Chapter 2

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"Chloe I don't want to leave London! It was amazing here!" I exclaim.
"I know, but our tickets are scheduled for tomorrow and I can't afford to buy another, and you can't too." Chloe says.
"Why don't we go out tonight? Before we leave." I beg.
Chloe sighs, "Alright, where should we go?"
"Ronnie Scott's"
"Why there?" She asks looking at me in the mirror as she is applying her makeup.
"I'm going to be performing there... I was gonna go there with or without you."
"Ugh."
"Hurry up! I need to set up there soon!"

We arrive at the bar and I go straight to the mini stage to set up. I start to play scales on the keyboard on the stage and do some warm ups. I turn on the mic and speak into it.
"Hi guys! I'm Alexis. I'm going to be playing the piano and guitar and singing some songs. So will be singing covers and
some originals I wrote"
I then proceeded and start play the song Photograph by Ed Sheeran.
"Loving can hurt, loving can hurt sometimes
But it's the only thing that I know
When it gets hard, you know it can get hard sometimes
It is the only thing that makes us feel alive
We keep this love in a photograph
We made these memories for ourselves...
And as I am singing and playing, the door swings open and the famous ginger walks in and sits down at a table. I look up at him as I'm playing and I smile and look at him as I continue to sing..
Wait for me to come home...
Ed POV
I'm walking down the street and I hear faint chords to Photograph as I head to my favorite bar. I swing the door open and step in and realize it was the fan, Alexis I met at breakfast a couple days ago. She told me she could sing, so I sit down and watch her perform. No doubt she was good at playing the piano and her voice was amazing. I hadn't noticed before how beautiful she was. She has gorgeous green eyes and her long brown hair fell beautifully down as she was in deep concentration of the song. She then looks up at me and grins and looks into my eyes as she sings. I guess I gave off a weird look and she then shyly looked down and avoided eye contact with me.

She continues to another song only this one is unfamiliar. It's one of her own. She sound great and I think Asylum Records would definitely be into this. She continues playing multiple songs each one with a unique sound. After a while of playing
Alexis then tells everyone she is going to take a break. I rise from my seat and go to approach her.

Alexis POV

I step off the stage and head to Chloe when I see Ed coming towards me.
"Hey. You sounded great up there!" Ed compliments, "You have some real talent."
"Oh hi Ed. Thanks." I say quickly, and look shyly away.
"Are you okay?" He asks
I could feel my face growing red.
"Yeah I'm good." I respond and avoid his eyes.
"Well I just wanted to say..." Ed is saying and his cut off my Chloe as she comes over and says,
"I'm going to go back to our room and get some sleep. Good luck with your rest of your set."
"Okay, see you later" I say as she walks out of the bar.
"Hey Ed, would you like to join me on stage?" I ask him.
"Oh no. I'm already known, I guess. This is is good for you. You should get this exposure." He responds, but then he looks up and sees the disappointment in my face, he then says, "Yeah sure. Just a couple songs."
We head up on the stage and Ed asks,"What song?"
"Is Kiss Me okay? I was planning on to play it next anyways."
"Yeah sure."
Ed starts out singing

"Settle down with me
Cover me up
Cuddle me in
I join him the song in perfect harmony.

Lie down with me
And hold me in your arms

And your heart's against my chest, your lips pressed to my neck
I'm falling for your eyes, but they don't know me yet
And with a feeling I'll forget, I'm in love now

Kiss me like you wanna be loved
You wanna be loved
You wanna be loved
This feels like falling in love
Falling in love
We're falling in love..."

We finish the song and look up at Ed and he looks up at me. We share this moment of pure joy and of something else... I smile hugely and he smiles back.
"That sounded great!" He says.
"Yeah, it did." I laugh softly and he laughs along with me.
We sing a couple of more songs and finish the set.
"Want to get a pint with me?" He asks after we finish.
"Sure. I'd love a beer right now."
We talk into the late hours of the night, realizing we have a lot common.
And in the conversation tattoos came up.
"I've always wanted one just haven't founded something interesting enough."
"Well all of my tattoos have a meaning of some sort to me"
"Hey I should get one right now! I should get one to remember my time in London."I say,"Where is the nearest place, Eddy"

Ed POV

"Where's the nearest place, Eddy? She asks as her words slur together.
I chuckle. She is so drunk.
"A couple of blocks over, but I think maybe you should wait until you are totally sober and remember what you are doing" I tell her
"I'm 100% alcohol free!" Alexis screams out."Well Eddy if you aren't going to help I will go all by myself and she storms out the door. I run after her and she is vomiting right outside by a random tree. I rush over to her and pick up her hair so it doesn't get everywhere.
"Oopsie."she says.
"Come on. Why don't I just take you to my place?" I tell her and put my arm around her and try to balance her and help her walk. I make a hand signal and a taxi stops and I help Alexis get in. I tell the driver my address as I get in.
"No I'm gonna take you to my place." I tell her.
"Oooh. What are we going to do there?" Alexis asks and looks at me trying to wink flirtatiously. I just shake my head and wait till we arrive.
"This is it." I tell the taxi driver and hand him some money. I pull out Alexis and bring her to my flat.

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