could sense was the passion soaring through my body and Tom's lips against mine.
He pulled away a few seconds later and leaned his head against mine. He took a deep breath and took my hands in his. I looked at him wondering why he pulled away from the perfect moment. He knelt down and suddenly everything made sense. My eyes pointed downward as I followed his eyes. His beautiful chocolate eyes stared up at me. "Audrey, I know I messed up. And I want to make everything right between us…I've never been happier with anyone else…"
Danny cut him off, "He was miserable before you."
Tom glanced back at him and nodded, "Thanks Dan. I want to tell the whole world that I love you and I want to tell the whole world that I want to marry you. Will you marry me, Audrey?"
I watched him intently. I wanted to watch his eye movement. His eyes never left mine. He stared at me waiting for my reply. I could see sweat start to form on his brow. I was about to answer when Ash hit me in the arm. "Answer him before he has a heart attack."
I smiled. "Yes, I will." I barely finished my answer when Tom stood up and lifted me in his arms. He kissed making a tingling feeling surge through my whole body. When he finally placed me on the ground, he slipped a tiny gold band with a decent sized diamond on my left ring finger, right where it belonged. To me it wasn't about the size, but the meaning behind it.
Tom kissed my forehead and wrapped his around me. "Let's go home, soon-to-be Mrs. Fletcher," Tom joked.
I bumped my hip into his and looked up at him. "You can't just write me a song every time we have a fight, Mr. Fletcher. That always seems to be your way out."
"What can I say? I guess I'm just good with words." He kissed my head as we headed home.