Taste That Your Lips Allow ~ Ed Sheeran Fanfic

Chapter 2: Bus Stop

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Emily

Xxx

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“I want the homework on my desk first thing tomorrow morning Annie” Said my maths teacher. Once again I had forgotten my homework (well forgotten not actually done it, oh well same thing right?) All the teachers were strangely sympathetic to me. It’s probably because this wasn’t how I usually behaved; usually I would have done the homework and got full marks easily. But this term they have all realised something’s different about me and they all look at me with sympathetic looks even though they have no idea what happened.

“Yes Mr Jones, first thing I promise” I gave him a confident smile, which took a lot of effort, and walked away already fishing my headphones out of my bag and ramming them into my phone. I swiped the arrow across to unlock my phone and couldn’t decide what to listen to so I just randomly selected a radio station and turned the volume up nice and loud.

“Coming up next is a brand new song, that’s hot on the charts” I carried on walking to bus stop, my friends weren’t anywhere in sight due to the fact my maths teacher kept me behind. I was actually quite glad that they weren’t here as it would save me the effort of pretending to listen to what they were saying an engage in their conversations.

The dreary adverts finished at last and the opening lines to the song started ‘I should ink my skin with your name. And take my passport out again. And just replace it’ my hand slammed against the wall of the bus stop for support, stopping me from falling over. I didn’t realise he had released this song. Why this one out of them all?

(Flashback)

I left the coffee shop and as soon as I was out of sight I leant against the nearest wall. I wanted to remember everything that had just happened: his smile, his scent, his eyes and his hair. I felt my cheeks burn as I remembered my little stumble. Oh well hopefully he thought that I was someone that didn’t take them self too seriously, guys like that kind of thing right? What if he’s the kind of guy that like serious girl? Oh god oh god. I tried taking deep breaths when suddenly the door to the coffee shop opened and a head of brilliant ginger hair emerged from inside. Be cool Annie. Be cool. I suddenly realised that I was randomly leaning against a wall in the middle of the street. Quickly I collected myself and walked to the bus stop about 20 metres away.

Sitting down on the little seat I looked behind me and felt my stomach drop as I realised that he was nowhere to be seen. Turning back to the bus stop I did a double take as I realised that he was looking at the bus information and time tables. He was biting his bottom lip as he looked at the information closely. Damn he was hot. ‘Come on Annie’ I thought to myself ‘say something’.

“Can I help you?” I said so quickly that he turned and gave me a puzzled look. Deep breaths. In. Out. “Can I help you?” I said again this time more coolly “With the bus information I mean.” He smiled at me showing off his little dimple “Yeah that would be really useful, thanks” he said. “Where is it you are trying to get too?” I said getting up to stand beside him. His cologne washed over me, I thought I was going to collapse it was so beautiful. “Greenwich” He said. Omg Greenwich is where I live. I did little happy jumps and claps in my head. “That’s where I’m headed too, you want to get the 108 from here and it takes you straight into Greenwich.” I smiled at him “Thanks” He said smiling back.

The next minute passed in a bit of an awkward silence then he suddenly said, making me jump slightly, “So where about in Greenwich are you heading?” “I live there so just home, what about you?” Great now I sound really boring, ‘just home’ ergh what an idiot am I. “I’m heading over to a mates house, we’re making a music video to one of my songs together.”
“So you’re a singer?” Good one Annie, obviously he’s a singer if he has songs!
“Yeah, not on a big scale though but it’s what I want to do” he said a smile flashed across his face at the thought of becoming a famous artist.
“That’s really cool” I said, another brilliant line I know. What is wrong with me, usually I’m ok at talking to guys.

Thankfully the bus arrived then and we got on. He walked to the back of the bus and sat down in an empty 4. I decided to sit in the other 4 next to the one he was in, that way we could still talk but it didn’t make me seem too eager.

The bus journey passed in small talk about my school and some funny anecdotes of his about how he was a school dropout. Then I saw my bus stop name being called out by the automated voice.

“This is me” I said and gave him a sad smile “It was nice to meet you…”
“Ed and you are?”
“Annie” I replied
“Ok Annie, maybe I’ll see you round”
“Yeah I liked that” I smiled at him as I hopped off the bus and waved as I watched as the big red bus drove away. I could have run all the way home I was so excited.

(End of flashback) 

The sound of the bus pulling up woke me up from my thoughts. I stared at the 4 at the back at the bus and a wave of sadness came crashing over me. No. I wouldn’t let these thoughts take hold of me again. I had spent too long hiding them away to let them take hold of me now.