Chapter 3

Aaron groaned as several piercing beeps invaded his delicate head. He sat up and looked around the room and saw his phone radiating its light through his jeans. He sighed and climbed out of bed, shivering as the coldness of the room attacked his skin. He pulled his phone from his pocket and jumped back into the warmth of his bed.

A number he didn't recognise had sent him a text message, wondering what the hell he did last night, he opened the massage and his heart skipped a beat as he read; "Hey you, Had fun last night. Wanna see you again. Call me? E x"

Confused as to who "E" was, he found Adam's number in his contacts and rang him. A muymbling, husky voice answered on the other side of the phone

"You sound about as rough as I feel!"

"Oh god Aaron it's you. Thank christ. Hey did I give my number to anyone last night?"

"No, but apparently I did...Who the hell is E?"

"Who?"

"I don't know! I got a message off someone, who I hope is a bloke, who called himself E, saying "had a really good time last night, wanna see you again." Adam what the hell did I do?"

"Drank your body weight in shots is what you did lad. Oh hang on...E...Ed Roberts! That rugby player you got with last night!"

"Rugby player?"

"Yep. Best thing is though mate, while you were snogging his face off, Jackson saw you."

"Good! Anyway, what do you think I should do? Should I see him again?"

"Up to you lad. He's no Brad Pitt, though. Bit of a munter."

"Yeah well it takes one to know one! Anyway Farmboy I'll let you sleep off your hangover. I'm gonna call him. See ya later."

"Yeah bye mate."

Aaron hung up and read the message left by Ed again, nervously his finger hovered over the call button. He chickened out several times before he finally summoned up the courage to dial Ed's number.

Each time the phone rang he could feel himself becoming mor nervous. He sighed when it went straight to voicemail.

"Hey Ed it's Aaron..from the bar last night...I erm...I got your text so if you're...well...Erm...Just let me know when is ok and I'll...I'll see what I can do...I mean...Call me with a time or something? Erm, yeah bye..."

Aaron hung up and shook his head. He couldn't believe how stupid he sounded. He tried his best to push it to the back of his mind and made an appearance downstairs.

"Was wondering when you were going to get up!" Chas laughed. "There's still some bacon and sausage left over from brerakfast if you're hungry."

"Mum was I drunk last night?"

"You told me you loved me and kissed me on the cheek, so yeah. You were steaming."

Just as Aaron was about to respond, Diane popped her head round the door "Aaron there's someone here to see you. Said his name is Ed?"

Chas smiled "Ooh, Is this Ed from last night?"

"I hope so..." Aaron laughed, following his mum to the bar.

Ed was leaning against the bar, smiling as he saw Aaron. "Alright? Nice to see you in a better state than last night!"

"Yeah you too. Look I'm just going to be honest with you..I can't really remember much about last night.."

"Well, we talked for a bit, you about the garage and me about the rugby, then your little friend decided to jump onto the pool table and do the guitar solo to Live and Let Die with a pool cue, so you and him got kicked out...but not before you kissed me goodnight and promised you'd call..."

"And I did!" Aaron laughed, surprised at how comfortable he felt with Ed.

"Hey listen, we've got a game tonight, and we always have drinks and stuff afterwards at the rugby club. You should come down. It's always a good night."

"Yeah I might just do that."

"See you then, then yeah? I'll put your name down on the list so you can get in ok."

"Yeah alright" Aaron smiled Watching Ed walk away "Ed, you forgot something!"

Ed smiled and turned around. "You move quick.." He teased, leaning in to kiss Aaron. Both boys parted a few minutes later after hearing Chas mutter something about a bucket of cold water.

Aaron smiled and whispered to Ed "as nice as that was...I was talking about your jacket!" Aaron giggled, pointing to the seat Ed was sitting in.

"Oh...Sorry." Ed blushed, grabbing his jacket "See you tonight then yeah?"

"Yeah, you will."