it was 4 and Winston was picking me up in 3 hours, and I was waiting full on excited for it to be 6 so I could get dressed. I laughed to myself for how much of a loser I was.
My phone rang and it was Winston, my heart rate went up 100 miles an hour, I didn't pick up right away just so I wouldn't come out to him as desperate.
"Hello?"
"Alice hey..uh..this is kind of embarrassing.." he chuckled nervously.
oh no, he's bailing.
"what's wrong?" I asked biting my lip.
"I can't pick you up later.."
"oh..it's fine" I said and I think he caught on the disappointed tone.
"oh no no, what I wanted to ask is..uh..could you maybe pick <I>me</I> up?" he said embarrassed.
"sure yeah I can do that"
"it's just that my car broke and..uh..if it's any trouble.."
"no it's no problem I promise" I assured him.
<I> no problem at all!</I>
I showered as fast as I could and dried my light brown hair that reached the half of my back-I need a hair cut!
I wore black leggings and a washed out white T and threw on a denim jacket with a grey hood.
I put on mascara in attempt to look pretty, my lashes are pretty long so it made my eyes stand out. I took a last look at my mirror not exactly happy with how I look but again, I never was.
I knocked on graces door, she opened up and I gave her a wide smile.
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We arrived at the place Winston was staying and called him to tell that I was there, but he was already sitting on the porch stairs waiting, he saw me and smiled wide and waved and I couldn't help but smile at how cute he looked.
"Hey" he said getting in the car.
"Hey"
"I'm so sorry if I bothered you guys with this" he said scratching the back of his neck.
"it's fine Winston you don't need to apologize, We were already out it was no problem really, right grace?" I said looking at her.
"yeah totally it's fine" she explained.
"lets put on some music, what do you have?" he looked around the car
"I think there's a cd in there" I said hoping it wasnt one of Graces embarrassing CDs.
he played the cd and thankfully it was mine, Paul Simon Crazy Love.
"oh I love this song" he said tapping his hands on his knees humming a few notes here and there.
"yeah Graceland is great" I said
The Boy In The Bubble came on and Winston started singing as if he was being filmed for a music video, eyes closed shaking his head and we started laughing.
"I love your laugh" he told me "you should laugh more often"
"thank you" I said nervously
"aww you're blushing" he poked me jokingly.
apparently my cheeks gave me away!
"no I'm not! it's just..uh" I tried to explain
"it's just..uh" he said waiting for an answer with the widest smile on his face.
"ok you guys we're here" Grace said stopping the car feeling like a third wheel.
"are you sure you don't want to come?" i asked
"no it's fine" she said "just tell me when to pick you up"
we got down the car and Winston carried his banjo, he came next to me and threw his arm around my shoulder "you <I>were</I> blushing" he said smiling to himself, "shut up" I smiled shakin my head as we walked in the pub.
We were welcomed by three guys who I guessed were the rest of the Mumford gang.
"Alice, Marcus Ben and Ted
Marcus Ben and Ted, Alice" he introduced us, I smiled and shook their hands.
They boys sounded great and by the end of it the place was packed with people singing and dancing, music and the smell of alcohol and cigarets filled the place.
I sat on a table with Winston, Ben and Marcus watching the beautiful scene, this is why I came to London I thought to myself, everyone was happy and carefree.
Winston leaned over to me.
"having a good time?" he asked shouting so I could hear him amongst the crowd
"yeah this is amazing" I shouted smiling wide and he smiled back.
The four of us talked and talked for hours, and Winston told them about how I was "flirting" and didnt even know who he was and I punched him lightly on the shoulder "I was not!" and he laughed. we shared embarrassing stories and they shared tour stories while me and Wisnton shared glimpse every now and them, and not so surprisingly my cheeks kept giving me away.
the chaos went on till midnight and it was time to head back.
I tried calling Grace but she won't pick up. shit!
"everything ok?" Winston asked me
"Grace isn't picking up" I explained calling again.
"oh it's ok, Marcus is dropping me off I'm sure he wouldn't mind another stop"
Me and Wiston waited outside by Marcus' car. it was quiet for a while and it seemed like Winston was about to say something.
he came closer to me and smiled.
"what?" I asked smiling back.
"I'm going to ask you three questions" he said standing infront of me.
"ok go"
"first, do you have a boyfriend?"
I laughed, "so? do you?" he asked smiling wide.
"no, no I don't" I said
"good. and you find me attractive?" he continued.
"oh wow" I laughed looking away blushing.
"so you do" he smiled trying to look at me.
"I don't know, maybe" I said looking at him this time. I knew my cheeks were bloody red but I didn't care.
"so what's your excuse not to kiss me right now?" he asked smiling at me waiting for an answer.
I stated giggling like a schoolgirl.
"I.." and before I could finish I was interrupted by his lips against mine.
"you're crazy" I laughed pulling away even though I didn't want to.
"come here" he smiled pulling me back and this time I went along.
I could feel him smiling through the kiss and I know he felt me smile too.
a cough from Marcus made us jump
"uh..ready?" he asked trying not to laugh.
"yeah" we both said looking at each other smiling.
even though we were probably drunk, but that was the best kiss I've ever experienced in my whole 22 years of living!
<B>Chapter 3 yooo! this ones a bit longer and the rest of the boys are here, oh and a kiss too! it was really hard to decide how I wanted the kiss to go but I really like how it went, and a little disclaimer; I get alot of info from interviews and stuff like that throughout the story just to make it a but more real and the kiss was inspired by an awsome youtube video I saw. anyway enough blabbering here. let me know what you think xx</B>
