I'm The One (A Van Halen FanFic)

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    A month and a half after our kiss, Mary and I are still friends; at her request. She told me the next day that she just wasn't ready for a relationship. It hurt my feelings, yeah, but I couldn't let it bother me; I just had to wait for her, I guess.
Anyways, we're on the first leg of our first European section of the tour. Al and I are really excited right now because we are in the Netherlands, where we were born. I couldn't wait for us to take Mike, Dave, and Mary to different spots and look around. Unfortunately, we couldn't take them to the Van Halen house because we grew up in a town called Nijmegen.
During the day, we walked past different shops and landmarks in Amsterdam, where we were playing the show tonight, and Al and I smiled at some of the places we remembered when we visited here.
"Hey, Ed?" Mary asked me when we sat at a table at a cafe.
"Yeah?"
"Do you ever wish that your parents didn't move and just kept you here?"
"Hmm...honestly no. We had better opportunities in America, more freedom. I'm glad we got to move to California." The waitress brought our coffee and Dutch Sausage Rolls.
"Thank you," I mumbled to her.
"Alright Van Halen, are you sure these are as good as you say they are?" Mary asked, holding up a roll.
"Of course. They're Dutch, so they're delicious; like me."
"Oh god," she said, rolling her eyes. I laughed and she took a bite.
"Wow, these are pretty good."
"Told ya. My mom makes pretty good ones too. I sure do miss my parents."
"I'm sure they miss you too."
"Hope so." We both laughed.
"Ed..I-I need to tell you something."
"Okay, go ahead."
She sighed. "So, Erik has been really buggin' me lately." Erik is the roadie she hangs around with.
    "Do I need to kick his ass?"
   "No-well at least not yet. No, he just-he keeps trying to get me to hang around him more and I know he really likes me, but I don't like him like that. He thinks because we've made out a couple of times means that we're getting married or something." Relief flooded over me when I heard she didn't like him, or hadn't slept with him.
    "Why don't you just tell him to fuck off?" I asked.
    "Well, I still like him as a friend. And I really don't want drama during the tour. You know confrontation isn't my thing."
    "Yeah..I guess you could just hint or straight up tell him you aren't interested."
   "Yep. Hey..I have something else to tell you." She said, sort of serious.
   "Uh..oh?" I asked, not entirely sure if it was bad or not.
   She giggled. "I think you'll like this news. I think. So...I've thought about our kiss recently, and well, Ed I do like you. I do. You just know that I wasn't ready for a relationship. Well, if you still like me, and if you're willing to hang on, I'd maybe want to start dating you."
   She slid her small, delicate hand across the table and placed it on mine.
    "Mary, I've been hanging on for a month. I really like you. You're like a chick who can be my best friend, but my girlfriend; and that's really cool."
   She smiled. "I thought your best friend was Alex."
    "Fuck Alex." I said, laughing and looking over at him. He was at a table with Dave and when he saw me I flipped him off. He did it back. Mary turned around and Alex waved and smiled wide. She did the same. They have really bonded and began to be close friends.
    "But seriously, you two are my best friends," I said.
     "Ed, I'm sorry I held off on us. It's just, dealing with Erik is a lot, and I didn't want us dating to interfere with the tour or being together on tour would be too much together time."
   "Well, if the guys get upset with us being together, fuck them. And honestly, I could be with you every waking minute."
    "You like me that much?" Mary asked with a small smile.
    "Yeah. Like I said, you're  also one of my best friends."
    For a while we said nothing, just sort of zoning out. Her hand was still on mine. And then I came back to reality.
    "Mary, when would you decide?" I asked.
    "Soon. Just as soon as I get things with Erik settled."
    "Alright." I looked past her and saw Alex looking at me. He motioned for me to come over.
    "I'll be right back." I hopped out of my chair and we went by the bathrooms.
    "What's going on between you two?" He asked.
    "She said she might want to be with me."
   " 'Might'?"
   "Yeah..?"
   "She shouldn't do that to you. She knows you've liked her all this time."
    "Al, her last relationship fucked her up. The guy was mentally abusive to her. And she was worried that us being together 24/7 would be a bad idea."
   "Well...I suppose that makes sense."
   "Don't worry, she has a good heart. I don't mean to sound cheesy, but I hope she listens to it well.."