SWEERAN

CHAPTER 12: McDONALD'S

"What?" Caitlin asked.

"I said me and Ed kissed."

"What?"

"Caitlin. Stop."

"Seriously, you guys kissed?"

"Um, yea...."

"Sooo you two are dating?" she asked, a smile creeping upon her face.

"No."

"WHY NOT?!?!"

"Cuz he's my best friend. Dating him would ruin our friendship. Plus he probably doesn't feel that way towards me."

"Taylor. He kissed you. Why would he not have feelings for you?"

"Harry cheated on me."

"WHAT?! TAYLOR, ARE YOU OKAY?!"

"Yea, I'm over it." She explained to her what happened when she called Harry's phone.

"Well...what does that have to do with Ed?"

"He was there when I was on the phone with his "girlfriend". I was about to leave and he stopped me. He made me feel better. Then we just kissed. What I'm saying is, maybe he just kissed me because he wanted me to know he cares, like a friendly kiss"

"Taylor, that doesn't make sense. A 'friendly kiss' is not what happened between you and Ed. Why cant you just except that he likes you, Taylor? He really really likes you-"

"NO, CAITLIN! HE DOESNT! HE'S JUST GONNA LEAVE, THATS ALL THEY EVER DO! THEY LEAVE! NO ONE WILL EVER TRULY LOVE ME-"

"Taylor, you know that's not true! Ed is different and you know that."

"I KNOW HE'S DIFFERENT, BUT I'M GONNA BE THE ONE TO DRIVE HIM AWAY! IT'S HAPPENED EVERY SINGLE TIME!!!!" she was shouting now and people walking outside were staring.

"Tay, come on, people are noticing." They both got up and headed towards the buses. She kept her head down so no one would know it was her.

They got to the bus and Ed sat on the couch reading.

"Where have you guys been, we gotta get ready to go soon"

"Sorry, something....happened" Caitlin said.

"What, are you guys okay?"

"Yea, um Taylor isn't feeling too well."

"You okay, Taylor?" She looked up at him. He got up from the couch.

"Taylor, have you been crying?"

"Um, Ed, maybe you should talk to her alone. You seem to be very good at it." Caitlin glared at Taylor.

"No, I'm fine"

"No you aren't Tay, go talk about it." They both looked at Ed and she walked towards him reluctantly.

'Why would I talk to Ed about the problem' she thought. 'He is the problem'. They walked into Taylor's room, closed the door, and sat on the floor.

"So what's up?"

"Nothing."

"Taylor. We didn't come in here to talk about nothing."

"Well, there's nothing to talk about."

"Then why were you crying?"

"Ed I...its just something I cant talk to you about."

"You must have forgotten I'm one of your best friends."

"Nope."

"Then what's up?"

"Okay. I like someone but I'm afraid they don't like me back. I don't know what to do."

"Well who is it?" She froze.

"Taylor?"

"Yea?"

"Who is it?" She tried to think of a name other than his.

"Uh, Taylor?" she answered.

"Lautner Taylor?"

"Yea, him...."

"So you guys are talking again?"

"Yea, I guess." he chuckled.

"I see you fancy your ex-boyfriends now, huh?"

"I never 'fancied' Harry"

"But still, you went out with him again and you got your heart broken again"

"Ugh, don't remind me"

"I'm sorry, come 'ere" He held out his arms for a hug. She scooted closer to him and wrapped her arms around his torso while lying her head on his chest. They stayed like that until Amos walked in.

"Oh, sorry, we gotta go now." They both got up and walked to the door. Ed stopped her.

"Hey, not knowing if someone likes you back is nothing to cry about. Cheer up." He ruffled her messy bangs. She laughed and ruffled his hair back and they walked out the bus together.

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