A RoadTrip to Slough

Sometime's you've got to let them go...

It was my third day in Slough i stayed in the boys flat as the community care centre called me saying that my grandad stayed over becuase he fell asleep on his chair. I woke up on Mikey's bed as he told me to sleep there as he slept on the sofa. I woke up with a smile on my face as all i could hear is them all singing the new Ed Sheeran song. I got up and went into the bathroom getting ready for the day before they all came back in.I opened the bathroom door and walking out accidently bumping into Jack which knockedthe clothes i changed out from

" oh i'm sorry " Jack panicked a little

" Don't worry Jack honestly it's fine " i laughed a little gathering my clothes off the floor as i put them back in my bag before my phone starts ringing it was the community centre

"Stephanie Wood?" The lady spoke down the phone

" Yes speaking " i replied back

" We've got some bad news " She spoke down the phone as my mouth went dry and my head filled with the worlds worst possible answers

" Mr Wood your grandad Sadly passed away at half one this morning im so sorry lovely" She spoke as the phone dropped out of my hand as i just burst into tears curling up into a ball sobbing into my knees

" What's happened!" Mikey rushed back in and sat next to me pulling me into his side

" My Grandad passed away at half five this morning" I sobbed into his chest as i saw tears forming in his eyes as one accidently escaped before he hugged me tight as i sobbed

- Week later -

Mikey's pov
It's been a week since Steph's Grandad died and i'd been looking after her as i could see the strong bond they had and he was such a great man. I choose after the first initial day of finding out that i was going to be strong and be here for her to fall back on. She wasn't eating or sleeping or speaking to anyone i tried to make her eat something but she'd push it back to me i managed to speak to her on the last day of the week.

" He'll be looking down on you wherever you go you know he'll never leave your side" I spoke hugging her as she hugged me back

" Mikey" She spoke quietly

" Yeah?" I replied

" Thankyou" She spoke as she hugged me just a little bit more which made me smile.

- The next day -

Mikey's pov
Steph was still sad which was understandable for the situation so i. decided to take her to town for some shopping as i thought she deserved for me to buy her some new things. We circled the shopping centre a few times dipping in and out of different shows before
  we joined everyone in nando's as i knew being with the boys would cheer her up and take her mind off everything and we got joined by Blair and Harvey as they both hugged her which was nice and i offered to split the bill with Andy as we ordered our usual which to Rye was Frozen Yogurt and chips which made everyone laugh but that's Rye for you. We all had nando's and then headed to the studio.

Steph's pov
I've tried to act happy even if my hearts been broken i just couldn't believe what one night could do to a person i begain to blame myself

Maybe i upset him with something i said

Why did he have to leave

If only i told him to come back home

All of these thoughts trailed through my head as i laid on the floor of the studio resting my head on Harvey's lap as i laid with my eyes closed before tears started escaping them and harv pulled me into a hug

" I'm sorry harv " i sobbed

" aye don't worry i get it " he hugged me

I listened to the boys sing their new songs as i mumbled along and once they've finished harv swapped places with Mikey  as i leaned on Mikey's lap now as he then pulled me into a hug as i sighed

" Sometimes you've got to let them go " He softly spoke as i sat up next to him as Jack came and sit next to me as we all leaned on Mikey like dominos i leaned on him and Jack leaned softly on me and before i knew if i'd  started a trend and everyone joined in and Blair took a photo of us all and put it on twitter with a caption of ' Mad Bunch '.

We all walked back to the flat and i told the boys that i needed to go to my grandads house alone they nodded but i knew Mikey wasn't going to go back inside i walked acrossed the road and unlocked his door before opening it as a full wave of sadness hit me as i just froze at the door way becuase i hadn't been in the house for weeks.

" You don't have to go in Steph " Mikey held my back softly

" i-i do i want to it's just-just " I couldn't speak as tears filled my eyes as my mouth became dry making me feel that i'm nothing

" Come on " Mikey held my hand and pulled me gently inside as we both sat on the sofa and i hugged him sobbing

" i-i'm sorry Mikey " i sobbed

" hey hey no shh come on now it's okay theirs nothing to be sorry for " I pulled out of the hug and wiped the tears on my face smiling making me feel a little better

" I think we should keep this house and you can use it so you can stay in Slough with us " Mikey spoke softly holding both my hands

" Why do you want me to stay so bad? " I looked up at him with my red puffy eyes

" Becuase i.." Mikey spoke as i just raised my eyebrows a little looking for an answer

" I love you Steph " Mikey spoke before i leaned in and kissed him

" I love you too Pretty Eyes" I smiled a little