It's the kiss of life - Nathan Sykes

Chapter XVI

Chapter 16

My headache was fading by 2:45, as I approached Lucy's house. I knocked on the door, expecting her mother to answer it.

Instead I was met with a red-faced brunette dressed in her pajamas.

"Lucy?" I asked as she let me in. "Are you alright?"

She stifled a dry sob. "Jay hasn't DMd me back." She said.

I smiled. I honestly assumed the worst; her parents were no where in sight, and her eyes were puffy.

"Is that all? Nath didn't text me for nine days! We had to bump into him." She shook her head.

"It's been 4 days. FOUR! He's been tweeting, and he even DMd Hannah!" She unfolded a piece of paper she'd pulled from her pocket. "See!"

I saw that the paper had a printed print screen of Hannah's DMs. They were Hannah's because her name was in the top right corner and the background was hers.

The DM was simple.

"Want to meet up sometime? :) x"

I checked that it was Jay's twitter name.

It didn't look fake.

"Oh, Lucy..." I sighed, folding the paper up and giving it back to her. "He isn't worth it. Did he ever do anything to prove you were more than friends?"

She shook her head and sobbed again.

"He probably didn't even mean that he wanted to go on a date with her! He might mean like, a friends thing?"

"Maybe." She whispered. She wiped the tears that had escaped from her cheeks and put on a shaky smile. "So, details!" She exclaimed. My face heated up as I smiled shyly at her.

"So," And so I told her. Everything, right down to the unexpected kiss.

"Oh. My. God!" She squealed, cheering up. "SO many girls are going to be jealous of you!"

"I know!" I joined in. "But we can't tell anyone!"

Lucy frowned. "Not even Kerry?"

Kerry was Lucy's best Tumblr/Twitter friend. She'd met The Wanted 146 times in total. I know, that's a lot.

But they told each other everything. It was scary, really, how close they were when they'd never met.

"No. If this gets out, I'll be killed in my sleep!" She laughed, but I was serious. I knew the extent fans would go for Nathan.

She promised not to tell anybody, and I told her we needed to go out again before college started on the 10th.

"Cinemas?" I asked. She nodded, enthusing about the new Robert Pattinson movie. I agreed to watch it with her the next day. We chose the 1:30 showing.

I returned home after making sure she'd cheered up, and relaxed on the sofa for a bit. It felt like a lazy day, So I just went with it.

I got a text around half past 7, which is unusual, because I never normally get more than one text in a day unless I initiate the conversation.

I checked it, and clocked that it was from Nathan.

Ridiculous fangirl giggles bubbled inside me, but I held them in, reading.

Want to do something tomorrow? Jayne says we need to make sure we make the most of our time off. Jay and Max are bored too. :) Nath xx

I texted back: Sure! I'm going to the cinemas with Lucy to see the new Robert Pattinson movie; I think it's called Gravity. 1:30, Cineworld. xxx

He texted that they'd be there, so I figured I should let Lucy know.

Invited Nath, Max and Jay. We're actually going to the cinema with 3 members of TW! :) Is that okay? x

She said it was, and fangirled a little. I decided that I'd stop fangirling over them. We knew them now.

No, they knew us now. That was exciting to think. Not long ago, we were obssessed with them, and they didn't even know who we were. Now it's different.

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I woke up rather early the next morning and threw on some clothes.

Lucy picked me up at one in her parent's car, and she drove us down. She told me about how her parents had bought her a fish, for no reason at all. She wanted to pick a name and she needed help.

I told her to ask Jay, after all, they'd be talking to each other; they were sort of made for each other.

She said a quick, "Maybe." And abandoned it.

After parking up, we walked to the entrance and walked into Cineworld.

The boys were there, leaning against the wall in a corner, heads low.

We approached them and Max noticed us first.

"Hi!" He said, pulling each of us into a hug.

"Hi guys!" I said, hugging back as each member hugging me.

"Do you mind getting the tickets for us? We want to lay low." Nathan said, holding out some money. I took it.

"Okay!"

"There's enough there for all of us." He said.

"Not again!" I said, handing him £10 back. "I'm paying for my own."

"I insist." He said, pressing the money into my palm and giving me a reassuring smile.

I returned it and gave up, heading to the ticket desk.