This Boy. (A Bradley Simpson Fanfic)

4

I had finally moved to my bed. I just sat there staring at the wall. I was so happy my roommate, Liz, was not in town so I could have the whole place to myself for the weekend.

I texted Syd immediately. She was as shocked as I was, and promised to come over later that night to watch a movie with me. After she responded I put my phone on Do Not Disturb. I did not want to hear from anyone the rest of the day.

I could not help but think that the past 3 years were a waste even though I knew they were not. I'm just in awe of what happened. I ended up falling asleep because of exhaustion from last night and sadness.

I woke up 3 hours later to a loud knock on my door. I finally opened it to find Syd with 3 movies and a tub of ice cream. I gave her a huge hug. She always knew how to come through. We sat and talked about everything that had happened with Whit.

"Well you know what this means?!" She piped up. "You can be with Brad!!!"

I laughed at her. "Trust me, I cannot get back in the game that quick."

"Oh come on!" She hit me on the shoulder.

We watched Slumdog Millionaire and then I decided to check my phone. And my lord had I missed a lot in 8 hours. Oddly had 4 texts from Whit, but that was not all. 2 texts from Bradley, 1 from my mum, 3 emails from my professors (like why it was the weekend), and Syd had tagged me in an Instagram.

Here were Whit's texts:

Whit (2:45 pm): Charlie I wanted you to know this never meant I stopped loving you.

Whit (3:07 pm): I hope you will forgive me Charlie. I truly hated doing that to you.

Whit (4:41 pm): Please do not ignore me Charlie. I want to know you are okay.

Whit (8:34 pm): Charlie please I am starting to get concerned.

Who the heck does he think he is?! No I am not alright, he broke my heart and THEN tells me he still loves me. Hahahahhahaha what an idiot.

I responded to Whit:

Me (9:03 pm): Whit I will be fine, I just need some time to think.

Then I moved on to Brad's text messages.

Bradley <3 (5:26 pm): Hello love, the boys and I are going out again tonight and would love for you and Syd to join us! x

Bradley <3 (8: 45 pm): Let me know if you want to join and I will let you know where we are going. x

I showed Syd and she got all excited.

"This is exactly what you need! No reason to be upset over Whit!" She grabbed my arm and yanked me to my bedroom to get ready. "Do your makeup, come on lets go!"

"Syd please no."

"Nope we are going!"

"You just want to see Brad's friend don't you?" I smirked at her.

"No I want to get you out of the house and have a good time! I mean seeing Brad's friend would be nice, but this is mostly about you!"

So I decided to text Brad and let him know we were coming.

Me (9:15 pm): Hey Brad looks like Syd and I will be meeting up with you all tonight. Where are you going?

Bradley <3 (9:17 pm): That is good news! We are going to Funky Buddha. We have a table so just say you're with me when you get to the door. xx

Me (9: 20 pm): Will do. See you there! x

So Syd and I got ready. Funky Buddha is very nice, so we had to look our best. I decided to wear a form fitting black dress that hugged me perfectly and black heels. I never do too much with my makeup so I kept it simple, but did put on bright purple lipstick. I had my hair parted down the middle and straightened. Syd was in a form fitting red dress that she borrowed and black heels. She had on dark eye makeup and her hair up in a ponytail.

I decided to text Brad and let him know we were on our way.

Me (10:07 pm): We are on our way! See you soon xx

Bradley <3 (10:07 pm): Lovely ;) I'll be waiting.

We had made it to the club, and were led to Brad's table. It was good to see him. His wide smile and big brown eye were so welcoming. But for me I show all my emotion in my eyes. My heartache and sadness was still so obvious.

So I was not surprised when Brad asked, "Are you alright, love?"

I looked up and smiled. "I could be better, it's been a hard day." I was not going to lie today had sucked.

"Well we will have to make it better won't we?!"

"I guess so." I said as Brad handed me a drink.

This time I really got to talk to his Birmingham friends. They all just kept poking fun at Brad. I mean it was hard not to laugh at their jokes.

Brad had his arm around my wait and leaned in my ear and whispered, "Come with me." Then grabbed me by my hand, fingers intertwined, and led me outside the club.

I was fairly tipsy, so I was giggling when I said, "Where are we going Bradley?"

"Nowhere, I just want to walk around and talk with you."

"What about your mates? Don't you want to spend time with them?" I mean he had to only see them ever so often.

"No I want to spend time with you." He said. I could tell I was blushing. "I am actually heading back with them to Birmingham tomorrow to see my mum and my dog before heading back to London on Thursday for rehearsals with the band."

"A quick trip home, that sounds lovely."

"Yeah it will be nice and much needed." He sounded disappointed. I mean I was a little disappointed, even though I had no right to be. It is not like we were together, plus this gave me time to get over Whit.

"So are you going to tell me why your day was so awful?" He asked and kind of nudged me.

"I mean do you really want to know?"

"Charlie, you don't have to tell me if you don't want to. I just thought I might be able to help." He stopped me and made me look him in his big brown eyes.

"Can we go somewhere to sit first?"

"Of course, love."

We walked to a park bench and sat down. He put his arm around me. Alright, here we go Charlie. Tell him the truth about Whit, but no crying. Crying is not allowed.

I took a deep breath, and began explaining.