Little Lady

Chapter 7

***"Yeah" I said and dragged her back into the bedroom and under the covers. She cuddled up into my chest and she fell asleep right away. I have a feeling I'm going to like living this way for now on.***

***Amanda's POV***

I woke up and was scared. Not because of Dan or what happened yesterday, but where I was. It took me about ten seconds to figure everything out and to remember that I fell asleep in the ginger's bed. I looked up and saw his sleepy face, he was so peaceful. I then looked over to his alarm clock and it read 6:59 am. It was Sunday and I think I needed some serenity in my life so I think I'll go to church.

Just then as I laid my head back onto Ed's chest his alarm clock went off causing me to go flailing to the floor which resulted in Ed in hysterics laughing at me.

"What's going on in here??" Imogen(Eds mum) asked bursting into the room with her robe on.

"Nothing, Amanda just fell off the bed from the alarm." Ed tried to explain inbetween laughing and trying to catch his breath.

Imogen then looked at me on the floor and I gave her a 'yeah I'm a clutz' grin. She then smiled and said "Remember we have church today so Ed let Amanda shower first and we'll leave the house in about 45 minutes."

"Thanks mum" Ed said recovered from his giggle fit and she left and started her shower across the house.

"I guess I should get in then" I said getting up and going into the bathroom. I paid no attention to the mirror today so Ed wouldn't be worried. I got the warm water to start and I stripped out of yesterday's clothes and into the steaming shower.

I sat in the shower for about five minutes trying to find some kind of soap or loofa but I couldn't find one so I decided to just put it off and finished my shower up.

I grabbed a towel and wrapped myself in it then walked out into Eds room where he looked like he really had to wee.

"You know you didn't have to hold it, you could've gone in there for the past 10 minutes." I said frightening Ed who was looking at himself shirtless in the mirror, trying to flex his muscles.

"Didn't want to be a bother," he said grabbing a towel and heading for the bathroom.

"You wouldn't be a bother if you would have soap Ed," I sarcastically yelled a bit, just so his mum might hear.

Ed just shook it off and grinned and shut the door behind him. I didn't start to get dressed until I heard the shower start up and the curtain rings scrape back and forth.

I unzipped my suitcase and looked around for a nice outfit to wear to church and decided to choose a plain white long sleeved shirt with a blue floral-like scarf and black skinnies. I got dressed and then proceeded to fix my face up with a bit of makeup. I brought my makeup bag into the bathroom and wiped off the steam filled mirror.

I started with my jaw that still ached from Friday nights beating. I put some concealer around the bruised areas and where I was cut. I then put foundation around my whole face and a little eyeshadow and eyeliner to top it off.

Right as I was about to leave I heard Ed humming a tune. Humming turned to mumbling and mumbling turned to all out singing. I couldn't tell which song he was singing but it sounded like Wayfaring Stranger. His voice was beautiful but I don't know why he never told me he could sing like this.

He shut off his shower and was about to get out and I noticed that I was still just sitting there in awe and I had to do something quickly. I grabbed my hair dryer and plugged it in quickly before he came out. I turned it on but accidentally switched it to hot, and let's just say it hurt. A lot. The heat made me scream some profanities that I hoped Ed wouldn't hear but he did and looked over to me with a towel wrapped around his waist.

"Amanda?" He questioned a little confused.

"HeLLO," I tried to say casually but it turned out to be a scream from the heat.

"What are you uh, what are you doing?" Ed asked probably wondering about the hair dryer.

"Just chilling," I said and leaned over and put my hand on the punter but slipped and fell backwards. "Shit"

"Are you alright?" Ed questioned as he rushed over to me.

"Yeah yeah, but I think I should back off of the falling for a while."

I jokingly said while taking Ed's free hand in mine and got up.

"That might be a good idea." Ed teased with a wink.

Ed had left the bathroom and I was left to drying my hair. Once it was dried I straightened it and put it up into a ponytail. I double checked that I looked okay before heading back into Eds room. His hair was almost dry and he was dressed in a blue Jack Wills polo and khakis with black dress shoes. Nice.

"Ready to go m'lady?" Ed joked in a posh accent and bowed over with his hand outstretched.

"I would love to," I replied and mimicked his tone while accepting his hand and headed out the door and downstairs.

The car ride was quiet but me and Ed kept texting each other throughout the ride. It started out with us just joking around but got to serious questions.

To: Amanda

From: Ed

Do you get bad dreams ever?

To: Ed

From: Amanda

Yeah every now and then... Why, do you?

To: Amanda

From: Ed

Yeah I get them...what are yours about?

To: Ed

From: Amanda

Dan

To: Amanda

From: Ed

That's not good...you know it will be better now. He's not here, so he can't hurt you anymore.

To:Ed

From: Amanda

Yeah I know that, but it's just that how bad he scarred me, then he just left me

To: Amanda

From: Ed

Like a sunburn?

To:Ed

From: Amanda

Yeah kinda, except the bad things are still with me

To: Amanda

From: Ed

Like what?

To: Ed

From: Amanda

I told you one last night...but I also have fears now. I can't stand most smells from the old house, I will probably eat 5 times what I used to, and he got me into one more thing...

To: Amanda

From: Ed

What is it?

To: Ed

From: Amanda

He got me into doing heroin Ed. I never wanted to,but like everything else, I had no power.