Everblazing33- that's why I wrote that….it was to poke fun at tabloids, to show they write a bunch of crap sometimes…
Chapter 4
My heart beat a million times a minute as soon as I heard the doorbell ring. Eli was in the living room watching television with Harry, they finally made up last night after hours of talking and crying (mostly one Eli's part.) He came over for the evening to give her an early birthday 'present' and to make up some more. Earlier Eli and I talked about her and Harry and she said that she felt even more in love with him now. Since they had pulled through their first big fight she felt that they were meant to be. I told her that I had a feeling since the first day they got together that they were meant to be, and she just smiled appreciatively at me and gave me a hug.
I finished putting my earrings in and took one last look in the mirror; perfect. He said not to dress up so I put on a pair of jeans and a nice semi-tight fitting blue t-shirt. Taking a deep breath I opened my bedroom door and stepped out. I walked quietly into the living room and saw Eli standing by the door talking to Dougie. He looked really nice. He had on a pair of baggy jeans that hung way down like they always do, and a green and white button up shirt. I stood a minute watching them talk and admiring how hott he looked. Then finally I walked into the room. When they heard me enter they both looked up. Dougie smiled widely and Eli smiled widely at him smiling.
"You look great." He said as he came to give me a kiss on the cheek. "Here," he said pulling a rose out from behind his back. "I got this for you."
"Oh Dougie it's beautiful." I gave him a big hug.
"Aw how sweet, I should get a picture." Eli said excitedly. I gave her a look and rolled my eyes.
"No Eli, we agreed, no pictures."
"Oh, yeah I know, but just one?" She asked hopeful.
"No, we need to be going now. I'll see you later ok."
"Oh fine. But I'll eventually get pictures you two." Dougie and I walked out the door shutting it softly behind us.
"So where are we going tonight Mr. Poynter?" I asked as he held the door to car open for me. We didn't take a limo, just a regular car so we wouldn't be that noticeable.
He smiled but just said "You'll see."
The driver took us to town and to an arcade. I got out of the car and looked at the building. "We're going to an arcade?" I asked confused.
"Well kind of. We're going to go play laser tag." He smiled at me. My mouth dropped open and squealed.
"How did you know that's what I wanted to do?"
"Eli told me that if I wanted to do something really special for you, that I should take you to play laser tag. She said it would earn me extra points."
"Well she was right." I said giving him a hug and a kiss on the cheek. "Major points." I took Dougie by the hand and dragged him towards the building. "Come on, let's go." You could hear his laughter all the way across the parking lot.
So the game turned out really great. We got in on a game with a group of teenage kids that was hanging out at the arcade. Dougie was on the green team and I was on the red team. My ultimate goal was to find Dougie and take him down. Apparently that just happened to be Dougie's goal, but it involved me.
We laughed loudly and chased each other around the maze shooting but missing each other. Eventually I ran into a corner and Dougie had me trapped.
"Are you prepared to be defeated?" He asked coming at me with his gun aimed.
"Oh no, are you ready to be defeated?" We raised our guns at each other prepared to shoot. Neither of us made a move to shoot because we were both left with only one life and if one of us shot the other would and we would both be dead.
"Go on, take your best shot." I challenged.
"No, you take your best shot." Dougie challenged back.
"How about I take my best shot?" A girl said from behind Dougie, and before he could even turn around she shot at him, hitting him squarely in the back. The buzzer sounded signaling the game was over and that the red team won. Dougie just stared at the girl in disbelief as she smirked back at him then ran off cheering to her friends. I started laughing and Dougie turned around to look at me.
"Oh so you think that's funny do you." He said coming towards me.
"Yes, and we just won. We just won." I chanted at him.
"Oh yeah, you might have just won, but you're still cornered." He walked closer to me. My eyes went wide in fear and I searched for a way out. I quickly tried to side step Dougie, but he caught me and started tickling my sides.
"Dougie quit that tickles." I laughed.
"So you thought it was funny huh. You thought the little girl sneaking up on me was funny. I'll get you for that." He tickled me harder and I laughed and tried to get away.
"Stop Dougie, stop that tickles." I said between laughs. Finally Dougie stopped tickling me and I stood up, looking him in the eyes. He still had his hands wrapped around my waist, smiling at me.
We stood staring at one another, then almost as if in slow motion Dougie lowered his lips to mine. I was a bit surprised at first but then settled into the kiss, eventually letting Dougie's tongue enter my mouth. We kissed for what seemed like forever until we heard someone clear their throat behind us. Quickly we broke apart and turned to see who was there.
"Um, the next group of kids are waiting to play. We kind of have to ask you to leave now." A teenage boy who worked there said.
"Oh right. We were just on our way out." Dougie said ushering me towards the door. Once outside we took off our gear and headed out of the building giggling.
"Well Dougie that was the most fun I've had in a long time. Well apart from the club the other night."
"Well I'm glad you had fun." Dougie put his arm around me as we walked to the limo.
"You are so the greatest you know that." He opened the door for me and I got in.
"Yeah, I do." I rolled my eyes as he got in after me.
McFly
After laser tag we went to get something to eat. We went to a nice restaurant, but not a really fancy one. After ordering something to eat, we ordered a couple of drinks and set there talking.
"So how was the world tour?" I asked him taking a sip of my strawberry daiquiri.
"Oh it was great. I love being on tour. We get to go to so many places and meet so many people.
"Which country was your favorite to visit?"
"Well, I think I would have to say Australia. I've always had this thing for Australia ever since I was a kid. So visiting there was kind of like a dream come true."
"Oh really, what was it that made you so drawn to there?" I asked curiously.
"The kangaroos, I've always like kangaroos, and they have them." I laughed and so did Dougie.
"So I guess you're out of university now right?" It was Dougie's turn to ask questions now.
"Oh yeah, I graduated at the end of winter quarter. I got all the credits I needed and was able to graduate early."
"You were studying business management right?"
"Yeah that and telecommunications."
"So have you gotten any good job offers yet?" The waiter came by and brought him another drink.
"Yeah a few. Right now I'm working in town at Kickz Records though. I'm daytime manager; and might I'm say I'm very kick ass at it too."
Dougie laughed. "I'm sure you are." After a bit more chatting and a couple more drinks we decided that it was probably time to go home.
Dougie walked me up to my door with me and we stopped just right outside it. He was the first to speak.
"I had a really great time with you tonight, and I hope that you had fun too." He looked at me sheepishly.
"I had the best time tonight Dougie. It was great. You were a great date." I threw my arms around Dougie's neck and kissed him on the lips. Our kiss became deeper and I soon found myself pulling away gasping for breath.
"Well does that mean that you would go on a date with me again?" He asked smiling. I smiled back at him and answered him with another kiss.
"Definitely." I turned and unlocked the door opening it.
"I'll see you tomorrow ok." He said before I closed the door.
"Yep, you sure will." I gave him a huge smile then slowly closed the door leaning on it.
"Good night?" I heard Eli ask. I opened my eyes to find her standing in front of me, arms crossed and a hidden smile on her face.
"Very good night." I replied. She shook her head at me, silently giggling.
"Well well well, looks like someone has been hit with the love bug." She giggled. I looked at her as my mouth dropped open.
"Oh you, you be quiet." I hit her lightly with my purse than headed towards my bedroom. I could hear her in the living room chanting 'Tonya and Dougie sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G!' as I closed my do
McFly
The next morning I had to go to work. After waking Eli up to wish her a happy birthday and giving her her present, I left. As soon as I got to work however I knew the day was going to be a rough one. I had one girl call off, and the newest Justin Timberlake CD had come out, so I had a whole store full of teenage girls rushing to buy it. The line was out the door and the girl working the register seemed to have trouble running it. So I sent her to the back to stock and ran the register myself. From ten o'clock that morning until about two in the afternoon, I did nothing but ring up orders and bag them. My mouth hurt from all the fake smiling, and my head hurt from all of the complaining customers. Apparently they thought that eighteen dollars was not a good price for a CD/DVD new release combo. Trust me, it's a great deal. I had one incident where a girl purposely dropped a CD on the floor to try to get it for free, but luckily I caught her trying to do it, and so did the cameras.
So when two o'clock came I was ready for a break. I got the girl who was supposed to be running the register set back up on it and taught her how to do coupons and discounts. Then I went to help a woman who was complaining to one of my other employees about her purchase. She wasn't a very nice person. She kept yelling at me even though I was being calm to her, and it took all I had not to yell back. Finally I offered her a coupon for one free purchase under fifty dollars and she went away happily. I began pounding my head on the desk but quickly stopped when I heard a voice behind me.
"You shouldn't do that, it could do some damage." I smiled recognizing the voice and turned around to see Dougie standing there, a smile on his face and his hands in his pockets.
"Dougie!" I squealed rushing to give him a hug. He placed his arms around me hugging me back then gave me a kiss on the cheek.
"Rough day?" He asked.
"Yes. I haven't had this many complaining customers in a long time."
"Well I think I might know how to make you feel better. Do you have a break coming up any time soon?" He asked hopeful.
"As a matter of fact I was just getting ready to go on break. Hold on a second while I tell Kacie and go get my stuff." I turned to the assistant manager who had just came in and told her I was going on my break then quickly went to the back to get my stuff. I returned a few minutes later, grabbing Dougies hand and saying goodbye to the girls standing at the counter.
"So what did you have in mind?"
"Well I was thinking lunch, in the park."
"Like a picnic?" I asked excited.
"Yep. I have a nice picnic all packed for us." He replied walking over to his car, not the limo as it would attract too much attention, and pulled out a basket.
"Dougie have I told you how great you are?" I asked snuggling close to him.
"Only about once or twice, but you haven't said it today." He smiled coyly.
"Well you are." I replied poking him in the stomach, and we walked off towards the park.
"So how long do you get for a break?" He asked me as we ate our sandwiches in the park.
"An hour, but it will probably slow down a bit this afternoon and Kacie is there, so there's no big rush; perks of being manager."
"Well I don't want to keep you away long, I just wanted to surprise you with lunch is all. And I wanted to tell you that I had a lot of fun last night, and I was hoping we could do it again sometime soon."
"I was hoping you would ask that." I smiled shyly at him. He reached up to brush a strand of hair out of my face, and then leaned in to kiss me.
Just before our lips touched I heard someone call out "Oh my gosh It's Dougie Poynter!" Both of our heads shot up in the direction of the voice and we saw a young girl, about sixteen, pointing at us, and a shocked expression on her face. Dougie and I looked at each other quickly then looked around to see people staring at us. Most of them had huge smiles on their faces, and looked about ready to leap at any moment.
"Uh Dougie," I said worried.
"Just put the stuff in the basket and get ready to run ok." I nodded and started packing the basket. Luckily we didn't have that much out so it didn't take that long. I looked up in enough time to see a group of girls running towards us as Dougie grabbed my hand and started running.
I don't think I've ever ran as fast in my life. It felt like my little legs were going so fast that they turned into a blur. Dougie held on tightly to my hand and I didn't dare look back because I knew I would stumble and fall if I did. I could hear the group of girls yelling as we ran, but we had a bit of a head start on them.
We turned the corner and Dougie dashed into a building. We stood in the corner quietly holding our breath as the group of girls passed. As soon as they were gone we both let out our breath.
"Uh, sorry about that." Dougie said embarrassed.
"It's ok. I guess I'm going to have to get used to it if I'm going to hang out with celebrities."
"Yeah, well it can get quite annoying sometimes." He said sadly.
"I can imagine." Just then we heard a woman say 'Excuse me' behind us. We turned to look at her, realizing that we chose to hide in a plant shop.
"Can I help you?" She asked amused.
"Uh, no sorry, we were just…uh on our way out." Dougie said, inching towards the door, pulling me with him.
"Wait a minute." We both froze. "I know you from somewhere." She said looking at him as if studying him.
"Uh yeah you know I have one of those faces." He said trying to inch closer to the door.
"I got it, you're that boy from that one band; the one from England. Oh wait, I know your name, hold on." She thought a moment. "McFly, that's right that's the name of your band McFly. And you're Dougie right; my daughter is so in love with you."
"Uh yeah that's me." Dougie said, afraid that this woman was going to create another scene. He was already preparing to run.
"That would be why you ran in here so quickly then. You were being chased by that group of girls."
"Uh yeah. Sorry about the plants that we accidentally stepped on when we came in."
The woman just laughed and waved her hand in the air as if dismissing it. "Oh don't worry about that. It must be tough being a celebrity with people chasing you all the time." Just then the door opened and Dougie and I jumped back into the corner, hidden from view by a large plant.
"You didn't see a guy and a girl come running in here did you?" A young blonde haired girl asked the lady.
The woman just looked at the girl confused and said, "A girl and a guy? No I haven't seen any girls or guys come running in here recently. You may want to check down the street though; I thought I might have seen someone run that way."
"Thank you." The girl said brightly before dashing back out the door. Dougie and I let out a breath that we both didn't know we had and then stepped into view again.
"Thank you very much." Dougie said exasperatedly.
The woman just smiled, "Don't worry about it."
"We owe you one." He said pulling me towards him.
"I'm Becky by the way." The woman said sticking her hand out. "Beck Smith."
"I'm Dougie and this is Tonya." She smiled and shook my hand.
"So Tonya's your girlfriend I'm assuming."
"Yeah, kind of." He said shyly, looking down at me.
"Aw, too bad, my poor Jenny's going to be upset."
"Um you said that your daughter liked me?" Dougie asked.
"Yes, she has pictures of you hanging on her wall. I recognized you from them."
"Oh." I saw Dougie turn a bright shade of pink. "Well how about I give you my autograph to give to her, to make up for not turning us in to the fans."
The woman smiled brightly. "How about a picture too?" She asked and Dougie agreed. After taking the picture and signing a piece of paper for her daughter, Dougie and I left the shop. Keeping an eye out, we made our way back to the record store safely.
"Well that was a close one wasn't it." I said to him, standing by his car.
"Yeah, and I'm really sorry about that. I just wanted to have a nice picnic with you today. I didn't plan on being chased afterwards."
"It's ok, I got to run off the calories I gained from eating." I joked.
"Well I guess that's one way to look at it. So I'll see you tonight then?" He asked looking me in the eyes.
"Tonight?" I asked confused.
"Yeah, we're doing a concert in the park for a benefit and I was wondering if you were going to come.
"Oh well yeah I'll be there."
"Great." He said than gave me a quick kiss. "I need to be going. I promised Harry I would help him with something." He got into his car. "I'll see you tonight." He yelled as he pulled off. I waved and watched him go before heading back inside.
As soon as I got in, I was bombarded with questions.
"Was that Dougie from McFly?" Kacie asked me immediately.
"Uh yeah." I said like it was no big thing.
"I knew you knew them, but I didn't know you knew him like that."
"Yeah, actually we've been friends for almost two years. My best friend Eli is dating Harry."
"And it appears that you are dating Dougie." Shaina, the stock girl said.
"Yeah, I guess I am." I said turning pink. 'I can't believe it; I really am dating Dougie now!' I thought excitedly.
McFly
That night at seven o'clock, Eli and I stood in the park behind the stage as the boys performed a few songs. We jumped and sang along with the lyrics as we listened to the crowd do the same. There were a lot of people there and that seemed to make the boys happier. Before their last song Danny walked to the front of the stage to say a few words.
"I'd like to thank all of you for coming here tonight, and I hope that you donate loads of money to the children's fund. It would mean a lot to us if you would leave at least one dollar. These children don't have anything and just one dollar would do a lot for them." The crowed cheered loudly and clapped.
Then Harry spoke. "Also, tonight is a really special night for us too. As you know, today is July 12th, which makes today a special day. It just so happens to be one of our closest friends, and my girlfriend Eli's birthday. So maybe if we give her a warm welcome she'll come out here for us."
Eli froze wide-eyed and stared out at the stage. The crowd cheered loudly calling for her to come out. Eventually I had to shove her towards the stage telling her to get her butt out there.
When she started up onto the stage, Harry got up from behind his drums and went to give her a hug. Then he led her over to a stool that they had set up on the stage and the rest of the guys came over to hug her and tell her happy birthday. Then they started in to their own mix of 'Happy Birthday' for her. The crowd sang along and so did I even though I was backstage. Eli began crying tears of happiness and I felt so happy for her. Then when they were done Tom spoke.
"That's not all we have for you tonight Eli. Harry has his own little gift to give to you." Eli's eyes went wide and so did mine as I saw Harry get down on one knee in front of her. The crowd roared louder than ever at seeing this and from where I was standing I could see Eli begin to shake.
Harry took Eli's hand in his and pulled a black box from his pocket. Danny took the microphone and held it down by Harry's mouth so we could hear what he was saying.
"Elizabeth Marie Weston, I've loved you since the moment I laid my eyes on you. As soon as I saw you I knew you were the one. I ask you now here in front of all of these people if you will do me the honor of being my wife." He placed the ring on her finger as there were 'aw's' heard throughout the crowed. I held my breath in anticipation of what she was going to say.
I saw her nodding her head yes as Danny moved the mic to her mouth. "Yes Harry, I'll be your wife." He jumped up and wrapped his arms around her kissing her squarely on the mouth. All the guys cheered and so did the crowed. I jumped up and down and grabbed who ever was beside me shouting "She said yes, she said yes!"
Eli came running off the stairs and right to me. She threw her arms around me and I hugged her back. We jumped up and down a few minutes laughing and squealing then stopped. I grabbed a hold of her left hand and took a look at the ring. It was massive.
"That is so beautiful Eli!" I exclaimed hugging her once more.
"I though I was going to die out there. When he got down on one knee, I was sure my heart stopped."
"I think it did." I laughed and she laughed with me. The guys finished singing their last song 'All About You' then came running off the stage. As soon as they got back to us, Harry scooped Eli up in a kiss that lasted for quite some time. Dougie came over to me and wrapped an arm around me as me, him and Danny watched the two love birds. Tom immediately called Gia on his cell phone to tell her the news. I could hear her squeal through the phone as Tom pulled it away from his ear. Then he thrust the phone at Eli telling her that Gia wanted to talk. She walked off explaining what the guys did and what her ring looked like.
I turned to Harry and smiled. "Congratulations." I said before giving him a hug. "She was so shocked, I could tell."
"Yeah I was so nervous she would say no." Harry said. He was still visibly shaking from excitement.
"Nah, Eli is in love with you Harry. There's no way she would have said no." We all laughed then headed to the car to join Eli and go back to the apartment for a bit of celebrating. I laid my head on Dougie's shoulder watching Harry and Eli in the back of the limo talk and be a happy newly engaged couple.
McFly
After the show we all gathered at McFly's apartment and a few other people that the guys knew showed up as well to congratulate Eli and Harry. It turned out to be quite a big unplanned party, but everyone was having a good time. Tom talked on the phone to Gia for a bit, Danny began chatting up some girls that a friend of his brought with him, and Eli and Harry sat in the living room, cuddled close to one another thanking the guests for their congratulations. Dougie and I were in the kitchen talking to a few people until they decided to go and congratulate Eli and Harry also. I was setting on the counter and Dougie was leaning against it in between my legs. I wrapped my arms round his neck as he wrapped his arms around me placing his hands on my butt.
"Have I told you how beautiful you are?" He asked leaning in to peck me on the lips.
"Not today." I replied playfully.
"Well you are. Very beautiful in fact." My cheeks went red and I leaned in to give him a longer kiss on the lips. He ran his tongue across my bottom lip and I opened my mouth letting his tongue slide in. My hands found their way to his hair and I tangled my fingers in it as I felt him slightly squeeze my butt. A small muffled moan escaped my mouth as he pulled me closer deepening the kiss. I wrapped my legs around his waist as his hands traveled up under my shirt and rubbed my back. Just then we were interrupted by someone groaning loudly.
"Don't you think you two could get a room?" Danny snapped as he came into the kitchen and went to the fridge, taking a can of beer out.
"We have a room; we just choose not to use it right now." Dougie smirked turning around to face him and lean back against me.
"You two are disgusting." He opened his drink and took a large drink from it.
"Oh, I'm sure we're much better than you and what's-her-name from the club." I snapped back. He looked at me and raised an eyebrow.
"Jealous much?" He smirked. I glared at him and came back quickly.
"No, just disgusted." He stood up from leaning against the fridge and looked at us.
"Trust me, I'm sure it wasn't as horrible as watching you two." His look was unreadable. He took a few steps towards us and stopped.
"Jealous much?" I shot back at him, not taking my eyes from his. He looked shocked a moment but quickly wiped the look away.
"You wish." He shot at me before he left, smirking at me then at Dougie.
Dougie waited until he was out of the kitchen before turning back around to face me. "What's his problem?" He asked looking at me for an answer.
"What isn't his problem?" I asked Dougie back. "He's always got to be an ass about everything." Dougie chuckled lightly, then leaned back into me so he was only a few centimeters away.
"So, where were we?" He asked wiggling his eyebrows. I laughed at him before quickly planting my lips back on his, picking up from where we left off.