Scandalous

Chapter Twenty Eight

Mullen pov

The door opened and I heard footsteps walk towards the bed. I closed my eyes, pretending to be asleep. It was quiet, I opened my eye a little to try and see who it was. I saw his ginger hair.

I sat up, a little to fast. "Whoa" he chuckled, I blinked away the dizziness "what are you going here?" I asked "did you see the news?" He asked, I nodded "well-" he started "its okay" I cut him off "you don't have to explain anything" I said "yes, I do, I had to say it was fake, I didn't want to, I swear I didn't want to." He rushed out "okay?..." I said slowly. He sighed "It was the record label I'm signed to, they want Kara and I to be together for publicity. Its dumb, I know" he said "they're making you date?" I asked, he nodded. "I'm so sorry if I hurt you" he whispered, taking my hand, I pulled it away. He gave me a hurt, confused look "what?" He asked "I can't" I whispered. He furrowed his eyebrows "can't what?" He asked "do this anymore" I said, feeling the burning in my eyes again. "Why?" He asked quietly.

"It hurts too much" I whispered, biting my bottom lip so hard, that it could bleed. He inhaled sharply, nodding "okay" he whispered "I'm sorry" I said "just don't, please" Ed said, standing up "Ed, wait" I said, grabbing his hand before he could walk away "please don't leave" I asked, he looked down at his feet, then back up at me, his eyes were glossed over, like he was going to cry "I have to, sorry" he said, taking his hand out of mine and walking to the door. I grabbed a pillow and held to my chest, squeezing my eyes shut to try and make the pain go away.

I cried into the pillow, hoping he'd come back, but he never did, only Harry.

"Hey, you should get up out of bed, laying down won't make you feel better" Harry said, in a whisper. I shook my head "just let me be, Harry" I said, he sighed and walked over to me "do you want me to call him?" He asked, I shook my head "he doesn't want to talk to me, I fucked up this time" I said. "I'll call him up, you can talk it out" he said, I shook my head, cuddling into his chest "what did I do, Harry?" I asked, letting the tears fall freely down my face "I fucked up and I don't know how to fix it" I said. "I told you to call him" he said. I sighed "fine" he smiled "I'll be in the kitchen if you need me" he said. I nodded, grabbing my phone and dialling Ed's number.

I waited for him to answer, he didn't. I groaned "please Ed" I whined. I laid down on the bed, my phone rang. I sat up and looked at the screen 'Ed' the ID said. I smiled and answered "hello?" I asked, trying to keep cool.

"Hey" Ed's soft voice came across.

"Hey" I said

"What do you need?" He asked quietly. I swallowed.

"Can we talk, please?" I asked. It was quiet for a second.

"Yeah" he said, I sighed in relief.

"About earlier...I-I'm sorry. What we were doing was really hard-" I said, he cut me off.

"It was, nothings really that easy. You know that" he said. I sighed.

"I know, I'm sorry" I said.

"Me too, I didn't mean to snap at you" he said.

"No, I deserved it. I fucked up, I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you" I said.

"Its okay, I was being a bit of a baby" he said, I chuckled.

"I do the same. I'm sorry" I said

He laughed "I'm sorry. I know I keep hurting you, I keep doing things that ruin everything" he said.

"We have our fair share then" I sighed, he chuckled

"Yeah we do" he said.

"Can...you come over? Harry's leaving with Louis and I'm going to be lonely" I asked him.

"Um, yeah sure" he said, I could hear the smile in his voice.

"Okay, I'll see you soon" I said.

After we hung up Harry walked in "how'd that go?" He asked "are you still going out with Louis?" I asked. He raised his eyebrows "yeah...?" He asked "good" I said "oh, thanks" Harry said. "No, Ed's coming over" I said happily. "Oh.thats good!" Harry smiled "well, I'm going to go, see ya later" he said, grabbing his coat and leaving.

"Hey" Ed said, walking into Harry's room. "Hey" I smiled.  He took his coat off and sat next to me on the bed. "How are you?" I asked "good" he said "you?" I laughed "same."

I looked up at him, he was looking back at me. I bit my lip, I hadn't even realised we were both leaning in until I felt his hot breath on my lips. "I'm gonna kiss you now" he whispered "okay" I whispered back. He pressed his lips to mine softly.

We moved our lips together, slowly. I brought my hands up to Ed's hair, pulling it gently. He moaned quietly, I smiled, breaking the kiss to look at him "I love you" he whispered "I love you too" I said, reconnecting our lips.

*****

Ed and I ended up watching a movie on Netflix, we cuddled on the couch with my favourite blanket and a bowel of popcorn. Ed sighed "finally" he whispered. I laughed "what?" I asked "do you know how long I've waited for this?" He asked. I smiled "me too" he kissed my neck, I giggled "stop" he laughed, trailing kisses all over my neck. I laughed "that tickles" I said. "I know" he laughed. "I love you" Ed said.

"I love you too."