Since I'm a nice person, you guys get two chapters tonight :) Again, let me know what you all think!
XX My POV XX
I probably had the most surprised look on my face. Why was he here? How did he find out where I lived? So many questions were flying through my head.
"Ryan? What are you doing here?"
"'Hi Ryan, how are you?' 'Oh I'm good thanks'"
"Sorry, uhmm, you just kinda caught me off guard. I was expecting someone else. Come on in."
He stepped through the doorway, his towering body stepping into my house. He had dark black curly hair and a little bit of stubble just grazing his chin. He wore a black v-neck t-shirt with a pair of blue jeans. I walked him into the front room.
"Well, you can have a seat on the sofa here if you'd like. Can I get you anything?"
"Nah, I'm fine. I just came by to say hello and see how everything is going. Oh and to say congratulations, I didn't have enough time to the other day," he said as a smile crept across his face.
"Oh well, uhhh thanks," I stammered. I took a seat on the loveseat across from him.
"Where is the lucky guy anyway? I never stop hearing about you two."
"They all went to Danny's place-"he cut me off just after that.
"What, has he got cold feet already?" he chuckled.
"No, they are a band and have their own work to do too," I said defensively. I couldn't wait for the girls to get here. Maybe he'd leave then. Don't get me wrong, for the most part he was a nice guy. I've known him since we were 11 when he moved and came to our school. He was kind of quiet so I became friends with him. We hung out a lot and he was one of my best friends, Hannah being first of course. Once we got into year 10 and 11 he started to become a jerk. He made more friends and even though he still talked to me all the time, everything just seemed different. Then Harry got into McFly and I met Dougie and I didn't see him as much. He wasn't really bitter about it, or he at least didn't show it. Then I ran into him at Starbucks a few days ago and it was nice to catch up with him. However, something still seemed a little off about him. And now he's just randomly shown up at my house? I guess the best I could do at this point was just try to be nice.
"I'm just kidding, calm down. I bet he's a lovely guy," I didn't really know what to say so we just sat there for a little bit. "Why haven't I met him yet? That was one of my motives for stopping by."
"Well, I haven't talked to you in a while. The thought never crossed my mind."
"Why did we ever stop talking?" 'Because you became a royal ass, that's why!' I wanted to blurt out. "We were such good friends back then…"
"I don't know, I guess we just moved on with our lives…"
"And you call getting married to some pretty-boy in a boy band moving on with your life?"
My mouth just dropped open. I couldn't form any words. I was so angry and I just couldn't think straight. I tried to speak but nothing was happening.
"I'm sorry….it's just I miss being able to talk to you all the time. I'm going to be honest here, I have been pretty jealous! He's one lucky guy to have a girl like you…" he was stopped by the sound of the doorbell.
I breathed a quiet sigh of relief and got up to answer the door. I opened it to see the girls' cheery faces looking at me. "Thank god you guys are here," I said sounding relieved. Their expressions changed to worried right away.
"What's wrong?" Emily asked.
"I'll explain later…" I said and led them into the front room.
Emily and Zoey looked quite confused at the random guy sitting on my sofa, but Hannah recognized him then and there. "Hiya Ryan," she said in no particular tone. It wasn't cheery, it wasn't angry, but it wasn't flat either.
"Hey there Hannah, how have you been?"
"Good. Yourself?"
"Just fine," he said and that smile crept across his face again.
I cleared my throat, "Uhmm, this is Ryan. He's an old friend. And Ryan, this is Emily and Zoey."
"Nice to meet you two."
We all sat down and I think the other three could sense some of the tension in the room. I was just about to speak when I heard the front door open and laughs coming through the hallway. Oh thank the lord, Doug is home. He also had Harry, Tom, and Danny with him; even better! When they made their way into the front room, they all stopped and looked a little surprised. I hopped up and grabbed Dougie for a hug.
"Uhhh, hey…what's going on?" he said as he pulled away to look at me. I bit my lip for a second then turned around.
"Guys, this is my friend Ryan. He was in the area so he decided to stop by."
"Nice to see you again Harry," Ryan said. Then he stood up and walked over to us. "And it's nice to finally meet you Doug. I hear a lot about you."
Harry was just staring him down as he shook Dougie's hand. He never did like Ryan. This certainly would make for an awkward conversation later.
"Well, I should probably get going. It was nice seeing you all." Then he looked over at me. "Erica, we'll have to find some more time to catch up. I'll leave my number in the kitchen for you." He pulled me in for a hug, my head just barely meeting his shoulders. He held on much longer than I would have liked. Dougie and Harry both watched him as he went to the front door. As soon as they heard the door shut, they both turned around.
"What the hell was that?" they said in unison.
"Did you two like plan that or something?" I said.
"Just answer the question," Dougie said. He looked confused and mad all in one.
"I really have no idea. He just showed up when I thought the girls were supposed to be here. He just stopped by to do some honest catching up."
"I understand you ran into him at Starbucks, but I didn't know that included him setting foot in our house."
"Trust me, I didn't either. But he's gone now and you're home quite early!" I said and gave him a quick kiss on the cheek. "I'm sure you guys are hungry. I'll go fix something up and you guys can just relax in here."
"I'll come help," Hannah said as she shot up from her place on the sofa.
"We will too," Zoey and Emily said together. We all made our way into the kitchen not only to make up some food, but also for me to explain what happened.
