Let Her Go - A Bradley Simpson fanfic

Love

"Uhh, yea, sure. Lets go up to my place" Brad said, not once losing the confused look on his face.

We got in the lift and went up to the top floor, where there was 5 apartments. Brad walked over to one of them and opened the door. I walked inside and gasped. There was one wall that was like completely made of windows, offering the perfect view of the London Eye. It was beautiful. I was snapped out of my stare by Brad.

"Here you go Hay- I mean Izzy. I'm sorry, it's just gonna take some getting used too" he mumbled whilst scratching the back of his head, before handing me the laptop.

Wait, what? Did he say getting used too, like he's gonna stay in touch? I opened up YouTube and typed in 'IzzyHopeSimpson' and then opened my favourite cover. 'When You're Gone' by Avril Lavigne -but covered by me, obviously...

"Hey, Izzy here, and I just wanna say that this song is dedicated to a special person. This person is my inspiration. Ok, I hope you like it..."

The whole way through, Brad, James and Tristan had their eyes wide mouths open with shock. Just before the song finished, Connor ran out yelling something about a guitar? I don't even know... When the song finished, all 3 boys looked up at me.

"Um, well what did you guys think?" I asked nervously.

I looked at them properly, and saw that all three had tears in their eyes, and Brad even has a few rolling down his cheeks. He got up and pulled me into a hug, which I happily accepted. It's been too long since I've hugged him.

"I know Iz, I know. And that cover was... incredible! I knew you could sing, but like that..." he muttered into my hair.

Crap, did I say the hug comment out loud? As I was thinking that, Connor came running back into the room, with a guy stood behind him. He was holding his guitar.

"Hey Izzy, would you sign my guitar please?" he asked with a big grin on his face.

He handed me the guitar and a pen, so I signed the back. I gave it back to him and he pulled me into a hug. I turned around to introduce myself to the guy that just walked in, but I was lost for words.

"Joe? OMG! Joe!" I yelled as I ran over to him.

"Hayley? Wow, how have you been? We've all certainly missed you. I'm sure Connor said someone called 'Izzy' was here though?" his face mirrored my own; shock and confusion.

"I've been ok, you? I've missed you all like crazy. And, umm, my name is Izzy, not Hayley anymore. My parents made me change it" I explained simply. He just nodded.

"Wait, you guys know each other?" Connor asked.

"Uhh yea, Joe was James' manager, and he listened to us all perform a few times" I explained.

We all sat down and just sat there in silence, until Connor broke it.

"What's gonna happen between you guys now? I mean James and Tris, you were best friends with Izzy, and Brad... You guys were best friends, and had been dating for almost 3 years..." he trailed off, starting to look regretful at bringing it up.

I just stared at my hands as I let the threatening tears slide down my face. Tristan was the first to answer Connor;

"We'll deal with it. We've been trying to find her for years, and now we finally have. We finally found her and we aren't gonna let her go again" Tris explained, slowly and quietly.

My head shot up and I met the eyes of my 3 best friends. Brad sat on my right, James on my left and Tris on sofa across from us. I leaned on Brad and cried. I cried like there was no tomorrow, cause right now, it didn't matter to me if there was. Right now, the only thing that mattered was the fact that we found each other.

"Soooo Iz, what are you doing on our birthday?" Brad asked with a smile.

"Well, I need to see you to give you your present. Oh, and I'm moving out of my parents house" I answered simply.

"What?! Where are you gonna go?" he asked, worry filling his voice.

"Don't worry, I'm not leaving, I'll just stay in a hotel or something. Oh, it's 8pm, I should probably go home guys. Can I use your toilet please?" I knew I looked disappointed as I said it.

Whilst I was in the bathroom, I heard yelling.

----------------Brad's POV----------------

"Wow, she is so nice. I'm gonna walk her home, and ask her if she'll go on a date with me!" Connor said excitedly.

Wait, what?! My head snapped up and I glared at him, but James beat me to it.

"Uhh, no, I don't think so Con" James told him simply.

Connor looked pissed. "And why not?"

"Seriously Connor, how stupid can you get?! BRAD IS IN LOVE WITH HER!!" Tristan screamed at him.

Wow, I've never heard Tris yell like that before, except when we were kids. When it involved Hay- Izzy. She's like a little sister to him, always was.

"Ummm, guys, what's going on?" Izzy asked quietly. Her beautiful green eyes were wide with shock.

"Nothing Izzy. Come on, I'll walk you home" I emphasised the 'I'll' and glared at Connor.

"Ok, well I guess I'll talk to you guys later. Wanna swap numbers?" she asked.

After 10 minutes of number swapping, hugs and goodbyes, we left for her house. We walked in silence for the first half of the journey, but it wasn't awkward. It never was around Izzy.

"Bradley?" She asked quietly.

"Yea Iz?" I replied, whilst taking her hand.

"About Connor's question earlier; what's gonna happen now? Between us, I mean, you didn't answer him earlier..." She whispered, and squeezed my hand as she said it.

"Honestly, I don't know... I guess we'll hang out and get to know each other again. But I never stopped loving you, ok? I never did. And I never stopped looking for you. I love you Isabel" I told her, and I meant it. By this point, we were stood outside her house. She pulled me in for a hug.

"I love you too Bradley" she said as she squeezed my hand and walked inside.