Undergraduates [h.s]

seven

pic for u up top bc aren't they just the cutest? ^^

Please read a/n at the bottom! Literally rewrote this chapter 4 times because for some reason the draft would never save after I wrote like 6k words and when it did save I couldn't get it right!

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"Now that we have acknowledged the fact that Harry asked you to take me here" Taylor said as she walked out of the store with her new dress in the shopping bag "I have something to talk to you about" she smiled

What could this possibly be about? Was she going to give me some tips on how to be perfect like her or how to get a boyfriend who actually can't wait to catch a break from you?

"It's about Ed" my attention was hers as soon as I heard the mention of his name, snapping my head around to look at he as we slowly walked through the centre

"What about him?" I questioned

"Well, you can't tell him I told you but he kind of...asked me to suggest that you two go on some sort of date but to say it as if it were my idea and not his" she smiled "I don't mean to confuse you but that's about as simple as it gets"

"Oh, I see" I managed to say through my surprise

"He really likes you, Mel, and I saw the way he was looking at you this morning when you were 'acting' as a couple" she said using air quotes with her free hand "I mean if you think it'll be awkward I was going to suggest you come on a double date with me an Harry? He's skipping class tomorrow so we can play some golf for the day and you could always come along and make a date of it?"

"Golf? In November?"

"It's this new indoor thing of just like crazy golf, really"

"I-I don't know if I could skip class" I shrugged

"Well you're in architecture with Harry, right? Well he's really serious about that class so if he's skipping it then that probably means it'll be okay"

"It's not that I just like to make sure I'm up to date and I don't want to look bad to my professor" I was worrying how many more excuses I could come up with

"Skipping class every once in a while won't make your teachers think badly of you" she had a point

"Then what will it make them think?" I worried

"Either that you're sick with the flu or hungover from partying too hard" she shrugged it off as if it were better than just flunking off from classes

"That's even worse!"

"No it's not, stop worrying all the time about what other people think of you. Everyone deserves a break sometimes"

"Into the second month of my second year here? I should at least wait-"

"Jesus Mel, how many more excuses have you got stored up?" Honestly, that was my last one.

I don't know why I was making so many excuses, honestly, I don't. I love Ed, but he's only ever been a friend to me and I intended on keeping it that way for a little longer. I didn't know a lot about him, I just knew he was kind, loyal and honest to me. I suppose I didn't want to lose such a great friendship.

Sure I had Becky who had been my friend for years but it wasn't often that we talked seriously about something, we just laughed around a lot and it had been that way since we started sitting next to each other in lessons back in senior school. I never truly felt like I could confide in her, I always did because let's face it, I didn't have anyone else to talk to, but some part of me was always paranoid that she would always go off and talk about me to someone else or tell others my secrets. To this day, she never has. But that never settled my paranoia.