Let Her Go - A Bradley Simpson fanfic

Truth or Dare?

It's been 6 days, which means tomorrow is my birthday. Our birthday. Mine and his. Bradley. I can't believe we finally found each other again. And I don't even mean just me and Brad, but also James and Tristan. The only people that ever mattered to me, and I now have them back. I'm currently in the middle of packing, cause I'm moving out tomorrow, when my phone buzzes. It's from Brad.

"From Bradley x
Heyya Iz, wanna hang today? Meet in my apartment in 30? <3"

"To Bradley x
Yea, sure! I'll be there <3"

I quickly pack away the last of my things, before getting ready. I head downstairs and almost make it to the door without incident. Almost.

"Isabel? Where are you going?" My mum asks from the lounge doorway.

I would tell her that I'm gonna hang out with Brad, except... The day we left, after I promised them I would never forgive them, they promised me something. They promised me that I would never see Brad again, that they wouldn't let me see him. They blame him for me getting attacked. It took hours of arguments for them to even me keep the pictures of us. So I decided not to tell her, cause otherwise they'll case a lot of hassle that I don't want, and I'm sure Brad doesn't want it either.

"Uhh, I'm going out with some friends" I quickly said, which wasn't a lie.

"Really? Friends? Isabel, you haven't made any friends since we moved here... You haven't really talked to anyone" she raised an eyebrow as she basically just called me a loner.

"Yea I have friends, ok! And besides, I don't have to explain anything to you!" I yelled at her.

"Whilst your living under my roof you do" she replied, quietly and calmly.

"Good thing that won't be for much longer then, isn't it?" I whispered back, but she heard.

Her eyes quickly filled with tears as she walked away. I walked out of my house and down to the apartments. As I was walking past the Starbucks that was conveniently located next to the apartments, I bumped into Connor.

"Oh hey, Con" I said to him, causing him to look up from his phone and smile.

"Hey Izzy" he replied as he pulled me into a hug.

It turns out that he was also going to Brad's, and was just grabbing coffee for everyone. On the way up to Brad's floor, we talked about general things, like the weather and if anything interesting had happened. When we got to Brad's flat, Connor went to knock, but I stopped him. He just gave me a confused look. But when we were kids, we had a rule of never knocking to go into each other's house, just run in and scream the other persons name. And I planned on exactly doing that.

I yanked the door open and ran in, whilst screaming "Bradleyyyy!"

He came out of the kitchen smiling, before pulling me into a hug. "Wow, Iz, you remembered!" He basically yelled into my ear.

I just shot him a big grin before giving James and Tristan, who were sat on the couch giving us weird looks, big hugs. I looked back at Connor, who looked... angry? He turned away from me and put the coffees down on the table, and now that I was paying attention, I could see that there were 5. I sat on one couch, next to Brad. The guys each took one coffee, except for Brad, who took two.

"Wow, thirsty today aren't we Brad?" I laughed.

"Noooo, this ones for you silly!" He said, handing me one of the cups.

I took a sip and regretted it. It was disgusting! It tasted like a Latte, which I hate, but it's Brad's favourite. I tried to not pull a disgusted face.

"Awww, thanks Brad" I said as I put it on the table -not wanting to be rude- and turning to him.

He had a massive grin on his face, and was trying his hardest to not laugh. I gave him a confused look, which caused him to go into a fit of giggles.

"Iz, I was kidding! That's mine, this ones yours! You didn't think I'd forget, did you?" He asked as he swapped the coffees.

"Well it has been 3 years" I took a sip of my coffee and smiled, "but no, you didn't forget. Thankyou Bradley"

I took another sip of coffee. It was a Cappuccino, with just a hint of hot chocolate in. It was amazing!

"Ok, so what should we do? 'I have never' or Truth or Dare?" Connor asked with a devilish grin on his face.

The rest of us groaned. We decided to mix them up. We were gonna play Truth or Dare, but we can skip the round if we take a shot of something we really hate. We also decided that we would all stay at Brad's, so I quickly went home and grabbed a change of clothes. When I got back, the rest of the guys were already there.

"Wow, you guys were fast! How close do you live?" I asked curiously.

They all looked at each other before James said, "Oh, well we own the other 4 flats on this floor"

Oh, that would explain it.

"You guys ready?" Connor asked whilst setting up 5 shot glasses, each filled with the one thing we all hate. Whiskey.

We all sat in a circle that went: me, Brad, James, Connor then Tristan. I have to say, I feel like there's some tension here, especially between Brad and Connor.
"I'm first cause it's my house! Ummm... Tristan! Truth or dare?" Brad yelled.

"Truth!"

"Boringggg! Most embarrassing moment?" Brad looked intrigued.

"Uhhhh, when you guys dared me to wear a thong and my mum walked in..." Tristan went bright red.

I couldn't help but laugh, causing Tristan to glare at me.

"Ok Izzy, truth or dare" he said with an evil laugh.

"Dare!" I really didn't want truth.

"Ok, I'm gonna spin a bottle and whoever it lands on you have to kiss! And, no drinking you're shot yet! You have to wait until you know who you have to kiss" he said with a big smirk on his face.

I groaned, getting mock-offended looks off the others.

"Oh, so we're not good enough to kiss, is that it?!" James yelled in a weird voice, whilst trying to keep a serious face. It didn't work.

"Pfffffft! Just spin the bottle Tris!" I just wanna get this over with.

He spun it, and it felt like it was spinning for hours. All I could think was how I hoped it would land on Brad. I mean we've kissed before, and we both said that we still love each other, sooo...

It finally stopped. I looked up at who it was pointed at. Let's just say it wasn't Brad, who I could see out of the corner of my eye and he did not look happy. It landed on Connor. Connor started to lean over for the kiss, but I quickly picked up my shot and downed it. I hated the look on his face when I drunk it, but I couldn't kiss him. He looked broken, but why? He's only known me for 6 days... He quickly got up and ran out of the apartment, slamming the door on his way out.

I looked around at the others, tears filling my eyes. Tristan stood up.

"I'll go talk to him" his jaw clenched as he said it. He ran out to find Connor.

Brad pulled me into his arms and held me.


................Connor's POV.....................

Wow! I can't believe. I really like her, maybe she doesn't feel the same... Oh I don't know! I heard someone walk in, and turn around to see Tristan.

"Don't look at me like that Tris" I said to him, trying to not let my voice crack.

"Come on Con, don't do this. You know Brad loves her" Tristan stepped towards me. I flinched back.

"I DON'T CARE IF HE LOVES HER! Does she love him? Well, does she?" I yelled back at him. Does he not realise that I really like her.

Instead of the expected reply from Tristan, I got a shock. Izzy was stood in the doorway, with wet cheeks.

"Yes, Connor, I do love him" she whispered.

Brad and James then appeared behind her, but I had one last question.

"What if you'd met me first? Would it still be him?" I got out, my voice shaking slightly.

"Yes. I'm sorry, but it would always be him. No matter who I met first, or what they looked like or whatever, it would always be Brad. We are meant to be together, I genuinely believe that" she smiled, but it was a sad smile.

"Ok, I understand. Brad, Izzy, sorry" I said, hoping we could fix it.

Brad came over to me and pulled me into a hug. No words needed. When Brad pulled back, Izzy gave me a quick hug too.

"Let's go to bed, shall we?" Brad asked, and considering it was 1am, we all agreed.

We went back into his place and all got changed. We then reconvened in the lounge to sort out sleeping arrangements.

"Ok, so I guess Tris with me in my room, Iz in the guest room and James and Con on the couches?" Brad offered whilst scratching his head.

"No, that's not fair on James and Connor! I'll take the couch" Izzy said/yawned.

"Orrrr, me, James and Con in the guest room, and Brad and Izzy in Brad's room?" Tris decided that his plan was the best, so we went with it.

I fell asleep to my thoughts going wild. Wild about Izzy, the band, just everything really. My life.