Scandalous

Chapter Eighteen

Mullen pov

"Where did you two get off to?" Harry asked when Ed and I returned to his house that morning. "Um, we went on a walk" I said, Ed nodded "for six hours?" He asked "it was a long walk" I stated, Ed nodded again. Harry raised his eyebrows, not believing us "okay, come help us clean up though, it's a shit sty in here" he said. I laughed "where are the other boys?" Ed asked as we walked into the house "oh god it smells like shit in here" I complained. "Wouldn't surprise me if someone actually shit in here, the party got pretty crazy after you left" Harry said. "Well, luckily we left then" Ed sighed, picking up a trash bag and looking inside.

They other boys showed up a little after noon to help clean up. "Well, finally you assholes show up!" Harry yelled "sorry, mate we had nasty hang overs" Liam said "oh shut up, we all did you whiny babies" He said "well, not these two, they skipped out" Louis said. I rolled my eyes "big parties are not my thing, so Ed offered to take my on a walk, no biggie" I said, Ed nodded. "Okay..." Niall said "I don't believe you, I'm sure he took you somewhere super romantic" he said, my eyes widened "what? Why would he do that?" I asked "because its the 'Ed' thing to do" he laughed. I looked at Ed, he just shrugged and shook his head "just a walk, Ni" Ed said, picking up a piece of half eaten pizza and throwing it in the bag.

"Alright what ever you say" he said, dropping the subject. It took us hours to clean the whole house "ugh, this sucks balls!" I said, plopping down on the sofa "it really does" Ed joined me on the sofa. Harry walked in "hey, hey, hey, no one said you could rest, get your asses up!" He said, we groaned "we didn't even stay for the party, you clean it up!" I said. Harry gave me a look "get your ass up, please" he said, I rolled my eyes and looked at Ed "what do you think, should we get off our asses and help?" I asked, he made a thinking face, while Harry scoffed from the other side of the room. "Umm...nah, I think they should do it, I mean we already put in our fair share of cleaning" Ed said. I nodded "yup, he's right, good luck Haz" I said. He groaned and walked back down the hall too find the other boys. "Thanks jackasses!" He yelled. We laughed "welcome!" We yelled.

"Should we watch something?" Ed asked, grabbing the tv remote. I nodded "sure, why not?" I said, putting my phone dow and looking at Ed "hey, have you talked to Kara yet?" I asked. He shook his head "not since yesterday" he said "why?" He asked "well, um she called my like 100 times, no joke, asking where you were" I told him, he laughed "are you serious?" He asked, I nodded "yeah, maybe you should call her, I was thinking of heading out anyways...I have to meet someone" I said. He furrowed his eyebrows "who?" He asked "uh...my cousin" I said, he nodded, sighing "fine" he dug threw his pocket for his phone.

"Hey, yeah its me, no I'm fine, love" he told Kara over the phone, listening to him call her that sent a burn through my chest. I need to get over, whatever the fuck Ed and I have. "I know, I know, I'm sorry, I got carried away at the party. Them Mullen and I went on a walk and we lost track of time" he explained into the phone 'oh, thanks Ed, I'm never going to hear the end of it now' I thought. "Yeah, okay. I'll see you later, love you too" he said. Shock ran through my body 'since when do they say they love each other?' I thought. I cleared my throat as he hung up "well, I should really get going" I said, grabbing my bag and yelling the boys a goodbye.

"Wait! What's the rush?" Ed asked, looking kind of hurt "um, uh well, we have to study for an exam to graduate, its-a- kind of a big deal" I told him, nervously. He nodded "okay? Well good luck then, I'll see you later" he said, "yeah, I doubt that" I said under my breath, but he heard it "what does that mean?" He asked, I was starting to get frustrated "it means that I have to go" I snapped, he looked taken back. I just sighed and walked out the door.

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I wasn't really going to meet my cousin, that boy I talked to last night at the party, Andy had asked me out. I said yes of course because he seemed nice. So here I was, walking to the small cafe on the corner of the street. I loved this place, it was always warm and quiet.

I walked in, the warm air and strong smell of coffee hitting my face. I smiled as looked around, I saw him, sitting at a table in the corner of the shop. I walked up to him "hey" I breathed, he smiled, his bright green eyes meeting mine. "Hey!" He said "I was worried you wouldn't show" he said "oh, why's that?" I asked "if I'm to be honest, I thought that, that ginger was your boyfriend" he said, looking down at his fingers "oh Ed? No, god no. Just a friend. He's actually dating my sister" I said. He raised his eyebrows "really?" He asked, I nodded "yeah" I said. He nodded "well, lets order."

This Andy guy was actually pretty cool. He's from America, like I am, but he's a foreign exchange student going to Oxford. "How did you meet the boys though?" I asked him "oh, my host mum is pretty good friends with Harry's mum" he said. I nodded "that's cool, what made you want to come to England though?" I asked "well, I was really interested in like their culture and the town looked really cool, what about you?" He asked. "I um- family issues. I needed to get away" I said, he nodded "but you said your sister was here?" He asked, I nodded "yeah, well, she needed to get away too" I said. "I understand" he said.

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"Well, tonight was really fun" I said, standing up. He stood up with me, handing me my coat "thank you" I said, putting it on. "Maybe we could...do it again?" He asked, I smiled "sure, here" I said, giving him my number "text me" I said, turning towards the door. "Okay, I will!" He said. I laughed and waved at him, leaving the cafe.

I started my walk home, but then remembered that Ed was over with Kara. Maybe I'll call Harry and ask if I could stay over there. I dug my phone out and dialled his number. It rang and rang, he didn't answer "damnit Harry!" I said. I sighed and kept walking home.

"Hey" I breathed, walking into the dark apartment, the tv was on and they were cuddled on the couch. "Hey" they said. I sighed and threw my coat on the hanger, kicking my shoes off and walking to my room. Praying none of them called my name "Mullen!" Kara yelled "fuck" I said under my breath. She ran down the hall after me "we need to talk" she said "if its about Ed, don't worry, it was just a walk. It wont happen again" I told her, she shook her head "its not about that" I gave her a confused look "dad called me, and he was asking for you."