If I Was Your Man (BWS)

Fourty-Five

*Maddie P.O.V*

~A few days later~

I finished stacking Brad's presents away neatly in my wardrobe, and grabbed my phone. Brad had arrived a couple of minutes ago but I was making him wait downstairs with Con because I had his birthday stuff out in my room.

It's Brad's birthday tomorrow, so me and him are going out for a meal tonight. Then, tomorrow night me, the lads, Reece, Blake, George, Kirstie and Luce are going out into town for a night out. I honestly couldn't wait, it had been way too long since I last went for a proper night out. Plus, tonight should be cute.

I grabbed my bag with all my stuff in and headed downstairs.

"Oo you look smart." Con said when I walked in the room. I was wearing a red dress with a black coat and heels. I'd done my hair and makeup all nice. I guess you could say I'd made a big effort for tonight.

Brad looked up from his phone and his eyes widened a bit.

"H-hey babe." He stuttered, getting up to give me a kiss and a hug. "You look beautiful." He said.

"You look amazing too." I said, looking at his outfit. He was wearing a white button up shirt, black jacket and black trousers.

"You've stunned Brad so much, he's stuttering." Connor said, chuckling.

"Shut it, Con. Thank you." I said to Brad, and he held his hand out to take mine.

"On a real level, you two look great." Connor smiled.

"Thank you Con." I smiled, and Brad thanked him as well.

"Right, see you later." Brad said.

"Have fun. Bye!" Con said, and we both said goodbye and walked out. Before we left the house, I checked that I had my keys just in case, and then we both went to get in the car. The second we shut the doors, Brad turned to face me.

"You honestly lo0k incredible tonight." Brad said. "Not that you don't normally, you're always beautiful, but tonight... wow."

"Thank you." I blushed, smiling at him. Before I got the chance to compliment him back, he kissed me. I couldn't help but smile into it - the effect he has on me is insane.

"Right, we don't want to be late." Brad said, sitting back in his seat and starting up the car.

After he pulled out of the driveway and started to drive along the main road, he took one hand off the steering wheel and placed it on my thigh. The butterflies in my stomach went mad and I was glad that it was dark so that Brad couldn't see my smile and blush. Although we've been together for a couple of months now, I still get nervous and feel like an over excited 14 year old girl around him sometimes.

"You're cute when you get like this, you know that?" Brad said, chuckling.

"S-sorry- like what?" I asked.

"Oh, don't play dumb." Brad said, smiling at me. Wait- I forgot that the buttons on the dashboard light up your face slightly, so he would've seen my little smile and excited expression.

"Okay, okay, you caught me." I said. "You can't mess with my emotions like this and expect no reaction."

"Play with your emotions like what?" Brad said, smirking.

"Now you're the one playing dumb." I said, and we both started laughing.

I've always wanted a relationship like this - one where you both can have banter, cute moments, teasing each other, etc. You know, the cute stuff. Not having a relationship purely for sex, but having a relationship where you're like best friends, all jokey and messing around but also going on cute little dates and cuddling watching a show on Netflix, you know what I mean. And that's exactly what mine and Brad's relationship is like.

"So, 22 tomorrow." I said.

"Yep, another year older." Brad said.

"Well, I don't know about you," I began, and Brad shook his head, smiling.

"But I'm feeling 22." We both sang, and then laughed.

"That's so clique, trust you to say that." He said.

"I had to, I couldn't resist the urge." I replied.

I turned up the radio, and we both began singing together to the songs that came on. This had become our thing, singing songs together on car drives. I guess that's a perk of dating a singer.

Once we arrived at the restaurant, Brad pulled into a space. "Wait there, my lady." He said in a posh voice.

He got out and walked around the front of the car, making me laugh and shake my head. He opened my car door and held out his hand, helping me out of the car.

"You're really going all out, aren't you?" I said, and he smiled.

"Why, of course." He said.

"It's your birthday, not mine. I should be doing things for you." I said, as we walked up to the doors.

"That's not happening." Brad smiled, holding the door open and letting me walk in first.

We waited by the front desk for someone to come and seat us. A waitress came over within seconds.

"Hello, welcome! Do you have a table booked?" She asked, smiling and tapping some buttons on the computer in front of her.

"Yes, we do." Brad said.

"Right this way- I mean... sorry, that's creepy- I know who you are. Wait, that sounds even creepier. Sorry- your Brad Simpson and Maddie Ball. I recognised you when you came in." The waitress said, stumbling over her words.

"He has this effect on people." I joked, trying to make her less nervous.

"It's nice to be recognised." Brad said, and the waitress smiled, leading us through the restaurant and to a table right back out of the way.

"Okay, you're sat at this table right here." She said, placing down two menus on the table and stepping out of the way for us to sit down.

"Thank you!" We both said.

"I'll be back to take your order shortly." The waitress said, and we smiled as she walked away to help someone on a nearby table.

"She was nice." I said. "Didn't make a big fuss although she knew who you were."

"She was indeed." Brad said, handing me one of the menus and smiling again.

A/N

I feel like a chapter about them all going out for a night out at a club is very much needed so stay tuned for tomorrow 😂

I haven't read any fanfic in a while, like we're talking over a year. I've only used this app to write my own, so I want to start reading some again. If anyone has any good Vamps or 5SOS fanfic's, please let me know😊 it can be for any of the members, I'm not that fussed.

Oki, hope you enjoyed this chapter and I hope you have a good day/night. DM's are open for anyone who needs it. Thank you for reading!

Ebony xx